Confidential peace overture sails through Roosevelt circle
A detailed account traces W R Davis lobbying for a German peace proposal to Roosevelt via Adolf Berle and John L. Lewis. Davis faces British and U S security scrutiny, travels to Bermuda and Berlin, and returns with Nazi ideas translated for the president amid a fog of covert surveillance and interagency tension.
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Washington
Welles
State Department
Hhair
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
W. R. Davis
Walter Jones
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Davis
Germany
Aman
White House
Adolf Berle
Berle
Adolf
Portugal
Bermuda
British Secret Service
United States
Morocco
Berlin
Mayflower
Secret Service
Justice Department
Jones
Harrisburg
Sunday Morning Return of a Repentant Backslider
A Negro pastor welcomes a longtime absent parishioner named Rastus who explains he has returned to church to seek strength while working on a chicken coop and a watermelon patch fence. A woman asks if she is the only girl he has loved, and he affirms she is the prettiest.
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Rastus
Musical Americana and Hollywood Nurses Highlight 1940s Radio and Film
The Westinghouse sponsored radio program Musical Americana aims to showcase American music and young talent on NBC Blue network from Pittsburgh weekly. Deems Taylor hosts with Raymond Paige conducting the 102‑member Pittsburgh Symphony, featuring top graduates and international audience reach. Meanwhile Hollywood nurses advocate accurate portrayals, praising Vigi l Night with Carole Lombard and Anne Shirley as exemplary.
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Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
NBC
Blue
Europe
South America
Kenneth Watt
Deems Taylor
Raymond Paige
Pittsburgh Symphony
America
Hollywood
RKO
Carole Lombard
Anne Shirley
American Nurses’ Association
Free trips to New York offered by Elman broadcasts
The ad notes that about 3,000 weekly applicants write to Dave Elman and to "Hobby Lobby" and another 3,000 to "We the People" for a chance. In 1939 Elman brought 250 people to New York, about five per Hobby Lobby program, with roughly $150 spent per guest.
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New York
Dave Elman
Hobby Lobby
Elman
Odds and Ends in Hollywood Casting Notices
Hugh Herbert to play six roles in Universal's La Conga Nights including himself four sisters and a mother. Elvin Allman and Blanche Stewart known as Brenda and Cobina on Bob Hope radio signed by Paramount for Night at Earl Carroll's. Phyllis Newman five joins The Goldbergs after Major Bowes Amateur Hour appearance.
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Hugh Herbert
Universal
Elvin Allman
Blanche Stewart
Brenda
Cobina
Bob Hope
Paramount
Earl Carroll
Phyllis Newman
Bowes
Irresistible Minds in Washington Irving’s Insight
A literary reflection noting how certain minds appear to form themselves against great odds, rising through barriers with solitary determination as observed by Washington Irving.
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Washington Irving
Cause for Hope in a Man’s Conversion
A brief, reflective note on hope for change, suggesting that transformation hinges on a person’s capacity to love beyond self.
Procrastination and Deliberation Warn Against Action
A Quintilian quotation notes that delaying starts grows late, urging timeliness. The line frames procrastination as a hindrance to beginning any chosen task.
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Quintilian
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Erwin
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