Planned economy seen as fascist form of control in war outlook
The author criticizes Washington’s war plans for 1943 urging that a "planned economy" would regiment big business and close many small factories. He warns of inflation, poverty, and erosion of the American way of life, arguing for free competition and wary of government control. The piece contrasts aid to Britain, dairy exports, and Army costs with regret over shifting domestic priorities.
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Washington
Europe
Japan
Hitler
America
Italy
Bill Dickey's Hardy Routine Keeps Yankees Star In Form
The article lauds Bill Dickey of the New York Yankees and Little Rock on maintaining peak health through a lifelong winter quail hunting regimen. It highlights his 100-game catching streak, his size, and his relentless conditioning as reasons he remains a great catcher through 17 seasons and into 1942.
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William Malcolm Dickey
New York Yankees
Little Rock
Ark
Bill Dickey
Arkansas
Bill
Gabby Hartnett
Ray Schalk
Big Mitt
Protector
Dickey
Hardy
Bill Dickey Hood
Florida
Arkansas Plains
Skeeter
Dickey Brothers
Exonerating Stanford Stars On Hutson Passes Clarifies Mystery
A retrospective on the 1935 Stanford Alabama Rose Bowl notes Dixie Howell to Don Hutson passes that baffled Stanford players. Keith Topping recalls Hutson’s speed, hands, and feints, saying defenders never touched him as he slipped away for scores.
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Stanford
Dixie Howell
Don Hutson
Keith Topping
Topping
Howell
Hutson
Monk Moscrip
Bones Hamilton
Bobby Grayson
Gehringer Earns Mention Among Great Second Basemen
In debate over top second basemen, Charlie Gehringer of Fowlerville Michigan is urged to join legends Lajoie Collins Frisch and Hornsby. The Tiger veteran, with an 18 year big league career, is praised for hitting and fielding while time has caught up with him.
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Collins
Frisch
Hornsby
Charlie Gehringer
Tigertown
Tiger
Fowlerville
Mich
Kelly's Hard Job Across National Conditioning Effort
The piece notes Jack Kelly the former champion oarsman now leads a national conditioning board. He faces the challenge of motivating millions especially younger and middle aged people to address diet and exercise.
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Jack Kelly
New Coal Heater Uses Radical Design for All-Day Heat
A new coal burning heater called Warm Morning uses a radical firebox and flues to improve combustion and fuel economy. It loads 100 pounds of coal, auto-feeds to the firebed, heats via coke in upper layers, and burns gases in designed flues for efficient, long-lasting warmth with simple draft controls. A larger 200-pound model targets schools, churches, lodges, and warehouses.
Pattern 1473 B sewing pattern for top and jacket
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1473 B offers a two piece dress pattern with a longer top and fitted waist darts. The design includes three buttons, four patch pockets, a hip covering jacket, and a flaring skirt option in plaid wools gabardine or corduroy with a white dickey. Sizes 12 through 20 with busts 30 to 38 inches. Order details follow.
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Dickey
Quiz prompts about historic topics
Answers cover a variety of trivia including notable islands famous for asphalt, definitions of cogent argument, Chicago Union Stock Yards age, governors elected in two states, a zingaros alias, year of first presidential election, lapis lazuli color, common sodium silicate name, namesake of the Smithsonian, and punishment for a soldier disobeying orders.
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Union
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
U. S. Army
Fragmented Historical Snippets from an OCR Page
The fragment lists varied items including Trinidad asphalt fame, a claim of seventy five years, Sam Houston as governor of Tennessee and Texas, a gypsy, 1789, the color blue, a water glass, James Smithson’s £500000 bequest to found a university, and a generic Army court martial penalty description for disobeying a superior officer with possible death.
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Sam Houston
Tennessee
Texas
James Smithson
Soldier at Fort Dix Miscounts During Drill
A new private at Fort Dix New Jersey mixed up his commands during morning exercises. He raised his right leg instead of his left and nearly collided with the man beside him as the sergeant barked for the culprit who was holding up both legs.
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Fort Dix
New Jersey
Camel and Prince Albert Named Top Christmas Gifts
The ad notes cigarettes and smoking tobacco as ideal holiday gifts with modest cost. Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco are highlighted as National Joy Smoke leaders on Christmas shopping lists. Dealers offer Camel ten packs of twenty and Camel four flat fifties, plus Prince Albert in pound tin and glass humidor gift packages.
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America
Prince Albert
Adv
World War I Draft Registrations and Deserters Data
The United States recorded 24,234,000 men answering the first three WWI registrations. Deserters numbered 337,640 with 163,738 apprehended. Among registrants 64,693 claimed non combatant status and 56,830 claims were recognized by army records.
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United States
Justice of Man Justice
A reflective aphorism attributed to Daniel Webster notes that justice is the great interest of man on earth.
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Earth
Daniel Webster
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