Roosevelt urged to clear One Thousand Club donations
David Lawrence reports the One Thousand Club solicited $1,000 from business men with pledges of influence on administration policies. A Kefauver letter suggests radio time for the President’s re election. The piece calls for clarity to prevent damage to public trust amid looming postwar surplus property sales.
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Congress of the United States
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Tennessee Democrat
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Dove of Peace Card Sparks Night of Romance
A narrator recounts a plan to woo Ginger Boggio's girlfriend Ginger with roses, a dove card, and a car purchase. He recalls shopping for flowers, selecting a boxed bouquet, and delivering it to her while watching a blue convertible, then calls Ginger to arrange a meeting for a hoped reconciliation. He hints at continuing tension and a future confrontation
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Ginger
Les Kabbatech
Virgil
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Kabatech
Kabateck
Vircal
Boggie
Leo
Hlorist’s
Ten years ago PTA delegates and local events listed
Athens delegates to the state PTA convention included Mrs Homer Brown Mrs L C Staats Mrs Ernest Gross Mrs H F Dunfee Mrs Ernest Rowles. Several Nelsonville football players were injured in a highway crash en route to a Wellston game. Shade Senior Class officers were elected: Rachel Wilson Kermit Haning Kathryn Cowen Orion Colmer Zelda Hawk with Miss Wilma Green advisor. Speakers at Racine Community Fair included C O Miles J W Frank Rev Shelton E A Wingett D H Sutton W B Gross.
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L. C. Staats
Ernest Gross
H. F. Dunfee
Ernest Rowles
Nelsonville
Wellston
Ralph Horton
James Elliott
Dale Stage
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Shade
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Kermit Haning
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Orion Colmer
Zelda Hawk
Wilma Green
Racine
C. 0. Miles
J. W. Frank
Rev. Shelton
E. A. Wingett
D. H. Sutton
W. B. Gross
First Presidential election with no Communist Party candidate
The Communist Party has not nominated a presidential candidate since its founding, with Browder and his followers endorsing the New Deal candidate. This fact coincides with Roosevelt releasing Browder from prison and allowing Mrs Browder to stay in the United States despite deportation orders, despite protests from multiple departments and agencies.
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France honors De Gaulle as France’s symbol of renewal
The article notes General Charles De Gaulle’s led resistance from 1940, its persistence despite defeats, and the eventual recognition of the French Provisional Government by the United States Britain and Russia. It portrays De Gaulle as the emblem of France’s revival rather than a mere politician, contrasting his steadfast resolve with political factionalism. It emphasizes France’s rebirth and De Gaulle’s central role in guiding the nation back to a place among great powers.
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Ime
Public reaction to presidential war power proposal
On Main Street fathers and mothers oppose concentrating war-making power in a single man. A veteran, a farmer, and a mother with sons voice cautions about secrecy and dictatorship. Most favor Congress retaining war authority and pursue lasting peace through justice and mutual restraint.
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Thay
Main Street
Congress
Federal agencies profiled in new Citizens' National Committee pamphlet
Peter Edson reviews a government digest listing 444 federal entities with totals for appropriations and staff, noting that nearly half were created after 1933. It covers legislative and judicial branches briefly, then 374 executive agencies and 61 government corporations, many post-1933, with limited data on corporate employment and appropriations.
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Citizens’ National Committee, Inc
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War and Navy Department
Dewey
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Public Forum Letter Critiques Roosevelts Policies In 1940 Context
A reader argues the Great Commander in Chief misused wartime power and attacks New Deal policies. The letter cites 18 tons of posters versus 6,000 overseas pamphlets, condemns Fala, and questions Supreme Court actions, drafting, and labor policies. Harrisonville, Oct. 29.
Dewey and Roosevelt in wartime leadership debate
Letters to the editor from The Messenger discuss whether Mr. Dewey could succeed Roosevelt in continuing the war effort. The writer praises Roosevelt’s contributions and criticizes Democratic criticism while addressing readers who favor the Democrats.
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Mr. Dewey
Roosevelt
Hitler
France must govern its fate without foreign hands
War Today columnist Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes France's postwar crisis under De Gaulle. He argues the nation must master its own recovery despite communist pressure, foreign recognition, and domestic hardship, warning against external interference and urging self-reliance.
Letter debates New Deal impact on farmers income and taxes
A Messenger letter argues that farmers gain per capita income shown as over 300 dollars is offset by per capita federal taxes and rising public debt. It questions whether farmers benefit from the administration and suggests income resembles the low mood years of the early thirties. A second note describes Bermuda natives using shark oil as a weather barometer, turning milky before storms.
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the Messenger
Bermuda
Poets Corner Pays Tribute to Joe in Italy Burial
A wartime verse reaches readers as PVT. Charles R. Lax penned lines promising sympathy for a fallen comrade. The touching couplets speak of peace, memory, and eternal friendship as the unit mourns a life lost somewhere in Italy.
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Joe
Earth
Charles R. Lax
Italy
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