Notes on Wartime Radio and Press Winds
A reflective column catalogs wartime media commentary from Elmer Davis to radio editors, noting debunking tones against Nazi propaganda, Italy’s censorship, and Berlin broadcasts. It references Bing Crosby bond appeals, editorial feuds, and public notices on freedom, journalism, and culture, ending with colorful vignettes of New York personalities and Times Square imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Davis
Rome
H. Denny
Times
Italy
Berlin
Romania
Bing Crosby
Civilian Front Prepared for War Economy
A wartime defense planning piece explains changes ahead for 182 million Americans as civilian supply divisions push rationing and lifestyle shifts. Roads: clothing, housing, transportation, and food will be affected with stay at home behavior, dimmed Main Streets, and reallocated resources to support military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Lange
Union
Uncle Sam
United States
Office For Emergency Management
Washington
Joseph L. Weiner
Division of Civilian Supply
Fred Jones
Johnny
Helen
Grandma
Grandpa
Bow
Mom
Pop
Shipping Lanes Narrow as Polar Ice Risks Russian Aid
War era analysis notes that southern dips in the polar ice cap push convoys toward Norway, increasing Nazi danger near Murmansk. The piece calls out Trondheim as a major German base, the extended daylight fueling attacks, and praises merchant crews while criticizing U.S. policy toward France and North Africa. It links bombing of Renault plant and Champs Elysee flag drop to French resistance and future U.S. aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Russia
United States
U. S
Murmansk
Norway
Trondheim
France
England
State Department
U.S
French North Africa
Britain
Renault Motor Plant
Champs Elysee
Hitler
American soldiers and town ties in wartime reflections
A town remembers an Italian American corporal and a Minnesota Norwegian private first class as emblematic soldiers. The piece praises their merit, camaraderie, and the total effort to supply equipment, while criticizing civil program protests and advocating farm labor unity against union pressure. It argues for decisive military effort and notes the economic costs of orange juice for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
CCC
AAA
WPA
NYA
SCS
California
State Federation of Labor
Senate
Wardrobe Stretchers Picked for Fashion Conscious Women
Miss Barbara Borhek of the University of Illinois home economics program explains wardrobe stretchers as useful extras at the accessories counter. She notes new WPB L8 limits on buying separate jackets and embellished dresses, urging shoppers to find patchwork ruffling, gingham belts with pockets, wool sleeve yokes, and color-matching peplums to update outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Borhek
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Qualified Summer Theater Manager
A critic notes a new actress in a stock company as clumsy, prompting discussion about her fit with the summer theater group and the manager’s use of local talent.
And That Fast
A terse line from a dialogue fragment shows a dismissive response followed by a push to leave. Without context the scene hints at a tense moment where authority or urgency is implied by the urging command.
Prince Albert Tobacco Makes Ideal Gift for Service Men
A pound of Prince Albert tobacco is promoted as the perfect gift for soldiers in the Army Navy Marines or Coast Guard who smoke a pipe or roll their own. Surveys show tobacco tops service members gift lists and local dealers advertise the National Joy Smoke as an ideal gift for service men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marines
Coast
Prince Albert
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Adv
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the Times
Lidice the Immortal
Christian Science Monitor
Greece
Robert Lasch
Chicago
L. A. Evening Herald- Express
Noble
Winchell
Ralph Ingersoll
New York Post
Post
N Y. Post
John Anderson
Jake Falstaff
Louise R. Peattie
Buckler
R. L. Stevenson
Colyum
Heydrich
Anon
Heller
Marlene Dietrich
John Harrower
Annie
Phil
Ted Lewis
44Th Street
Ted Jerusalem
Jake
Jerusalem
Morris
Bookie
Swifty Morgan
Manhattan
West 69Th Street
Times Square
the Waldorf
Europe
Army’ of
Office of Defense, Health and Welfare Services
Paul V McNutt
Army of
Sam
United Front
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Axis Oilfields
North
Australia
General MacArthur
Java
Coral Sea
Rumania
Germany
Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Ges
W. Broadway
L. c
Taylor
Cameron
Texas
Jesse JM. Chase
Salt Lake City
Retal
Boise
Pocatello
Blackful
Blueprints & Designs
Anton Oberg
South Garfield
Idaho
Intermountain
Beesley Music Cop
Utah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lice
Ictory
WNU
Doan
Zeithbert
Doans
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