Feeding Italy and the war policy clash in Roosevelt era
A jumble of wartime notes covers Roosevelt pressuring for greater Italian civilian feeding while Britain hesitates, plus claims of stockpiled food in unliberated northern Italy. Also includes comments on underpaid U.S. officials, Nazi prison camp tactics, and a quaint World War II era irony about a flagpole at Shugborough and a stamp for Helen Gahagan Douglas.
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Italy
Roosevelt
Greece
Rome
Athens
F.D.R
Quebec
Churchill
Germany
Wilson
United States
Henry Maitland Wilson
Stettinius
Washington
William Moultrie
U. S. Supreme Court
James Wilson
Pennsylvania
Edenton
N. C
John Rutledge
South Carolina
U.S
U. S
London
Supreme Court
New York State
Shugborough Park
England
Earl of Litchfield
Hollywood
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Eddie Eagan on boxing, Tunney, Dempsey and choice of paths
The text recalls Eddie Eagan, Yale athlete and lawyer, discussing why many college boxers fail to reach pro ranks. He cites the sport's risky, corrupt underworld, Tunney's patient development, and the need for defense, timing, and hard training. He notes golf as a contrast in athletic demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Eagan
Yale
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Eagan
New York
Tunney
Dempsey
George Phair
Gene
AEF
France
Jack
Greece
Be STAGESSORE 10 and TV stars on the air
A Western Newspaper Union roundup traces Be Stagessore 10 as a bridge from Frank Sinatra to Lawrence Tibbett, noting Basil Ruysdael as announcer and the program broadening operatic pop crossover. It also highlights Freddie Rich composing a song for A Walk in the Sun and other performer moves including Perry Como fans, Hedy Lamarr, Bill Goodwin, Butterfly McQueen, Joan Crawford, Dinah Shore, Dagwood Lake, and James Fitzpatrick in Hollywood projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sinatra
Lawrence Tibbett
Basil Ruysdael
Abbott and Costello
Freddie Rich
United Artist
Bill Goodwin
Burns and Allen
George and
Gracie
Burns
Alfred Hitchcock
Ingrid Bergman
Butterfly McQueen
Jack Benny
Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford
Warner Bros
Arthur
Dagwood) Lake
CBS
Dinah Shore
9 Shore
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Washington, D. C
Grantland Rice
Eighth Air Force
Europe
8Th Air Force
Strasbourg
Kenneth R. Martin
Kewanee
Donald E. Young
Pittsburgh
Blondie
Circle
Francis Gabresk
Oil City
Penn
Berlin
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julius C. Holmes
Holmes
Sicily
Sir Arthur Tedder
Ladies of Congress
California
Rayburn
Woodhouse
Connecticut
Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
Helen Douglas
Max Schmabe
Missouri
Lower
George B. Schmabe
Oklahoma
Church of England
Geoffrey Francis Fisher
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Tibbett
Ruysdael
John Brown
NBC
Judy
Brown
Perry Como
Manhattan
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy
Vienna
Mexico
Republic
James M. Fitzpatrick
Drew Pearson
Syndicate
Dra
Marie McDonald
Tommy Dorsey
Scereens
Ovary
Line Gundryson
Liberal Commission
Geos Uni
Ec Products Company
U-3
AlboYdouta
Sussex
Brooks
North Main
Houston
Paar
Vestas
LE Uum
Lydia E . Sakhenes
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
WNU
Doan
Doans
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