Editorial on Pearl Harbor inquiry flawed and politicized
The editorial condemns the Pearl Harbor investigation as a politicized mudslinging affair that failed to illuminate critical failures in coordination between the army and navy. It rebukes high command, isolationists, and Congress for surrendering oversight and urges a realistic view of the world as it stood before December 7, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Gerow
FBT
Washington
Areca
Army
Navy
Secretaries of War and Navy
America
Congress
Executive Branch
Board of Inquiry
New and the Old In A Shift Toward Atomic Living
A reflective piece weighs future gadgets against enduring traditions. It envisions atoms powering heat and homes, helicopters replacing gasoline cars, plastic doors and glass brick houses, automatic shaving, and vitamins cooked by atomic processes, while still keeping the Yule log and simple comforts alive in a blended future.
Timely warning on Sidney’s air travel future
Two aviators warned Sidney last week that the town has no airport or plans for one yet air travel is a growing postwar industry. The community should stay alert to possible early development with government financial cooperation similar to highway programs. Every hamlet
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Lions Club
Sidney
Newspapers press action on transport and public services
The New York Herald Tribune reports on fresh air fund trips for underprivileged children. The Boston Herald notes Boston as virtually probationary for international air and ocean terminals. The Atlanta Constitution questions airline concentration in southern cities and expansion here. The New York Post runs Food for Friendship aiding Europe. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin polls public views on city police, finding most rate performance fair or good and favor more officers and higher pay.
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NEW York Herald Tribune
Atlanta Constitution
Miami
Savannah
Atlanta
Boston Herald
Boston
NEW York Post
Food For Friendship
Europe
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Airport Growth Demanded by Community Leaders
The passage argues that the ground floor communities gain most from the new airport industry while air travel remains a luxury. It urges the chamber of commerce and city council to form active committees to stay in touch with airport developments and prepare for the future.
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Chamber of Commerce
When Snow Comes Brightens Town mood and sights
Snow lifts the town spirit and alters the scene. People laugh, throw snowballs, and admire the transformed junkyard like a medieval castle. Neighbors stroll countryside, indoors on cold nights, and find time for tasks long postponed as hearts rise.
The Love Down By Jack H. Love
A personal column laments the stubborn challenge of making a stable Christmas tree base despite modern tech. The author spends hours in a basement workshop, ending with a crooked base, bruised knuckles, and a deflated mood as the tree tilts.
The Hunt for a Practical Christmas Tree Base
A sardonic voice laments the lack of a usable Christmas tree base despite wartime and scientific advances. The writer mocks the pace of invention, contrasting it with other milestones like aircraft, weapons, and atomic science, urging prompt innovation for a common household need.
Christmas tree base complaint in stormy note
The speaker laments a faulty tree base during a ninety mile gale and vows to fix the problem before next year. Expressing frustration with modern gadgets, the writer insists the world demands progress but the immediate issue remains the tree’s stability.
Yuletide Season Weighs On Family Traditions
A humorous seasonal note on scientists blamed as sleepy and the annual task of decorating a Christmas tree. The speaker jokes about patience worn by the holiday routine and avoiding the task of stocking hanging, joking about a bottle of makeup.
Death March Survivor Here
Cpl. Harvey Hunter, Bataan death march survivor and former Japanese prisoner, visits his sister Mrs. Herb Kesselring after regaining his weight from 100 to 165 pounds. He recalls four days of ordeal with minimal rest, aid from a Black buddy, and brutal abuses in camps and ships, including Her Hata steel mills and other camps.
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Cpl
Harvey Hunter
Bataan
Herb Kesselring
Cpl. Hunter
Hunter
San Fernando
Good Health Through Diet Sleep and Recreation
Eating plenty of the right kinds of food and getting enough sleep and recreation are prime requisites for good health.
Women Colonists at Jamestown 1608 Pioneers Mistress Forrest and Anne Burras
The first women colonists in America were Mistress Forrest and her maid Anne Burras, who settled in the Jamestown Virginia colony in 1608.
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America
Mistress Forrest
Anne Burras
Jamestown, Va
Steel Surety Lessons Steel Industry Boosts Safety Training
Steel Surety Lessons Steel, the third safest industry, reports success using realistic machinery models in training employees and dramatizing safety practices.
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Steel Surety
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