War Veto and United Nations Charter Debated
A discussion on the veto power within the Security Council and a proposed amendment by Senator Vandenberg to allow the United Nations Assembly to investigate any situation, aiming to mobilize world opinion against aggressors while preserving moral force over coercive action. The piece also examines how this affects potential U.S. military action and the path to global accountability.
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San
United Nations
Security Council
Yalta
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Churchlil
Vandenserg
Michigan
Assembly of the United Nations Organization
Vandenberg
Court of World Opinion
Assembly
Council
United States
Service News From The Pacific Front In 1945
A braided report from Athens Ohio lists sailors and soldiers in the Pacific theater. Franklin Lucas and David Thompson serve aboard battleships and destroyers off Okinawa while others run bomber and transport missions in Italy France and Africa. The piece notes hometown ties, Mother's Day greetings, and acts of bravery including a private saving three children from phosphorus exposure in Germany.
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Ardath Llewellyn
New
Ninth Air Force
Marshfield
Mother's Day
France
Cal
Sam W
M. M. Beach
Brig-cock
the Plains
U.S.A
409Th
Germany
Mary
M. Pidcock
Okinawa
Franklin C. Lucas
USN
Perry Lucas
Athens
War wages or and bust loom as reconversion nears
A bleak forecast warns of broad labor unrest as the nation shifts from wartime to civilian production. With hours dropping from 48 to 40, unions push for higher pay while government blocks boosts, triggering strikes, rising costs, and potential price increases. Unorganized workers may be drawn into the fray as organizers seek a bigger share of the gravy.
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Pearl Harbor
OPA
Washington
Education as lifelong task urged to curb voter ignorance
A 1945 commentary argues that adult education yields citizenship benefits and that the nation lags in informing voters. It notes the growing complexity since Washington and warns against treating education as a juvenile interlude. States invest heavily, yet demagogues still mislead, underscoring need for ongoing public learning opportunities.
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Ohio
Grandpa
Adam
George Washington
Washington
Ohio University
Return of the Native Frits Kuhn Exiled Over German Ties
Frits Kuhn, former fuehrer of the German American Bund, is being sent back to his homeland to witness the ruin left by a united nation he worked to destroy. The piece notes his absence from the Third Reich's downfall and mocks his upcoming visit, expressing hope for a long and thoroughly unpleasant stay.
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Frits Kuhn
Fueker
Bund
Fry
Third Reich
California Democrats Eye Unified Machine Strategy From Kenny
San Francisco California Democrats seek a unified political machine built by Attorney General Robert Kenny dividing roles between professional officeholders and crisis politicians. Kenny leads a bid to craft a disciplined bloc with ties to the National Lawyers Guild and a pro–Wallace bloc influence, while backing Truman for vice president.
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San Francisco
Californa Democrats
Robert W. Kenny
Criss
The
PLAC
Ham-and-Eggers
Crusaders
Paliticians
Loo Jong
Owever
Wst
California
BeMius
Caissame
Bob Kenny
Republiican
Karl Warren
Kenny
Democratic Party
Kenna
National Lawyere’ Guise
American Bar Association
Califoriaa
Chicago
P. A.C
Wallace
Truman
Postage Due: Hitler Built Fortune By Stamp Overcharge
The remark claims Hitler amassed wealth by maintaining a 400 percent overcharge on fi pfenning postage stamps, presenting it as a cynical excuse that Germans would avoid writing letters if the regime could retain their supposed dislike of correspondence.
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Hitler
Air power to crush Japan set for dramatic operations
War dispatch outlines massive Allied air assault on Japanese islands. Stories center on St. Sgt. Gotham’s Tokyo devastation experience and impending operations under Lt. General Doolittle. The piece notes numerous airmen returning to the U S and others en route to Pacific fronts while detailing improvised fates of prisoners and recovering service members.
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Indianapolis
Western Pacific
David Alvin Thompson
USNR
Leona Thompson
Glouster
Route 4
Okinawa
Pacific
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Sn Oh
Oki~ppeere
Two Jima
Kyushu
Honshu
Aleutians
Gilbert Islands
Tarawa
Marshalls
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Mananas
Japan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Germany
Washington
Reich
John E. Gotham
Italy
Jay Edwin
Gotham
Charles
Bright
E. Main St
Camp Atterbury
Eighth Air
George J. Evans
Logan Rt. 3
Will Beltrain
Wake
Purale Heart Orient
E. B. White
Logan United Brethren
War Department
St. Set
Fred
Fred Huls
Kado
Huls
China
Man-lilton
Chicago
Saturdaria
Indonesia
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Frederick " Duei
Baturdas
the Messenger Publishing CO
Sergen K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Openpacanees
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Cireuamonk
Ohio Newse Paper Association
Associated Press
Wiss
Afes
John T. Cullen Company
Chicero
New York
Columbus
O. Cleveland
Dent Williams
Dorothy Williams
Oak St
Neus
Suceix
178. Army
Luzon
Louisiana
New Guinea
A. Sheldon
First St. Athens
Columbus and
Southern Ohio , Electric Co
C. R. Shelan
Fou
ATC
Dakar
French West Africa
Jack Hamer
Fay Hamer
N. Shafer St. Athens
Mal- Jar Field
Air Transport Command
Mallard Field
North Africa
Far East
South America
Pfc. Hamer
Bennett Co
the Plains High School
Zelma Hawk
Wolfe St
John J. Sprague
Pavific
John H. Sprague
Esther
William R. Lee
Ruhr Pocket
9Th Infantry Division
Eileen R. Lee
Marietta Ave
15Th Aaf
Ipaly
Charles F. Radcliffe
Albany
Donald E. Sanders
25Th Air Force
Sicily
Anzio
Ploesti
Russia
Berlin
Mediterranean
Clyde H. Perry
Jasper Perry
Hollie E. Green
Harry C. Hicks
Pomeroy
Continental United States
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
Fla
Corporal Perry
Corporal Green
Jeader
India
Pfe
Homer L. Lee
73Rd Quartermaster Corps
Lee
Eileen Lee
U.S
R. H. Hoffman
East St. Glousier
Peter Edson
Bob McBride
John Short
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Kaye Blosser
Dallas
Texas
Zoa Blosser
Carbon Hill
J. K. Myers
Cleveland
Myers
Africa
Elsie Myers
Bowen Street
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