Night Club Patriot and Hollywood Gags Mix In War Talk
A collage of wartime chatter mixes MacArthur anecdotes with Hollywood humor. Jests about bridges, book authors, salaries, and actors collide with praise for American industry and the war effort.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
2
Battle over Alaska Highway route drags into years
The article outlines a long delayed plan for a military highway to Alaska with two rival routes via Edmonton or directly from Washington to Prince George. It notes Canadian airport links, wartime air guidance aims, and potential use of internees for construction as a possibility. It also discusses intensified Japanese propaganda efforts in Latin America and changes at the White House with tighter security and cancelled teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Edmonton
Prairie
Alberta
Washington
Prince George
White Horse
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Army
Japan
Europe
Chile
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Mrs Roosevelt
Nazi auralauds on dictatorial powers linked to U-boat supply scam
Intelligence briefing notes a high level Nazi racket protected by top officials. It reports a well organized scheme shooting food supplies for U boats at their home ports, tying Hitler's push for dictatorial powers to wartime corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Stooge
Reichstag
South America as U S Ally in Rio Conference Era
Article by Charles A. Singler outlines Brazil leading a revived Pan American unity, shifting loyalties among Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay Colombia Bolivia and Venezuela toward Brazil, the impact on lend-lease aid, and South American resources from rubber and tin to oil and bauxite strengthening the Allied war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Japan
United States
Central
South America
Charles A. Singler
Union
Uncle Sam
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Panama Canal
Portugal
Rio de Janeiro
Plymouth Rock
Rio
Sumner Welles
Oswaldo Aranha
Washington
Republic of
Axis
Paraguay
Bolivia
Uruguay
Val
Colombia
U. S
Colombis
Malaya
Venezuela
Curacao
Aruba
Unity in War Effort and Individual Roles
A column argues unity in wartime must be individual as well as collective, urging each person to take a definite job, from bond quotas to civilian defense, with bands, flags, and public prayer. It cites past WWI bonds and Red Cross drives and quotes a Dinwiddie Virginia plea for divine guidance to sustain Christians in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Joe Brown
Frank Mills
George Smith
Red Cross
YMCA
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Daniel J. Schuyler
Chicago
Brez
Dinwiddie County
Virginia
Virginia News
Petersburg
Dinwiddie
Vast South America: population and geography overview
The article notes South America housing about 91,300,000 people with the Amazon river as the longest in the world at 3,900 miles. It cites the Andes at 4,400 miles, Brazil larger than the U S by 260,000 square miles, Paraguay as the smallest nation, and Natal as the nearest point to Africa. It mentions Patagonians at Magellan Strait and lists key products including gold, diamonds, coffee, nitrates, manganese, tin, copper, cattle, cotton, cacao and rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Russia
Brazil
Vichy
Dakar
Africa
Natal
America
South America
Republic
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Gétulio Vargas
Amazon
Andes
Panama
Tierra del Fuego
Brasil
Paraguay
Guiana
Magellan Strait
Wood Age Emerges with New Wooden Goods in Chicago Display
A survey at a large Chicago merchandising center shows a shift from metal to wood in many items as a modern wood age unfolds. Artists display wooden wares including lobster shaped tables, carved trays, and platters with turkey and duck fits signaling broad adoption of wood products in daily use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
ILI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Night Club
MacArthur
Bataan
Bis Story
H'wood
Ilka Chase
Ilka
Moore
Eddie Cantor
Lou Holtz
Chico Marx
Ben Bernie
Bernie
Chico
Variety
Music Hall
Snow White
Rebecca
Phila
Harry Hopkins
France
John Gunther
Commentatoriar
Gov’t
Gunther
Berlin
Tokyo
B. Altman's
Lillian Gish
Congress
Broadway
New York
J Broderick
Stiff
MGM
Chet Shaw
Newsweek
Carl Laemmle Jr
5Th Avenue
Washington, D. C
Republic of Brazil
Spirit of Freedom
Juan A. Rios
Navy Yard
A Wright A. Gene Een
Western Newspaper Union
Ocean
Cleveland
Emerson
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Fies
Goaran
Gealers
Harold Gomera, Inc
Kalb
Bklyn
Daisy Fly Killer
Epil
WNU
Nature
Dean
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