Author: Danielle Oser

  • It’s A Queer Game

    Japan has asked the U.S. to lift its trade embargo and proposes negotiations. Source: “It”™s A Queer Game.” The Journal Herald, 4 Aug. 1941, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-herald/134518616/

  • LETTER: Wednesday, August 6, 1941

    Wednesday, August 6, 1941Dear Father, Say, you know you could write once in awhile. No foolin! Everything is fine. Love -AraBelle, Santa Barbara, California

  • NEWSREEL: Selective Service Term Extended 8.12.1941

    In the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that the U.S. Congress prolong the service duration for draftees from twelve months to a total of thirty months, with the possibility of additional time if he deemed it necessary for national security. On August 12, the extension was narrowly approved by a one-vote…

  • NEWSREEL: August 28, 1941

    August 28, 1941 FDR establishes the Office of Price Administration to control prices. An Album of Memories pg 223

  • Hysterical Buying

    Source:”‚“Hysterical Buying.” Pike County Dispatch, 28 Aug. 1941, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/pike-county-dispatch/137957058/

  • On The Record

    Source: “On The Record.” The Daily Bulletin, 2 Sept. 1941, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-bulletin/134180695/

  • Army Nurse

    Source: MacLennan, Nancy. “Army Nurse.” The New York Times Magazine, 21 Sept. 1941, pp. 12”“24.

  • Be a Nurse and See the World?

    Source: Folks, Helen Fornay. “Be a Nurse and See the World?” Independent Woman, Oct. 1941, pp. 300”“311.

  • U.S. Army Needs 10,000 Nurses

    Source: “U.S. Army Needs 10,000 Nurses.” Wichita Falls Times, 5 Oct. 1941, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/wichita-falls-times/127872434/