The Tragedy of Finland and Russian Surrender Terms
The article argues Russia intends to absorb Finland into a Soviet regime, offering no true peace and aiming to dominate all of Europe. It warns that Finland’s fate signals a broader Russian plan, challenging Western democracies and the Atlantic charter while questioning if we have slept too long and will awaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Soviet Union
RED Army
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Spain
France
Holland
Belgium
Britain
Moscow
United Nations
Marry Go-Round and George Washington’s Modern View
A 1944 King Feas. Syrd. Inc. column imagines George Washington returning to see modern America. It jabs at wartime society including women in uniforms and the WAVES, radio voices, Hollywood excess, and social changes while citing historical quotes and icons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Epirit
White House
Pala
Pennsylvania
Congress
Brest
Ed Gardner
Potomac
England
Taly
Alaska
Valley Forga
Grete
Garbo
Gypsy Rose Lee
Patrick Henry
King Feas
Syrd
Lnc
Those Texans by James Farber in December 1835 battle for San Antonio
An account of Col. Ben Milam and a volunteer Texas army storming San Antonio de Bexar, holding the city for three days against Gen. Perfecto de Cos's Mexican regulars. The Texans, though outnumbered and irregular, defended fiercely in house to house combat, shaping Texas independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Burleson
Texas
San Antonio
Hen R. Milam
Eld Ben Milam
Perfecto de Coa
San Antonio de Bexar
Mexico
Cos
War talk and myth in postwar Japan debate
A 1940s Overseas Press Club discussion features Jimmy Young and others debating Japan after the war. The piece weighs vengeance, the emperor as war criminal, and whether to let policy shift after elections, arguing that demonstration of American arms matters more than myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overseas Press Club
Japan
Jimmy Young
John Goette
H. G. W. Woodhead
General "Yakhoutoff
H. J. ‘Timperly
Randall Gould
Bruno Shaw
China Coast
Aelions
State Department
Alands
Ilfe
King Feas
Dynil,, Inc
Candlesticks Bring Profit Then Back In Window
Walter Winchell recalls a Midtown antique shop owner who buys odds and ends at auctions turning a $75 candlestick pair into a $500 cash sale later. The tale weaves wartime luck, a returning buyer, and a quick resale as the shop adapts to changing decor tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haya
Patricia
Lon
Organ
Ibia
Norway
March of Events and the Congressional Record Debate
A reflective piece arguing to shorten the Congressional Record to actual congressional doings. It contrasts Hollywood driven discourse with real policy, critiques capitalists and Lenin era crimes, and warns against foreign-born voter influence and internationalist trends shaping U S politics and economy. The reader is urged to question the logic of two plus two in global affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congres
Congressional Record
Sam Goldwyn
Hollywood
Walter Lippmann
Congress
Bona Fida
Boy raising best beet calves wins county gold medal
From L A Light files February 22 1954 Harold Real Gongerss farm boy wins the Bexar county 4 H beet calf gold medal awarded by Wilson Packers Company. Harold is active in 4-H Club work. Also notes February 23 1924 Lieut Rte Maughen of Kelly Field plans to attempt a same day New York to San Francisco flight between daylight and dark during next guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Harold Real
Gongerss Farm
Wilson Packings Company
Rte Maughen
Kellyfield
New York
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Farber
George FE. Sorkolsky
Agal
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Yeaterday
Lekes
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Robert Ripley
Ripley
Herr Goering
Herman
Herman Eppstein
Tyrol
Austria
Goering
German East Africa
Dr. Eppstein
Bavaria
Eppstein
Nazi Goering
Winchell
William Allen White
Edlior
White
Raymond Paige
Messanel
Ilack
Kir
Radical Monthly
America
Americ
Astor
Vanderbilt
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Day Gould
Lens
Midas
Pierpont Morgan
Italy
Americas
L.A. Light Files
SAN Antonio Light
Art Antonio Gazette
Associated Prosa
Bor
Lauraig
Net
Sundave
Dally
Antonio
Dally Hy
Conayers
Maren
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!