Senators Foresee Nazi Collapse Amid War’s End Hints
In a Washington Senate Office building briefing, Senators Lodge Mead Brewster and Russell report on a 40,000 mile trip with first hand war insights. They say Germany could collapse any time due to civilian morale and air power, urge readiness for postwar control, and highlight Marshall’s air force progress.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Germany
Senate
Maine
Nova Scotia
Greenland
Iceland
Great Britain
Africa
Near East
India
China
Australia
Pacific Islands
Congress
Lodge
House
Russell
Georgia
Mead
New York
Brewster
Hamburg
America
Marshall
Southwest
Pacific
Europe
Foggia
Italy
British Isles
Austria
Rhine
Ruhr
Cologne
Britain
France
Berlin
Navy Day Spotlight on America’s Growing Sea Power
Navy Day observance honors the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard as Roosevelt’s vision of a strong U S fleet expands. A Navy League drive promotes patriotic education while the service reports dramatic growth in ships planes and personnel from 1940 to 1943 highlighting unprecedented two ocean capabilities and global reach.
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Elliott Pine
Union
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy League
District of Columbia
Charles Edison
Secretary of the Navy
Sheldon Clark
Chicago
Frank Knox
Navy Department
United States Navy
League
Briefs on Bond Purchaser and Military Logistics
Bankhage notes a bond buyer pays the entire one thousand dollar price in a fraction of a second. The Merchant Marine aims to recruit 35 000 experienced officers and men in the coming year to meet invasion needs. Steel production funds 900 destroyers yearly. The American army jeep is repurposed as a switch engine in Australia by fitting steel flanged wheels for rail yard use.
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War Department
Ezra S. Taylor
Pullman Company
Chicago
Taylor
Secretary of War
Navy
United States Navy
Merchant Marine
Australia
Roosevelt Endorsed Navy League Scribe of 1903 Letter
Theodore Roosevelt then president wrote to the Navy League of the United States urging support for its policies. He framed an adequate navy as key to defense and to projecting national power, a creed carried into later national policy.
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Teddy’ Roosevelt
League
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Navy League of the United States
Navy League
Broadway and Mine: Wartime gossip and stage notes mix
A collage of celebrity quips and theater chatter from wartime pages. Morgenthau's coin mishap, Ann Corio phone call, and playful barroom banter blend with film reviews and public notices about actors, directors, and overseas reporting, all capturing cultural air during the era.
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Broadway
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Delmonico Pharmacy
Ann Corio
Morning Telegraph
Ann
Curved Chair Pattern for Home Front Comfort
The article discusses using compass saws to cut curved chair pieces during wartime shortages. It highlights a tufted cushion to distribute weight and notes that Mrs. Spears provides an actual-size pattern for the chair and cushion with complete dimensions and materials for Pattern 285 priced at 15 cents plus mail order.
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Madrid
Reuben
Leon
Eddie
Latin Quarter
Versailles
Mark Hellinger
Warner Bros
Edouard Cantor
Cantor
Dinah Shore
Davis
Bogart
Garfield
Flynn
de Havilland
Sheridan
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Jack Oakie
Cesar Romero
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Richard Dix
Jane Wyatt
Victor Jory
William Shirer
Harper’s
Goebbels
Shifter
Will Rogers, Jr
Franco
Coronet
Spain
Carl Hermann Frank
Hitler
Quisling
Frank
Collier
Morton Eustis
Theatre Arts Monthly
North Africa
Josephine Baker
Josephine
Sen. Lodge
New York Herald Tribune
W. Lard St
Fifth and Broadway
Sumner Welles
Washington
E. Ath
Lexington
Second
Ruth Eth Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Worcester County
Mass
Imay
Grove’s
Grove
Scott
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