Desperation and Axis Morale in World War II Analysis
A wartime analysis argues that Axis desperation drives bold but reckless actions against the United States. It compares German choices in 1917 and Axis misjudgments, notes Italian decline, Japan’s China wounds, and asserts morale may deteriorate or harden under external pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
China
Italy
Japan
Moscow
Berlin
Westbrooks Pegler Denounces Bankers In War Defense Rhetoric
In a fiercely worded column Pegler argues that international bankers organized no war for profit this time. He credits Congress and public resolve with financing and sustaining war production after Japan attacked the United States. He claims merchants of death were sidelined as the government mobilized industries and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf
Hitler
International
Congress
Jong
Germany
Britain
Gerald Nye
Chamberlain
Munich
France
United States
Winston
Churchill
Roosevelt
Japan
Local newspaper classified snippet with dusty postal lines
Brief clipping lists AP copyright and circulation rates for Tucson editions. It includes a Jefferson quote and a note on telephone access, offering per week and yearly payment terms for home delivery and mail subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Tucson
Thomas Jefferson
Literary map shows West gaining ground in American culture
A Chicago Daily News book section piece argues the West rises in literary stature as New England’s dominance fades. Sterling North notes the coast’s historical concentration versus the West’s new authors and themes, while Agnes Morley Cleaveland defends West culture against elite abstraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago Daily News
New England
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
West
Sterling North
Agnes Morley Cleaveland
Gene Rhodes
Oliver LaFarge
Charles F. Lummis
Arizona
Robert Sherwood
Ross Santee
Southwest
Patriotism in the Jute Mill of a Federal Prison
A federal prison jute mill normally employs 900 men with a daily output of 16 500 bags. When defense needs rose, 80 convicts were selected by lot from 300 volunteers to reenter the mill, risking loss of time as a privilege. They pledged to support the Red Cross and some asked to learn knitting to aid service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Red Cross
Fatal Misapprehension Leaves Widower After Soldier Shootout
A California motorist, misled by four uniformed soldiers seeking a ride, speeds away near an airport. A ricochet from a soldier’s shot punctures the tire, killing the wife aboard. The piece argues for strict accountability of soldiers and cautions on authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Round Table on Duck Hunters and the Front Door Complaint
The Emporia Gazette editorial muses on duck hunters and their wives cooking ducks poorly. It jests about stove and weather, noting the lack of ducks dumped on the doorstep year after year and the oddities of Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Providence
The
Emporia Gazette
Facts Not Worth Knowing From The Baer Files
A quirky odds and ends column notes random trivia and misstatements. Items cover war era curiosities, inflation analogies, historical sieges, and amusing etymologies with playful language and dated humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baer
Washington War Town Feels Impact of Pearl Harbor Prep
The piece describes Washington under wartime mood with khaki troops near the White House and State Department. It cites cleared searchlights, Civilian Defense efforts, guard details, and a heightened sense of security tied to Japanese espionage concerns and the broader Pacific conflict. It notes the Dies investigation on West Coast Japanese activity and the altered atmosphere in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IE. Potomac
Drew Pearson
Robert S
Allen
Washington
State Department
California
Navy
White House
State
Capitol Dome
Defense
LaGuardia
Roosevalt
Kurt. Sell
F. B. Tt
Department
of Commerce
America
Calla
Waterside Drive
Scottie
White ‘House
Martin Dies
United States
Hitler
Norway
France
Low
Dies
Central Japanese Association
Losa
Angeles
Reeves Field
Hawaii
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Panama Canal
San. Francisco
Manila
Guam
Vladivostok
U. 5
Honolulu
French Fleet Size and Allied War Reporting
Washington dispatch notes uncertainty over the French fleet’s size and location as Hitler seeks to use ships against the Atlantic forces. It estimates hundreds of ships including battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines some already under German control and questions the French pledge not to use them against allies. The piece also contrasts British wartime reporting with U S censorship highlighting the value of transparent war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitler
Atlantic
Oran
Martinique
Dunkerque
Wales
International News Service
Columbia
Practice Makes Perfect All Pacific War Highlights
The article notes starry eyed praise for Japanese bomber accuracy, but Chinese observers in Canton have long known the precision, stating military objectives near the foreign settlement were hit for weeks without error, reducing diplomatic risk as the sun sets on the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westbrook
Pegler
International Banker
Baltimore
United” States
THD
Associated Press
Milton
Duck Hunters
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Pergamos
Sirocco
Harmatton
Khamsin
Lord Chesterfield
Tyre
West ‘Point
Annapolis
Los Angeles
U. S
Matthew Maguire
Justice Departments
Pearl ‘Harbor
David Walsh
Senate Naval Committee
Walsh
AJL
Knox
Tobey
New Hampshire
Bridges
Stalin
der Fuehrer
Litvinoff
Tokyo
United Feature Syndicate
Paul
Mallon
Wake Island
State. Department
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!