Echoes of War and Wonder Fill Nation’s Pulse
A CBS report from Berlin to Moscow captures a candid wartime chorus as Ivan the Terrible snarls in English from Moscow and Americans savor films like Mrs Miniver and Bambi. The piece notes heavy anxieties over fronts, shipping losses, and postwar hopes while daily life presses on with achievements from baseball crowds to Ford’s birthday reflections.
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Berlin
Moscow
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan
Mischa Auer
America
CBS
New York
Los Angeles Times
Emporia Gazette
San Francisco
Caucasus
Aleutians
United States
Omaha
Nebraska
Jerry Young
Abbott and Costello
Henry Ford
War Fronts and Homefronts Stir During War Drive
Mrs. Arthur Klammer from Kansas City gives birth after a night shift at the North American Bomber plant. Wahpeton sailors help wheat harvest for three hours daily. Saboteurs battle in Washington as the Supreme Court sends them back to a military commission. War bonds sale, beach curfews in Miami Beach, Army control of Chicago hotels, Danbury Fair canceled. Roosevelt urges songwriters to contribute to the war effort.
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Arthur Klammer
Kansas City
Wahpeton
North Dakota
Naval Training Center
Washington
Supreme Court
Military Commission
New York
Miami Beach
M.p.’S
Chicago
Congress
Stevens
Danbury, Conn
Roosevelt
America
Beautiful hunk of man dodges meeting demands in court
Hollywood starlet Victor Mature's wife sought 525 monthly support. court delayed ruling, noting no order can be made against a service member. Several town briefs note varied wartime happenings from coast to coast including a lighthouse blackout after 178 years of operation, a piano donation drive, and soldiers being called to active duty.
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Hollywood
Victor Mature
Coast Guard
Buffalo
MN. Y
Claire Rominger
Chicago
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White House
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Hancock
Antoinette
RAF Ciermany
Cologne
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Bethany Post Office
Bucyrus
USO
Soldiers’ Service Center
San Antonio
Texas
Robert S. Allen
Third Army
Niagara Shipbuilding Corporation
Cooperstown
N. Y
Pietro di Donato
Conscientious Objectors
Jacob Weiss
Harry Epstein
International Pocket
Nmarees
Ainios Sitimens
West
Weill
Wester
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Bel Air
Warner Baxter
Indianapolis
Carole Lombard
Indiana
Navy Air Cadets
Nashville
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Canur
Yee
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