This Is the Army in Irving Berlin Show for Army Relief
Various wartime notes describe soldier pay compared to Japanese wages, requests for books on Germany Japan and Italy, and plans for 500 000 to one million decorations for occupation forces. It also notes a new shatterproof glass, a large Army movie chain, and education via correspondence courses for AE F members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Berlin
Uncle Sam
Fifth Ave
Germany
Japan
Italy
U. S
Philadelphia
U.S Army
U. S. Army
The-Counstry
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Golf Army
A.E.F
Brown
Army Life and War Department Jokes From 1940s Patrols
A collage of wartime humor notes by and about soldiers on duty overseas. Pranks, slang, and nicknames fill the pages including G Men of the Air and Bundles for Bertin. The piece also mentions uniforms, helmets, and lighthearted quips about life in training camps and aboard troop transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Australia
Pvt
Johnny Nauer
Michigan
Army Air Force Training Center
Miami Beach
Florida
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
The General's Two Wives and China War Politics
The departure of Gen Hsiung Shih-fei reveals a personal angle with two wives and a broader clash over China policy. The piece ties this to U S farm policy battles, Stilwell’s role, and fears of Japan after Hitler’s defeat, amid Chiang Kai-shek’s pressure on Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hsiung Shih-fei
Washington
Hsiung
China
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Chiang
1943 Will Test America's Production Strength
A 1943 production push seeks to outpace Axis armament output. Secretary Jesse Jones asserts America will double 1942 levels in key military categories as industry, farming, and labor convert peacetime plants into war production, with massive shipbuilding, auto industry retooling, dairy and meat outputs rising to feed troops and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Jesse Jones
Allie
Farm Production Task for 1943 Faces Hard Road Ahead
Secretary Wickard warns the 1943 farm production job will not be easy as one quarter of output will feed U.S. armed forces and Allied nations. He notes increased need for milk meat eggs beans peas poultry and vegetables while point rationing begins to guide public demand and diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United Nations
Farmers of America
Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Axis
North Africa
CPA
Theater Wing Canteen Opens for Merchant Seamen
Eleanor Roosevelt comments on the Glasgow and New York canteens, praising the American Theatre Wing for the Merchant Seamen club. She highlights the navy crews’ courage, discusses wartime reading campaigns, recommends Victory Books drives, and notes safety guidance for women workers.
Notch by Notch Secretary Signals Tighten Belts Ahead
The Secretary of Commerce vows belts will tighten notch by notch if war developments require it. He says American hardships at home will be less than those faced by armed forces and Allies abroad, who endure greater suffering on distant fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce
Ammunition Workers Turn Out Vast Postwar Quantities
During the first year of war American ammunition plants produced enough rifle and machine gun rounds to potentially threaten each Axis soldier with 83 bullets. At one arsenal the average worker made over 47 000 small rounds, 605 artillery cases, 200 time fuses, and 400 shell bodies up to six inches. If only those directly in manufacturing were counted, per capita output would rise by about 20 percent. In 1942 the facility shipped over a billion small rounds and more than ten million artillery shell cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
Uncle Sam
Bertin
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sill
Joseph Stilwell
U. S
China
Japan
Hitler
State Department
Manchuria
Teddy Roosevelt
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
United States
Stilwell
Joe Stilwell
Donald Nelson
National Association of Manufacturers
United Nations
Farmers of America
Wickard
McNutt
America
Walt Whitman
Texas
Hendrik van Loon
Washington
Alexander W. Armour
Robert P. Patterson
Cunning Pixy Hood and Mittens Crochet Set
A compact pattern note describes a double crochet mittens and pixy hood set. Variations include adding rows for a teen skating set and reference to directions labeled 7988D and Z988D on this sheet.
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Walter Wincerell
Continental
U.S
Superman
Gabriel
Sebring
Fla
Pacific War Zone
Jimmy Doolittle
Farm Fight
Land Grant Colleges
H. C. “Curley" Byrd
University of Maryland
Land Grant College
Farm Bureau
Congress
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Agriculture Department
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
Grange
National Co-operative Milk Producers
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Warenmn Henn
Hitler-Hirohito-Musso
Sec. Wickard
England
Eleanor “Roosevelt
Theater Wing
Merchant Marine
Glasgow
North Atlantic
Rome
the Negro Press
National Safety Council
Chicago
Arsenal
Kansas City
Ant
Hawaiian Islands
Mauna Kea
Marietta
Bellansitty
Department of Agriculture
HEINZ
Heinz Drug
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sopra Sl
Seeiansdei
Ewriters
Ig McH’s
W. Broadway
Summerhays
Salt Ke
Jesse M. Chase Bay
Ogden
Provo
Pocatello
Boise
Blackfoot
N.Y
Salt Lake
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