War Time Wake Up Call and The Knowledge Gap in Academia
A column argues daylight saving and early rising as a wake up call to war realities. It contrasts public apathy with Emersons morning ideal and notes Japan’s bravery, urges national awakening, and criticizes university insularity with a push for Russian study amid total war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emerson
Duncan
Heaven
Hell
University of Texas
Russia
United States
America
England
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Germany
Air power drives U S Army views on war frontiers
A reflective essay discusses a widening U S focus on air power after demonstrations in Germany and Japan. It notes the risk of enemy advances in other war-making domains and recalls Kipling, archive columns, and David Crockett to illustrate themes of memory, writing, and political peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
United States
Idaho Falls
David Crockett
Congress
Jackson
Crockett
I Give You Texas: Old Time Journalism Meets Modern War Hype
A humorous Texas column by Whitey Hicks mocks bureau knowledge gaps while noting political and social quirks. It references military exemptions debate, Governor Stevenson, a Beau mont firm joke, and a column read in over 200 Texas weeklies.
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Texas
Colorful literary boasts and historic notes collide in columns
A satirical tour of authors and their lives spans Lindsay to Villon and Masefield, then shifts to Ernests and classic lines. The piece notes an old Texas farm at Ysleta dating to 1540, and mentions unusual Llano names like Idol's Cafe and Buttery Hardware.
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Hollywood
New Orleans
Mexico City
Ranger
Vachel Lindsay
America
Francois Villon
Paris
Yesteryear
John Masefield
England
New York
Ernest Dawson
London
U. S
Ysleta
el Paso County
Rio Grande
Llano
Idol
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J. Frank Dobie
Houston Post
MacArthur
Enteaal
U.S Army
Kipling
Zion
Witul Gna
Mal Om
Lieutenant
Saread
Sherma
A. Y. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright
Boyce House
Coke Stevenson
Beaumont
Tennessee
Jack
Jill
Longview
Joe
Safe Prescription Service
American Magazin
American Poultry Breeder’s Gazette
Capper’s Farmer Child Life
Christian Herald
Collier's Weekly
Fact Digest
Farm Journal & Farmer's Wift
Liberty
Look
Modern Romana Modern Screen
Nature
Parents’ Magazine
Pathfinder
Popular Mechanics
Redbook Magazine
Science & Discovery
Screen Guide
Magazi
Christian Heral
Silver Screen
Pathinder
Comfort & Nolle
Jnl
Progressive Farmer
Sea
Agriculturist
Amer
Nat'l Livestock Prod
Select 1 Magazine
Mother's Home Life _ Poultry Tribune _ Amer. Poultry Juni
Breeder's Gazette
RFD
Postoffice
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