Why United States backed UN Charter with overwhelming vote
The column argues the 89 to 2 Senate approval of the United Nations Charter stemmed from a strategy to separate military authorization from treaty approval. It contrasts this with the 1919 League fight, notes Truman's Potsdam guidance, and holds that congressional control over armed forces protects sovereign rights while enabling UN obligations.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Truman
League of Nations
Congress
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
United States
Potsdam
Friends of the Charter
International Organization
Subscription rates and notices from The Messenger
The notice lists subscription prices for The Messenger, with Ohio and outside Ohio rates for annual, six month, six week and weekly options. It mentions a Special weekly Service Mews Edition and notes postal matters, representatives in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland, and nominal obituary charges.
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Vertier
Ohio
Messenger
St Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Christening Proposal Upsets Archer Family
Uncle George bursts in with news Corliss and Dexter are secretly engaged and want to marry. He suggests annulment, while the Archers react with shock and hesitation, debating if the union should be halted or celebrated as the scene ends with a tease for the next installment.
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Louise
Uncle George
MR. Archer
Janet
George
Poech
Mrs. Archer
Corliss
Franklins
Franklin
Dexter
MR. Franklin
Navy Yard
Ft. G
Hope and Reality in World Peace Debate
A Senate speaker argues for the United Nations as a path to world peace while warning against using the Charter for selfish ends. The piece contends America would gain no rights or sovereignty loss, and emphasizes that true peace comes from voluntary law and order, domestic strife risks, and the need to address both global and internal rights without surrendering core governance.
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Senate
United Nations Organization For World Peace
We Could Still Win War Aims At Rail and Mine Labor
A wartime column argues for freeing miners and rail workers from military service to prevent fuel and transport chaos. It warns that continued conscription harms coal production and public health, and that logistics bottlenecks threaten victory over Japan unless experienced civilian workers move troops and goods.
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Pacific
Europe
Japan
Death from the air and the need for peace talks
An editorial warns that European air warfare shows America lacks defense against rocket attacks without the Big Three united on peaceful settlement methods. It argues the rocket threat may allow instant global strikes, urges a Potdam meeting as essential, and notes peace as the only hope for future generations.
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Europe
Potadam
Matnap case Haunts FBI in Tacoma Kidnapping Probe
Peter Edson reports the Matnap case remains the nation’s most intensive manhunt. Since 1936 Charles Mattson’s kidnapping and murder near Everett has left 25,407 suspects logged, 24,823 ruled out, 1,569 still active. Handwriting, fingerprints, and photos flood labs as potential leads linger. One of two unsolved FBI jurisdiction kidnappings, alongside Peter Levine's case in New Rochelle.
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Washington
U. S
Charles Fletcher Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
FBI
Focal
Mattson
Dr. Mattson
Charles Mattson
Everett
Matnap
Peter David Levine
New Rochelle
N. X
Nazi Iron Men Cracking As They Await Trials
MONDORF Luxembourg AP ten Nazis and other top leaders awaiting war crimes trials crumble under confinement and fear. Goering remains fearful of death. Ley shows physical and moral decay with only Streicher as a lone ally. Frank vacillates between hysteria and scorn while officers lose power as their symbols vanish. Keitel protests losing his marshal baton and Doenitz resents a numbered shirt front as Eisenhower is notified.
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Mondorf
Luxembourg
Europe
Herman Goering
Robert Ley
Julius Streicher
Adolph Hitler
Streitcher
Ley
Hans Frank
Poland
Wilhelm Keitel
Eisenhower
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Fuehrer
Palestine faces expelling Germans from historic settlements
In Jerusalem the Palestine government weighs whether to readmit Germans to six settlements and restore property seized before the war. Proposals range from selling properties to aid Jewish orphans, using assets as compensation to German Palestine soldiers, or allocating lands back to German residents while noting cultural ties and Nazi-era views on “German soil overseas.”
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Jerusalem
Germany
Palestine
Europe
Galilee
Bethlehem
Christian Hoffman
Holy Land
Wehrmacht
Reich
Four Athenians Take Lake Freighter Trip with Mixed Social Party
A group of four Athenians set out on a Great Lakes voyage aboard an ore freighter traveling through Lake Erie Lake Huron and to ports on Lake Superior. The party includes Mrs W H McKee Miss Grace Stickney Mrs Bruce Wells and Mrs Robert Wood. Additional local social notes mention Mr and Mrs L Baker and daughter Helen visiting Columbus day trips with other residents and families from Athens and nearby towns.
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Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
W. H. McKee
Grace Stickney
Bruce Wells
Robert Wood
Calls for Naming of More GOPs To Posts
Representative Martin of Massachusetts urged naming more Republicans to federal judgeships and a Republican to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts. He did not name specific candidates but indicated Senator Austin of VI has been mentioned as a possible nominee. He noted only four of 200 judges named in 12 years were GOP members.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Owen Fr. Roberts
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
House
Austin
Martin
GOP
Part of Berlin Allocated to French Control
Berlin Allied control council announces a Berlin sector has been allocated to French control after a historic first meeting. The communique notes approval of the allocation but does not specify sector boundaries to be taken over by France.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council For
Germany
France
Six New Paralysis Cases Found in State
The state health department reported ten cases of infantile paralysis in Ohio today, bringing the year's total to date to S. Cuyahoga and Summit Counties reported the cases each, with Franklin and Hamilton one case each. Last year at this time totaled 101.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Ohio
Cuyahoga and
Summit Counties
Franklin and Hagnilton
Britain’s Labour victory signals epochal political turn
The London Times notes a swing to socialism that may influence Europe and global policy. Attlee’s government faces postwar recovery while Labour nationalizes coal and transport, with protests from Churchill’s Conservatives looming. Churchill to sharpen government scrutiny as Britain reshapes its economy. ENIQUE COMMUNITY church services alternate French and English in Valdese NC where Alpine settlers from the Italian Cadal region reside.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London Times
The
Britain
England
John Bull
Franco
London
United States
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor
Churchill
MacDonald
Enique
Valdese
N.C
Cottlan Alps
Italy
Japs Forced to Make Wood Planes
The Tokyo editorial cited by Tokyo Radio says Japan must rely on wooden aircraft due to scarce imports. It warns that bauxite and other raw materials for aircraft production must now be sourced domestically as defense strains grow.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Agahi
Japan
Tokyo Radio
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