Education and Government Service Training Debate
The piece discusses potential leadership for a proposed West Point of Government Service with Wendell L. Willkie as a possible chairman. It argues for trained civil administrators, cites Harvard’s government personnel program, and notes support from Felix Frankfurter and William C. Douglas amid concerns over bureaucratic competence and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell L. Willkie
West Point of Government Service
Willkie
Republic
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Harvard
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Army
Flag Day War Flags Defiant and Free
AP describes a collection of Revolutionary War flags showing American defiance for liberty in 1776. It cites Washingtons Navy Ensign used on six cruisers in 1775 and the Lady Washington captured by HMS Fowey in 1775. It mentions the rattlesnake flag symbolizing vigilance and invincibility and the Bunker Hill flag made from a blue English ensign with a pine tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lady Washington
HMS. Fowey
Admiralty Office
London
Bunker Hill
St. George’s Cross
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tragedy of a Swedish Orphan Turned Patron in Manhattan
George Tucker reports on a quiet tragedy in New York. A wealthy, affable former Swedish orphan confronts his two sons as draft laws begin. One son serves in the army. the other has just married and is cast out, sent away with no money. The father proclaims pride in the enlisted son while condemning the other for avoiding service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Defense
New Deal
F.D.R
Washington
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
U.S
Office of Production Management
International
Charles W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
O.P.M
War Department
South
Middle West
Federal Power Commission
Leland Olds
America
Robertson County
Panhandle
Tennessee
The Sacred Dagger and Anne’s Desert Ordeal
Anne endures a painful return to her parents’ camp in a desert outpost. Doddap the loyal helper watches over her as Diana Beth and the others debate Gregory Sherwood and the expedition's fate. Anne grieves, longs for her parents, and rests while a strange prophecy unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Willard
Pete Mackey
Blaze Sherwood
Phil
Anne
Beth Huff
Diana
Larry Huff
Dr. Louis Mortaine
Philip
Pete
Bekkan Bula
Arishar
Beth
Doddap
Range Rider Remembers 1901 Itch and Weather Forecast
A Weather column recalls a 1901 itch epidemic in Robertson County and the sulphur remedy, while MR. COLLMAN the weather man predicts sunny drying heat. Updates note Tom Ivey and Judge Bob Dow recovering from recent auto and horse accidents and expected to return soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson County
Maine
Tom Ivey
Bob Dow
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Pooh Bahs
Were
Oreo Mes Reinney
Cate
Flag —the Guard
Continental Army
Washington’s Guard
George Tucker
Manhattan
Rita Mahler Hanson
Shant Lyn
Gregory Sherwood
Larry
Oliver
With Mason King
MR. Collman
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