A Gamble for a Free World Trade Order
Senator Hickenlooper defends a $3.75 billion loan to Britain as a gamble worth taking. He argues the loan aims to create a freer, more stable world trade system and curb economic warfare, even if some worry about interest and repayment. The goal is strategic cooperation with Britain to shape postwar global economics.
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Fee
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
U.S
Teens press President Truman in Chicago conference
The article praises a teen age press conference where teenagers grilled President Truman on voting age, the United Nations, selective service, universal military training, housing, and British debates. It notes the teens asked direct, tough questions and often received clear answers, calling for more such events.
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Truman
Chicago
Washington
United Nations
House of Commons
Year of Grief Hat Year 1945 Motoring Troubles Record
The American Automobile Association reports 36 million automobile breakdowns in 1945, with 11 million flat tires. The article notes these figures reflect only issues brought to AA garages and jokes about DIY fixes amid wartime strain and criticism of the era’s challenges.
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American Automobile Association
A.A.A
Democracy Can't Work Unless Everyone Helps Do the Chores
A civic-essays piece argues that democracy collapses when citizens avoid duties and rely on others. It cites Uncle Jim who dug graves, a village woman who helps when needed, and warns against nine of ten fearing court action. It touches on taxes, cleanliness, and wartime hoarding humor.
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Isiry
Uncle Jim
Guedalla Quote on Success as Mixed Effort
A terse reflection attributed to Philip Guedalla defines success as largely a compound of effort by a single man and the timely moment, shaping a compact aphorism about achievement and luck.
Bugs Baer Sees League of Nations Collapse Like Old Linen
Finis declares the League of Nations folds up in Geneva as eight million biscuits in the oven and a home office are cited. The charter members will divide the plunder while the League turns over its research and files to the United Nations. The piece mocks the institution as ossified and quietly simmering in the background.
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League of Nations
Geneva
League
U.N
Draft Extension Seen Essential Despite Political Risk
The piece argues extending the draft is necessary to reach a 1,070,000 active force by July 1947 with 400,000 in the air service. It notes political sensitivity, the role of volunteers, and the aim to support Occupied Europe, the Far East, and UN missions. Secretary Patterson, General Eisenhower, and General Spaatz are cited on required manpower and the potential linkage to universal military training, while arguing the draft encourages recruitment and that penalties for prolonging service remain unclear.
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United States Army
War Patterson
Army
Eisenhower
Spaatz
War Department
Europe
Far East
United Nations
United States
U.N
Capitol Hill
We Won't Get a Better Army Without Reforms
Drew Pearson argues that a postwar peacetime army must be reorganized to remove inefficiencies and misfits. He condemns vacant personnel records, lax removal of underperforming officers, seniority-based promotions, and abusive behavior by regular officers. He cites GI grievances over caste, drinking, and misused funds as proof systemic fixes are needed before a solid peacetime force can be built.
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Pose Ton
Russia
Truman
Patterson
Ascension Island
Natal
Brazil
Charleston
S.C
Cuba
Cairo
Benjamin F. Giles
U.S.A
G.i.’S
Floyd Herman Rolf
Pomona
Calif
Pacific Army Base
Congress
Rolf
G.I
Okinawa
G.i.'s
U N Bird dogging a Home in New York City
Marquis Childs analyzes the United Nations struggle to find a permanent home as it negotiates space at Hunter College in the Bronx and debates a Long Island Sperry Gyroscope plant site while weighing the burden of travel from living quarters. The piece contrasts Geneva calm with New York’s bustle and urges swift settlement of a site.
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York
United Nations
Hunter College
Bronx
U.N
Hunter
New York City
Board of Higher Education
New World Organization
Europe
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Lake Success
Long Island
Sperry
Council
Assembly
Manhattan
Geneva
League of Nations
Switzerland
New League
Wordsworth
Blood, milk,and race myths from a 19th century health lecture
Dr Brady explains milk is largely water and notes no way to distinguish blood by race. He describes total blood volume in adults, safe leeches for donation, and that arteries carry bright oxygenated blood while veins carry deoxygenated blood. The piece blends nutrition with early physiology.
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IUS
Chapel Street
GOP In Crisis As Reece Chair Chooses Old Guard Course
William L. Shirer argues the Republican Party risks irrelevance if it clings to standpat policies. He cites Carroll Reece as chair and faults the party for opposing national measures on housing, jobs, social security, and defense, urging a modern federal-led platform to avoid a fate like the Federalists.
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McKinley
Taft
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Willkie
Congress
Reece
Bricker
Sen
Morse
Rep
Herald Tribune, Inc
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