We’re Up Against It A World War II Salvo of Caution
In this wartime analysis the speaker warns against underestimating Germany and Japan. German mood is described as desperate yet resolute, with propaganda ensuring continued fighting. Japan is portrayed as fanatically devoted to dying for the Emperor, treating treaties as flexible tools. The piece urges facing enemies squarely and relying on superior force rather than illusion.
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Hitler
Germany
France
Pearl Harbor
Italy
Japan
New York Actor Brad Hatton Becomes Washington Understudy
Brad Hatton arrives in Manhattan after Martha's Vineyard season and meets Frederic Tozere and Antoinette Perry. He lands an understudy role for Carlton Young on Front Page Farrell in Washington, then notes Cuckoos on the Hearth has passed its hundredth performance, calling success a state of mind.
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Cuckoos
Washington
Brad Hatton
Frederic
Chamberlain Brown
Brock Pemberton
Brown
Pemberton
Frederic Tozere
Tozere
Hatton
Antoinette Perry
Miss Perry
Mr. Hatton
Carlton Young
New York
Farrell
Actor Hatton
Washyn
Capital
Young
Marlene Dietrich ranks as a cooperative star earlier praised
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler argues the Hollywood Women's Press Club unfairly named Marlene Dietrich one of the year's most non cooperative stars. He cites her extensive patriotism work and willingness to pose for photographers, saying other stars give publicity while she devotes time to army camps and Defense Bond drives.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene
Dietrich
Miss Dietrich
New Deal draws in wealth and social elites in government
Washington Daybook surveys prominent Republican and elite figures who joined the New Deal administration. Nelson Rockefeller oversees Latin American relations, W Averell Harriman coordinates in England and Russia, William Christian Bullitt served as ambassador and adviser, with the Biddle brothers and Sumner Welles among other prominent appointees. The piece argues a long chapter awaits detailing how America’s first families migrated into public service during the era.
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Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Young Rockefeiller
John D
Latin America
United States
William Christian Bullitt
Philadelphia Society
Paris
France
Near East
Singapore
Cairo
Sumner Welles
New York City
State Department
Cordell Hull
New Deal
I Like a Child as He Is Before Reforming Him
A persuasive piece on teachers and leaders showing unconditional liking for each child. It argues that genuine care fosters cooperation, discipline, and growth, while dislike triggers rebellion. If you cannot like a child, withdraw and let someone who can help him.
Pastor Hastings Moves Home From Riverside Sanitarium
Rev. L. T. Hastings, pastor of the First Baptist church, has recovered enough from serious illness and pneumonia to be removed home from Riverside sanitarium on Christmas Eve. His son Rev. Brownlow Hastings will fill the pulpit Sunday morning during his father's absence.
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Howard Hughes
Faith Dorn
Warner Brothers
Zeppo Marx
Richard Dix
Phillip Faversham
William Faversham
Dix
Ginger Rogers
Oregon
Dorothy Lamour
Greg Bautzer
Mamie Gould
Pittsburgh
Gene Autry
Autry
Tony Martin
United States Navy
George Brent
Ann Sheridan
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Riverside Sanitarium
Brownlow Hastings
Christmas Tree Looted After Window Left Open
In Philadelphia on December 26, 7-year-old David Colescott and his 3-year-old brother woke to Santa apparently failing them. Their father saw a downstairs window was open and the Christmas tree had been looted by a thief, prompting a brief family notice.
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Philadelphia
David Colescott
Rail executives visit Monroe. paving praised in 1926 note
15 Years Ago December 2h 1926 C J Bunting vice president Illinois Central and Dr D G Dowdall chief surgeon visited Monroe for line inspection. The vice president praised rapid paving progress. Southern Bell plans about 103 200 in Monroe for telephone service and plant upgrades next year including central office equipment switchboards cables and poles totaling about 104 500.
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C. J. Bunting
Illinois Central Railroad
D. G. Dowdall
Monroe
Southern Bell Telephone Company
J. W. Warren
Former teacher believed to have committed suicide
Isabel Hallin a 32 year old former Saugus Mass high school teacher who was dismissed four years ago and later exonerated on drunken party accusations was found dead on Christmas in her Greenwich Village apartment. Police said gas from a kitchen range caused death but she had denied the whoopee party allegations. Her father said she planned to visit Saugus for Christmas.
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New York
Isabel Hallin
Saugus
Mass
Greenwich Village
Dennia Egan
Hallin
School Dramatic Club
C. Fred Hallin
Anna L. Hallin
Pacific War's First Victims Reach Frisco
San Francisco reports the first victims of the Pacific war have arrived, many wounded from Pearl Harbor. Evacuees are being admitted for hospitalization as navy and army prepare medical facilities and Red Cross stations offer care and shelter.
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San Francisco
Pacific Islands
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Army
The
Red Cross
Mystery on the Cape Inn Roof Sparks Suspicions
Asey and Rankin spot Mrs. Hingham on the Inn roof near a catwalk with a dragging object, prompting theories of a body and a possible murder. They plot to trail her, note an elevator, and weigh how her actions might expose or hide clues while a state officer nears.
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Asey
Rankin
Maya
Elissa
Lady Boop
Bill Porter
Cape
Quisset
Hanton
State Cops
Mrs. Hingham
Jennie
Sky
Ranekin
Hansen
Hanson
Jheinera
Paterno Junior and Janet Compton Wed in Dillon DC
Joseph Paterno Jr. and Janet Compton married by a justice of the peace in Dillon Washington DC near Camp Davis where Paterno serves as a coast artillery private. Beverly Parker Paterno received a Reno divorce decree with a $16500 cash settlement and $550 monthly alimony until remarrying. Compton formerly Janet Malley of New Haven Conn. and divorced from William R. Compton in Reno last spring.
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New York
Joseph Paterno, Jr
Janet Compton
Dillon
D. C
New Haven
California Ski Association Organizing Guards
In San Francisco on December 24 the California Ski Association plans a home guard of skiers to defend strategic communication lines and industries in the California mountains. President Frank Howard says skiing is crucial to Nazi defense. The army is testing parachute fuel drops in sausage-like bags.
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San Francisco
California Ski Associati
Frank Howard
Cifornia Mountains
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