New York Picture Postcard Scenes Across Broadway and Town
A vivid collage of New York glimpses from Fifth Avenue to 54th Street. It mentions ad blurbs for dog soap Shampooch, a 57th Street record shop owner, night life on Broadway, the Taft Hotel window watcher, the Queen of 47th Street, and the bustling Music Hall lounge. The piece alludes to public signs, pigeons at 54th and 7th, police horses, rain edits on parks, and Broadway’s hidden tragedies, with brief notes on gas rationing and cultural figures.
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5Th Avenue
Toscahini
57Th Street
Broadway
Taft Hotel
Winter Garden
47Th Street
Music Hall
Wall Street
Sixth Avenue
Dempsey’s
Mayflower dining room amid wartime bustle in city
A collage-like scene shows Randolph Paul and others in wartime Washington including WAACs in winter attire, slow city traffic, and navy desk checks. Observers note dimout rules, hotel stay limits, and officers adjusting to decorations while public life and fashion mingle in a war era portrait.
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Randolph Paul
FDR
Mayflower
Waacs
Washington
Navy
Marines Legacy and Valor From 1775 to World War II
The Marine Corps dates to 1775 with two battalions and a role aboard ships. Marines earned fame from battles like Bon Homme Richard Serapis and later fought in Chateau-Thierry Aisne-Marne Meuse-Argonne. Led by Lt Gen Holcomb, four tasks include mobile fleet-ready units, shipboard detachments, navy-yard garrisons, and landings to protect lives and property worldwide.
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Wake Island
Marine Corps
Conti
Nental Congress
Washington
John Paul Jones
Army
Navy
France
John Adams
Chateauy-Thierry
Aisne-Marne
Meuse-Argonne
Thomas Holcomb
U. S
Commodore Perry
Far East
Naval Service
Confederacy
Mississippi River
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Santiago
Manila Bay
West Indies
Central America
Nicaragua
Hait
America
Haiti
Quilali
Marines Train Under Simulated Gas Attacks In War Prep
Marines pictured training under simulated gas attack to deter Axis use of gas. Lieut. Christian F. Schilt risked his life landing a plane in a rough streets area to evacuate the seriously wounded, who were flown to safety. Lands 10 Times.
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Christian F. Schilt
Civilians Aid War Effort Conserving Meat and Heat
A wartime civic guidance piece urges Americans to conserve heat and meat. It cites shortages of coastal tankers and rail cargo, urges weatherproofing homes to save coal and oil, and promotes a weekly meat limit of two and a half pounds to keep supplies for the fighting. It recounts Marine corps heroism and stresses rationing as patriotic duty.
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Eastern Seaboard
Melbourne
Murmansk
Davy Jones’ Locker
War Information Office
United Nations
Government moves to curb meat deliveries and rationing
Washington sets 24 percent pounds per person per week as a meat limit while rationing systems are developed. The interim period allows individuals to buy meat if available, prompting questions of sharing, distribution challenges, and the pig industry’s adjustment to war demands.
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Food Committee
Washington
Boots Learn Laundry In Marine Boot Camp
A Marine boot camp tale shows recruits fumbling with laundry duties. Fresh boots confront washing with soap and brushes, enduring jokes as they learn to scrub shirts and trousers without China laundries.
Briefer News Snippets Reflect War era Views
A collection of brief quotes and notes on wartime policy and public sentiment. It cites Britain’s government workforce share, calls for reestablishing Indian negotiations, and urges civilian guerrilla warfare prep amid invasion fears. It also notes American Legion membership among U S troops.
We Have Most Baths America Leads the World
A brief item notes United States per capita consumption of water tops global figures at about 120 gallons per person. The Plumbing and Heating Industries bureau is cited for the statistic.
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America
Dustries Bureau
Indians Here Centuries Before Europeans Arrived
Early scholars find that Eastern North American Indigenous peoples inhabited the region shortly before the Christian era, indicating long before white settlers reached the coast.
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North America
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New York Picture
FBI
Westchester
Haight
Leon Henderson
Leon
Mal Butt
Kate Smith
Ed Hurley
Donald Day
Col. McCormick
Day
John Day
Alfred D. McKelvey
Seaforth
Stenag
The
Congressional Limited
Bowery
Riverside Drive
Waldorf
Vogue
54Th
Madison
Marines
Riditin
George Washington
Solomon Islands
Baukhage
Schilt
Schiltz
Fourth Brigade
Corp
George F. Brautigam
Corporal Brautigam
Brautigam
Belleau Wood
George H. Yarborough
Soissons
St. Mihiel
Blanc Mont
WN Service
H Street
D. C
Office of Civilian Defense
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Indiana
Bankdage
Britain
England
Stafford Cripps
India
American Legion
Eeake
William B. Ziff
Germany
Warelion
Ie Navy
Salt Lake City
Provo
Ogden
Logan
Cedar City
Boise
Ida, Sheridan, Wyo
Las Vegas, Ney
L. Desk
L. C
Chase Uy
Pocatello
Grant
E. Hayes Co
Stide Baker Distributors
So Main
Salt Lake
Rasmussen-Thompson CO
Washington Blvd
Eden, U
Aircraft
Streator-Smith, Inc
South Main St
Utah
General Motors
Fred A. Carleson
Cadillac-Pontiac Distributors
Ian
L. D. S. Business College
Salt Lake City, Utah
Kuta
Blue Network
Boy Porter
H. R. Bankhage
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