Notes and Quips From The City Desk With War Manuevers
A collage of light readings and gossip from New York’s daily scene. Jokes about Mrs Jimmy Young and Dot Parker mix with quick takes on Franz Werfel Boris Karloff and Eddie Cantor as editors juggle coverage and culture amid wartime South Carolina maneuvers and Broadway chatter.
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New York
City Desk
South Carolina
North Carolina
Twitch
Fifth Avenue
Boris Karloff
Hollywood
Elizabeth Arden’s
Inside Story Says Hitler Realizes U S Will Act
The piece argues Hitler now recognizes the United States means business and that conservative German diplomats warned him early. It recounts Dieckhoff's 1938 report, Ribbentrop’s opposition, Wiedemann's moderating influence, and delays to Czechoslovakia and Munich. It notes potential piracy trials and legal questions about Nazi detainees in U S ports. The article also mentions the American Newspaper Guild election and Cordell Hall’s new car.
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United States
Hans Dieckhoff
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Beriin
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Ribbentrop
der Fuehrer
Himmler
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Daladier
Munich
Dieckhoff
Berlin
Tientsin
China
Tai
American Newspaper Guild
Cordell Hall
Red Cross Links Home Front to Army in Wartime Roles
A Washington hospital feature lauds the Red Cross as the official link between troops and families since 1905. It highlights aid to soldiers including furloughs, hospital comforts, job help, and family support, plus ongoing efforts like headquarters builds and medical supplies.
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Red Cross
O. K
Pete
Sam
Army
Navy
Jett Cross
Congress
The
Army Hospitals
American Red Cross
Million Words Weekly Daisy Bacon Editor Of Three Magazines
New York editor Daisy Bacon reads over a million words weekly to curate three national magazines and an all fiction weekly book. She leads as editor in chief and balances reading, fashion, and cats at her Fifth Avenue apartment.
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New York
Daisy Bacon
Miss Bacon
Fifth Avenue
Hoosier Couplets Ready Now for Braille Readers
Indiana writer Arthur Ortmeyer expands Hoosier Homespun into braille with lines distributed by the Indiana State Library. Sightless readers nationwide may borrow The Lines postage free, with Alabama Mississippi and Library of Congress showing interest in republication.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Arthur 7. Ortmeyer
Indianapolis News
Alabama
Mississippi
Library of Congress
Ortmeyer
Wright Cadet Opens Flight Path at Maxwell Field
Richmond Indiana cadet Richard M Wright stands at Maxwell Field Alabama to begin a five week pilot training. He will join 700 cadets in the Pilot Replacement wing after completing initial ground instruction before flying.
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Richard M. Wright
Richmond
Ind
Ae Wilbur
Orville Wrig
Maxwell Field
Ala
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Wright
Wrights
Rural Sunday schools lead in numbers but city enrollment rises
A nationwide survey by the International Council of Religious Education shows 72 percent of US church Sunday schools are in towns under 2,500 residents, while city schools average 210 in attendance against rural 65. The report covers 36 Protestant denominations operating 160,430 schools with 20,772,141 pupils.
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Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
United
International Council
United States
Leadership Education
Inflation and government debt impact on American households
An analysis argues that high wartime wages and government spending drive inflation and rising prices for civilian goods. It warns of rationing or price controls as options and notes that every household bears a share of public debt through taxes and prices, highlighting 26 million John Does in the U.S. and 6 million farmers.
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Priorities Board
England
John Doe
Congress
John
United States
Toward Totalitarianism and Labor Capital Partners
A symposium warns that government trends threaten the American free market system, small business, and individual opportunity as large enterprises gain state direction. The piece contrasts wartime controls with broader calls for cooperative labor capital partnerships and cautions against bootlegging and rationing pitfalls.
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Chicago
Invention of halftone by Stephen Horgan in 1880
The halftone process for reproducing photo tones was invented in 1880 by Stephen Henry Horgan, an American photographer. It first appeared in the New York Daily Graphic but faced initial resistance, and he was later fired as art director of the New York Herald in 1893 after proposing halftone publication.
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Stephen Henry Horgan
New York Daily Graphic
Horgan
New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
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