New Yorkers Weigh In On War Era Gossip and Bonds
The column surveys a mix of Broadway intrigue, espionage chatter, and social anecdotes. It notes a Columbia professor tied to sympathetic groups, a missing girl case, Goebbels propaganda fears, political shifts in Congress and France, pets in apartments amid air raids, and spoof notes on draft dodges and medical quackery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Military Intelligence Reserve Corps
Caroline Lee Gilbert
Damon Runyon
Washington War and Navy Secretaries Face Closed Hearing
Senate Foreign Relations panel heard Stimson and Knox discuss a half billion loan to China in a private session. The article notes seniority dynamics, a tug between army and maritime interests over control of war shipping, inflation policy cautions from Bernie Baruch, and remarks on Chicago mayor Ed Kelly and Vice President Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
War and Navy
Stimson and Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Tor Connally
Army
Navy
Civil Defense
Ed Kelly
Chicago
Wallace
Sericulture Department
AAA
MacArthur Given Command in Pacific Defense
General Douglas MacArthur sails to Australia to assume the supreme United Nations command in the Pacific region. U S leaders praise his bold strategy on Bataan and applaud the transfer as a decisive step to win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Command
Pacific
MacArthur
Bataan
Masaharu Homma
Hara Kiri
United Nations
Washington
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Mac
Rubber Shortage Sparks Speed Demon Warning and Scrap Drive
A columnist laments rubber shortages while urging wartime thrift. Speeding drivers waste tires. Henderson notes rubber must go to war. Readers are urged to organize scrap drives for iron, paper, rubber, and rags to aid production, with war bonds promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Henderson
Senate
Mr Henderson
American Legion Post
Like Father Like Son MacArthur Line of Military Fame
The article compares General Douglas MacArthur and his father Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur noting their similar career paths and rapid promotions. It highlights shared strategic talent and cites Civil War tactics influencing later War Department exams and references the son's leadership in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur MacArthur
Arthur
War Department
Little Arthur MacArthur Begins Wartime Prospects
Four year old Arthur MacArthur son of General and Mrs MacArthur is mentioned as starting a potential war career. He carries a Civil War veteran grandfather’s name, who commanded a Manila brigade in 1898. Arthur and his mother Jean Faircloth of Murfreesboro Tenn were reported safe in the Philippine outbreak, then later said to have arrived in Australia with General MacArthur and his staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Baruch
Leon Henderson
Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
Roosevelt
General MacArthur
Army
Military Academy
Arthur MacArthur
Douglas
Tokyo
Philippines
Manila
Commonwealth
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
MacArthur
War Department
Sen
Millard E. Tydings
Australia
Joseph J. Mansfield
Texas
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Arthur
U. S
Little Arthur
Jean Faircloth
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Does He Ever Tell You I Loved Your Letter
A 32 page booklet promises best letter forms and 24 model letters covering business and social writing. Tips on grammar and topics help readers write easily and charming notes to friends. Order details follow.
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Cock Cosyumer
Goebbels
CBS
Berlin
Rome
Gov't
Shim
Ed Foley
U S. Treasury
Mr. Morgenthau
Foley
Joan Fontaine
Coluumist
L. P
Joan
Eve Symington
Colin Kelly
Columms
B’way
Tom Dewey
Capitol Hill
Daladier
Riom
France
Laval
Paula Crystal
Ap Tooster
Valley
Onice
Stimson
Knox
Connally
Reynolds
North Carolina
Austin
Maritime Commission
Charles P Gross
Harry Hopkins
Joe Eastman
General Gross
Army Transportation
Gross
General Somerville
New York
WPA
Somerville
White House
Lewis Douglas
England
U.S
India
Merry
Midwest
United States
America
London
Southwest
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippine Islands
U. S. Farmers and Food Production
Kansas
Reader-Home Service
Minna St
San Francisco, Calif
W. Fouda
Samuel F.8.morse
Kellogg's
U. S. Defense
Pat Health
Ho We
Throom
California
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