Ernie Pyle Revealed in Home Country Autobiography
Kansas City June 2 A tribute to Ernie Pyle portrays the famed war correspondent as a prolific writer who never sought seclusion. The piece lauds his prewar journalism, the humane simple style, and the forthcoming Home Country book that compiles his prewar essays and inner life into a notable autobiographical portrait.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
America
Ring Lardner
Hitler
Japan
Tiny Beltone hearing device gains deafened readers
The Beltone device fits in the hand and lets deafened people hear faint sounds. It carries approval from the Council on Physical Medicine of the AMA. No battery pack or wires needed. It promises clear powerful tone and self adjustment for evolving hearing. Beltone offers free descriptive booklet and home demonstrations from Dept. 14, 1450 W. 19th St., Chicago.
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Council On Physical Medicine
American Medical Association
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
Chicago
Ill
Adv
County Library Hours Announced for Six Tucson Area Schools
Summer hours announced for county libraries in six Tucson area schools effective June 1. Tanque Verde hours are 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays. Jaynes 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays. Catalina junior high 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. Tuesdays. Amphi theatre 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. Tuesdays. Sunnyside 7 30 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. Marana 10 30 to 11 30 a.m. Wednesdays.
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Tucson
Tanque Verde
Jaynes
Catalina Junior High School
Sunnyside
Marana
OPA Ends as Ration Office Closes in Quiet Shutdown
Frederick C. Othman recalls the final days of the OPA after its closure. He describes Chester Bowles, the Los Angeles rationing chief, and Bowles’s busy Washington offices. The piece blends humor and rueful memory of wartime controls and bureaucratic excess.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles
Bowles
Ters
Postwar shortages and price quirks across American goods
A fragmented account describes wartime and postwar scarcity from dyed stripes to pipe cleaners and diapers. It notes producer price choices, blue shirt preponderance, OPA fears, and alleged patronage of illegal bars by government bigwigs, ending with a personal note on protests from rival restaurants.
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Chester's Helpers
Truman
America
Bowles
OPA
Japan
Fragmentary reminiscence on OPA era tensions
The speaker reflects on the Office of Price Administration and its unsettling presence, noting they did not anticipate its threat to public calm. The passage remains framed as a personal memory about wartime controls and personal reactions.
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Tammen
West Franklin
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St Josephi
Lynn Lester
Paul & Frank
Sunset
Art Knox Texaco
Ed Anderson
Eagle Court
Art & Dick
Clarckson
Jack Power
Richfield
Luke Marsland
Webb
Mobile
Thurman
Phillips 66
Don Smith
S. 6Th Ave
Casa Grande Highway
N. Stone Ave
E. Broadway
E. Speedway
W. Drachman
Rodeo Field
la Jolla
Prise
Mengel
Peemanisel Engel
Imine
Mr. & Mrs
W. R. Shearman
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Goonsss
Shell
Shellubrication
Shell Touring Service
Budgit
K.W
Fuller Thomas Distributing CO
S. Fifth Ave
Venetian Blind Company
East Broadway
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