Training CCC Boys and the Case for Universal Military Prep
A Washington column argues against non-combatant CCC training and in favor of full military prep for all youths. It cites basic drill as life saving, improves future service prospects, and strengthens national defense. It criticizes selective service timidity and warns recruiting errors would undermine talent. It emphasizes skilled, disciplined soldiers through thorough training.
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Washington, D. C
CCC
Kipling
Marshall
Army
War Department
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
America
France Faces Armistice Pressure and U S Coalition Cabinet
Petain cites lack of friends, men and guns as France seeks terms under German armistice. Roosevelt forms a coalition cabinet with Knox and Stimson, while U S defense plans envision a large Atlantic fleet and universal service training amid looming global crisis.
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Petain
U. S
France
Adolf Hitler
Henri Petain
Somme
Aisne
England
London
Frank Knox
Henry Stimson
Roosevelt
Coalition
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Knox
Navy
Stimson
Hoover
Yale President warns grads on democracy facing totalitarian threat
Yale University President Charles Seymour warned graduates to avoid complacency as totalitarian states challenge democracy. He cited Col. Charles Lindbergh's radio plea to stop making gestures and urged firmness against war fear. Senator Pittman urged Lindbergh to curb unfounded war anxiety. Ireland's Prime Minister De Valera called on citizens to volunteer for defense after a nationwide rally.
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Yale University
Charles Seymour
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S
Pittman
Nev
Lindy
de Valera
Eire
Ireland
Recruiting Woes and Warship Worries Highlight 1940s News
The piece surveys American recruitment struggles tied to malnourished youth and health hurdles, then shifts to wartime issues including crop controls, European famine, shipping shortages, and the risk of losing the French fleet to Nazi control. It notes diplomatic letters and the strategic value of French warships and Dakar base in the global balance.
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Henry Wallace
Europe
Norway
Holland
Denmark
Belgium
Betsy in Sewing Book 3 Reworks Iron Bed and Kitchen Space
Betsy demonstrates home style ingenuity by streamlining an old iron bed and reconfiguring a large kitchen with a partition. She creates a private hall for friends, paints linoleum dark green, walls cream with pink stripes, and designs a cream chintz pad with pink roses and green leaves.
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Betsy
Warning Seemed Quite Superfluous to Car Owner
A railway passenger sought shelter in a roadside car during heavy rain. The car moved slowly without the engine running, delivering the man near his turning. He warned a would be passenger that the car was not running, only to learn the stranger had been pushing it for two miles.
Haste and Trouble
A concise note warns that haste leads to trouble as a prudent refrain. It reflects on the perils of rushing actions without thinking through consequences.
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General Johnson Boys
Farnham F. Dudgeon
Western Newspaper Union
Republican Party
Great Britain
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
High Command
Pacific
Germany
Italy
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
River Rouge
Michigan
Ford Motor Cars
D. C
Armed Services
Marine Corps
United States
John Q
Espil
Argentina
Richling
White House
South Atlantic
Latin America
Strasbourg
Hitler
Dakar
Africa
Brazil
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
ST. Joseph
Chicago
Kentucky
Pricas
Rush Street
von Asi
Peter Fick
Pete
Judgment and Company 1
Bappy Dai
Huron
Erie
Georgian Bay
Green Bay
St. 8
River
Chi- Niagara Falls
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