Army Impresario injects realism into war games
Army chief of staff General Lesley James McNair leads a major training program to condition 1.4 million soldiers for combat with war-game realism. The piece notes McNair’s role, Roosevelt’s promotion of Belasco, and references to Russell Varian, co-inventor of the Klystron radio beam, his brother Sigurd, and their early struggle before support from Sperry Gyroscope Co.
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New York
David Belasco
Lesley James McNair
General Headquarters
Roosevelt
Army Belasco
Field Artillery
France
U.S
Minnesota
West Point
Russell Varian
Sigurd
Stanford
Pan-American Airways
Russell
Halcyon
David L. Webster
Department of Physics
Bureau of Civil Aeronautics
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Sperry
Garden City
Long Island
Jane Martinson
Bessie Beatty
Betty and
Bill
Nineteenth Street
Adolph Berle
Miss Beatty
New England
Ordeal by Communiques on the Soviet German War Front
Early reports of the Russo German war describe the conflict as an ordeal with lengthening communiques from both sides. Stalin calls for scorched earth and guerrilla tactics as German advances loom toward Moscow and Leningrad.
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Josef Stalin
Germany
Lwow
Moscow
Leningrad
Ukraine
Bialystok
Red
France
Greece
Tobruk
Africa
Riga
Latvia
Minsk
Smolensk
Bobruisk
Scorched Earth and Guerrilla Fighting Discussed as Soviet Tactics
Edward C. Wayne analyzes Soviet response to German advances with scorched earth and guerrilla warfare while noting the defense spending totals and added taxes in a referenced revenue bill.
Taxes and Spending Plans Shaping New Revenue
Congress plans to raise about 3.5 billion dollars next year through a revised tax structure. Excise increases touch fans, appliances, rubbers, signs, washing machines, soft drinks, furs, toilet products, vending machines, optical instruments, and office machines. Total income levies plus estate and gift taxes target two point four eight five billion, plus other levies totaling over eleven million, shaping a broader tax outlook for the American way of life.
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Congress
Wavell Relieved of Command Shocks Britain
Britain reels as General Sir Archibald Wavell is removed from Africa and Middle East command amid mixed reviews of his record. The war ministry says Auchinleck replaces him and hints at a possible broader task in India should Russian resistance fail.
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Hess
Sir Archibald Wavell
Africa
Middle East
General Wavell
Britain
Wavell
Cyrenaica
Mediterranean
Greece
Crete
War Ministry
India
Claude Auchinleck
Deferment Granted for Older Draftees as Draft Reform Sought
A 30 day deferment was issued to draftees over 27 years old as youths completed registration. The move aims to keep them from service until Congress amends the selective service act to exempt them.
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Congress
Hess Mission to Britain and Soviet Threat Revealed
Reports trace a Nazi plan to ally Britain against Russia led by Hess's clandestine flight. Britain detains Hess after a Britain Germany axis proposal, while Russia rushes to fortify its western front with 160 divisions as Churchill reassures Roosevelt.
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Washington, D. C
Hess—Mess
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Hess
Red Russia
Balkan
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Norway
Duke of Hamilton
Italy
France
Washington
Moscow
Darlan
Laval
Roosevelt
Hull
Syria
Japan
Stalin
John Winant
Churchill
Vitamins and workers at Minneapolis plant praise pills
A satirical collage notes a Minneapolis factory feeding workers vita min and halibut oil pills to sustain health and zeal. The verses extol productivity through vitamins from A to Z and mock union agitation, with collateral items including candid satire and a desert of quick quips about public figures and culture.
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Minneapolis
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Pennsylvania
Defense
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
U. S
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OPM
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Malcolm Burdette
Anon
Jimmy
Betty Compton Walker
L. B. Cruden
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Lincoln Road
Slapsie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Indiana
George Ade
Miami Herald
Cuba
Herald Building
Phoenix Republic
BABY
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Ery
LaGrange
Tex
Detroit
Collier’s
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Uncle Fuller
Willie
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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