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TIME CAPSULE: Radio Ownership
By 1930, 40% of households across the nation possessed a radio. Despite the harsh impact of the Great Depression in the 1930s, radio maintained its central role in American life. The ownership of radios in American homes would surge to 83% by 1940. United States, Congress, US Department of Commerce. Fifteenth Census of the United…
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Annual Report of Tripler General Hospital
Source: “Annual Report of Tripler General Hospital.” Headquarters Tripler General Hospital, 25 Jan. 1940.
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Army Nurses’ Pay
Source: “Army Nurses”™ Pay.” The Age, 12 Jan. 1940, p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age/127948611/
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NEWSREEL: 5.16.1940
President Roosevelt has asked Congress for $1 billion to modernize the military and has plans to produce 50,000 airplanes a year. “We have had the lesson before us over and over again””nations that were not ready and were unable to get ready found themselves overrun by the enemy. So-called impregnable fortifications no longer exist. A…
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Few Fail to Turn Off Lights During Blackout
Source: “Few Fail to Turn Off Lights During Blackout.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 24 May 1940, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120528385/
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Army Chiefs Call Air Raid Drill Success
Source: Albright, Harry. “Army Chiefs Call Air Raid Drill Success.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 24 May 1940, pp. 1”“4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120529158/
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NURSING NEWSREEL: 06. 30.1940
Currently, there are 942 active Army nurses in the corps. Additionally, there are 15,770 nurses registered in the First Reserve of the American Red Cross Nursing Service who can be mobilized if required. Source: Feller, Carolyn M, and Constance J. Moore, editors. Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corp , Revised and Expanded…
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Sex Hygiene and Venereal Disease
Source: Sex Hygiene and Venereal Disease, War Department, 1940.