McCormick attack on press spurs bankier humor
A traveling excerpt recounts Colonel Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune lambasting Roosevelt era press policy at a luncheon, while the writer praises restraint and defends press freedom. It notes how asserting press power to defend it can aid totalitarian aims and salutes Robert M. Hanes of Wachovia for living up to his maxim be yourself as an anecdote from a Winston-Salem visit.
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Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
McCormic
Chicago
Roosevelt
American Free Press
Associated Papers
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
United States
Great Britain
Ribune
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
American Bankers Association
Jones
Winston- Salem
Souths
South
le Street
Mr. Hanes
Chase Idol
High Point
Wachovia
Mr. Idol
Claudette Colbert
Veronica Lake
Mary Servois
Paulette Goddard
55Th Street Theatre
Mr. Handel
Advance Heralds
Wilfred Lawson
Carnegie
57Th Street
Jeannie
Gracie Fields
Monty Woolley
Fox
Claudia
Dorothy McGuire
Ina Claire
Robert Young
William Wyler
Hollywood
London
Russia
Wyler
Play Ball and One Down Two To Go
In wartime prose the writer recalls General Eisenhower choosing Play Ball as a rallying call and Mussolini’s fall as one down in a larger march. The piece urges focus beyond festive jingoism to pressing the fight against Nazis and Japanese, warning against complacency before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benito Mussolini
France
United States
Mussolini
Italy
Greece
Musso
Morgenthau Seeks Treasury Help for New Tax Bill
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau wants to aid Congress in drafting the new tax bill before year’s end. Representatives Knutson and Doughton say the Treasury has no solid plan to offer. They warn against repeating the pay-as-you-earn missteps and urge decisive action to fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Representative Doughton
North Carolina
Hitler
Tojo
Remark About Dogs Delivers War Bond Call And Local Voices
In High Point residents discuss North Carolina dog sizes, historic word counts, and wartime issues. Quotes contrast state livestock, national texts, and the Third War Loan drive, urging radio donations for Fort Bragg wounded and calling for better local preachers as Marines visit on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Bennett Fishler
OPA
Horace Haworth
Red Cross
Army Hospital
Fort Bragg
High Point
George Wood
U. S
News Behind the News on the Italian Campaign
Americans landed at Naples as 13 German divisions held Northern Italy and four to five in the south, totaling about 750,000. Allies faced a strong Apennine defense with supply routes through passes and tunnels, while Mussolini’s surrender altered German morale and air bases closer to Germany. News delayed five days to trap southern German forces.
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Washington
Naples
Italy
United Nations
Sicily
Apennine
Pisa
Mediterranean
Florence
Ancona
Adriatic
France
Austria
Trieste
Balkans
Tunisia
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
Germany
Washington Monument holds space for twelve thousand men
A brief item notes the Washington Monument’s capacity to house an army of 12,000, citing a curious measurement while quoting Ecclesiastes and Bacon as reflective preface about prosperity and adversity.
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Washington Monument
On Broadway Notes Of An Innocent Bystander Review Roundup
A nostalgic survey of current stage and screen offerings with notes on Frank Fay Bert Wheeler Ethel Waters Irving Caesar Willie Howard and others. The Times critic Lewis Nichols comments on revusical and old-fashioned music theater while film and radio topics mix with wartime anecdotes and quips from Hollywood figures.
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Frank Fay
Bert Wheeler
Ethel Waters
Palace Theatre
Irving Caesar
Willie Howard
Howard
Ethel Shutta
Nanette Fabray
Georgie Tapps
Times
Lewis Nichols
Evenin Graphic Drama Department
Critics Circle
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Pre
Associated Press
N. Y
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Eisenhower
Talbur
Coy Moose
Lincoln
Office of Price Administration
Olin Love
FB. Tomlinson
New Guinea
Tunny
Ed Kemp
U. S. Marine Corps
C. FF. Tomlinson
Paul Mallon
Bacon
Jose Iturbi
Dinah Shore
Don Ameche
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Blair
Blue
CBS
Rupert Hughes
Liberty
New York
Newsweek
Harold Alexander
Zatso
Fdr
Sumner Welles
Sep
South Pacific
H. Brubaker
New Yorker
Drew Pearson
A. Bennett
O. Henry
Virginia Faulkner
Anon
H. Youngman
Guadalcanal
Ring Lardner
Olin Miller
H. L. Mencken
Lord Dewar
Dep
Washington News
Drew Middleton
Hull
Franco
Mackinac Island
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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