Notes of a Newspaper Man in Roaring Postwar Era
A witty, collage style reminiscence recounts Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin joking about nationalities after dinner, Ethel Barrymore’s pneumonia hospital stay, and sharp quips from Harold Clurman Theresa Helburn and Margalo Gillmore. It notes misprints in the London Daily Mail and humorous theater anecdotes from Manila and London, with nods to De Valera and Nicholas Murray Butler.
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Roosevelt
Theater
Ethel Barrymore
Winston Churchill
The
Guild
Theresa Helburn
Allies Drive Onto Vital Ruher Return Home Rule to Filipinos
Weekly news analysis reports Allied forces advancing on strategic Ruher position and plans to restore home rule to the Philippines. Men aged 30 to 33 face draft call as war mobilization continues.
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Vital Ruher
Allied Push Through Ruhr and Rhineland Fronts
Allied forces drive across the Rhineland toward Dusseldorf and the Ruhr valley as US and British armies press the German defense. Soviet armies strike toward Berlin and Saxony while Russian offensives threaten the Baltic region and northern flank. Rumors of snow on the Italian front slow fighting as winter settles over central and southern Italy.
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Rhineland
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Mauch
Cologne
Une
U 83Rd
Baar
Eifel
Moselle
Rhine
Berlin
Sayuny
Zhukovs
Konevos
Saxony
Heart
The
Reich
Baltic Sea
Italy
Ufe
Maine
Pacific War Reports On Iwo Jima And Philippines Return
Pacific fronts report US airfields on Iwo Jima used for strikes on Japan while Marines advance to the island’s north. MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines reach Luzon, with Osmena urging unity for reconstruction. Navy officials discuss postwar home rule and troop needs as Selective Service plans deferments for essential workers.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Marianas
Iwo Jimas
Japan
Manila
Douglas
James V Forrestal
Pacific
Iwo Juma
Forrestal
Mavy
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Nurutz
Guam
Texans Tole Shootin Ircus
During wartime shortages farmers and ranchers join to control pests as manpower and powder fidgets rise. Coyotes and other pests increase in number, threatening crops and livestock.
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Tole Shootin
Ircus
Pan America Economic Charter Champions Private Enterprise
Representatives to the Pan American conference in Mexico City urged orderly hemispheric development anchored in private enterprise. They called for lowering trade barriers and equal access to raw materials, a proposed international monetary fund, and a world bank to foster reconstruction, fair treatment of capital, and stable investments across changing political regimes.
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Mexico City
U 8
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
War Time Air Losses And Labor Strife Across Nations
Wartime air losses are reported alongside domestic labor tension as United States unions threaten striking action under the Smith Connally act. John L Lewis filed a 30 day notice while insisting on higher pay and travel rate changes. Simmering French Canadian protests over overseas conscription flare into violence in Drummondville Quebec as mobs confront police.
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United Mine Workers
John L Lewis
Secretary of
Frances Perkina
Department
Dickering
Lewis
Roosevelt
Dubin
Lewia
Dominions
Drummondville
Quebec
Home Army
Allied Shift Wins Turkey Egypt Declarations of War
In San Francisco the United Nations consider war declarations essential for postwar unity. Turkey bends to the Allied line opening the straits for aid to Russia and plans 23 divisions for island mop up in the Aegean. Egypt’s move follows Prime Minister Maher’s assassination amid party strife, though officials cite other factors.
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United Nations
San Francisco
Turkey
Egypt
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Russia
Aegean Sea
Ahmed Maher
Daa
Chamber of Deputies
Reclaim Clothing Under Quartermaster Reclamation Plan
The program aims to reclaim clothing and equipment totaling about 4 million yards of textile fabric annually. In Europe, 5 alone more than 570 million yards of cotton aged are saved, with about 25 million yards from women’s and worsted textiles, over 2 million yards of cotton duck, and much damaged tentage restored to usefulness.
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Quartermaster Corpé
Ratton Front Frock and Slip and Pantie Pattern Notes
Poised afternoon frock in pastel crepes or striped cotton for church and shopping. Pattern 1287 sizes 12 14 16 13 20 A includes yardage guidance and an accompanying slip and pantie set with built up shoulders and lace edging. Additional pattern 1297 notes for sizes 0 to 12 with fabric yardage details.
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Ratton
Household Tips From A Pressing To Baking Guide
A fragmentary list offers practical advice on weather stripping doors to keep out drafts and cupboards, protecting skin during baking, stitching guidance for thread color, fabric shrinkage notes, clothing care, arranging child reach, and softening hardened squid glue with hot vinegar applied gradually.
Milling delays for popular pattern numbers amid high demand
The notice states unusually high demand and wartime conditions cause longer processing times for select milling orders. Customers are advised to send orders promptly, with emphasis on popular pattern numbers.
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Ambrenes
Cord
Bfgoodrich
Nas
Erlep Post
Post
Pinkham
Hungary
London
Texas
England
George Luddy
de Valera
Eizo
Margais Gillmore
Beaumé
Sarvictyner
Margalo
Carolyn Burke
Carolyn
Alex Woollcott
Rascee
Wtorlen
Howeurst
Nicholas Murray Sutler
Columbia Universty
Germana
France
Unes
Europe
Arene
Germany
Lieu Gands
Wehrmacht
Stirling
Home
Corregidor
Hataan
Milacanan Palace
MacArthur
Philippines
Ser
Osmena
Directr Hershey
Selective Service
Flannagan
W Va
Tyd Ings
Pan-America
Delow
U & Air Force
Ersund
Canada
Reclaim Clothing
Young Miss
Saint Wee
New
Montgomery Bt
Calif
Fevealel
F& F
Jel
Axelling
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