Words Without Music and the Gershwin Echoes
A retrospective on music history cites Yankee Doodle origins during the French and Indian War, hits like Begin the Beguine and Night and Day, and wartime songs. It notes critics attacks on Rhapsody in Blue, bans on Nice Work If You Can Get It, and Jolson’s Swanee moments in Sinbad and Broadway history. It also recalls Strike stories from theater lore and a Hollywood tale of Betty Rowland’s injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Brothers
George Gershwin
Hudson
Albany
Shuckberg
Cromwell
Britain
C Porter
Otto Harbach
No Man’s Land
Ivor Novello
Lena Guilbert Ford
Novello
Miss Ford
London
Elmira
N. Y
N. Y. Herald Tribune
Lawrence Gilman
Paul Whiteman
Gershwin
Cole Porter
Jimmy Walker
Warner
al Jolson
Winter Garden
Capitol Theatre
Jolson
Herald Square Theatre
Paul Lincke
Reginald de Koven
34Th St
Wartime Innovations and Postwar Consumer Promises
Wartime chemists promise civilian gains including shrink proof wool socks and self heating cocoa. A new rollable synthetic cloth rebounds like rubber but loses shape after 15 to 20 launderings. Conservation drives push Civilian Conservation Corps renewal postwar. Reports from war and politics cover tactical bombing, OWI radio strategy, coffee pricing debates, and the Franklin rescue saga with Capt. Gingrich and Ed Rivers guarding the towline for 37 hours.
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Sister Susie
Franklin
John Gingrich
Pittsburgh
Ed Rivers
Leslie Gehres
Gingrich
Rivers
Postwar Tax Policy and Inflation War Warnings
A 1940s discourse argues high wages and prices must persist to sustain war bonds and national debt payments. It links income taxes to high national income, warns inflation, and urges continued wage controls, rationing, and budget cuts to defeat inflation and fund postwar reconstruction. It also notes memorials from the era as living tributes and calls for reducing government costs.
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Japan
Byrd
National Farm Safety Week Urges Safer Farm Homes
President Truman proclaims July 22 28 as National Farm Safety week urging farm families to perform home and farm safety checks. Officials warn accidents strike farmers busy with work and emphasize safety measures for firearms poisons and machinery to reduce tolls.
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America
Truman
National Farm Safety Week
Edward §. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Toeholden Trouble and the Farm Safety Drive
An article on 1944 National Farm Safety week notes early reports from 300 cooperating groups across 46 states show increased safety gains. It highlights safer farming through better maintenance, dealer shop-service, and the widespread use of protective shields on tractors and implements, plus conversion packages to fit older equipment.
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Coe
National Safety Council
Vigilance in Animal Safety Prohibits Common Dangers
A public advisory urges care with bulls boars and rams and warns to secure penned areas. It stresses handling newborn livestock with caution and keeping vicious dogs restrained away from children. Speak to animals before entering stalls and teach children to do so.
Farm safety checklist for machinery and home hazards
Focuses on guarding belts and gears, training operators, shutting down for adjustments, keeping children away from dangerous equipment, storing sharp tools safely, and encouraging safe practices at home and on the farm. Recommends keeping first aid materials and familiarizing family members with their proper use.
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Isaac Goldberg
New York
Gotham
Charles Dibdin
Drury Lane
Lewis Hallam
Grant
Betty Rowland
Hollywood
Ane
Chafy G
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bayerlein
Panzer Lehr
U. S
France
OWI
Rabat
Thurman Barnard
San Francisco
Spain
United Nations
Franco
Brazil
Latin America
State Department
OPA
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Fred Vinson
Surplus War Property Board
DuPonts
General Motors
Ford
Wright
Patters
Germany
United States
Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
S. Goss
National Grange
Maynard H. Coe
Toeholden
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