The English Character and World History Through Blunders
The essay argues Britain shows a trait of temporizing then decisive action. It cites the Acadian history as an illustration of English appeasement followed by force. It credits Neville Chamberlain and later England’s shift against Hitler, praising stubborn luck and pluck as a pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Massachusetts
Georgia
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Chamberlain
England
Manhattan By GEORGE TUCKER
A vintage New York column recounts eclectic city scenes from a flight with Helen Hayes to department store chatter, a mural accident, Vincent Passeri’s opera rise, a snake vendor, and a wide view of wartime street life in Manhattan. The piece closes with Ignace Paderewski urging defense bonds as a moral duty.
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Desha
Vincent Passeri
New York Opera Company
Messerschmitt
Little
Italy
Ignace Pederewski
Publisher Geoffrey Faber Urges War Time Book Production
London publisher Geoffrey Faber calls for continued book production during wartime to uphold civilization. He emphasizes keeping the aims of civilization visible and steady amid global conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Faber
London
One Picture Programs Benefit Public, Says Theater Chief
A midwestern theater chain head argues that ending double features will raise film quality, lower eventual prices, fund better theater amenities, and broaden short subject offerings. He cites improved seats, screens, air systems, and cleaner venues as outcomes, with greater audience appetite for varied content.
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Hollywood
Mid-West
Pete Smith
John Nesbitt
Our Children By Angelo Patri
The piece argues girls aged fifteen to sixteen lack readiness for party life and should be trained for adult roles. It urges late teens as the proper graduation into responsibility, with lessons in household management, children, and marriage duties, plus social preparation for future life.
Arm strong Education Radio Plan Gains Momentum
Washington Daybook notes FCC interest in noncommercial educational broadcasting with Edwin Armstrong offering a $1 yearly royalty. San Diego Unified School District Chicago board of education and University of Illinois are new applicants. Existing users include New York Cleveland San Francisco boards and University of Kentucky. Senatorial quips on budgets and grants appear amid broader coverage of education and radio regulation.
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Washington
Capital Town
Edwin H. Armstrong
Federal Communications Commission
Armstrong
FCC
San Diego
Calif
City of Chicago Board of Education
University of Ilinois
New York
Cleveland
San Francisco
Defense Savings Bond Prices and Purpose
The smallest bond costs 18.75 dollars and grows to 25 dollars in ten years. A 75 dollar bond becomes 100 dollars. Other bonds scale proportionally. Proceeds fund the national defense program to protect the United States and its people. Purchase at post offices, banks, or by writing to the treasurer of the United States in Washington, D C.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Chicago minister reaches age of 100
The Rev Dr. Thomas Franklin Dornblaser, who preached from Chicago to Berlin, turned 100 today in his Chicago home. He planned to attend an open house Sunday, with special prayers offered in United Lutheran churches last Sunday. Officials believe he was the first Lutheran minister in the United States to live to 100 and one of the few clergymen of any denomination who served in the Civil War.
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Chicago
Thomas Franklin Dornblaser
Berlin
Dernblaser
United States
Herwood
Anne
Bekkan Bula
Sherwood
Tam
Camp Fire Girls prepare for Ki-Ro-Li camp expedition
Fifteen years ago a large Camp Fire Girls contingent gathered in front of the parish school in regulation outfit ready to depart for Camp Toter at Ki-Ro-Li for a ten day program. Special cars carried camping gear as Mrs. Pegey Garnett and local councillors prepared a nature study and camp craft schedule around daily hikes and camp fire amusements.
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Toter
Ki-Ro-Li
Pegey Garnett
Radio Schedule for Friday June 27 CST Switch
Radio Friday schedule lists program times, network affiliations, and host names across CBS NBC and ABC depending on time slots from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. Includes The Three Suns The Bartons Wings on Watch War News Lucille Manners Kate Smith and more with news summaries and variety acts.
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Edwin C. Hill
Cbs-Basic
Chicago
Cbs-West News
Willard
Cbs
Cbs-East
Cbs Organ Melodies
Cbs Dixie
Nbc-Red
Nbc-Blue-West
Paul Douglason
Nbc
Lowell Thomas
Mbs
Midwest
Waring
Herbert Foote
Nbe
Anne Jamison
Nbbe
Amos and Andy
Rmbs
Lucille Manners
Oreh
Joan Gunther
Jean Cavall
Kate Smith
Nhe
Russell Bennett
Mbs-West
Elmer Davis
Abe Lyman
Ben Bernie
Dhs
Gabriel Heatter
Walt
the People’s Playhouse
Hollywood
Raymond Gram Swing
Itka Chase
Fred Waring
Dancing Music Orchestra
Fidwin C. Hill
C. Saerchinger
Lanny Ross
Cbs-West
Nce Music Orch
Mbsa
ME SACRE De by Rita Moh
Yesterday Anne Willard and two men taken to her parents desert camp were abandoned by their rescuers after being fed. Anne now finds Blaze Sherwood still with her while Pete Mackey, the man with the revolver, has disappeared.
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Anne Willard
Anne
Blaze Sherwood
Pete Mackey
Bekkan Bula Mountains
Shya Naga
Asia
Pacific
Siberia
Europe
Prophecy and peril Drift Across Desert Camp
Anne and Sherwood decipher a message from the Emir promising blissful captivity in a desert castle while they face hunger thirst and a looming chase. They speculatively discuss the Nagara prophecy and Shya Naga as the sun sets over barren ridges and a looming rescue hope fades.
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Anne
Sherwood
Blaze
Mackey
Nagaras
Sinkiang
Shade
Walter Simms Back From Marine Corps
Private First Class Walter M. Simms son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Simms of 101 Pine Street has returned home from active duty. After training in San Diego he served with the fleet marine force and was promoted to Pfc after three months. He qualified as marksman with rifle and pistol and completed bayonet instructors' course before resuming duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Simms
United States Marine Corps
Joseph E. Simms
Pine Street
Bulding
E. B. Stock
Monroe Marine Corps
Simms
San Diego
Calif
Fleet Marine Force
Churchill drops Spencer from his name in family change
The English prime minister's full name Winston Spencer Churchill was trimmed when his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, declared Spencer too clumsy and dropped it from the family surname.
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Winston Spencer-Churchill
England
Spencer
Lord Randolph Churchill
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