Rumors, Dead Men, and Wartime Echoes Across a Nation
A collage recalls wartime figures and rumors from a 1942 Statevepost column. It sketches a fighter credited with 46 enemy planes, a draft-evasion charge against a hometown board, and a soldier declared dead who returns to Hollywood. It lists media voices and debates on lend-lease, propaganda, and public sentiment, with reflections on postwar hopes and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
U. S
RAF
North Africa
Miami
Hollywood
Army Navy draft standards clash in Washington debate
In Washington the debate over induction rules pits an army lowering its physical and mental requirements against a navy that maintains higher IQ and fitness tests. Draft director Brig. Gen. Hershey advocates uniform standards to help married men and children, while navy officials face scrutiny over recent setbacks in battles and command decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Management Labor
Hershey
WMC
Paul McNutt
Islands in Pacific Zone Shape Allied March to Tokyo
The piece maps the Pacific theater from Guadalcanal to the Gilberts, Marshalls and Mariana islands, outlining how United Nations forces could advance toward Tokyo via Melanesia Micronesia and Australia bases. It notes key locations like Port Moresby Buna Lae Salamaua Rabaul Truk Jaluit Makin and Guam, and discusses ranges from Guadalcanal to Tokyo and the role of bases in Australia and the Marshalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Tokyo
Pacific
Union
National Geographic Society
Pacific Ocean War Theater
Roosevelt
78Th Congress
United Nations
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Malaita
Santa Isabel
Choiseul
New Georgia
Munda
Solomons
Melanesia
Black Islands
Micronesia
Australia
Bougainville
Little Buka
Bismarck Archipelago
New Britain
Rabaul
New Ireland
New Hanover
St. Matthias
Admiralty
Moresby
Buna
Lae
Salamaua
United States
Guam
Philippines
America
Spain
Germany
Japan
Steppingstone
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Honolulu
Pago Pago
Manila
Palau
Truk Islands
Hawaii
Netherlands Indies
Rota
Saipan
Singapore
Yap
Truk
Ponape
Pearl Harbor
United States Navy
Jaluit
Wotje
Maloelap
Kwajalein
Panama
Pacific Coast
Great Britain
Gilbert
Gilberts
Makin Atoll
Makin Island
Cape York
March to Tokyo Ends In Volcanic Seas Strategy
A witty wartime column lampoons a three legged march on Tokyo, noting volcanic islands and coral reefs, and describes a new 1943 ration book with 48 coupons. It mocks OPA rules, public accounts, and adds letters from Africa with light quips and famous last words from Mussolini and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kazan Retto
Tokyo Goal
van Loon
Knox urges Pacific bases to guard the East after WWII
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called for immediate consideration of American air and naval bases in the Pacific to deter future aggression in the East. He argued postwar policy would disarm Japan but require bases to prevent rearmament, noting prior destroyer transfers gave rights to build bases on Caribbean British islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Horne
House
Senate
Horne
Congress
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
Kelly Turner
Turner
Aleutians
Admiral Horne
United States
Pacific
East
Frank Knox
Knox
Japan
North American
Great Britain
Caribbean
Life With Mother or Through the Grocery With Pen and Pencil
The March Book of the Month by Uncle Sam promises action drama and mystery with a foreword and appendix by the justice department. It aims to out-sell classics while challenging readers with battles and new educational blends from Burpee to How to Diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Department of Justice
Burpee
Explosives Use in the United States Surges
The United States has used over 200000 tons of explosives annually for mining quarrying clearing land and construction. From 1936 to 1940 domestic consumption of dynamite and similar materials matched in weight all explosives used by the Allies in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Deanna Durbin
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
Satevepost
Berlin
Joe Scanlon
Station Debunk
Americanazi
Winchell
Quent Reynolds
Walter Millis
H-Trib
Henry Gorrell
Raymond Gram Swing
Bing Crosby
Gerard Swope
Free World
Prussia
Woollcott
Reader’s Digest
Dudley Field Malone
Churchill
Shakespeare
Richard III
Harry Richman
Miami Beach
Washington, D.C
Navy Task
Ft. Benning
Burma Road
Chungking
Dorothy Lamour
Islands Stud
Shanghai
Amami Oshima
Taiwan
Formosa
Luzon
Mindanao
Equator
Agrihan
Guguan
Sislands Tinlane
Rota Mat
Timor
Jarwin
Caroline
Port Méteshy
Izu Shichi
Ogasawara Shoto
Bonin Islands
Kazan
Retto J P
Roserssees
Urdeas
Minamitori Shima
Marcus
Vuapan
Islands
Wake
Marshall
A. Wotje
Makin
Midway Islands
ARCH
Ceucordite
Bunas
Guada
Coral Sea
Fiji
Y. Suvaw
Jaluita
Malaya
Burma
China
Alaska
Siberia
Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Marshalls Menace Shipping
The
OPA
Harriet
Africa
White House
Dakar
Oscar
I Duce
R. Roelofs IR
Benito Mussolini
Mr. Jeffers
Bill
Cross Creek
East Lynne
Kellogg’s
MTT
Eleauelins
GROVE
WNU
Icas
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