Private Papers of a Cub Reporter in Wartime Honolulu Scene
Excerpts describe Pearl Harbor attack scenes and executive wartime briefing in Honolulu. Conversations recount planes, explosions, fires at Hickam and Schofield Barracks, the fallback of Clipper service, and Pearl Harbor damage. Historical notes include Liberty Magazine excerpt and contemporaneous media reactions.
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Honolulu
Hickam
Rogers Airport
Schofield Barracks
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
America
Fred Althoff
Liberty Magazine
Geo. S. Viereck
Washington
U. S
Washington (DC
Errol Flynn
Dorothy di Frasso
Carol of
Romania
Mexico
Irving Berlin
Willis Hunt
Carol Landis
Elise Curtis
RAF
Jimmy Durante
Tokyos
Mario Gallo
San Carlo
Opera Company
Hizi Koy Ke
Wood to Burn for U S Science and Forest Industry
A 1940s era piece details how timber and forest products are becoming substitutes for metal and other materials in defense needs. It highlights forest growth, large U S consumption of paper, and sustained yield plans like the Clemons tree farm, with emphasis on fire protection, pest control, and new wood technologies.
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Western
Union
America
University of Michigan
United States
U. S
Wood Industries
Forest Product& Industries
Forests of
Clemons Tree Farm
Grays Harbor
Wash
West Coast
Washington
Oregon
Douglas Jr
Nature
Forest Products Industries
United States Forest Service
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
thYs
Willkie Roosevelt Bond Across Political Lines Marked by War Talk
The article notes unusual bipartisan support for Roosevelt from Wendell Willkie, recounts Willkie’s behind the scenes work, a phone exchange with Joe Martin, and a remark about re electing anti Roosevelt Republicans. It also reports on naval budget questions, Admiral Robinson’s testimony, and cost factors for armor and carriers.
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Washington, D. C
Willkie
F.D.R
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Joe Martin
Republican National Committee
House
Roosevelt
Joe
Wilkie
House Naval Affairs Committee
Samuel Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Robinson
Defense
Civilian Expenditures Call for War Budget Savings
WRIGHT A. Vea discusses civilian government costs during wartime, urging reductions to save billions. He contrasts Byrd and Morgenthau calls for restraint with past fears of a billion-dollar congress and stresses prudent civilian spending alongside total war effort. Russia is labeled totalitarian fascist, not communist, in a debate on global political dynamics.
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House
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Appropriations Committee
Lasser
John Taber
N. Y
J W Ditter
Everett Dirksen
U. S
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Civiaan
Byrd
Morgenthau
America
Yesteryear
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Japan
Alaska defense outposts rise in severe Arctic winter
In Fairbanks Alaska the engineers hasten construction of roads landing fields docks and army posts despite 50 below temperatures and rugged terrain. The Arctic frontier sees expanding outposts as modern facilities emerge across Alaska from southeast to central regions.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Corps of Engineers
America
Arctic
Alaska Willawaws Disrupt Coast Operations
The report describes willawaws in western and southwestern Alaska. Strong winds cause dangerous unloading from ships and threaten flying and shipping. These disturbances occur mainly October to March, are brief but violent.
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Tion
Alaska
She's Upstairs Making It Now From Goffe Ball Display
A humorous item notes a change at home as a wife prepares for a new husband, while a husband misreads the situation. The exchange centers on a fresh marriage arrangement and expected appearance.
Ideal Marriage Ends In Jest and Wealthy Joke
A humorous exchange pinpoints a quirky dynamic in marriage with a wife described as a treasure and a husband as a treasury. The banter pivots on a mouse squeak and a comical response about oiling the machine.
Put on Pressure in Confiding Exchange Between Lovers
A fragment shows a tense dialogue where one character questions an open confession of love. The other asserts they spoke indirectly, claiming the truth was forced from them by pressure. The exchange hints at underlying romance and coercion in a personal moment.
Do Not Grieve Over The Troubles Of Others Quote
A reflective line from Bolton Hall urges acceptance of personal trials and compassion for others. It emphasizes that suffering arises from necessity and that dwelling on others’ troubles serves little purpose.
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Bolton Hall
Forming Habits for a Better Life
Habit forming is equally easy for good or bad patterns. It is just as hard to break a good habit as a bad one, so cultivate the positive ones and keep them.
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Supreme Court
Douglas
Murphy
Black
Frankfurter
San Francisco
Paul Smith
Navy
Sec’y Knox
Knox
Jimmy Dorsey
Hirohito
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Forest Industry
Wright A. Vea Eee
Western Newspaper Union
George Creel
Wilson
Duke Trempe
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Duke
Hawaii
Pacific
Admiral Byrd
Little
Adlerika
Lydia Pinkham
Isabel
Tn Aa Oe
Doan
Dean
Idoans
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
Ogden, Utah
Esdge Oriminte Au Chamber of Commerce and
Ad Cleb
Ben Lomond Ogden
Utah
Hobert B. Visick
Mer
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