Gruening Eyes Alaska as Front in World Clash
The article profiles Ernest Gruening and Howard Mingos, detailing Gruening's long focus on Alaska and insular affairs, his tenure in the Interior Department, and prior medical and journalism work. Mingos is highlighted as a veteran aviation writer and editor with a long career spanning major newspapers and aviation topics.
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EW York
Gover
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Dee
Jam’ Mitchell
Imperia
Congress
Gruening
Department of the
Harvard University
New York
Boston American
The
Boston
Erald
the Traveler
the Journal
New York Tribune
New York Nation
Caribbean
Department of the Interior
New York City
Howard Mingos
Howard C. Mingos
John the Baptist
Avia
Aeronautical Chanes of Commerce
Axis
Onfecker
Mingus
Luftwaffe
RAF
Wee Town
Athens
Mr. Mingos
Philadelphia School of Industrial Art
Philadelphia Telegraph
Pton Republic
New York Ues
Sun
Times
An Air Service
U. S
Aeronautical Chamber Iommerce
Russians Cheered by U S War PactPledging Support of Second Front
Editor notes that readers hear analyst opinions on a Western Newspaper Union release. It highlights U S war pact pledges, growing scrap rubber stocks, and consolidation of information units.
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Second Front
U. S
Western Newspaper Union
Japanese Landings Reported Near Alaska During WWII
The Aleutian front saw purported Japanese landings on Attu and a port call at Kiska amid imperfect weather. Navy operations moved to counter any Alaska threat. Officials, including Rear Admiral John H Towers, downplayed the action as limited and possibly a liability to Japan.
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Aleutian Islands
U. S
Attu
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Kiska
North American
Dutch Harbor
Midway Island
John H. Towers
U. S. Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Nations vow united front as war warns Sevastopol endures
News from Washington Moscow and London report a full understanding to open a second European front in 1942. Molotov and Roosevelt map faster US aid to Russia and postwar peace measures while Office of War Information consolidates government info under Elmer Davis. After Midway losses Japan faces hard hits and US rubber salvage expands as war drives loom.
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Russia
Citizens Army
Sevastopol
Washington
Moscow
London
Soviet Union
United States
Molotov
Roosevelt
U. S
State Department
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Office of Facts and Figures
Office of Government Reports
Office of Emergency Management
Foreign Information Service
White House
Davis
Byron Price
Britain
China
Kharkov
New Process Aims to Speed Synthetic Rubber Output
U S chemists report a petroleum cracking method to boost aviation gasoline and butadiene production, enabling simultaneous synthetic rubber output. The War Production Board says plants could reach 120000 tons of rubber from butadiene by early 1943, easing supply concerns. Tobruk siege sees Rommel’s tank thrust met by American-made General Grants, central front decisive. Manpower notes urge broadening labor force as both industry and armed forces require more workers, with selective service planning to raise base pay and expand recruitment.
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Roosevelt
Rubber Recovery Corporation
Patterson
Army
Navy
U. S
WPB
Newhall
War Production Board
Bir Hacheim
Libya
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean Sea
Rommel
Grant
Selective Service
Hershey
Ion Can
U S Blimps Prove Vital In Anti Sub Warfare
The article recalls Captain C E Rosendahl pushing for 48 blimps and plans for 72 more to counter submarines. It notes the role of lighter than air craft in patrolling coasts, observation, and potential as aircraft carriers while highlighting wartime lessons from Midway and Rosendahl’s persistence.
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Navy
Capt
C. E. Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Congress
Akron
Germany
America
Washington
Japan
Midway
Battle of
Pacific
Singapore
Macassar Straits
Babe Ruth remembered as one of baseball's greats
A retrospective on Babe Ruth highlights his dual prowess as pitcher and hitter with the Red Sox and Yankees. It notes key seasons, records like 60 home runs, 1921 and 1927 feats, a 1925 controversy, and his lasting impact on the sport and Yankee Stadium.
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Babe
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Ruth
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Cubs
Mathewson
Cy Young
Alexander
Ed Walsh
Walter Johnson
Red Sox
Ed Barrow
Harry Frazee
Yankees
Barrow
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yanks
Miller Huggins
Hugh S. Fullerton
Yankee Stadium
Rath
House Ways and Means Pushes Major Phone Tax Increase
Highlights show the Ways and Means Committee proposing at least a 50 percent rise in all telephone and telephone charges. The nation contemplates tax moves aimed at broader revenue.
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House
Ways and Means
War Bond Heroes Visit Roosevelt During Washington Tour
In Washington to promote war bond sales, 15 American and British war heroes visited the White House. President Roosevelt and his wife hosted the delegation along with the British ambassador as part of a national effort to bolster war funding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Briefs from the era on war industry and tech terms
A 35000-ton battleship required 42000 acres to feed the builders. The US Marine Corps uses the term paramazines for parachutists armed with knives pistols and sacks of hand grenades. WWI airplane engines needed 50 hour overhauls. modern machines run 600 hours. Funeral services charges must conform to price ceilings set by SP ware.
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United States Marine Corps
Sp. Ware
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