Main Street Leverage in Nation’s Future and War Time Profits
A column contrasts Main Street life with Broadway, praising its civic seriousness and progress. It describes farm views on government bonuses, cheese campaigns, and farm income debates on a Chicago to West Coast train, then warns wartime profits and wages must stay fair as soldiers fight abroad.
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America
Congress
Broadway
Main Street
Chicago
West Coast
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
England
Wisconsin Co-Operatives
California
Farmers of America
Crashes Seen in Army Navy Air Training Progress
Washington reports show U S accident rates in air training have not risen despite speed ups and more pilots. Training now exceeds World War I standards with stricter selection and better instruction before wings. President supports reporting individual mishaps but not totals. Spring at the White House highlights garden blooms and remodeling work amid war. Cordell Hull plans return after rest. Nelson to coordinate rubber industry and draft dependents aid likely.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Washington Merry-Goround
U. S
Britain
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Notes of an Innocent Bystander
Columnist ee Winchell presents a reflective, opinionated sketch of daily life and public events through the lens of a curious observer. The piece blends wry humor with social commentary while cataloging small-town happenings and personal observations.
The Living Age and War Era Media Notes
War time economic strain ends magazines including The Living Age. The Nation’s In The Wind dept remains lively. World Digest cites five thousand press agents and more wastebaskets. Gen MacArthur's 1931 draft piece recalled. Hoover era author William B. Ziff's new book The Coming Battle of Germany is slated. Editorials urge harsher sedition laws amid total war and internal threats.
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World Digest
America
L MacArthur
Hoover
Wm. B. Ziff
Germany
Duell
Sloan
Pearce
Ziff
Billy Mitchell
Broadway
Arnold Rothstein
Reducing Cannibalism in Chicks through Management
Rutgers extension poultryman L M Black outlines practical steps to curb toe picking feather pulling and other cannibalistic vices. Recommendations include limiting flock size per unit controlling brooder temps ensuring even light distribution and starting with scratch grain and oats. Proper ventilation and early feeding help reduce losses and support war food goals.
If it's anything we can't print you shouldn't be talking about it
Reporters recall Viereck in Washington as a convicted Nazi agent who behaved as if above the law, rating himself invulnerable despite potential arrest.
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Viereck
Washington
Notorious columnist calls for shooting critics of women in public life
A harshly worded railing labels writers who attack women in public life as deserving death. The piece condemns the Americaunterfeit for malice and public attacks on figures like Mrs Roosevelt, while noting his propaganda is echoed from Berlin, Rome, and Tokyo. The piece ends with a call for the columnist himself to shoot.
Islanders and editorial musings on Manhattan fate
The piece riffs on land claims and editorial ethics, recalling Manhattan’s sale and rebuy, pondering ownership and envy. It challenges writers to consider whether their words would please historic tyrants Hirohito Hitler and Benito, while noting Time magazine’s modernist influences.
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Manhattan
Hirohito
Hitler
Benito
Gossip and Media Echoes from War Era Letters
A collection of sharp social quips about fame, censorship, and wartime media. Mentions include William Rhodes Davis the oil promoter and Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids editor, with jabs at editors like Jack Carley of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and a fringe reference to MacArthur.
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Army
Navy
William Rhodes Davis
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Davis
No Foreign War Committee
Joan Edwards
Japan
Washington
MacArthur
Jack Carley
Memphis
Chattanooga
Lesson for April 26 Scriptural Selections
The publication lists lesson subjects and scripture texts chosen for April 26 by the International Council of Religious Education. It notes copyright and permission usage for the educational material.
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International Council of Religious Education
Learning by walking with Christ in the Gospel lesson
A reflective sermon on Luke 13 22 35 stressing salvation through earnest effort entering through the narrow door. It urges personal repentance and following Christ with courage, warns against false security, and highlights the need for clear invitation in ministry and teaching.
Feeding Shade Trees Maintenance Tips from New Book
A new book on shade tree maintenance emphasizes feeding as a preventive for disease though warns against excessive use. Feeding promotes vigor and helps prevent canker wood decay wilts leaf blights fungi and die back while also reducing borers. Early spring is ideal for applying balanced plant food as directed.
U. S. Food Exports to Great Britain Boost Prewar Nutrition
Britain produced 37 percent of its food, with consumption near prewar levels before the war. Sinkings reduced nutrition 27 percent below prewar last winter. Lend-Lease exports, aided by U.S. assistance, lifted British nutrition to 5 or 6 percent below prewar, now within 13 percent of prewar output.
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U. S
Great Britain
Arrangements for A Lovely Wedding
A 32 page booklet outlines wedding etiquette during wartime, detailing correct formal and informal dress for bride groom attendants and guests. It covers ceremony and reception etiquette and explains expenses while noting wartime limits.
Do You Like Jingle Contests Ad invites entries for weekly prizes
Raleigh Cigarettes announces a new series of weekly contests asking readers to submit the best last line to a jingle. Over 100 liberal prizes awarded each week. Watch this paper for details.
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Raleigh Cigarettes
Nothing to Nothing Proverb Reflects on Time
A French proverb ponders existence across ages by stating that in youth, middle age, and later life a person can be nothing, learning nothing and reaching nothing. It emphasizes the futility of constant unaccomplishment across decades.
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Defense
Hull and Winchell
Cordell Hull
Atlantic Ocean
Miami Beach
Walter Winchell
Hull
Winchell
Secretary of State
Donald Nelson
Ee Winchell
Memphis Commercial Appeal
George Christians
L. M. Black
Extension Poultryman
Rutgers University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mildred Beyer
Hoosier State
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Christ
God
Herod
Jesus
Jerusalem
John W. Bradbury
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Aphis
Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corporation
Louisville
Kentucky
Isa
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Laos
Dean
DU Mars
WNU
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