Food for Britain and other wartime notes flash brief items
A seven week lend lease food tally shows American cheese and dried eggs among large quantities of staples shipped to Britain. Separately, China and Japan funds freezing politics reveal tense diplomacy, while bootleg gasoline worries prompt possible eastern US bans. Francis Miller gains early support in Virginia politics as Roosevelt promotes a new American creed booklet.
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Britain
U. S
England
Atlantic
Lendlease Food
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Public Health Service
British
Ministry of Health
The
Anglo-American Food Purchasing Committee
Japan
China
State Department
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Shanghai
Roosevelt
Lauchlin Currie
Chiang Kai-shek
State Hull
Hull
Currie
White House
South Pacific
Francis Miller
New Dealer
Virginia
Miller
Old Guard
Harry Byrd
America
David Cushman Doyle
Movie gal honored in Fort Wayne plaque for George Jean Nathan
In Fort Wayne Indiana a plaque honors author George Jean Nathan for his work and struggle for recognition. The column riffs on Gary Cooper possibly winning an Academy Award for Sgt York and recalls his acting rejection at Grinnell College. It mixes humor with cultural references and wartime commentary, ending with a riff on con artists and sucker psychology.
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George Jean Nathan
Burg
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jane Peters
Carole Lombard
Gary Cooper
Sgt. York
Gary
Grinnell College
Iowa
Dramatic Society
Catskills
New York
Madison Avenue
America First Committee
R.A F. Benevolent Society
VA ASC STAGES SCREEN RAD
Availed notes on Bahama Passage crew filming on Nassau and Salt Cay with underwater diving scenes led by Edward Griffith. Star Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hayden featured.14 year old Stanley Clements' career noted along with homesickness and stage to screen crossovers. Disney and Capra projects mentioned with cast hints.
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Bahama Passage
Nassau
Salt Cay
Edward Griffith
Madeleine Carroll
Stirling Hayden
World events push for cooperation amid wartime debate
In Eastport Maine the International Student Service Institute discussion centers on democracy and mutual dependence. Dr Eagleton and Joseph Lash praised for leadership while youths reflect on work, opportunity, and the need for meaningful national service. Maine’s distant yet attentive stance ties maritime risk to a broader global peace.
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International Student Service Institute
Eastport
Maine
Eagleton
Neilson
Smith College
Joseph Lash
ASK M & R 7 quiz on various subjects with answers
A compiled Q and A quiz covers topics from naval heroes to historical quotes and monarchs. It includes questions on a Russian rear admiral, William H. McGuffey, Indian population, a king and a spider, magic acts, Gettysburg dedication speakers, Disraeli, deodar forests, changes in American heights and weights, and unemployment insurance for monarchs.
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William H. McGuffey
United States
Gettysburg
Benjamin Disraeli
Coningsby
Prajadhipok
Siam
England
Answers Quiz Clues Bring Varied Historical Echoes
A list links Answers 1 John Paul Jones to naval history, 2 Education as a theme, 3 an estimated 350000 Indigenous people, 4 Scotland with Robert Bruce, 5 sleight of hand tricks as a performer’s skill, 6 Edward Everett noted in the final entry.
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John Paul Jones
Scotland
Robert Bruce
Edward Everett
Mrs Ling Hatches 30 Million Fish Offspring Each Season
The article describes Mrs Ling as a very prolific fish who allegedly produces 30,000,000 offspring each season. It notes this is five times the cod’s claimed 6,000,000 offspring at one time and compares other fish like the flounder with about a million offspring.
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Sam
America
Jack Benny
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
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