Time-worn warcraft echoes through ages in bold survey
Capt. Richard J. Kennedy surveys ancient and medieval warfare to show basic battle orders persist. He traces parallel oblique and developing formations from Hannibal to Vegetius and Sun Tzu, noting ancient innovations like chariots elephants and early incendiaries shaping modern tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Cannae
The
Marne
Marshal Foch
Vegetius
Daily Mirror
Sun Tzu
Eisenhower
Military history bits from ancient to medieval warfare
Walter Winchell outlines a miscellany of military trivia from ancient Egypt and Rome to the Crusades and medieval siegecraft. He notes grenades, decora tions, chevrons, chaplains, signal methods, and early siege weapons with brief etymologies and historical context.
Synthetic Era Taking Shape Today
The article notes a shift to synthetic materials driven by war needs. It highlights synthetic tires, new chemico industrial uses for farm products, and casein from skimmed milk as substitute materials for war machinery. It also mentions rural America playing a larger role in St Chemnergy and airborne uses of synthetic textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
This
Nation
South America
Southwest Pacific
William M. Jeffers
Italy
Germany
Plastic Age Nears As Substitutes Shape War Effort
The article discusses substitution plastics reshaping industry and daily life during wartime. It notes soybeans and bagasse as valued farm products, synthetic fabrics and glass bricks replacing traditional materials, and forecasts October 1943 synthetic production meeting military needs. It frames a shift from natural resources to plastic goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Louisiana
Old License Plates Vary With State Rules in 1943
The 1943 license plates depend on state decisions due to a WPB order that restricted steel use. Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, Wyoming and South Carolina adopt new color schemes or formats, while many states switch to windshield stickers or date tabs. Illinois uses fiber board plates. Arkansas uses wooden plates for some vehicles. Wyoming keeps orange letters on black.
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Colorado
Illinois
Mississippi
Wyoming
South Carolina
Florida
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Glamorous Plastics Drive War Effort Says Commerce Bureau
The acting director of the U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce states that the plastics industry is central to the war effort. Plastics are now on par with glass wood stone and metal and will likely continue expanding after the war. Bulletins list new synthetic products and trade names as substitutes enter the market. Celluloid is cited as an early synthetic forerunner to plastics used in various everyday items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free United Nations
U. S
War Department
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
World Trade Policy Spotlight on Hull and Postwar Economy
The piece argues Secretary of State Cordell Hull will becentral in shaping postwar economic policy to back free trade and avoid isolationism. It traces Hulls push for reciprocal trade pacts, Article VII in lendlease, and a global economic framework tied to the Atlantic Charter and 1941 agreements, noting the Pentagon visit and wartime diplomacy dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
H Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
78Th Congress
Cordell Hull
Hull
Ghoss
Lasson
State Department
Congress
America
Britain
United States of America
United Kingdom
Red Cross to Open Prisoner of War Parcel Center in Philadelphia
The first packing center for prisoner of war parcels will open in January in Philadelphia. It will have an initial capacity of 100000 packages a month. Parcels weighing 11 pounds will be sent to Americans and other United Nations prisoners and civilians held by the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Philadelphia
United Nations
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Rome
Marathon
B. C
Miss
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Pentagon
Western Newspaper Union
Blue Network
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
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Utah
Liberal Credit
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Provo
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Boise
Blackfoot
Heinz Drug
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Doans
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