Lewis Roosevelt feud recounted amid wartime strain in Washington
The piece links the Lewis Roosevelt feud to the 1930s New Deal era, noting the coal strike pressure on Harold Ickes and the War Labor Board. It contrasts John Lewis and Franklin D Roosevelt, recounting how their rift reflected broader political tensions and fears of a Nazi Slave Labor Society.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Office of War Information
Slave Labor Society
Constitution Avenue
Potomac
Constitution” Avenue
Pennsylvania
Washington
White House
Capitol
Harold Ickes
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Lewis
AFL
Union League
CIO
John
Franklin
New Deal
Puerto Rico
Labor Party
Jawn
America
Vox Populi
V. P
Manners urged for Thai private businesses by Bangkok radio
The Bangkok radio under Japanese control urges Thai private businesses to dress well, stay clean, be agreeable to customers, avoid smoking or drunkenness, show good manners, and be honest. It notes U S production of fighting equipment in spring 1943 and jokes about bicycle shortages in Holland, including a quip about ladies’ bicycles being kept for the Scotch Highlanders.
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Bangkok Radio
Thailand
Holland
Japans war aims and industrial strategy analyzed
An analysis argues Japan has won key Pacific objectives, controls 300 million people, and seeks a long war with Asia under leadership. It notes Japan’s defenses, dispersed heavy industry, and exploitation of occupied territories for labor, shipping, and resources including chrome copper tin oil and rubber.
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Japan
Pacific
America
Midway Island
Solomons
New Guinea
Hirohito
United Nations
Far East
China
Asia
United States
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
Shimonoseki
Moji
Tientsin
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Manila
Singapore
Philippines
Malaya
Selangor
Sumatra
Borneo
Andaman Islands
Java
Shansi
Barbara Bell Patterns Invite Patchwork Apron Fashion
Bright colors and two piece designs highlighted for Barbara Bell Pattern Nos 1724 B and 1741 5 sizes range from 12 to 44 with yardage specs for mater ials and ribbons. War demand delays orders and readers are urged to send orders to APRONS featured as fashionable and popular.
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Barbara Bell
Quiz Questions on War Topics from Africa and Navy Policy
This set poses ten questions covering the khamsin wind and African reports, a country flying its flag inverted during war, the share of training planes in modern air forces, expert views on production supply and battle, anchor ice, Kaiser ships and dams, vice president voting in the Senate, First Amendment to the Constitution, definition of an atoll, and naval whistle restrictions.
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Africa
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
Atoll
Quiz and Answers Cover Diverse Topics and Facts
A compiled quiz presents topics from production and supply to battles, ice formation at lake bottoms, major dams Grand Coulee Boulder and Bonneville, tie procedures, civil liberties, a coral island, and the boatswain's pipe with Navy whistle rules to prevent confusion.
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Grand Coulee
Boulder
Bonneville
Coral
Philippines Flag Upside Down in War, Wind Blows Sand
The document notes that the Commonwealth of the Philippines is the only country flying its national flag upside down while at war. It mentions an approximate figure of sixty percent and states that seventy five percent rests on a point yet unstated.
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Commonwealth of the Philippines
Gems of Thought Maxims on Courtesy and Education
A collection of short quotes stressing courtesy born from love, kindness to children, and the moral aim of education. Notable lines include Goethe on courtesy, Masefield on treats and home, Adler on education, and Bishop King on knowledge and wisdom.
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Goethe
Kingdom Come
Masefield
Alfred Adler
Bishop King
Untold Wisdom From A Quirky Parable
A moralizing snippet offers pithy lines about curing trouble with cheerful thoughts and not brooding. It counsels against mudslinging and predicts ridicule for pompous talk. It notes radio sermons let preachers denounce flaws without audience scrutiny and asserts urban density equals wealth. People who take no chances miss chances.
Navy shells use colored dye to mark targets at sea
The navy employs shells with colored dyes in their noses. Upon striking water, spouts up to 20 feet high appear in red orange or green. Dye splashes mark enemy vessels aiding gunners and aiding aviators in spotting ships.
Giant air raid over London in June 1917
A massive air raid over London in June 1917 involved twenty planes and resulted in 162 deaths. The event marked a major WWI aerial attack with widespread casualties and significant impact on the city’s defenses.
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London
Tanks to Good Use Our Men in the Solomons
Allied forces in the Solomons repurpose captured Japanese aircraft fuel tanks as bathtubs, a pragmatic reuse of captured resources amid combat operations.
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Solomons
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Digest
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Pentagon
Franklinstein
Shelly
John Lewis
Franklin Roosevelt
The
Mr. Lewis
Paris
WAR Corresponde
Clark
Eature
Collier's Weekly
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Uncle Phil
Dorothy Wallace
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Sioux City
Bishop's
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