Independent vote key in foreign policy debate for Dewey
National Dispatch reports Senator Ball of Minnesota challenging Governor Dewey to clearly define his foreign policy stance to prevent a repeat of global conflict. The piece critiques Roosevelt and Churchill while urging Dewey to advocate a comprehensive international security league and uphold the Atlantic Charter.
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Germany Will Try It Again 7 Pil Coysrisht Story
Sigrid Schultz, longtime Berlin correspondent, analyzes how Germany fed by wartime myths prepared for a renewed conflict. She argues postwar forgiveness risks masking a strategy to erode Versailles terms and rebuild German strength through selective empathy and weakness in allies.
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Germany
Sigrid Schulter
Sigrid Schultz
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WAR TODAY Was To Be Expected
The piece argues German counter-attacks show a planned defense to delay the Allied offensive. It notes Hitler’s strength, warns against pessimism, and cites air bombardment and Gestapo control as pressures on the Reich. It mentions a possible war extension into 1945 and Eisenhower’s aim for victory. A separate item reports a Zenesville Ohio housewife whose milk was stolen with notes left for cream.
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MacKenzie
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Normandy
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Eisenhower
Reich
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Germany
Maine Potatoes Bought by Government for Cow Feed
Government purchases Maine potatoes at 40 dollars per ton and ships them to Ohio sugar plants for dehydration into cow feed. The process uses 6 to 12 tons of potatoes to make one ton of feed, costing about 3390 dollars, and the feed sells for 28 dollars per ton. The government covers transport, labor, and factory profits.
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Maine
Ohio
Power and Change in a Century of Government
A Life magazine excerpt arguing that power corrupts and change is essential. It contrasts Roosevelt era reforms with later bureaucratic growth, noting 3,000,000 federal employees today versus 565,000 in 1933 and 1,000,000 in 1940. It warns against permanent power and praises ongoing change as defense against tyranny.
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U. S
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George Fort Milton
John Dos Passos
George Washington
Life
Education for Peace Commandant urges teachers to mold a peaceful generation
The Marine Corps commandant Lt Gen Alexander Vandegrift urges American educators from first grade to college dean to keep national security awareness alive. He argues schools must embed active peace work and avoid war becoming merely history, stressing education policy should reflect this concern.
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Marine Corps
Alexander Vandegrift
The Embarrassing Mr Lynch and the Word Lynch
A historical note on the term lynch and its origins, tracing the name to unclear sources while condemning mob justice. The writer cites English, American, and European contexts and urges erasing the practice from history, lamenting its lingering influence. An aside laments the need to hear about executions with speed.
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Russia
Balkans
United States
Europe
America
Dies Committee seeks links to Roosevelt era groups
Peter Edsons Letter From Washington reviews Dies Committee probes into ties among the Roosevelt administration, the PA C, and American Communists. Investigators Stripling and Matthews cite dozens of calls between PA C New York HQ and federal aides, while noting regional labor front groups entering the Democratic Party.
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J. B. Matthews
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Matthews
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Sam Rosenman
Lowell Mellett
Ben
Communist Party
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Mahng
Mergan Rathbone
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California
Chicago
P, AC
Rural Minnesota teachers barred from student chores
Minnesota's attorney-general rules rural school teachers cannot require pupils to sweep floors carry coal or water or build fires. Barclay Newman biologist comments on educational past and laments exploitation. The note closes with a jab at Japan’s wartime actions.
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Minnesota
Public Forum letters critique Hoover and Republicans
A reader criticizes Republican leaders and Mr Hoover, arguing the New Deal harmed the economy less than GOP blame suggests. The letter discusses banking, inflation, and Roosevelt’s policies, contrasts pre and post inauguration conditions, and urges support for Roosevelt in the upcoming election. The writer laments party infighting and calls for unity to preserve freedom for future generations.
Labor Views On New Deal and Dewey Support
A reader argues for the New Deal over the Raw Deal of the prior Republican era. He recalls Eleanor’s travels, Dewey and Roosevelt, John L Lewis’s threats, and mining votes. He urges working people to back F D Roosevelt if favored and to stay loyal to leaders who aid labor, noting September 22.
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Eleanor
Dewey
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
John Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Hayes
F. D. Rui
Untitled political rant on Republicans and Hoover era figures
A reader letter attacking Republican policies and figures including Hoover and Dewey, alleging anti union sentiment and harsh labor conditions. The writer claims Republicans push open shop and accuses them of coercion and dishonesty to influence voters, urging opposition to Dewey.
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the Messenger
Roosevelt
Herbert
Public Forum Letter Sparks Party Reflections in Rutland
MRS MADE SCHUSTER from Rutland writes in The Public Forum recalling family Democratic roots and shifting opinions on candidates including Roosevelt and Bricker. She contrasts past hardships under Hoover with wartime fears, noting changing views on Republican promises, and mentions price changes for eggs and corn bread in a nostalgic, opinionated anecdote from Sept 30.
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Public Forum
Athens Messenger
America
W. White
Stewart
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U.S.A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Hoover
White House
Tom Dewer
John Bricker
Mrs. Made Schuster
Rutland
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