War Books Review Highlights 1940s Reader Interests
The piece surveys Spy of Lowell Thomas and other titles like Four Jills in a Jeep Liberal Education The Life and Death of Little Joe and Battle Surgeon It notes reader attitudes toward war literature and entertainment for troops, praising Pyle’s Here Is Your War and commenting on authorial approaches to war stories and real life.
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Army Air Corps
Army Signal Corps
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Marine Corps
Carole Landis
Miss Landis
Washington
Mark van Doren
E F. Whicher
New York Herald Tribune
van Doren
Little Joe
Robert Bright
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
Jose Juan de Dios
Leonardo Sandovilla
New Mexico
Ernie Pyle
Arabian Oil Line Project Under Fire
The petroleum industry war council condemned the proposed Arabian oil pipeline as a potential source of future conflict and not in the public interest. It urged abandoning the plan and dissolving the Petroleum Reserves Corp, while noting U.S. government involvement could strain relations with South American neighbors. The line would span nearly 1000 miles from Persian Gulf to Mediterranean ports at an estimated cost of 150 million dollars.
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U.P
Petroleum Industry War Council
United States
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Petroleum Reserves Corp
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Petroleum Reserve Corp
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PRC
U. S
Congress
UA Student Group To Run Commissary
The ship's exchange at the naval indoctrination school's site on the University of Arizona campus shifts to student civilian control. The soda fountain operates under the Associated Students and merchandise moves to the CoOp book store. barber shop and laundry remain, serving officers at the indoctrination school.
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Exchange
Naval Indoctrination School
University of Arizona
A. L. Slonaker
Associated Students’ Organization
CoOp Book
Student Officers’ Association
Jap Cargo Ship Sunk Near French Indo China
Mitch ells of the 14th U S air force sank a 750 ton cargo vessel near Moncay French Indo China and started fires in an attack on railroad shops and coal plant at Campa port Lt Gen Joseph W Still HQ announced today.
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Mitchells
U. S. Air Force
Moncay
Indo-China
Campha Port
Joseph W
First Paper Mill in United States Opens in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia plant marks the earliest paper mill in the United States, established in 1690. Its founding reflects early American industrial development and the growth of local crafts and trades.
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Philadelphia
Monster marrow fund drives top English show totals
A monster marrow at Lissing ton, England, has raised 1600 dollars for the Red Cross, and recently mar rows grown from its seeds yielded 646 dollars at a show.
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Lissington
England
Red Cross
Agricultural societies grow in Panama with 48 in Los Santos
Agricultural societies and cooperatives are spreading across Panama with the Province of Los Santos counting 48 such organizations. The development signals a rising organized farming movement and local community cooperation.
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Province of
Los Santos
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