New York Heartbeat and Hollywood Laugh Lines
A ragged column mixes wartime support and show business wit. Jimmy Dorsey dodges a ticket excuse as a drum man. a theatre scribbler recalls a war casualty joke. Carole Lombard dies in service selling bonds and actors enlist in defense efforts. A Hollywood couple laments a divorce over custody of the spare tire.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Dorsey
Herbert Hoover
Food Commission
Carole Lombard
Coast Guard
Notes on Radio War Commentary and Cultural Quips
A column reviews wartime broadcasts and public opinion, noting Knox’s cautious talk on Germany, Anne McCormick’s coverage, and Joe Louis’s charitable stance. It surveys book reviews, theater news, and Hollywood notes, with jests about Greta Garbo and Mrs. Roosevelt while recounting various war and cultural snippets.
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Knox
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Anne O'Hare McCormick
Times
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer
Eddie Cantor
Navy
Joe
Court of Missing Heirs
H. Hoover
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Collier
Liberty
Burma Road Life Line of China Showcases Heroism and Risk
The Burma road, running from Rangoon to Chungking, is hailed as a vital supply artery for China. It withstands brutal terrain and Japanese bombardment while U S and Allied efforts expand efficiency, safety, and repair work to sustain a potential counter offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
United States
Pacific
U. S
Asia
Kai-shek
Burma
Soviet Union
Turkestan
Chungking
Burma Road achievements via hand tools and grit
Hand built by 150 000 Chinese peasants in under 13 months the 726 mile Burma Road threads granite cliffs with 2000 culverts 300 bridges and two major suspension crossings over the Salween and Mekong. Since opening hundreds of hairpin turns have claimed 1300 truck losses and current volume estimates reach 18 000 to 20 000 tons per month with trips taking 10 to 12 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
India
Lashio
China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
United States
Salween
Mekong
American Society of Friends
United China Relief
Generalissimo
College of Science
University of Nanking
Burma Road
Wide War Powers Placed in Hands of State Governors
A Council of State Governments survey shows most states have wartime powers granted by 1942 statutes or 1917 acts. Governors can mobilize state guards seize supplies and direct resources to aid federal defense efforts.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
Massachusetts
New Jersey
United States
Council
Nebraska
New York
Washington power lobby under scrutiny by Truman panel
Washington media report the Truman committee plans a hard look at the power division of the War Production Board. It notes many officials are paid by private utilities, totaling over 250000 dollars yearly, while still on government payrolls. The piece also critiques Pan American film efforts led by Rockefeller and Whitney and notes other wartime tensions.
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Washington
D. C
Truman Committee
OPM
House Appropriations Committee
J. A. Krug
Krug
John Lord O’brian
Corporation
Power Division
O’brian
WOC
Donald Nelson
Houseclean Krug
Nelson Rockefeller
Museum of Modern Art
Rockefeller
Jack Whitney
Latin America
South America
U. S. Steel
Greyhound Bus
General Electric
American Can Company
Hollywood
The Fifth Freedom and the Right to Work
Editor W O Hart argues that the right to work without paying tribute to labor racketeers is essential for all workers. He condemns the closed shop and urges Congress to oppose laws depriving workers of the right to work. The piece contrasts 1913 government costs with 1939 levels and recalls English class dynamics and Jenny Lee’s visit in relation to worker rights.
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U. S
W O. Hart
Orange
Calif
Fifth Freedom
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Hart
Congress
Striving for Justice in Society
A reflective note on justice as an ongoing social effort, contrasting it with force. It emphasizes persistent progress toward fair treatment, equality, and civic virtue in a tempered, value‑driven outlook.
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John Galsworthy
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Stockholm
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S. Henie
Cliff Lange
Union
Life Line
Kai Shek
U. S. Transportation
U. S. Defense Program
Shanghai
Theodore Roosevelt
Army Quartermaster Corps
E. B. Craney
Montana
Senator Wheeler
Red Cross
William S. Hill
Colorado
Britain
Hill
Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
America
Europe
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Evelyn Wrench
Strand
London
House of Lords
Major Wrench
Jenny Lee
Joan of Arc
Ford
Adlerika
Seng
Areek
Mark Twain
Luet
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Pia
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Pocatello
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Erie
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Verge
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