War costs and civilian sacrifice in wartime discourse
A broad, fragmentary collection of wartime humor and opinion pieces contrasts costs to civilians with military needs. It includes quips about living quarters for sailors, high altitude bombers, and the danger of empty ammunition belts, interwoven with satirical asides about defense bonds and public attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colin Kallys
Bonde
Wibbons
Joe Louis
Gna
Bangor News
Robert E. Bherwood
Teara
Corey Ford
Nordhoff and
Hall
Virginia Lee
Eien Glangow
Gelett Burgess
Charles Morgan
Samos
Anne Sedgewick
Olin Miller
Abbbie Block
Phyllis Bottome
Deg Delems
Ballles
Gur Aley
Broadway
W. BR. Hearst
Mina Soandro
Misa Spandao
Bay Defense
Wedgewood
Gay Blad
Ike Goebbels
Oopeganda
Stork
Walter
la Martinique
Jimmy Durante
Wild Horse Cowboys and a Trail Boss Take Stock
In a dusty Wild Horse setting, Don Cameron, a lean youth, joins trail veteran Din Upperman guiding a 20 Bar cattle drive toward a distant railroad. A colorful crowd congregates at the saloon as Dynamite Downes and Asa Brock clash over the herd’s value. Con, Pancho, and Pancho’s crew contend with barroom bets, rival buyers, and a looming showdown as Lowe seeks a fair price for his Sierra horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cameron
Buzz Upperman
Pancho
Texas
Con
Lopa
Caramba
Din
Eix Fret
Buzz Uppetrman
Zelotua Imel
Chicago
Hugh
Hetty
Wild Horse
John H
Gaddie
Duze Upperman
Uber
Kim
Downes
Simons
Corambié
Upperman
Asa Brock
Brock
Nevil Lowe
Sierra
Thin Lowe
Lowe
J Flahti
Bealde
Dynamite Brock
Fero
Baldy
Berda
Carambs
Carambe
Bie
Caremba
Keith Yoker
Nobby
Guerrillas formed for home defense in southeast Texas
In Beaumont Texas a band of 30 men led by five sheriffs and local cattlemen organizes a southeast Texas guerrilla unit for night patrols and defense along the Gulf coast The group aims to repel landing parties and assist in local industries with shoot ing expertise and rural cavalry units all tied to state and county leadership with claims of being the nations first such home defense guerrilla group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Exer
Ora
W. W. Richardson
Jefferson County
Pat Lowe
Liberty
Myles Jordan
Hardin
Speed Traps Spread in Four Midwestern Cities to Curb Violators
The speed check zone system, praised for efficiency and public signaling, is being used in Minneapolis Cincinnati Fort Wayne and Kansas City to deter speeding. In Minneapolis there are about five hundred zones marked by yellow barriers spaced along roads with police observers recording vehicle speeds as motorists pass through. The method relies on consistent timing and the stepped observation of drivers as they enter and exit each zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Municipal Association
Minneapolis
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Chelmnau
Picric acid trade shifted from explosives to plastics
Historical notes explain that picric acid, once a major explosive precursor, was diverted after World War I to other uses during peace. Russia acquired large quantities of picric acid and related nitrated materials for explosive plants, while local production moved toward empireless powder and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oalver
of Lea
Russia
Sequoia Park Names Honor Noted Scientists in Peaks and Plateau
Sequoia National Park features were named after prominent scientists by a U S board approving naming guidelines. Four summits above 18,000 feet carry names honoring Whitney Pickering Hale and Ellery Hale, with Mount Witton and Kentwood observatories linked to Ellery Hale. Boreal Plateau was designated for a windswept high-elevation area between Rock and Golden Trout creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoia Peake
Sequoia National Park
J. E. Elliott
U. 8 Board On Geographical Patnea
National Park
Yelles Whitney
United Tamed Tomb
Pickering
George Ellery Hale
Onsy
Kentwood
Yerkes
Mount Witton
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L. Stevenson
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Deen
Ieee
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Edding Media
Safee
Be—Cace
OFAX
Balt
Beauty School
Ish School
Deaute
Culruer
Maderm
Balk Lake
Utes
Good
Piano
Wammerhaye Manle Co
L_D. S. RELIEF SOCIETY
Tanner Crain
Ind
Bowth
Eugene Cunningham Winly
Con Wat Panchs
Caramba’s Bay
Bansay City
Eres
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