Selective Service finally on right track
The editorial argues the draft system improves by focusing on age, with 18 year olds first and gradual increases. It notes past pressures over essential labor and family status, praises local boards, and supports raising induction age to 28 then 30 as needed, while reserving some married men.
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Washington
Congress
Selective Service
Gen
Hershey
Germany
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service System
Armed Services
Public Officials and Journalists Under Fire
A high official accuses a well known reporter of dishonesty over an unauthorized story about public affairs. The public views such charges as grave insults from a figure of national dignity. The reporter is later exonerated as the truth emerges, proving the accuser wrong.
The Door of the Heart Reflections on openness and truth
A column explores the humility and dangers of public doubt from high officials and the press. It muses on national security masking motive, morale, and the loss of trust, then shifts to metaphysical thoughts on doors of the heart, opportunity, capacity, and spiritual receptivity.
Fragmented Quote About Money and Virtue
A historical clipping presents a philosophical line about money as a bottomless sea where honor conscience and truth may be drowned attributed to Ivan Kozlof. The piece frames wealth as peril to moral values and invites reflection on ethics.
Eradication urged of fascism and nazism by Hull and Connally
Secretary Cordell Hull declares that history proves no compromise with fascism and nazism and their powers must go everywhere. Senator Tom Connally defends the State Department against charges of secrecy and asserts foreign relations cannot be conducted on a front porch.
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Cordell Hull
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Woman's odd bequest shocks court in Trenton
A Trenton woman left her husband a $2 bequest with a condition to spend $1 to buy a rope to hang himself. The note was presented to the court as part of the estate dispute and sparked questions about its validity and intent.
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Trenton
Reds Threaten Vital Nazi Military Resources In Balkans Drive
Paul Mallon reports that Soviet momentum into Romania prompts analysts to imagine an Anglo American invasion of Yugoslavia to sever Balkans and squeeze Bulgaria and Greece. Plans envision multi front assaults through The Netherlands and southern France while Nazis defend Ploesti and Lwow oil hubs. Turkey’s entry remains doubtful amid fear of German bombing.
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Yugoslavia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Netherlands
Germany
France
le Havre
de Seine
Paris
Garonne
Rhone
Tasi
Black Sea
Ploesti
Lwow
Balkan
Turkey
Istanbul
Roosevelt May Seek Fourth Term Amid War Crisis
Marquis W. Childs reports President Roosevelt shows detached calm as visitors press him on 1945 plans. He hints at a moral duty to the nation, recalls 1940 maneuvers, and suggests a possible fourth term due to world events, while noting uncertainty and political risk.
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Yasee
Roosevelt
Earth
Mars
Franklin Roosevelt
Oval Office
F.D.R
Southwest Pacific
White House
Explore Your Mind by Dr. A. E. Wiggam Q and A
Dr. Wiggam discusses how handicaps can spark ambition or produce aggression. Frustration and obstacles may shape a person into a great or criminal figure. He notes intelligence testing via age norms and cites Milton, Dante, and a preschool anecdote. College freshmen overestimate future income due to ignorance.
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John Milton
Dante
Beatrice
Bob Hope
A. Thomson
War Chiefs Weigh Drastic Action to Ease Manpower Shortage
Drew Pearson reports three closed door conferences over 4-F deferments as a manpower crisis grows. Gen. Hershey warns of clamping down on 4-F workers while Gen. Arnold admits air power alone won’t win the war. Stimson and Congress debate camps to keep essential war workers on the job.
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Tashington
Henry Stimson
John Sparkman
Alabama
John Costello
California
Stimson
War Department
Capitol Hill
Lewis Hershey
House
Sparkman
Costello
War Manpower Commission
Gen. Hershey
CCC
Wallace China trip stirs deadly political conjecture
The piece outlines how Vice President Wallace's rumored China visit fuels Democratic internal strife ahead of the July convention. It notes foreign skepticism about his status, Beijing and Moscow dynamics, Stilwell’s Burma campaign tensions, and a broader US stance toward China versus Britain and the Soviet Union.
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Assist
Henry A. Wallace
China
Mr. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Stalin and Hitler Seen Moving Toward Same Direc tion
The piece jokes about Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler sharing a dangerous trajectory. It notes their apparent alignment and teases about Goebbels ministry and other aides, describing their aides Jodl and Rommel as yes men who nod in agreement as news worsens.
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Jodl
Rommel
Adolf
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