Category: Life During War

  • THE PRESS: Censorship in Action

    To all newspapers and radio stations ”” all those who reach the eyes and ears of the American people ”” I say this: You have a most grave responsibility to the nation now and for the duration of this war. If you feel that your Government is not disclosing enough of the truth, you have…

  • WAR FRONT: The Biggest Job Begins

    Your Government has decided on two broad policies. The first is … a seven-day week for every war industry. The second … rush additions to capacity by building more new plants, adding to old plants and using the many smaller plants …. Thus last week did President Roosevelt thumbnail the biggest industrial job ever tackled…

  • Cinema: Hollywood to the Wars

    The sudden fact of war caught Hollywood with its make-up off. Before the first blackout of Los Angeles, the citadel of cinemadom camouflaged its feelings with a vigorous regurgitation of gags. The blackout somehow changed things; everybody wanted to do something to help. Some results: > Studios were besieged with requests from top executives, $50-a-week…

  • Commence Shooting

    Source: Commence Shooting: A Navy Manual on War Photography, Photographic Section, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1942.

  • Imports We Will Miss

    Source: “Imports We Will Miss.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 4 Jan. 1942, p. 16. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser/129894858/

  • Honolulu Girls and Gas Masks

    Source: “Honolulu Girls and Gas Masks.” Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 10 Jan. 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/hawaii-tribune-herald/127251237/

  • Thumbs Up

    Source: Belknap, Jazz. “Thumbs Up.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 14 Jan. 1942, p. 17. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127210869/

  • Thumbs Up

    Source: Belknap, Jazz. “Thumbs Up.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 15 Jan. 1942, p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127801131/

  • Valid Reasons For Gas Coupons Needed

    Source: “Valid Reasons For Gas Coupons Needed.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 15 Jan. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127210315/