Dutch Resistance and Home Front Humor in Wartime
Wartime observations describe Dutch resistance to German occupation with playful disguises and clever tricks. Reports include a shopkeeper hiding a Hitler portrait with a “How to Swim” poster and citizens’ letters praising the British air raid and American health advice. Reminders urge rest during illness and suggest keeping engaged with light reading and radio for morale.
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England
Wilhelmina
Hitler
Not Altogether Hopeless in a Time of War
An editorial criticizes isolationists and dis gruntled politicians delaying unity against a common foe. It warns of dangers to democracy as Hitler and Nazi regimes rise, praises Alfred E. Smith and Wendell Willkie for pro Britain stance, and discusses potential wartime shifts like National Labor Board oversight moving to the war department.
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Berlin
Capone School
United States of America
Bert Wheeler
Germany
Jack Morrison
Jim Bell
Capone Hoods
Wilmington
Elwood
Hoods
Alfred E. Smith
Wendell Willkie
Britain
National Labor Board
War Department
DAV Women Sponsor Preview of The American Way
Children from four junior high schools and Joliet Catholic High School will view a preview of The American Way. The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary sponsors the matinee at 2 30 PM and a later show at the Moose Temple on February 22.
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Joliet Catholic High School
Women’s Auxiliary of the
Disabled American Veterans
Moose Temple
Marcus Aurelius on a Man's Value and His Pursuits
A reflection noting that a man’s worth equals the value of the things he occupies himself with. Marcus Aurelius emphasizes inner focus over external status and material measure.
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Maan
Marcus Aurelius
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