Ban on Deliveries Casts Sinister Shadow
A heated editorial condemns an Office of Defense Transportation order restricting wholesale and retail deliveries of magazines, radios, soft drinks, and ice cream across 13 Eastern states. The piece argues the move threatens free press, raises fears of postwar dictatorship, and questions the necessity amid cereals and other staples. It questions the motive and warns of broader political aims behind the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Office of Defense Transportation
Gauleiter
ODT
Free enterprise creed urged by manufacturers leader
The address by National Association of Manufacturers president Crawford to Los Angeles industrial leaders argues for competitive enterprise as common sense. He rejects capital versus labor framing and portrays the economy as a people made system for exchanging labor and building life and future.
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C. Crawford
Los Angeles
Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
The Brighter Side on hep cats and jive culture
The piece extols hep cats or jitterbugs as a defining American cultural force linking jive music to dance, bands, and postwar entertainment economics. It argues the cats boosted instrument makers, phonograph, radio sales, and movie-house crowds while noting sociological commentary linking them to youth delinquency. The author laments wartime shifts and claims half the war’s victory came from the hep cats.
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Wesl
Benefit
Aep
Seeds Heal the Empty Daydreamer in a Desk Seed Collection
In a reflective prose piece the narrator finds solace in tiny seeds kept at hand to combat dull days and existential doubt. The seeds symbolize renewal, memory, and healing as a path back to self through a vivid description of a seed’s hidden life and potential.
Seed of self worth hidden in your inner mystery
The piece urges belief in the inner power within each person. It uses imagery of seeds, roots, and blooms to argue that value is not measured by outward success but by hidden potential. The author, Elsie Robinson, encourages feeling worthy and finding meaning in one’s own secret strength.
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United Nations Food Congress
Hot Springs
ODT
King Ares
Bynd
Tne
Middle aged men face glandular change with heart pain study
A New York doctor studied men aged 34 to 54 with heart pain and related symptoms, linking them to a male change of life. He treated them with testosterone, noting relief from chest pains, breathlessness, fatigue, and other discomforts after weeks to months of therapy.
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McGavack
Injection treatment trial for middle aged men symptoms
Dr. H. N. Bunderen reports two injections over four days with possible repetition later. one series may keep patients symptom-free for thirteen months. Anatita usa is tested to see if symptoms stem from fear or testosterone change in middle aged men. Drug given by injection under the skin, with physician oversight.
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McGayack
Anatita USA
King Peas
Bynd
Broadway Stars and Bombshells Dazzle NYC Nightlife
Walter Winchell On Broadway notes a flurry of names and scenes from New York entertainment. Tallulah Bankhead, Bing Crosby, Martha Ristoll, Joan Roberts, and Arline Judge dominate the spotlight at clubs and theaters, with photographers Otto de Mirilan and Kostelanety among the industry’s movers. The piece highlights a high society night on the East Side, a major Broadway photographer now in the army, and industry gossip about writers, producers, and wartime shifts shaping Broadway life.
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Bigtown
Tallulah Bankhead
Bing Grasby
Belmont Track
Harry James
Martha Dristoll
Hollywood
Hilary St. George Saunders
Auisar
Combined Operations
Stork
Quentin Reynolds
Harry Ritz
Mantadtor
Peaches Browning
Casbah
Arline Judge
Movietown
Col
Carlos Romulo
Macarthur
Joan Roberts
Oklahoma
Otto de Mirilan
Broadway
Kostelanety
Kern
Barratt Minnevitch
Actors’ Fund
Fim
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Paul Muni
New York
Hirth
Abbott and
Odd Facts About Chinter Farmers and Atty Geography
A careful note describes Chinter farmers tending AquaTemile Alipport which supports 3800 people. It states Pure bekyiins in three lines lighter than Aluminum and harder than steel. It adds that although Atty is geographically part of North America, it lies in the eastern hemisphere.
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Aol
North America
Atty
Eastern Hemisphere
Rationing system needs local know how to work
A Pennsylvania writer argues rationing harms by overcentralization. Local officials face vague rules, inconsistent inspections, and scarce time for households. He urges simplification and decentraliation to let communities handle food, fuel, and gasoline allocations, with leeway for capable local boards.
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Paul Meadville
Fea
Hin
Washington
Buayde
King Featuson By'ndicate, Inc
10 and 20 Years Ago From L A Light Files June 1 1933
A June 1 1933 note reports a voluntary drive by restaurant and hotel men to risk 3.2 beer under prohibition, following a warning by U S District Attorney Hartman. The San Antonio Missions sat in second in the Texas league, five and a half games behind Houston after a road trip.
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L. A. Light Files
United States
John J
San Antonio Missions
Houston
The Only Way Continued From Calumny 1 2
The article argues government ownership of war plants and mixed private public enterprise. It claims cradle to grave security is costly, urges free enterprise with limited regulation, and promotes the American dream of prosperity and opportunity for all.
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National Resources Planning Commission
Crawford
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Diamond Horseshoe
Mary
Fort Worth
Texas
Hollywood Exec
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Ket
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Lupe Velez
Yonger
Uncle Sam
Joe Besser
Buddy Clark
Ethel Merman
Ute
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Glenn Millers
von Opes
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Germany
Kay Penton
The
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Eddie Cantor
Borchter
Roosevelt
Churchill
John W. Tobin
San Antonio
Ray Lambert
Phil Wright
Paul Steffler
Frank Bushick
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