Berlin Diary and the Heightened War News Noise
A summary of William L. Shirer's Berlin Diary noting how a German mother learned her airman son was alive after Luftwaffe death notices, BBC prisoner lists, and neighbor letters. The piece recalls censorship, the term informed sources, and a bridge party anecdote from small papers, plus appeasement trends and a Nazi propaganda crackdown.
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William L. Shirer
Berlin
Shirer
CBS
BBC
London
England
Germany
Europe
Like Father Like Son profiles Lindbergh Sr in SEP piece
Walter Ell Quigley profiles Chas. Lindbergh Sr in a piece titled Like Father Like Son. The article links the senior Lindbergh’s 1917 anti invasion speeches to his son’s 1941 stance and surveys era anecdotes and quotes from notable figures and venues of the time.
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Chas. Lindbergh Sr
Walter Ell Quigley
Lindbergh
Jack Oakie
Liberty
National
National Defense
Land Use Plans Raise Hope Across Caswell and Ward
A nationwide land use planning effort yokes farmers, colleges, and federal agencies to rethink farming. Caswell County North Carolina illustrates shifts from tobacco dependency to diversified, resilient farming with loans, tenant-purchase programs, better soils, and modern housing. Ward County North Dakota adopts livestock expansion and tax reform to curb tenancy and delinquency while expanding home-grown production.
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Frank George
Western Newspaper Union
Caswell County
North Carolina
Ross County
Ohio
Adair County
Iowa
Agricultural Colleges
Federal Department of Agriculture
Washington
Caswell
Farm Security Administration
Ward
North Bakota
Ward County
Posthumous Award Given to Creston Scout for Song
The late John Rivenburg of Creston Iowa, a 17 year old Boy Scout Eagle, won the first prize of 200 in a national Girl Scout Song contest posthumously. His marching tune Scouts Are We impressed judges Olin Downes Sigmund Spaeth and Hugh Ross. His parents Dr and Mrs L D Rivenburg noted the tribute.
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John Rivenburg
Creston
Iowa
Young Rivenburg
L. D. Rivenburg
Olin Downes
New York Times
Sigmund Spaeth
Hugh Ross
The
Schola Cantorum of
New York
Arthur ©. Choate
Girl Scouts
Planned near manganese supply program for crisis
Langbourne M Williams Jr argues in Chemical Industries that the United States faces a manganese shortage and proposes a three point plan to spur domestic and chemical sphere production. He notes reliance on overseas sources and highlights the Cuban American Manganese Corporation as a near source.
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New York
Chemical Industries
United States
Langbourne M. Williams Jr
Europe
Dover Elects Women to Run Town End of Era for Ladies
In Dover North Carolina four women exit public life as male leadership resumes after a two year run. Anne Dixon Wilson serves as mayor and judge while Sarah Griffin maintains tax collection and ledgers show all bills paid. Town of 400 residents notes projects include a new gymnasium and school lunch room.
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Dover
N. C
State Highway Commission
Anne Dixon Wilson
Sarah Griffin
Anna Wilson
Mrs. Griffin
Anna Dixon Wilson
Lend-lease funding rises as shortages widen aids
Washington reports a tentative 5.0 billion loan program addition to the 7.0 billion already approved, totaling 12.0 billion for democracies. Officials cite rising costs for planes ships and guns, repairs on damaged British warships, and urgent expansion of aid to Britain China and other allies. Red tape delays hinder plant construction, slowing defense output.
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Washington, D. DC
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Budget Bureau
Britain
China
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Romania
Hungary
United States
OPM
Make Cushions With Water-Resistant Artificial Leather
Home sewing notes describe cutting sewing water resistant artificial leather for outdoor cushions. Instructions cover needle sizes stitching counts and cord coverings with red seamed cords. The feature promotes burlap and silk stock cushions and previews Mrs Spears homemaker booklets offering many sewing projects.
U.S.O. War Fund Drive Appeals to Nationwide Help
A letter urges families to rally local and neighborhood support for a national U.S.O. drive claiming a nationwide effort could raise over ten million dollars overnight. It notes collaboration with YMC A National Catholic Community Service Salvation Army YWCA Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid Association.
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U.S.O
They.m.cavy National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Y.W.C.A
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
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Sam
Zona Gale
A. Devere
Jean Richter
Oscar Wilde
Alvin C. York
Jay Russell
Mark Twain
Akron Beacon-Journal
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Sybil Thorndike
Gavan
Havana- Madrid
Riviera
el Morocco
Madame
Will Davis
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Davis
Allisenhalmers
New York City
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Supreme Court
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Bangor
Maine
Washington, D. C
Grand Central Art Galleries
Alonzo Irigoyen
Ins
Bean
Capitol
By RutTa Wyeth Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
U. S. Army
U.S. O. National
Empire State Building
N.Y
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