General Hugh S. Johnson critiques wartime mobilization and witch hunt rhetoric
Washington commentary questions a so called witch hunt while applauding Will Rogers and veterans like Bob Wood and Col. Lindbergh. It argues for civilian led mobilization, warns against four man military control, and stresses avoiding shortages and delays in war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bob Wood
Congress
Panama Canal
France
AEF
Quartermaster General
Pan
Charles Lindbergh
Boadicea
Dorothy Thompson
War and Navy
Knudsen
Hillman
War Industries Board
Army
Navy
History-Making Events of 1940 Pass in Review
A retrospective by Roger Shaw on 1940 highlighting France’s collapse, Roosevelt’s third term, Churchill’s rise, success of the U boat campaign, Italian defeats, and the Russo Finn war ending with Finland’s surrender. It covers Norway Denmark and the Dunkirk evacuation, Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands, Paris fall, and the Vichy government formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Shaw
Union
France
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Churchill
Chamberlain
British Isles
Coventry
Albania
Greece
Libya
Egypt
Italic
Finland
Mannerheim
Viborg
Viipuri
Finnish Gulf
Kallio
Baltic
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Soviet Union
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oslo
Norway
Narvik
Germany
Flanders
Major Quisling
Fall OF
Thor
Manfred von Brauchitsch
William Keitel
Berlin
Luxembourg
Holland
Junkers
Leopold
Dunkirk
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
England
Paris
Reynaud
Daladier
Marshal Petain
Weygand
Darlan
Vichy
World War II era snapshot of Europe and America
The piece details German occupation of France and the Vichy regime, De Gaulle's Free French, and Allied air and naval actions. It covers British resilience in the Battle of Britain, U.S. defense measures and material buildup, Italy’s failures in Greece and Africa, and the partition of Romania along with Soviet advances and Axis alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Oran
Algeria
Dakar
West Africa
de Gaulle
England
Vichy
Churchill
Henri Petain
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Abetz
Britain
Narvik
Norway
Dunkirk
Flanders
British Isles
Goering Flying Circus
G. F.C
Liverpool
Bristol
London
Southampton
Plymouth
America
Birmingham
Coventry
Lord Lothian
United States
U. S
William Allen White
Kansas
New World
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Antigua
St. Lucia
Trinidad
British Guiana
South America
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Washington
National Defense Board
Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Indiana
Willkie
Midwest
Italy
Royal Air Force
Turin
Milan
Fiat
Isotta Fraschini
Graziani
Egypt
Suez Canal
Badoglio
Greece
Albania
Royal Navy
Rumania
Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Hungary
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Dubrudja
Carol
Magda Lupescu
Michael
Balkans
John Antonescu
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Stalin
Poland
Finland
Baltic States
Lesson for January 5 on Jesus power to heal and repent
A religious lesson discusses sin, repentance, and suffering. It cites Luke 13 1 5 and 10 17 with emphasis on all humans being sinners, the woman healed by Jesus, and the synagogue ruler’s anger at Sabbath mercy, urging humility and openness to divine power.
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Job
Jesus
Judea
Pilate
G. Campbell Morgan
Abraham
Satan
Morgan
Gog
God
Fog Dissipation Method May Clear Airports Soon
Norwegian meteorologist Dr Sverre Petterssen reports fog suppression may soon end airport visibility problems. Mass Tech tests used spraying sulfur chloride solution at 85 gallons per minute to carve a fog slice 30 feet high, 150 feet wide and 1,500 feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sverre Petterssen
Pettersgen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Petterssen
Everybody Likes This Smart Apron Design No 8824
The design 8824 apron proved highly popular on its first release and is being offered again for those who missed it. It slips over the head and ties quickly with no cross-straps, staying slim at the waist and securely in place.
Home Apron Pattern No 8824 for Easy Sewing
Promote your own sewing project with Pattern No 8824 an apron designed to cover a frock fully and speed homework. Available in cheery percale prints gingham checks or polka dot calico with ric rac trim. Sizes 14 16 18 20 40 42 44 require specified yardage and braid for completion.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Uncle Sam
Will Rogers
A Tay
Sonny
Thad
Mate
Cay Bible Insitute
D. D
Ro News
Council of Religious Education
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Wama
Jen
Kohler
Eli OS
Feed
Terrors Semple
Kabler Bits
Battewen
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