Pearl Harbor aftermath frames war as fight for human dignity
A broad meditation connects Pearl Harbor to a wider war aim, urging America to demand justice for victims and accountability from leaders. It praises USO efforts, notes wartime culture in cities, and profiles journalists and artists while urging continued bond drives and national resolve.
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Nimitz
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Europe
America
Valley Forge
Munich
France
Norway
Belgium
Navy red tape slashed as King orders Washington staff cut
Washington officials debate Navy red tape reduction with Admiral King ordering fewer Washington bureaus. The piece contrasts large U S Navy staffing with Japan, notes officers assigned abroad, and profiles Joel Dean an economist tied to gasoline rationing.
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Washington
D. C
King
Japan
Tokyo
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Us&s. Navy
Admiral Leary
New Zealand
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Wartime coal demand urges early orders for home warmth
The article warns homeowners to order coal early for the coming winter as mines operate at 90 percent capacity due to wartime production. It compares delaying orders to a slow freight, notes peak industrial output approaching, and urges checking heating systems and converting oil burners to coal to save fuel and support victory.
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Hitler
Stooges
Mr. Jones
Mr Slopoik
Andy Tardie
U. S
Uncle Sam
Paul Bunyan
Coal and Oil Production in the United States in 1940
The report shows 51,887,885 tons of coal prepared for consumption with Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, and Kentucky as top producers. In 1940 coal exports reached 16,456,928 tons, mostly anthracite to Canada, while coke output totaled 273,832,410 tons. Oil production rose to 1,351,847,000 barrels valued at 1,352,000,000 dollars, with the U S supplying over half of marketed oil and Russia next at about one fifth. Employment in coal declined from 784,621 in 1920 to 543,200 in 1940.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Wilkes- Barre
Scranton
Canada
United States
Russia
Private Purkey in Love and War Notes
A wartime humorous letter exchange between Harriet and Oscar reveals concerns over Harriet joining the WAAC. Harriet fears long marches and harsh duties, while Oscar worries about distance and duties like guard duty and KP. The text ends with a dimout note and a jokey aside from Ima Dodo.
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Harriet
WAAC
Socialized capitalism and a new era of government in business
Paul T. Babson argues a shift toward state capitalism is rising as the U S economy endures a postwar hangover a burst speculative spree of the 1920s is blamed for prompting tighter controls and a painful price for progress. The piece contrasts proposed reforms with the wartime finance pattern and notes cheaper tires over decades.
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Paul T. Babson
Babson
Federal Reserve
Fuel User's Pledge for Efficient Home Heating
A concise pledge outlines eight steps for homeowners to save heat and fuel. It urges cleaning and inspection of heating systems, timely repairs, reducing heat losses, proper operation, preventing smoke, avoiding overheating or underheating, and ordering fuel early to prevent shortages.
American Life Depicted by Old Lighting and Samplers
Nearly two centuries of American life are represented by about 100 eighteenth and nineteenth century lighting appliances and over 250 samplers. The Cooper Union Museum showcases English Mexican French Spanish Dutch German and Italian needlecraft beside outstanding American pieces to illustrate domestic and design variations. Lighting fixtures trace chronological design changes tied to illuminating oil and new pieces from wallpapers textiles antique jewelry buttons metal work and pottery are on view along with architectural sketches by Whitney Warren and tiles designed by William Morris. A rare pair of glazed Belgian glazed pottery figurines is included.
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Cooper Union Museum For
Cooper Union
Whitney Warren
William Morris
Morris
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New York Newsreel
Capitol
N. Y
USO
Paramount Studios
Long Island City
Carl Laemmle Jr
Young Laemmle
Universal Pictures
Greenwich Village
42Nd Street
8Th Avenue
West Side
Central Park
Raymond Clapper
Congress
Fortune
John Wesley Dafoe
Montreal Free Press
Will Rogers
Jal Heywood Broun
Kilgallen
H I Phillips
Washgton
Fannie Hurst
U S. A
Joel Dean
Vermont
California
Harvard
International Business Machine
Leon Henderson
OPA
Arlington
Brickbats
Dean
South Sea Island
Army Hour
War Department
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
MacArthur
General Wavell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Army Medical Corps
Army
War Production Board
W. W. Timmis
Oscar
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
All
K.p
Mooney
Rolling Stone
Purkey
Is Ima Dodo
New York
Wright A
Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Northland
Joe Friday
Joe
House
Senate
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