Reporter's Private Paperet Val Guest Column Highlights War Era Pigeons And Bomb News
The piece surveys London air raids with vivid scenes of pigeons near Trafalgar Square and a newsboy in Piccadilly advertising a wartime headline. It notes shelters, Savoy Hotel accommodations during raids, growing prices at ten to fifteen cents, and mocking protest badges. It also critiques Italian editor Virginio Gayda and UPI lists amid 1940s censorship while praising baseball legends in a reflective aside.
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Val Guest
Columm
Star
London
Reid Feliers
Trafalgar Square
Ube
Piccadilly
Hitler
God
Savoy Hotel
Walter
New York Heartbeat and Hollywood Rumors Across Times Square
Reports from Times Square note Abe Lyman and Warner Brothers music scenes with jokes about Gary Cooper and a hot gossip line on Ann Sheridan and George Brent. The MGM booth doubles as a recruiting hub while songwriters plan public piano protests and various showbiz quips surface from stage and screen.
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Times Square
John Barrymore
Gary Cooper
Hollywood
Will Hays Office
Taluca Lake
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Halifax Named British Envoy to U S as Eden Gets Foreign Post
Edward C Wayne reports on Halifax named British envoy to the United States while Anthony Eden assumes the foreign secretary post. The article notes shifts in British leadership and increases in defense planning to accelerate industrial production for wartime needs.
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Halifax
U. Ss
Eden
U. S
Britain's Eden named 95 west lakely successor for Halifax post
Anthony Eden, British envoy to the United States, is named as foreign secretary candidate to succeed Viscount Halifax. Eden may return from Washington to head a new ministerial post, while Britain alters its diplomatic staff amid war pressures and appeasement debates.
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Viscount Halifax
United States
Accese
Anthony Hiden
West Lakely
Halifax
Halifax Lees
Lnst Fef
Chamberlain
Washington
Andbarzador
Mabifax
Munich
Britain
Paris
Eden
Egypt
Near East
B. E
Mediterranean
Anthony
Libya
Dodecanese Islands
Charmsberlain
Housing Shortage Strains Defense Sector From Coast to Coast
A past overbuilding trend contrasts with today’s housing scarcity impacting defense needs. Reports cite Seattle plane center housing pressures and a Rock Island arsenal shortage. The era notes a German-born naturalized citizen, Oscar R. Stabler, 35, was taken from the SS Excambion. Malta’s Greek prince joins British forces at 19 after being mobilized aboard a battleship.
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America
Seattle
Rock Island
Arsenal
Sermuda
Excambion
Oscar R. Stabler
Line Barber
Malta
Prince Philly
Greece
War and industry sweep through 194? headlines
Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego announced a 14 million dollar expansion to double capacity. Scaentey Impure in Livermore bought Cresta Blanca Wine Co to boost the American wine industry. Federal Reserve notes November production at a record 132 percent of the 935-39 average. Britain reports a 3 billion dollar arms program including 12,000 combat planes. Greece fights toward Albania as Italian forces retreat and key towns change hands, while Hoover calls for a sustained U S hunger relief plan for Europe, warning it will take months to implement.
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National Defense
Roosevelt
Knudsen
New Order
America
Europe
Hhis
Defense
San Diego
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Livermore
Calif
Scaentey Impure Corporation
Cresta Blanca Wine Company
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Feists
U. S
Tirana
Hallana
Pogradetz
Argirocastro
Porto Ecda
Abbania
Valata
Tepelini
Chimara
Kitsura
United States
Albania
Italy
Adriatic
Valona
Greece
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Co List
Shanghai
Farm Trends and Defense Housing Report Highlight Washington D C News
Washington column surveys farm trends under Rep John Tolan with notes on rapid farm enlargement by single operators and rising absentee management. It also covers defense housing delays after a $290 million appropriation and a profile of Congress member Melvin Maas amid naval affairs.
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Washington, D.C
House
California
John Talan
United States
Tolan
Calfornia Chamber of Commerce
Fraf
Paul S. Taylor
Uniersity of California
Repid
Middle West
Qhio
Taylor
Defense
William Knudsen
Defense Housing
Congress
Army and Navy
U.S. Housing Authority
Pensacola
Fis
Montgomery
Ald
Navy
Melvin Mars
Haze Naval Adairs Committee
Maas
Fragmented Pny Textile Note Mentions Patchwork and Design
A garbled OCR fragment mentions PNY red-figured print and green for Ee ting suggesting Pela seltis name. It references piecing or appliqué, but notes a brettiest appearance. Includes stray numbers 28054 159 and a curt cutting guide, hints at a project start.
Strongest fiber found in Hawaiian Islands report
Colliers notes a fiber named dlona Tourhardia latina as the strongest in the world grown only in the Hawaiian Islands. It has remarkable durability and a vessel strength about eight times Kemp fibers, making nets exceptionally tough and highly valued across generations.
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Hawaiian Islands
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