Future Leaders and the Nation’s Free Spirit
A Washington column surveys global turmoil from the Capitol to Europe and Asia, praising the Boy Scouts gathered at a national jamboree and Dr. James E. West’s leadership. It condemns dictatorship, warns about state control of youth, and stresses independent courts as the core of liberty.
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Washington
Potomac Civer
District of Columbia
George Washington
Great Citadel
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Arlington National Cemetery
Boy Scouts of America
Ely
West
James E. West
Dr. West
Italy
Germany
Russia
America
National Youth Administration
Frem
Boy Scouts
Stalin
Staln
Courts of Justice
Western Newspaper Union
War Fears Rise as Sino Japanese Clash Escalates Near Marco Polo Bridge
The World’s Week reviews a near inevitable Sino Japanese war with reports of Japanese gendarmes policing Yu anping and Lukow kiao, alleged truce violations, and Chinese resistance in Peiping. Officials warn of a broader conflict as Emperor Hirohito and Konoe weigh military options amid demands for reparations and guarantees. In U.S. politics, Senate dynamics on a Supreme Court expansion bill show 12 undecided Democrats and Palmer-Laborite Lundeen as pivotal, with a 49 vote needed and 39 pledged against.
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China
Japan
Yuanping
Lukowkiao
Peiping
Marco Polo Bridge
North China
War Office
Tungwangmiao
Tungshinghwan
Hopei-Chabar Council
Hirohito
Fumimaro Konoe
Nanking
Sung Cheh - Yuan
Chiang Wai-shek
Peiping-lankow
Senate
Palmer-Laborite
Supreme Court
Andrews
Fla.j
Bone
Wash
Brown
N. BH
Caraway
Ark
Doffy
Wis
Domsay
Cola
Lewis
Murray
Mont
Overton
La.j
Penper
Frs
Russell, Jr
Wagner
Lundeen
Mian
Farmer Laborite
Ashurst
Steel war relaxes as big mills resume work
Three major steel firms Republic Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet and Tube report two thirds of idle mill hands back at work in Ohio and Pennsylvania Inland operates with 13 000 in Indiana under a state labor compact Youngstown area output rises to 76 percent of capacity while disputes with the CIO and local authorities spur tensions at Massillon Ohio and East Chicago Indiana.
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Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
State Labor Commission
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Chicago
Ind
John L. Lewis’ Organization
Clifford M. Townsend
Alcoa
Ware
Adjt
2. O. Smith
of the Republic Pliant
Massilon
Oity
Amelia Oar
United States Navy
South Pacific
Amelia Earhart Putnam
America
Tred Noonan
New Guinea
Howland Island
Amelia
United States
Lexington
Palestine
Royal Commission On
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Gobb Smit on Third Term Ballyhoo
An extended poke at calls for a third term, noting ballooning candidates and the futility of predicting political wind. It parodies public figures and recalls early prairie travel, modern trailers, and weary generals amid a sweep of satirical columns.
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Jef
Hoomer
VPRE
Montana
Toga
South Bend
Murphy
Studebaker
War Clouds Over China Japs See Little Hope for Truce
The article reports bleak prospects for a truce in China as the conflict intensifies. It notes Japan’s limited avenues for settlement and cites political strain in the United States with 13 senators weighing a key court bill. Steel mills are again releasing smoke as wartime production continues.
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China
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