Review of wartime books and cinema headlines
A column surveys wartime books by Goebbels critics and defenders of the Allied cause, praising or criticizing works by Shirer Smith Benedict Arnold, and noting Wallace Carroll and Clare Boothe. It highlights films like The Battle of Midway and Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor, plus anecdotes about public remarks from FDR and an Army humor piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Tellers
Shirer
Flannery
CBS
Berlin
Howard K. Smith
Knopf
Goebbels
Smith
Naziland
Goebsels
Benedict Arnold
W. L. White
Harcourt, Brace
Wallace Carroll
Russia
Houghton-Mifflin
Hitler
Europe
Corporal Hargrove
Army Life
Hargrove
Henry Holt
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
R. Benchley
Wire tapping widening in Washington across military and civilian lines
Washington readers learn that wire tapping is widespread beyond gangsters with the FBI cautioning control while army navy channels show taps. The piece recounts a May 26 1942 navy bureau discussion on tank landing boats and notes wartime design conflicts and public figures like Jesse Jones and Jim Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
United States
FBI
Naval Intelligence
Military Intelligence
Army
Navy
Navy Department
John D Crecca
Boston Navy Yard
Comdr
E. E. Roth
Bureau of Ships
Higgins
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Bureau
Norfolk
Crecca
Boston
Roth
Cochrane
Daggett
R. B. Daggett
Winter Fuel Savings Urged by War Era Home Campaign
The article outlines a wartime fuel conservation push urging American homeowners to seal drafts and install storm sashes and insulation. It cites potential savings of up to 20 percent in fuel use and explains how window conditioning, weather stripping, and thermostatic controls can cut coal and oil consumption while aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Society of Heating and Ventilating
AAIS
American Society
Federal Housing Administration
B. M. Woods
War Service Committee
The
Wartime Home Life Ruse and Sealed Oil Debate
A spoof dialogue about heating oil, insulation, and house layouts exposes wartime ration humor. J J Jones and others banter about rooms six and nine baths, drafty storms, and shivering families while ration books promise warmth with scarce fuel. The piece mixes jokes with quotes from Eastman Husing and propaganda verse.
War era comfort tips say 65 degrees not harmful to health
The OPA recommends 65 degrees for fuel savings though it may be uncomfortable. The American Medical Association Bureau of Health Education notes it is not likely to harm health if chilling is avoided and hygiene stays good. Additional clothing such as a sweater and woolen hose can help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
OPA
Bureau of Health Education
American Medical Association
Bureau
Catful of milk joke defines sufficient in class
A classroom joke explains sufficient as a catful of milk. The teacher uses saucers to illustrate the meaning and a pupil quips that sufficient means a catful of milk, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Timing of birth in relation to full term
The statement notes that healthy babies are born 65 days before and 50 days after the full term. It highlights that the difference between these two extreme cases is nearly four months.
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Clare Boothe
Congress
Earth
Theifs
Buta
Howevers
Franca
Laval
John Mason Brown
Jolson
Britain
Henry Fonda
Donald Crisp
MacArthur
Fort Dix
Pvt. H. Morgenthau
Treasury
Hollywood
FDR
Washington, D. C
Shoreham
Air Corps
Jesse Jones
Jim Farley
Atlanta
Georgia
Edgar Hoover
Hartford
Conn
Harry Hopkins
New York
U.S
John Doe
Judy O’grady
Miss Judy
Big Shot
John
Jim Smiths
Mr. Big Shots
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Urbana
Ill
Junior
Hill Pr
Eliza
Washington, Jefferson and
Hamilton
J. B. Eastman
Joe
Ted Husing
Petain
Pierre
Rubber Czar
Big Bill Jeffers
Hassen- Pfeffers
Fieux City
Jena
Lins
Chist
Fommy
St.Josepaig
Babes
Ne TV
Herbert Spencer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Praetor
Elp
Raya
Paray
Tepnyson
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