Tag: November 1942
Troops’ Silence Sparks Suspicion in Aleutians
Juneau, Alaska – November 13, 1942 In the midst of World War II, the Aleutians have become a hotbed of military activity, with troops pouring in by the thousands. However, a peculiar silence has fallen over the region, and locals are starting to wonder what’s behind it. For days, newspapers and radio broadcasts had been…
Oscar L. Chapman Warns of Tuberculosis Threat, Washington D.C., 1942
A stark warning was issued by Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to the Washington Auxiliary of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society of Denver on November 4, 1942. Speaking at their annual donor luncheon, Chapman lauded the organization’s tireless fight against tuberculosis, a scourge that had occupied the top spot as a cause…
