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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
2
A pastiche of jests and anecdotes about public figures and wartime irony. It notes Roosevelt era tales of internees and spies, FDR jokes, Swope clock fixation, Broadway heiress publicity stunts, and Hollywood star budgets.
Modern Americans believe more myth and legend about Hollywood than ancient Greeks about Olympus figures. There is a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce but no Hollywood City Hall or city officials. The vague area sits in the northwest part of Los Angeles.
The Canal Zone is a key strategic and meteorological hotspot with 27 years of history. It describes 50 by 10 miles, 95 square miles underwater, and a 34 mile canal with 87 foot height. Jungle concealment hides 16-inch coastal guns and anti aircraft batteries, caves with shells, underground cities, switchboards, and hidden airstrips ready for action.
The article outlines Panama Canal defenses and potential threats from air and sea powers. It notes PT boats and jungle sentinels, mine units, and infantry ready to slow any assault. It warns of enemy bases in the Caribbean and Pacific, and recalls the canal’s opening and strategic importance.
Thousands of women flood Washington as WAAC enlistments surge yet only 500 officer candidates can be admitted this year. Maj. Oveta Culp Hobby and aides face tough screening by nine corps areas while a 25,000 cap for WAACs is set with four weeks training each.
A veteran observer recalls a long March era registration for men ages 45 to 65, showing a cross section of American life in one rural town, with diverse colors and backgrounds united by duty. The piece also profiles farmer John Nichols as a symbol of traditional American farming and resilience, and closes with wartime thrift and sacrifice references including Hitler’s handwriting on the wall and saving for war stamps.
The article explores using barges along the Intracoastal Waterway as a partial fuel solution for eastern states. It outlines a 3,500 mile shelter route from Boston to the Chesapeake Bay with limited sea attack protection. It notes a proposed trans Jersey canal from Sayreville to Bordentown and downstream Delaware and Chesapeake connections.
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