Westbrook Pegler Satirizes Unfair Hotel Dinner Banter
A Westbrook Pegler column mocks a dinner of readers from The Nation and The New Republic at a hotel on an A F of L unfair list. He quibbles with Times figures, questions moral responsibility, and jokes about editors and union figures while lampooning class conflict.
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the Nation
Freda Kirchway
The
New Republic
Bruce Bliven
Blether
New York Times
Times
Nation
Frank Kingdon
New York Hotel Trades Council
A. F. of L
Harold Ickes
No Man's Land of National Defense Headlines
Headlines show widespread labor unrest and delays hindering U S defense as strikes and wage fights halt Vultee plant work and other key production. Reports detail factory stoppages, wage concessions, housing delays, and regulatory battles affecting mobilization.
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No-Man’s Land’ of National Defense
Vultee
U. S
Britain
UAW
Vultee Victory
California
CIO Aluminum
Huachuca
CIO
Murray
Roosevelt
Perkins
Knudsen and Associates
Defense Board
No-Man’s Land
Labor row erupts over Ford engine contract in 1940
Washington reports a 4000 engine contract to Henry Ford sparks political fallout. Sidney Hillman and CIO leaders challenge the deal amid wartime urgency, while Casey’s committee aims to back Democrats and counter GOP gains.
Memory Book by Elsie Robinson recalls American spirit and home life
The piece blends political quarrels over Ford and labor law with a long bookish interlude praising Mary Margaret McBride and her memoir How Dear to My Heart. It laments modern America while urging readers to rediscover family life, patriotism, and traditional values through McBride’s memories.
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Mary Margaret McBride
Mary Margaret
America
United States
MacMillan, Publishers
Royalty At Liberty and Juliana’s Strained Public Image
The piece mocks Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her visit prospects noting faded dynasty, pitiful royal trappings, and the hollow glamour of royal pretensions. It ridicules the idea of American audiences tolerating court language and hints at political instability at the U S Capitol.
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Netherlands Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Juliana of
The
Netherlands
Washington
Roosevelt
Juliana Louisa Wilhelmina
Princess
Orange Nassau
Mecklenburg
von Lippe Biesterfeld
Royal Palace
the Hague
Holland
Wilhelmina
Juliani
Julie
Adolf Hitler
Vere de Vere
Hollywood
East Lynne
Quotations on Politics From Famous Thinkers
A collection of brief political maxims and reflections. Notable lines from Plutarch Jefferson Smith Wagner Coleridge Adams highlight virtue religion progress fear folly and the nature of political power and reform. They frame politics as clash of opinion and the battle of ideas.
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Alfred E. Smith
Courageous Carlyle
A tale from the Christian Science Monitor about Thomas Carlyle's heartbreak when a maid burned much of his manuscript for the French Revolution. Mills arrives with the grim news and Carlyle resolves to rewrite, hampered by lost notes and memory. He orders fresh paper and notes his diary that an invisible schoolmaster tore his book.
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Thomas Carlyle
John Stuart Mills
Mills
Carlyle
Christian Science Monitor
Fireside comment sparks winter humor at Advance
A brief exchange between Visitor and Mrs. Farmer in Advance jokes about a man staying by the fireside. Mrs. Farmer warns that too much time inside in cold weather could leave the woodpile empty for warming the home.
Frankly Speaking Teacher and Boy Riddle
A classroom joke centers on a teacher asking where the dot over the i lies and a boy replying it is still in the pencil. The exchange captures light humor in a school setting.
Forty Five More Ships To Be Sold To Britain
The article reports the government expects forty five more old cargo ships to be sold to Britain within weeks as Hitler builds new attack ships in seized yards. It notes Britain's shipping losses rose sharply, but current lifeline tonnage remains strong and U S shipbuilding expansion is underway led by new Gulf Coast yards.
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Washington
Army
Henry Ford
Defense Commission
William Knudsen
Ford
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
CIO
John L. Lewis
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
Lewis
Roosevelt
Auto Workers
Hitler
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Norway
Louisiana Shipyards, Incorporated
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ellender
Gulf Coast
Morgenthau
Palm Beach
Panama
Treasury
Mr. Morgenthau
A Bit Of Tedium Now And Then Highlights Odd Facts
Arthur Badr presents a miscellany of obscure terms and quirky definitions. Entries cover scholia vs scholion, wind terms, animals, cooking quirks, and linguistic trivia with playful observations on linguistics, physiology, and history.
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Arthur
Bugs” Badr
Bugs Baer for 20 Years Nostalgic Odds and Ends
A compact recap of dated quips and cartoons from 1935 1930 1925 and 1920 noting humorous references to French cabinets dumbwaiters a mug stealing groceries a question about Ein Stein and a joke about a national flagstaff as a pumphandle.
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Bugs Baer
King Features Syndicate Reproduction Prohibited
Notice states distribution restrictions by King Features Syndicate Inc and forbids reproduction in whole or in part.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
The 23 Year Old Hero No. 1 Selectee Screams Hope
A 23 year old football hero, praised by the American Legion and D.A.R., was chosen as No. 1 selectee in his district by Secretary Stimson. He pledged immediate service and announced engagement, while weeks of hysteria followed as others with earlier induction numbers revealed.
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Washington
Stimson
Selective Service
American Legion
Johnny
First Man Calls Fellow a Pessimist Notion
In Franklin News a debate quotes two men about a third observer. One notes a negative view, the other reframes him as a candid camera fiend. The exchange underscores comic timing and perception.
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Franklin News
Relish Maker Picks Walla Walla for New Factory Site
A relish maker announces plans to build a chow chow factory in Walla Walla claiming the location suits production. A friend questions the choice, but the speaker insists the name sounds fitting for the product.
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Walla Walla
Speaker at meeting derides storm overblown as teacup farce
An evening meeting heard a speaker conclude with a sharp rebuke saying he opposed treating the issue as a trivial storm in a teacup, asserting a more serious reaction was needed.
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Tucson
Californian
Fort
Phoenix Mills
Washington State
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Knudsen
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Tennessee
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New Mexico
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United Feature Syndicate
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General Motors
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Martin Dies
Washington Public Library
Pitt College
Dies
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Oren Root
John Hanes
the Treasury
Lewis Douglas
Gene Casey
Roosevelt-Wallace National Committee For Agriculture
Democrats For Willkie
Douglas
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Jefferson
Robert F. Wagner
S. T. Coleridge
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Paul Mallon
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