OCTOBER 12, 1941

Full News Archive

• Headline: Australia's Rail Aid to Russia in 1941. Impact: If Australia hadn't sent those locomotives, Russia might have decided to take up knitting instead of waging war, leading to an entirely different cultural landscape. Who knew trains were that influential?. Fact: Did you know that trains are basically the ultimate form of friendship? They just can't stop chugging along together!.
• Headline: Make Believe World: Bandy Boy's Adventure. Impact: Rosalie K. Fry's whimsical world might have inspired future generations to embrace creativity over reality, leading to a world where adults play pretend instead of going to work. Sounds fun, right?. Fact: Fun fact: 'Bandy Boy's Treasure Island' was almost called 'Bandy Boy's Couch Adventure,' but they decided that didn't sound quite as adventurous..
• Headline: Dentists Fundraise for Mobile Units. Impact: The loss of dental units might have ironically led to an increase in toothless smiles, making Britain the birthplace of the new 'toothless chic' fashion trend. Who needs teeth when you've got style?. Fact: It's said that dental awareness is directly proportional to the number of jokes about dentists. So, brace yourself for a lot of bad puns!.
• Headline: In Connecticut; ANGEL CASEY. By Charles Bonner. 311 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $2.50.. Impact: If 'Angel Casey' had flopped, the literary world might have forever lost its sense of whimsy, leading to a dark era where every book was a serious treatise on existential dread. Yawn!. Fact: You know it's a good book when the author charges $2.50 and you still feel like you've been robbed!.
• Headline: EVENTS OF INTEREST IN SHIPPING WORLD; Egyptian Line Official, Here, Studies Plan to Establish Regular Service. Impact: Had the Egyptian Line not established regular services, the Mediterranean might have become a desolate wasteland where ships are simply a myth. Thank goodness for logistics!. Fact: Fun fact: The Mediterranean Sea was once considered the 'sea of myths' until someone decided to put a boat in it. Now look where we are!.
• Headline: A REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK; Brief Comment on Some of the Recently Opened Shows -- Wyeth's Water-Colors. Impact: Wyeth's watercolors may have inspired future artists to trade in their canvases for digital screens, ultimately leading to a world where the only 'art' is a well-placed Instagram filter.. Fact: Watercolors might just be the only medium where you can basically just splash paint around and call it 'abstract.' Art is subjective, right?.
• Headline: SERVING-PANTRY MEALS. Impact: Serving pantry meals may have led to an entire generation of food enthusiasts who believe that canned beans are the pinnacle of gourmet cooking. Bon appétit!. Fact: If you think about it, serving pantry meals is just a fancy way of saying, 'Here are your leftovers, enjoy!'.
• Headline: 2 PILOTS DO 'BELLYWHOPS'; Gear Jammed, Both Land Planes Safely at Mitchel Field. Impact: If those pilots hadn't managed to land safely, the military would have probably invested heavily in developing 'airbag technology for planes,' changing aviation history forever. You're welcome, future pilots!. Fact: Landing a plane is basically just a really dramatic version of playing 'hot potato' with gravity..
• Headline: CRISIS REVERSES BUSINESS POLICY; 20-Year Changes in Methods Wiped Out by Demands of the Emergency. Impact: The reversal of business policy during a crisis could have led to the invention of a new form of chaos management, where companies simply throw their policies out the window and hope for the best. Truly revolutionary!. Fact: In business, they say 'adapt or die.' But really, it's more like 'adapt, or get a really good lawyer.'.
• Headline: NEW LIGHT ON THE REVOLUTION; A Revealing Study of the British Headquarters Papers by Carl Van Doren. Impact: If Van Doren's study had failed to shed light on the American Revolution, we might have been left with a bunch of confused historians arguing about who threw the first tea bag instead of a tea party.. Fact: The American Revolution could have been a lot shorter if someone just offered the British a decent cup of coffee instead of tea..