Our Hope Is Our Ability to Learn
The piece argues that freedom is essential to building a better world than Hitler’s. It calls for hope in progress, not a return to old brutal orders, and notes that postwar society must reimagine science, labor, business, and government to serve all. It concludes that learning and adapting give humanity a path forward.
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Hitler
Our Town Off The Record News Bite and Views
A quirky Our Town column notes harmless local oddities like an ice block outside Harrison Avenue firms and a mix of transit humor. It playfully suggests sidewalks might need washing and jokes about Bay County residents and car ownership. The piece hints at student council plans and wartime morale ideas for soldiers and high school students.
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Harrison Avenue
Man About Manhattan describes Broadway vs London theater tastes
The piece notes Broadway offers 18 current plays while London trends skew escapist with Chu Chin Chow and Coward. It contrasts American realism reflecting war themes like Watch On the Rhine and The Woookie with English retreats from social topics. A satirical postscript quotes Wallace Wellington Forbes and C.S. offer of 17,750 dollars plus a lifetime pension.
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New York
Broadway
London
America
Chu Chin Chow
Noel Coward
Wallace Wellington Forbes
Court of Missing Heirs
Words of the Wise in Politics and Work Ethic
Quotes from Alf Landon Donald Nelson Alexander Ruthven and Mrs Dale Stanley reflect a call for robust political participation criticism and practical work. Landon urges minority opposition Nelson pushes swift reform Ruthven questions alumni skills and Stanley compares airplane mechanics to a manicure in terms of duration and respect.
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Republc
Alf M. Landon
GOP
Dale Stanley
Soapmakers' Pay Raised in Army Miscellany
A quip filled column notes Uncle Sam orders twenty carloads of sauerkraut for army camps to accompany ribs. It laments cost saves and jokes about pay raises, an innkeeper's wine explosion in Boston, and compares fashion pockets in men and women with a flat tone.
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Sam
Japan Seizure Claims Echo U S Precedent
The text argues that Japan’s seizure of Indo China bases mirrors U S conduct in acquiring Atlantic bases but notes U S actions followed prolonged conflict and public consent, challenging Axis claims of American precedent and asking who started this practice.
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Japan
Indo-China
United States
Atlantic
Germany
Italy
U. S
Hollywood Notes on twins and tricks in film magic
In Hollywood Notes the techniques behind The Corsican Brothers and Kee Em Flying are described, including double roles, split screens, and process shots. The Jungle Book example explains reverse perspective with real elephants, a painted temple, and distant mountains to create distant depth on a limited stage.
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Hollywood
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Fairbanks
Martha Raye
Alexander Korda
Vincent Korda
Psychological warfare on Italy turns up in Washington talks
NEA Service writer Thomas M. Johnson notes U S discussions of a separate peace for Italy backed by an Army of Liberation including Free Italians and Britons. The Mazzini Society spreads anti fascist sentiment from New York to Canada and Argentina.
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York
Washington
Italy
Vatican
William Phillips
Myron C. Taylor
Germany
Mazzini Society
New York
Boston
Chicago
California
Canada
Argentina
Risorgimento
Mussolini
Sicily
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Libya
South Africa
India
America
Weavell
Army of Liberation
Gestapo
Cash Only Chicago Confidence Men Target Butcher
Police report describes two glib strangers who swindled butcher Joseph Renkiewicz of $800 via a slick pitch for a certified check. The men urged cash and then vanished. In Kansas City, Albert Kuhn bought six geese for Thanksgiving but the birds disappeared two days earlier.
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Chicago
Joseph Renkiewicz
Kansas City
Albert Kuhn
Plastic substitution could trim metal use per pound
Current estimates indicate that one pound of plastic will replace more than three pounds of metal, signaling potential efficiency gains in material substitution.
Murder in Paradise Adds a Mystery on the Lake
In serene Iake the frame of two deaths unsettles residents including Herbert Cord and Miss Millie Morris. Maudie, Mary, and reporter Dennis Flynn surface tangled clues while Jeanie Morrin and Mandle OConnor drift amid suspicion. A late night intrusion and a growing fear sharpen the tension as Denny returns and romance rekindles in a cottage by the water.
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Quiet Paradise
Herbert Cord
Margie Dixon
Jeanie ‘Morrin
Polfece
Stash Veretti
Stern
Millie Morris
Jeanie
Mandle O'Connor
Mary
Dennis Flynn
Mandle
Ted Walner
Chris Gordon
Maudie
Joanie
Lisa Holmes
Morria House
Flynn
Miss Millie
McCool
Anth
Ghe
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Donald M. Nelson
SPAB
Alexander G. Ruthven
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NEA
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