Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Wireless
A breezy roundup of media and wartime culture notes. Snippets reference Roosevelt and Goebbels, Sen. Lister Hill mispronunciations, and popular songs and radio programs. It highlights Crichton’s plea to Hollywood, Soviet grit at Stalingrad, trick journalism by Auernheimer, and light industry gossip from radio and film circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Goebbels
Berlin
Lister Hill
Wolfut
Deems Taylor
Jack Pearl
Variety
Gossip and War News Roundup in Wartime New York
A brisk, scattershot column notes Capone era remnants anxious for Touhy capture, German language mockery of Henry Morgan, a closed Suki-Yaki and rising Chinatown laundry, Columbia film City Without Men on prisoners’ army eligibility, and British ex-officers praised. Also mentions Astor timber sale for Navy aid, gas rationing effects at racetracks, steakhouse meatless Tuesday cost, Writers’ War Board’s Anthem stanza push, Veloz and Yolanda revue, New York rail fares unchanged, night-shift work discouragement, and sightings of Henderson, Baruch, and Hoover at social spots with war bond appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
Roger Touhy
Chicago
Fuehrer
Henry Morgan
Beobachter
Columbia
Writers’ War Board
Kostelanetz
CBS
Veloz & Yolanda
San Francisco
ICC
Gov't
Streamlining Democracy and War Policy in 1941 Debate
In a wartime column, the piece recalls 1941 Congress battles over the selective service act and 18 to 19 year draft extension, praising streamlined democracy. It notes debates on atrocity imagery, Elmer Davis and the Office of War Information, and quotes dairy manpower insights from Berkeley Bunker and President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Iceland
Sam Rayburn
Australia
House of Representatives
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Berkeley Bunker
Nevada
Bunker
Jem
War Manpower Commission
New York State
Red Cross Aids Locate War Prisoners and News
The International Red Cross provides guidance on obtaining news of prisoners of war and missing servicemen. Local chapters offer instructions on letters parcels and forms, with Geneva central bureaux sharing prisoner data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Red Cross Aids
Information on Prisoners of War Mail and Red Cross Help
The Red Cross and military authorities outline how prisoners of war are notified and kept informed. They note delays in lists from Japan regarding those captured in the Philippines and advise contacting local Red Cross chapters for inquiries. Rules cover mail limits, camp conditions, and parcel delivery expectations for various nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pris
Red Cross
Acton
International Committee
American Red Cross
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
War Department
Tokyo
Philippines
Far East
Red Cross Food Parcels for Prisoners and Far East Aid
International Red Cross parcels supply German Italian and occupied France prisoners with 11 pound packages including milk powder cheese and meat. Delegates inspect camps to ensure humane treatment and parcel delivery. Japan shipments face sailing limits. Gripsholm neutral vessel transports 11 pound food parcels, medicines clothes and tobacco to the Far East for exchange and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
France
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Japan
Western Pacific
Red Cross
American
Far East
Gripsholm
Portuguese East Africa
Army
Navy
Red Cross Aid and Prisoner Care During War Noted
The article details large wartime aid shipments including drugs blankets clothing and other goods to prisoners in the Far East via ICRC delegates in Tokyo Shanghai and Hong Kong. It explains limits on Red Cross access in Japan and occupied areas and traces the organization’s origins from Solferino to Geneva and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
International Red Cross Committee
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Philippines
United States
Gripsholm
Gestapo
Japan
China
International Red Cross
Henri Dunant
Solferino
Geneva
Gustave Moynier
Dunant
Moynier
Committee of Five
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross Societies
International Red Cross Conference
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1647 B for Young Girls Frock
The military style row of buttons down the front adds glamour and practicality so little girls can dress and undress unaided. A full swinging skirt is achieved by clever piecing and the pattern covers sizes 2 through 6 years.
Identity and Language Linked in Quote by Noah Webster
Quote discusses how language expression reflects ideas and asserts that a country must preserve an identity of ideas to maintain an identity of language. The passage emphasizes the link between cultural identity and linguistic preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster
In Jealousy There is more self-love than love in jealousy
A concise reflection states that jealousy hides self-regard, suggesting inner motives overshadow affection. It presents a skeptical view of jealousy as a mirror of personal vanity rather than true emotion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Powell
Kyle Crichton
Collier’s
Hollywood
Kodaks
Fergossakes
Moscow
Hitler
Stalingrad
Raoul Auernheimer
Alexander Korda
Take
Gov’t Life
Susan Miller
Allan Prescott
WJZ
Liudmila Pavlichenko
M-G-M
Vincent Astor
Maryland
New York
Leon Henderson
Copacabana
Bernard—Baruch
Storque
Hoover
Versailles
Burgess Meredith
J. J. Bergen
Ed Stettinius
The
War Production Board
Savoy Plaza
Washington, D. C
Merry
Ed Izac
California
Izac
Committee
Central Information Bureau
Red Cross Inquiry Service
Europe
McKeesport
Statue of Liberty
New
Montgomery Street
Aia
Calif
Jolltime
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
SY Hi Bey
Hulman & CO
Terre Haute, Ind
U. S
Marines
Coast Guard
IRS
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!