Bureaucracy Debate Highlights Federal Power Shift
The article argues that the push for centralized federal power versus states rights fuels the bureaucracy debate in Washington. It notes how both sides privately accept growth in federal machinery, cites Alfred Bingham on revolutions expanding government, and contrasts ongoing unemployment insurance politics with the GI Bill of Rights. It questions who gains political support when benefits are administered by the federal government or by states.
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Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Byrd
Mars
Alfred Bingham
Bingham
Paris
Lexington
Yorktown
Labor Department
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Congress
GOP
St. Louis
Dewey
OPA
WPB
BRIEFS: WWII coal output rises with fewer miners
Bankhage notes coal production for World War II exceeds World War I figures by a sizable margin while employing about one third fewer miners. The Red Cross reports a 10 percent rise in messages from service members to families amid combat and staging zones. A Go-To-School campaign from the U S education office, the SSA and the labor department targets the drop in high school enrollment. Japanese students in 550 schools breed rabbits to supply clothing for soldiers.
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Red Cross
United States Office of Education
Federal Security Agency
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Voters Think Deep, Yet Parties See Organizational Wins
Washington notes suggest primaries expose internal fighting and apathy abroad while political workers and observers argue organization decides outcomes. The piece highlights isolationism debates, aging candidates, and Sidney Hillman CIO efforts to tilt Congress toward a left-wing bloc within the Democratic Party.
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Clark
Idaho
Reynolds
North Carolina
Holman and
Missouri
Nye
Gillette
Iowa
Gurney
South Dakota
Tobey
New Hampshire
Ham Fish
Caraway
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hannegan
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Democratic Party
Congress
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Cio-Hillman Front
Labor
Hillman
Cloers
Brave Medics Carry On Under Heavy Nazi Shelling
Ernie Pyle recalls a tense Western Front afternoon with infantry in ditches and shells, a corps of medics led by Captain Lucien Strawn moving toward wounded amid orchards and cratered roads. The scene follows medics, litter bearers, and front line peril as they push toward the next aid station.
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Lucien Strawn
Morgantown
W. Va
Strawn
Shell Shocked Gls Wring Ernie's Heart
Two shock cases stagger toward us hot wounded and broken like frightened girls. They cling to each other, barely able to speak or move. The Doctor directs them to wait at the corner for transport, as their mouths hang open and eyes stare in a war’s brutal aftermath.
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Thes
Scalloped Window Curtains Pattern by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Pattern No. 264 offers a scalloped hem kitchen and sash curtain idea. Shows how to mark scallops with a saucer, sew rings to scallop points, and slide on a rod. Includes diagrams, color guide, and a peasant motif project with a wooden box. Patterns cost 15 cents postpaid. Address provided.
Home Hacks for Daily Maintenance From Old Housecrafts
Practical tips cover sealing leaks with paraffin, carrying small drills in an old spectacle case, wax to protect wooden rockers, cleaning a coffee pot with soda, dulling ice edges with warm water, ironing with hot water, hand washing wool to prevent shrinking, and re‑tipting a lace end with melted wax to avoid discarding the lace.
Claims for Dead Arab and Mule Payouts Cited
Collier's notes that international law does not require compensation to foreign civilians for deaths or damages caused by armed forces. The U S has paid over $2.1 million to about 18,000 claimants for accidents not occurring during battle. Accidental death of a North African Arab costs $200 while the mule's death costs $250.
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U. S
Collier’s
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