National Whirligé News Behind the News
National Whirligé analysis discusses wartime policy shifts as Wickard and the president push for broader government reach, including a soup kitchen abroad and greater transparency on war costs. It notes Arthur Newhall and William Jeffers clashing over rubber control, and a looming reform in wartime budgeting with Stam’s right to audit treasury spending. Elmer Davis shifts from propaganda to a wartime cookbook, signaling tighter rationing and new home front food guidance.
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Claude R. Wickard
Capitol Hill
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Arthur Newhall
War Production Board
Mr. Jeffers
Arthur
Senate Finance Committee
Colin Stam
Joint
Congressional ‘Taxation Committee
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Executive Branch
Senate
Bert J. Engel
War Department
Virginia
Michigan
White House
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt-Wickard-Davis
Washington
Here's How I Licked Wartime Constipation
A reader credits Kellogg's All-Bran with solving wartime constipation by providing bulk in meals. He notes previous laxatives offered only temporary relief and recommends regular consumption with plenty of water.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Radio Programs For Tuesday October 13 1942
Station schedule lists a full evening lineup with Captain Midnight Ben Bernie and Fred Waring entries. Notable shows include The War Overseas Dance Orchestra The Battle of Sexes Mary Small singing and Johnny Presents Hollywood with Eddie Godwin News broadcasts and varied comedy sketches amid a wartime music and dramatic rotation.
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Farre
Sellar
Nbe
Midnight
Chicago
Edwin Coffins
Cns
Xrelia Unger
Tilo
Ack Armstrong
Bill Stern
Noorts
Nice J.owell Thomas
Cbs
Fred Waring
Plu Amos
Andy
Basic Fiston Jewls, Jr
Conium
Johnny
Hollywood
Earl Godwin
Ebsx Music For America
Gould
Lurm
Abner
Bohs
Lorace Heldt
Ed Gardner
Duffy
al Jolson
Nhe Basic
Bill Burns
Allen
Dbs
Gabriel Heatter
du Heers
Riod Hope
Raymond G. Swing
Joan B. Hughes
B'Yu Dance Music Orchestra
Red Skelton & Company
Paul Schubert
Dancing Music Orchestra
Mary Small
Che Dance Music Orchestra
Mps
Aly
Dis
Winning the War by Albert N. Leman
Opinion piece discusses U S leadership post war with Cordell Hull or Wendell Willkie as successor and fears of White House influence. Notes wartime alliances with Britain, Dunkirk and London bombing, and future Versailles like agenda including trade and lend-lease. Mentions China ports, Welles, and Curzon traditions. Mentions Polish units and a Uhlan regiment in the Middle East.
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Albert N. Leman
Washington
Cordell Hall
Wendell Willkie
White House
Hull
Sumner Welles
Chile
Dunkirk
London
Africa
India
Statooth
Whitehall
Number 10
Downing Street
Welles
Lord Curzon
Captured AP Correspondent Brings Mediterranean War Tales
AP correspondent Larry Allen recalls 28 months aboard British battleships carriers and destroyers in the Mediterranean, detailing dives, bombings, and near death, including Taranto, Crete, Tripoli, and the loss of HMS Galatea. He was captured in the Tobruk raid, but his account survived the censor.
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Mediterranean
Larry Allen
Campus
Associated Press
Wide World
New York
Allen
Tobruk
Britain
Mediterraanean
Alexandria
Henry Harwood
Jonah
Mare Nostrum
Taranto
Mussolini
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Tilustrious
Cunningham
Adriatic
Il Duce
Valona
Flet
Bardia
Pantelleria
Sition
Barham
Comment on Columbus and ships shaping wartime progress
W A Bivins reflects on Columbus 430 years after his voyage and praises American resolve. He notes Kaiser shipyards turning out ships rapidly, linking exploration to wartime industrial effort, and envisions a global pursuit of freedom under democratic governance. The column blends history with current wartime logistics and a local clipping about fashion in a county building.
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Columbus
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
Bahamas
Paris
Spain
Isabella
Valladolid
India
Western Hemisphere
Wilmington
Henry J. Kaiser
Pacific
Hawaii
Hilo Tribune
Hilo
Saday
Associa Press
United Press
M. Spencer
Philippine Islands
Japanese Gression
la Union
Isis
States
Sth Cavalry
Mindan Camp
Overton
Mindanao
Nunagan
Moros
Simplius v
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Richardson's Dept. Store
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
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Stalingrad
Reichs- Wehr
Crete
Upper Palestine
United States
Ninth Army
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Krakow
Balkan Mountains
Holy Land
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