Byrnes Defends Hold the Line Policy in Inflation Fight
The columnist critiques former justice and war mobilization head Byrnes for defending uniform anti inflation policies while noting administration inconsistencies. He cites wage disputes with railroad and coal workers and questions tax policy effects on inflationary pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pursesstonata F. Byrnes
United States
South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Office of War Mobilization
Mr. Byrnes
Congress
Office of Economic Stabilization
Byrnes
War Labor Board
Administration
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Self-Deception and Moral Sense in Everyday Life
Robert Quillen discusses how people justify wrongs to protect self-respect, citing Nietzsche on a mysterious moral sense. He notes leaders and citizens rationalize unethical acts, from Nazis to politicians, when personal gain or fear is involved, and warns against blaming others while denying one's own culpability. The piece also critiques journalism like rumors, uniformed officers, and public indifference to aiding national effort.
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United States
Legislative Branch
Mr. Clapper
Washington
Mussolini
Caesar
Hitler
Too Impatient About Church Unity Says Dr Newton
Dr Newton argues for urgent unity among Christian and Jewish faiths. He recalls Cranmer and Calvin seeking body unity in 1552 and notes Napoleon joining armies for battle. The piece warns against allowing minor liturgical differences to distract from core beliefs and calls for united action against cynicism and moral decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cranmer
Canterbury
Europe
England
John Calvin
Cranmer
Napoleon
Quote warns vets face charity if claims not settled
Warren H. Atherton, American Legion national commander, says millions of Americans may be shocked to learn that many fighting men could become dependent on public charity tomorrow due to failure to efficiently settle their claims. He urges action to secure veterans’ rights and benefits.
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Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Capitulation Only Half the Battle and Pearl Harbor
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox marks the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor, stating that victory over a perverted concept of power remains incomplete until the last enemy capitulates. He frames the war as ongoing even after unconditional surrender day is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Skepticism Lingers On Allied Pact Amid High Hopes
The piece notes cautious optimism about Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill coordinating on the Atlantic Charter while offering no concrete action plan. Skeptics doubt a real framework exists yet and fear propagandistic aims to bolster Allied morale and deter Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Poland
Finland
Germany
Subsidy Debate Faces Cooling, Risks and Veto Threats
A columnist argues the food subsidy fight is cooling while alternatives are undesirable and higher prices loom. The piece notes opposition to continuance, predicts a Roosevelt veto, and cites fears subsidies could expand across commodities. It mentions Byrnes defending the program and a Standard Oil correction tied to Indiana and California entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
California
Indiana Company
Marines Break Up War in Jungle Says Germans And Japs
In World War I German officers lamented American marines disrupt combat by tearing down jungle cover. The observation reappears with a note that Japanese critics now claim U S Marines lack jungle fighting chops, as they move through terrain clearing it first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Oklahoman
Shoppers Ask Quick Questions as Prices Surprise
Memphis shoppers show brisk buying as clerks explain items on display. The column notes casual scenes in local stores where customers ask simple questions to identify products and prices during a busy shopping period.
Byrnes Urges Defense of Public Interest Against Pressure Groups
Justice Byrnes calls out pressure groups as dangerous to wartime policy and wages amid subsidies debates and price controls. He warns Congress to resist demagogic threats and favor broad national interests over special interests. An Air Force officer backs Byrnes and urges lawmakers to support tough wartime choices.
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PV Ashington
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Senate Agriculture Committee
Justice Byrnes
Byrnes
Air Force
Gresham
Prentiss Brown
Beauty, leadership, and genetics in Wiggam’s mind
Dr. Albert E. Wiggam muses on how beauty hinders women in science, why dictators rely on showmanship, and how heredity affects musical versus literary talent, noting, for example, Bach’s dynastic talent and differing marriage patterns among writers and musicians.
Tom Sawyer Tops Reading List for 8th Graders
A study by Prof. Harold Saxe Tuttle of City College shows war and comic magazines have little effect on youth reading tastes. The 10 most read books include Tom Sawyer Treasure Island Little Women Gone with the Wind Sue Barton Huckleberry Finn Little Men Anne of Green Gables Robin Hood and Call of the Wild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Superman
Mandrake
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Long John Silver
Harold Saxe Tuttle
City College School of Education
Sue Barton
Huckle-berry Finn
Hernia Treatments and Family Case Reports by Truss
Dr Wm Brady summarizes Lon don Truss Society data on hernia cures with trusses, noting high success in inguinal hernias of infants and rare cures in adults. He cites family cases showing spontaneous or assisted cures under proper truss use and physician supervision, plus ongoing guidance on exercises and insulin weight gain for underweight patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Truss Society
Spanton
Watson's
Good neighbor policy as key to wartime unity and postwar peace
The speaker argues the United States must treat Latin American nations as partners to sustain unity after Pearl Harbor. He credits Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico and others for wartime support and warns against assuming postwar collaboration without consultation. He urges inclusive inter-American politics to build a stable peace and expanded markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jhen
United States
United Hemisphere
Pearl Harbor
North
Africa
Pacific
Brazil
Panama Canal
South America
Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Caribbean
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
South Pacific
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
California
Gulf of Mexico
Government of Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Moscow
New York Tribune, Inc
Vote buying talk at Philadelphia GOP convention
The excerpt recalls 1940 Philadelphia gossip about a bribe rumored as a box of wet matches and notes aging views on Republican value of a vote. It includes literary allusion to Shakespeare and a wink to past local bosses and voting days in 1907.
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Philadelphia
Mucg
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Joseph Fort Newton
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Mallon
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Jesse Jones
Memphis
By Raymond Clapper
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Gresham’s Law
Clapper
Albert E. Wiggam
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wm. Brady
Truss
Insulin
U. S
Sumner Welles
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Mexico
Japan
Italy
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Far East
Welles
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Bugs" Baer
Philly
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