Notes of An Innocent Bystander The Wireless
A collection of media and public affairs snippets with jabs at Army morale, theater writers, and press figures. Mentions Gen Marshall, Clark Gable, and James Young reporting from China. Includes commentary on British refugee policy and Ed Howe and H. L. Mencken memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Army
Clark—Gable
Gov’t
Ed_ Howe
Atchison, Kansas
Gene
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Mencken
Midnight Canadian Soldier Charms Hamburger Heaven Cashier
In a late night tale a Canadian soldier named Duncan McMartin, said to be among the world’s wealthiest men with about 40 million, orders five hamburgers. The cashier refuses payment, choosing to feed him free, insisting he is “doing a better world.” The anecdote ends with the soldier offering to pay, but the cashier again declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McMartin
Typewriter Ribbons Quote Collection
A compact collection of short quotations attributed to Pete Smith John Barrymore John Galsworthy Ben Hetht Elizabeth Curtis and Olin Miller. The lines offer aphoristic insights on eyes happiness doors smiles and fashion. The sourcing appears as a playful list from a periodical column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Smith
John Barrymore
John Galsworthy
Ben Hetht
Elizabeth Curtis
Olin Miller
Auntil
Birys
Army News Highlights Peacetime Peak and Scraps Savings
In Philadelphia a small team salvages woolen and cotton scraps from army uniform production. The process saved the government over 1,500,000 dollars last year. Scrap material is returned to the depot sorted, baled, and auctioned to highest bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Quartermaster
Army musicians to use Bell Lyra in U S bands
Army musicians will soon play Bell Lyras a Glockenspiel style instrument with 22 metal bars and a piano like keyboard. It will replace chromatic bells in U S army bands and can be played on the march or from a rack for concert work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mitchell buys Defense Savings Bond in wartime aid
U S Defense notes Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, purchasing a United States Defense Savings Bond in Atlanta. She states that preparedness is essential whether or not the nation enters war, and that supporting ships planes tanks and guns is vital, pledging her help by buying bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
United States Defense Savings
Job Plan Aids Men Leaving Service
Washington selective service headquarters announced a plan to classify skilled soldiers being discharged for quick civilian employment. About 200000 troops are to be returned to civilian life, with thousands more released in coming months if global conditions allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective ‘Service Headquarters
Blind readers gain Broadway plays via phonographic discs
New York reports the American Foundation for the Blind funds a project to record contemporary plays on long-playing discs for blind readers. The Library of Congress backs the effort with congressional funds and 27 regional libraries provide access, while a theater cooperative forms a repertory group to perform for the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
American Foundation For the Blind
New-York City
Library of Congress
Ion
Sybil Thorndike
Otis Skinner
Eva le Gallienne
Mady Christians
Hilda Spong
Bert Lytell
Whitford Kane
Selena Royle
Wesley Addy
Brenda Forbes
Edith Taliaferro
Joseph Holland
House Jameson
Portable Army Pipeline Advances for Difficult Terrain
Army Motors reports portable self contained half mile units with a 20 horsepower gasoline engine driven centrifugal pump. Each unit moves by trucks and can operate alone or in combinations to transport gasoline at about 200 gallons per minute through swamps forests or mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Army Motors
Holabird Quartermaster Depot
Baltimore
Rail personnel to keep reduced rail fares through Oct 1942
Army personnel in uniform on official leave may travel at reduced railroad rates for their own expense. Extended from May arrangements that would expire this month, the discount is now valid until October 31, 1942. H. W. Siddall, chair of the railroad interterritorial military committee, notified the quartermaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Siddall
Railroad Interterritorial Military Committee
United States
Quartermaster General
Little Business Fights Defense System Shortfalls
A confidential White House memo by Lowell Mellett criticizes OPM and the War Department for defense contract mishandling. It details grievances of small firms losing orders to big competitors, delays, and limited impact of the Contract Distribution division. Thurman Arnold’s Small Business unit in the Justice Department stands as a rare defender of small firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lowell Mellett
White House
Mellett
Defense Administration
OPM
Effett
SPAB
Washington
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
Guy Holcomb
Atlanta
Holcomb
Bullitt declines to pose with strip-tease queen on Hartford flight
Former ambassador Bill Bullitt refused photo requests from strip-tease performer Ann Corio aboard a Hartford plane. Corio warned he would not win office as fans would snub him at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bullitt
France
Ann Corio
Hartford
Conn
Bullitt
la Corie
LA Confidential
Commerce Depart
Contrasting Our Taxes With the English System
Wright A Patterson argues the British tax structure favors individuals over corporations and urges a shift toward dividend taxes. He notes a Minneapolis firm would owe far less in England, while Americans shoulder higher taxes, urging reform for national welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthau
Minneapolis
England
Inflation and pork barrel echoes in civic talks
A shopper notices dress price hikes in Chicago as stores raise prices for today’s mark up. The piece reflects on government spending inflation, comparing past rural debates over pork barrel items to today’s vast federal appropriations and their unseen per person impact.
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Chicago
Practicing Physicians Point To Strong Lighting Claim
A fragment notes physicians and lighting claims including an approximate 155 000 lumen output. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or a coherent event. Further detail is needed to specify the subject, location, and purpose of the claim.
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James —Young
Jiaps
China
Japan
Tokyo
Clarke Robinson
Harold Ro Stark
World Digests
Naval Operations
Douglas M. Stewart
Boston Aes
Naziland
Argentina
Selwyn James
Gerald Campbell
Trinidad
James
Europe
Sol Bloom
Campbell
Army News
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Defense
Joseph Wolland
Hedda Gabler
N. Y
Louisiana
Second Army
Johnie
Séck
Little Johnie
Sghristmas
Sconter
Merchandise-Mart
Red Cross
Hitler
Turkey
Vichy
Russia
Caucasus
Mosul
Euphrates Valley
Aegean
Balkan
Danube
Middle East
Wavell
India
Iran
Iraq
Palestine
A BY
Wright A. Patterson
GABOR
Pork Barrel
Yesteryear
Llive
Barre
Congress
Des Moines
Australia
The
United
Baukhage
Nat’ Farm & Home Hour
Kuta
Salt Lake
NBC Blue
Eee Free ‘Department
Reno
Nevada
Golden
W.broadwaybalt—-Lake
Beauty School
Ats Cst
West
South Main
Salt Lake City
Utah
C.O.D
Cruser
Rainier
State
Clinger Supply Co
L. C
DeLuxe-Glass Company
E. Broadway
Far East
Qrince
Foy
Cate
Thare
Bern
Motor Lodge
Sth
Italy
Department of. Commerce
Annance
Entista Ye Union Mechanics
Dental Laboratory
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