Elections With Bullets
A 1924 Amarillo Globe News column surveys Latin American politics with emphasis on Venezuela Argentina and Peron era in Argentina. It notes military influence in elections and questions world powers efforts to restore democracy while warning of regional instability. The piece ends with a quoted remark from Bismarck Tribune about Australia joining a commonwealth.
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Amarillo
Texas
Venezuela
Peron
Argentina
South America
Australia
America
Bismarck
N. D
Tribune
Notable Quotes on Tripolitania and Washington
Excerpts feature Abdul Rahman Assam Bey opposing trusteeship for Tripolitania and Sen. Theodore Bilbo criticizing Washington’s Capitol. Also J. P. Seiberling touts advertising as essential to America's economy and national production.
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Tripolitania
Abdul Rahman Assam Bey
Egypt
Capitol
Washington
Theodore (. Bilbo
Mississippi
Inside Washington Strikes and Wage Policy Debate
Washington faces a worsening strike situation as the administration struggles to craft a wage policy. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach faces backlash after the oil settlement and a proposed 15 percent raise plus arbitration, seen as insufficient. The wartime labor board's power wanes under Truman, while AFL and industry oppose the approach as a CIO weapon. A November 10 conference is planned, but access and committee participation remain contentious. The piece critiques past settlements as surrender to union leadership and cautions against repeating crises.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Mr. Truman
War Labor Board
Labor Department
WLB
Becaus
Murray-Hillman Crown
APL
Europe
Grea
John L. Lewis
Industry
Labor
Roosevlt
Questions and Answers on GI Bill by Bill Cunningham
A veteran placement primer critiques GI Bill provisions amid debate over college exemptions for returning servicemen. Georgia football insight contrasts university support for star Charles Trippi with broader veteran needs and proposed amendments boosting subsistence and eligibility.
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Congress
Commonwealth of Georgia
University of Georgia
Frankie Sinkwich
Dixie
Charles Trippi
Trippi
Army Air Forces
United States
Georgia
Georgia Athletic Association
Trippis
Alabama
Mac- Curdy
Rod Darling
Polk Street Professor Birthday Reflections
A narrator reflects on turning forty and grappling with life’s purpose. He rejects a despairing end and expresses a growing sense that each person has a small but meaningful role in a divine plan, extending that thought to the reader.
Public supports wartime price and wage controls longer
A Princeton survey shows a strong public majority favors retaining price and wage controls into reconversion. Union members back wage ceilings and price ceilings, with 66 percent preferring to keep both, while overall 75 percent want price ceilings kept and 54 percent favor wage ceilings.
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Princeton
N. J
Washington
Institute Statistical
Crossword Puzzle U S Naval Leader
A readable crossword clue list referencing a U S Navy leader with horizontal entries and related definitions. Includes naval ranks, abbreviations, and common crossword word clues for terms such as churlish eluder atop and various cross references.
U S Opposed to Bulk Sale of Surplus War Gear
Washington officials indicate opposition to wholesale sale of surplus guns planes and other wartime equipment to South American nations. The draft policy faces views from the Army Navy and State Departments with the State Department likely leading the resistance to distributing armaments abroad.
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Washington
Army
Navy
State Departments
State Department
Service Men Are Getting Diplomas
Sgt Edward T White of the Amarillo Army Recruiting Sub station notes hundreds of enlisted men earn high school diplomas while in service and pursue college work through the United States Armed Forces Institute in Madison Wisconsin Over 1 million are enrolled and initial $2 payment enables a range of correspondence courses with ongoing access to more without extra fees The program aims to let Army careers progress without education barriers Enlistment prospects are encouraged to visit the local recruiting station in the post office basement.
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Harvard Graduate School of Business
New York Times
Congress
Pepper
Edward T. White
Amarillo
United States Armed Forces Institute
Madison
Wis
White
Destroyer Wins Race To Tokyo Bay
Fred Uhrich, machinist’s mate second class, returns home on leave after three and a half years in the Navy. He served aboard the destroyer O’Bannion which escorted the battleship Missouri into Tokyo Bay, narrowly beating it by a few feet. Uhrich, with shipmate Bill Welch, plans to visit Welch’s home before resuming duty.
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Tokyo Bay
Fred Uhrich
Uhrich
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Philippines
Bill Welch
West Virginia
Welch
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J. P. Seiberling
Paul Mallon
King Feat
Ares Colum
Nist
Bill Cunningham
United Features
Polk Street
U. S. Naval
Eluder
Third Fleet
Iridium
Iseult
Flower
Moon Mullins
Shy
Mrs. Stebbins
Tim
MR. Stebbins
Donald Duck
You
Dunca
ENT
Superman
Lois
Mirandas
Red Ryder
Boy and
Ryder Trin
Drother
U. 5
Ansley Cleaners
G. McClain
Southern Brokerage Co
Fisk
Jere B. Johnson, M. D
Fisk Building
Gram
Harry& Dill
Capitol Hotel
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