Private Hargrove Adviser Joins Army Training Satire
Marion Hargrove humorously instructs new recruits in See Here, Private Hargrove!, detailing the brutal welcome of basic training through hazing, kitchen police, and the hardening process. The narrator counsels optimism, discipline, and calculating attitude as young men face uniforms, drills, and GI life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Goldsmith
Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove
Sergeant Coldsmith
George Bernard Shaw
Ufe
Army Edict Looms Over Intercollegiate Football
In a complex debate, army leaders question college football under military control while colleges with army students face limited rosters. Racing fever rises as Belmont season booms with record wagering. Don Bingo carries Bing Crosby’s horse to victory as Don Bingo wins again, ending Crosby’s stable chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Eiher
Bing Crosby
Belmont Park
Don Bingo
Crosby
Bing
Bob Hope
Bright Colors Pattern Contests War Time Orders
The ad promotes Barbara Bell sewing patterns 1724-B and 1741-5 with two piece bright color outfits. It lists sizes 12 through 44, material yardages for bodice and skirt, ribbon trimming, and fabric widths. It notes unusually high demand and longer order times due to war conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Colored naval shells reveal target areas in sea battles
The American navy uses shells with colored dyes in their noses. When fired into water, red, orange, or green spouts rise up to 20 feet. Dye splashes mark hits on ships and help coordinate formations and aid aviators in spotting enemy vessels.
To Great Rivers Little Brooks in Time Make Great Rivers
A compact proverb style note praises gradual effort transforming small streams into major waterways. It emphasizes patience, persistence, and the value of steady progress over time. Local readers are invited to reflect on growth through small acts and long term dedication.
General quiz questions from a 1940s education feature
A series of seven quiz prompts covers topics from geography and military terms to naval signals and dam construction. Questions include the nature of the khamsin, a country flying its flag upside down in war, the share of training planes in modern air forces, views on production supply and battle, definition of anchor ice, Kaiser’s early dam projects, and vice presidential voting in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
The Answers Quiz on World War Facts
The list presents six statements about war time facts and geography. It notes an African wind carrying sand, the Philippines allegedly flying its flag upside down during war, a rough 60 percent figure, a division of effort with 75 percent on production and supply and 25 percent on battle, ice forming at the bottom of a body of water, and major dams like Grand Coulee Boulder and Bonneville. It ends with a note on tiebreakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Grand Coulee
Boulder
Bonneville
Armstrong Angott Rivalry Hangs Over Lightweight Title Fight
The piece weighs Armstrong and Angott as a clash to decide the lightweight crown. It notes Armstrong’s windmill or whirlwind style may break Angott’s wrestling grips and hints at Armstrong reclaiming top status before a broader scramble among Montgomery and Beau Jack.
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Henry Armstrong
Sammy Angott
Sammy
Armstrong
Angott
Montgomery
Beau Jack
Ed Barrow’s Early Roles Precede Yankees Tenure
Sportlight briefs note Ed Barrow’s pre Yankees career as president of two minor leagues and manager of seven clubs. Joe McCarthy touts Ewald Pyle as top pitching recruit in the American League this season. Bill McGowan enters his 19th major league season as oldest umpire by service. Connie Mack played his last game for Pittsburgh in 1896 and compiled 842 assists in 664 games.
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Yankees
Ed Barrow
Joe McCarthy
Ewald Pyle
Washington
Bill McGowan
Connie Mack
Pittsburgh
African Sergeant Major s Permitted Four Wives
Among troops who helped drive Italians from Ethiopia in 1940 were sturdy Gold Coast natives. Most are Moplems or Christians. private to sergeant-major ranks determine wives in barracks. Gold Coast soldiers study briefly under British tutors, serve under British officers, live in bright cement barracks, and keep spotless boots.
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Army Fe
War Department
Ethiopia
Gold Coast
Leatherneck and Camel in Military Slang Ad
An advertising note explains legends behind Marine nickname Leatherneck derived from the leather collar and Camel as the favored cigarette shared by Army Navy Coast Guard. It mentions sales records and sending Camels to service members domestically and overseas.
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Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Post Office
U. S
Marines
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Private Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
Chapter
Kitchen Police
Ke— Brodie Griffith
Charlotte News
Hargrove
Garinger
Belmont Abbey
Siva
United Brotherhood of Plumbers
Mr. Grifith
New York
Selective Service System
Mecklenburg County Board Number
The
United States
Piedmont Grill
Piel
Melvin Piel
South Carolina
Fayetteville
Brother Piel
Alaska
South Pole
RMY
Grantland Rice
West Point
Annapolis
Belmont
Santa Anita
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Bonth Wells St
Chicago
Sveveres Bzorccseney
St. Joseph
RET Taber's
U.S. Navy
Bremer
Owa City
Iowa
Armstrong and
Mexico
Begoodrich
Ats
Albert
Prince Albert
Larg
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