Cantor Ribs DiMaggio and News From New York
A lively column notes Ed Cantor taunting Carol Landis about DiMaggio and his movies. It recalls radio jabs, a 1938 Olsen & Johnson tour, and a telegram about a Scandinavian annuity. It also mentions Hauptmann case scoops, America First speeches, and various entertainment figures in New York society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Village News-Press
Walt Winchell
Ed Cantor
Carol Landis
Joe DiMaggio
NY Yankees
Carol
Washington
Olsen & Johnson
Oley
Chick
Hauptmann
Yeed
New York
Newspaper Features and Cartoon History in 1899 America
The excerpt surveys U S newspaper evolution from banned cartoons in 1899 to serialization origins. It notes Franklin’s early cartoons, Fleet and Mother Goose, syndication, and the rise of serials by Horatio Alger Jr Mary Jane Holmes and the enduring Pitfalls of Love serial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York Times
Defoe
Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin
Franklin
Paul Revere
John Barrymore
Gary Cooper
U. S
Thomas Fleet
Boston Post
Fleet
Elizabeth Goose
Mother Goose
Lexington and
Concord
Horatio Alger Jr
Mary Jane Holmes
NY Sun
Lena Rivers
Miss Holmes
Hemingway
Roberts
Oliver Wiswell
Adele Garrison
Martin White
United States Expands New Merchant Fleet Effort
Across the nation the United States advances a wartime ship-building program under the U S Maritime Commission aiming for 1 383 freighters tankers and passenger ships by 1943 at a cost exceeding 3 billion dollars With launches planned at two ships per day a massive fleet will secure defense cargoes and maritime supremacy The first Liberty Fleet ships including the S S Patrick Henry anchor launch as President Roosevelt celebrates America’s ship-building drive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union
Washington
America
Cradle of Democracy
California
Florida
Maine
Gulf Coast
United States Maritime Commission
Pav Ina
U. S
S. S. Patrick Henry
U. S. Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Quincy
Mass
U.S
Flint
Maritime Commission
Expansion of U S shipbuilding under wartime program
The piece reviews the U S maritime commission efforts from 1936 to 1943 to build a large merchant fleet to support wartime needs. It notes subsidies replaced by grants, the America liner becoming naval transport West Point, and the rapid surge to 1,400 ships planned for 1943 deliveries. It also contrasts Liberty ships with earlier designs and cites President Roosevelt and lend lease as drivers of ongoing expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Maritime Commission
United States
America
Naval Transport
West Point
National American Legion Award Promises $1000 For Service
Indianapolis reports that thousands of American Legionnaires may compete for a new annual community service award of 1000 dollars created by Lewis Rosenstiel. Committee head Homer Chaillaux notes political office holders are barred to encourage new local leadership. the first prize will be awarded next year in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbo
I. Hayakawa
Jim Tully
Scribner’s
Il Mundo
Anti- Axis
Powers
Indianapolis
American
N. Y
American Legion
Chaillaux
Rosenstiel
Schenley Distillers Corporation
New Orleans
Samuel
Uncle Sam
Scientific Study Reveals Rules for Relaxing Slumber
ST. LOUIS scientists warn insomnia rises from a cultural lag as people underuse bedding. A mattress at least six inches longer than the sleeper and 38 inches wide, with vertically coiled springs and inner support, plus weekly flipping and reversible hems on sheets are advised for better rest and reduced wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Morpheus
Britain Delays Second Front as Russia Struggles Deepens War
A-Chronicle column argues the British have hesitated to open a second front in France or Spain, while Russia fights alone. It notes oil shortages shaping Hitler's timetable, cites U.S. aid figures, and warns of mounting tax burdens on Americans to fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Moscow
Ritter
France
Holland
Spain
Dunkirk
Roosevelt
England
Gibraltar
Alphonse
Russia
Harry Hopkins
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Ezra Stone
America Firsters
Arthur—Treacher
Vth Avenue
Grace Moore
Jack Bennys
Ida Lupino
Gladys George
Cora & Irene
Lois January
Belasco Jessel
Lois
Elsa Maxwell
Hog Island
Philadelphia
New World
Oakland
Calif
Ghina
Congress
Navy
Commission
Standard Oil Company
Oil Company
Unite States
Canada
Pacific
Ocean
Areenlande
Atlantic
Sdud
West Africa
Wathfurten
D.C
U. S. Army
Europe
Rumania
Ring
Germany
Caucasus
Kiev
Odessa
Caucasian
Iran
Wright A Ty Naess Kod
Western Newspaper Union
Johnny Bull
John Chinaman
Sam
Collier’s
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Fuller
Iittie
Willie
Kellogg's Pep
Vist Weet
Lydia Pinkham
Dia Pinkham
Boise, Idaho
Idaho
Boise
Heart of Civic
Sis
Virgil G. MC
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