Great Generals Across American Wars From Washington to Marshall
This compact profile traces American military leadership from George Washington and Nathanael Greene through Horatio Gates and Andrew Jackson to Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, and finally George Catlett Marshall. It notes Marshall’s Virginia Military Institute ties, personal traits, and adaptation to mass conscription era demands.
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Roger Shaw
Washington
America
George Washington
Nathaniel Greene
Saratoga
Horatio Gates
Gates
Burgoyne
Benedict Arnold
Dan Morgan
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
New Orleans
Detroit
Queenstown
Zach Taylor
Winnie Scott
Scott
Taylor
Grant-Sherman-Sheridan
Sherman
B. H. Liddell Hart
England
Lee Jackson - Forrest
Stonewall Jackson
Teddy
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
White House
Grant
Gort
Ironside
Dunkirk
France
Gamelin
Petain
Weygand
Finland
Mannerheim
Greece
Metaxas
Germany
Hermann Goering
Keitel
Henry Stimson
Manfred von Brauchitsch
Washington-Jackson-Grant
George Catlett Marshall
West Point
Marshall
Little Point
Southland
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Shenandoah Valley
Farm income to reach highest level in 11 years
The general outlook for agriculture and industry is favorable with rising income. Higher costs and government price efforts may offset some gains but farm income should reach its highest level in 11 years while total national income nears a new peak. Farmers plan similar acreage and shift crops toward domestic demand.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Agriculture Department
AAA
Claude Wickard
Europe
Wickard
Triple-A
Rudolph M. Evans
Evans
Milo Perkins
Surplus Marketing Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Easter Weather Predictions Contrast With Fashion Parade
New York notes that Easter weather remains unpredictable with a history of snow rain and cold in about sixteen of the last fifty Easters. Yet protection and style advance with raincoats in fabrics like transparent koro seal as Easter parades along Fifth Avenue grew from the 1890s onward as a yearly tradition.
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New York
Nicea
United States Weather Bureau
Milady
Louis Quatorze
Fifth Avenue
Government to Encourage Greater Food Production
The government plans steps to boost American farm output of meat milk and eggs as a wartime food weapon. Officials foresee a possible crop and livestock incentive or guarantee to protect farmers from losses as part of national defense. Corn surpluses and protein shortages frame the push to expand production for both domestic use and aid to democracies.
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WNU Service
H’ Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
England
Rural Newspaper Men Make Good in Washington
Two small town newspaper trained men, Robert M. Menaugh and D. Harold McGrath, head the new radio galleries for the House and Senate in Washington. The piece traces Menaugh’s Salem Indiana roots and McGrath’s Colorado background, noting long careers in weekly papers and early advocacy for radio journalism in Congress. It also visits Joe Martin’s Capitol office and includes his views on Republican roles during national emergencies and postwar governance.
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Arlington National Soldier's Cemetery
Marshal Marshall
War Department
White
Marshall
Pershing
France
Weygand
Foch
Gamelin
Joffre
Napoleon
Carnot
Gort
Bedlam
Washington
Robert M. Menaugh
D. Harold McGrath
Cripple Creek
Colorado
New House
Senate
Bob
Indiana
Salem Democrat
McGrath
America
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Bob Menaugh
Capitol
Ington
Crowe
Salem
Ind
Menaughs
Hinsleys
Lowell Thomas
Victor
Colo
Boise
Wallace
Idaho
Kellogg
Cotrell
Jerome County
Senator Schwellenbach
Capitol Building
North Attleboro
Mass
Joe Martin
Republican National Committee
Martin
Republican Party
Farm and Homilies . . . By Bankhage
The cotton and steel shortage in Britain endangers morale with corsets made of cotton and steel in short supply. A woman doctor suggests a roller towel as ersatz, while a male doctor warns supply lines must be protected. The defense administration may overhaul with the Office of Production Management likely to become one of several new departments.
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Britain
Office of Production Management
Mussolini Era Fractures as Italian Army Grows Unrest in Rome
U S observers report deep resentment against Mussolini and German influence in Italy. Badoglio grows popularity while Allied embassy access narrows under Gestapo control. Food shortages hit all classes as Italy nears a major break. In Washington a corn quota controversy flares over future marketing controls and lend lease effects. Stettinius balances dividends with SWOC wage demands amid postwar stakes.
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Albania
North
Africa
Ethiopia
Italy
Rome
Berlin
Gestapo
Phillips
Roosevelt
State Department
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Gem
Nation
Guderian
Badoglio
Marshal Graziani
Robert E. Lee
Pennsylvania
Caius Julius
Wellington
Ludendorff
A. Hitler
General Marshall
Fort Myer
District of Columbia
Red
Green
Imi
George Marshall
L. G. Elliott
LaSalle Extension University
LaSalle
Baukhage
National Farm
Home Hour
U. S
Bankhage
Edward Stettinius
U. S. Steel Corporation
SWOC
U. S. Steel
Steel Workers Union
Stettinius
Kansas City
Pizzines
Ees
Usi
S. G. Goodrich
Lah
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bureau of Standards
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