City newspaper history notes growth in garment records
In a 1920s Amarillo paper the editor comments on burgeoning government garment records and the waste of scarce paper. The piece laments bureaucracy as a congressman collects documents in the nation’s capital, noting that much of the pile is under four years old and mocks the bureaucratic pull.
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Texas
Mareh
Glope News Publishing Co
Washington Monument
Bureau 9Cracy
Bolivian Affair Lipppmann Voices NATO Era Warning
Walter Lippmann argues the Bolivian regime stems from Nazi and fascist conspiracy aimed at regional upheaval. He says Argentina's government acts under fascist influence while urging the United States to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and push back against supra national regimes. He warns that true sovereignty must align with universal public law and moral order, or neighbors will suffer.</s>
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Iturralde
Washington
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Hitler
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River Plate
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Hull
Axis
United Nations
Hemisphere
Salazar
Portugal
Italy
Russia
Moscow
South America
Germany
United States
Pearl Harbor
Sixteen Armies and a Strengthened Soviet Union Plan
Dorothy Thompson argues the Molotov proposal signals a shift in Soviet policy beyond seeking more votes. The plan decentralizes military power, increases regional autonomy, and ties internal cohesion to broader external reach, affecting Siberia Ukraine and Caucasus as distinct power centers.
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Dorothy Thompson
Soviet Union
Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Thompson
Russia
Siberia
China
Far East
Ukraine
Europe
Middle East
Asia
Gideon Planish The fund raising church of profit trickery
Rich Mrs. Piggott tires of priests as Dr. Planish runs the Blessed to Give charity department store with a $4800 salary. Ernest Wheyfish pushes aggressive tax savvy fund raising to mobilize mass donors, corporations, and even the poor, arguing charity as a social duty and business. Planned efficiency becomes sanctified commerce as plans for public appeal unfold.
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Dr. Planish
Ernest Wheyfish
Peony
Soapy
Ernie
Wheyfish
Planish
Mrs. Planish
Professor Planish
Indiana pilot among 90 day wonders in Italy
Ernie Pyle profiles Lieut. James F. Short of Clinton Indiana as a standout Hoosier. In a dramatic airfield melee a Flying Fortress dropped an unexploded 25 pound bomb into its wing prompting engineers to inspect the bomb and the wing. The piece blends field humor with wartime peril and local pride.
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Ernie Pyle
Italy
Air Force
Lieutenant Short
Dana
Ind
Flying Fortress
War and peace voices on federal power and war finance
A collection of wartime quotes from leaders and officials including Arthur Ballantine David Robertson Charles E Wilson Elmer Davis Warren Atherton Arthur Harris and Henry Kalser. They discuss government power wartime planning taxes drafted labor and financing the allied war effort with caution about excess centralization and debt.
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OWI
Elmer Davis
Postal Telegraph Merges Into Western Union In 1943
The Talk of The Town notes Western Union completed its merger with Postal Telegraph at midnight October 7 1943. Postal assets passed to Western Union while liabilities totaled 122 million, with 12 000 Postal offices absorbed. union questions and wartime constraints shape the integration.
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Postal Telegraph
Postal
Broad Street
Congress
John W. Mackay
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RFC
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
AFL
Postal Cio
WLB
Postals
W.U
Polk Street Doctor and the Scrofula Cure Tale
An old-time physician claims epsom salts cure scrofula by inducing dysentery, while another doctor disputes any treatment. A local high school student references a Parachutist Song titled It Don t Mean a Thing If You Don t Pull That String.
Notable Quotes On Faith And Virtue From Classics
A compilation of religious and literary maxims citing Bible verses and authors like James Shaw Moore Racine and Seneca. The selections praise faith deeds humility love and perseverance, linking spiritual instruction to daily conduct and eternal aims.
Puzzler Answers and Clues From Today's Grid
The page lists a crossword style puzzle with vertical and horizontal clues. It includes entries like Zoological gardens zeal compass point and Employ plus a long list of definitions and cross references for the finished grid.
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David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
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Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Arthur T. Harris
Henry J. Kalser
Talk of the Town
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Shaw
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Ziegfeld
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