Communiques skewed by interservice rivalries
The column argues that Gen Douglas MacArthur's official communiques to the public give a lopsided view of operations in the Far East, underplaying the navy's crucial Mindoro and Luzon actions and fueling interservice tensions. It urges balanced reporting to preserve morale and accurate public understanding.
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Douglas MacArthur
Far East
United States Navy
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Washington
Mindoro
Philippines
MacArthur
Luzon
Leyte
Pearl Harbor
Sapling Bent into a Crook Won’t Become a Straight Tree
Robert Quillen discusses a German artist blaming brushes and weather for a failed work and extending the analogy to a Nazi prisoner schooled in Hitler doctrine. The piece views German arrogance and claims of racial superiority amid fate and criticism.
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Europe
War of words echoes from past and present conflicts
A collection of quotations contrasts past Nazi rhetoric and modern wartime issues. It reflects on Europe under German leadership, the Allied response, and notions of “friends” who aided or betrayed civilization, plus notes on wartime economics, propaganda, labor strikes, and public health scrutiny.
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Europe
Russia
France
England
Self collection for growth and self knowledge
George Matthew Adams argues that collecting knowledge about oneself can be as enriching as stamps or art. He urges readers to catalog faults and strengths, confront them, and plan self improvement for a higher ground in the coming year.
Secret Senate Sessions and the Stettinius List
The text depicts a gossiping narrator describing secret senate huddles connected to the Stettinius list for glass door silhouettes. Archie MacLeish is singled out for avoiding a clay pipe, while Guffey is noted for frequently changing his mind.
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Stettinius
Archie MacLeish
Law outlines plan for liberated Europe shipping needs
Marquis W. Childs reports that Richard K. Law arrives in Washington to draft a comprehensive allocation plan for shipping and supplies to liberated Europe. The piece argues victory may be six months off and stresses rethinking civilian needs, postwar reconstruction, and possible Big Three political decisions.
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Washington
Richard K. Law
Anthony Eden
Europe
Holland
Belgium
ICC to Change Freight Rates and Political Shifts
The ICC is poised to alter freight rate differentials benefiting the South, with a decision due soon. President Roosevelt may not reappoint two commissioners, while Dan Tobin’s Teamsters push Stassen for Senate in 1946 and labor allies weigh liberal Republican strategies. Veterans of Foreign Wars in Gardina bar Kiyoshi Muranaga from a local plaque, and Churchill clashes with Washington over Greece policy leaks as Berle leaves State, Acheson mulls resignation.
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Askington
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
ICC
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce
Charles D. Mahaffie
J. Haden Alldredge
Alabama
White House
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Minnesota
Stassen
Henrik Shipstead
Teamsters
Senate
Tom Dewey
Dewey
F.D.R
VFW
Gardina
Kiyoshi Muranaga
Italy
Muranaga
Churchill
Cain
State Department
Ronald Scobie
Elas
Athens
Washington
U. S
Eisenhower
Churchill Plaa
Greece
United States
Stettinius
Berle
Chicago
Tooth value in personal health advice column near dental loss
Dr Brady discusses the value of a single tooth in a personal health column. He notes that after losing teeth, chewing and digestion suffer and suggests a rough guideline of about one thousand berries per missing tooth, while acknowledging individual circumstances and the need for dental input.
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Yankeeland
H.M.P
Exploring Mind: Teens Friendships and Social Maturity
Dr Albert Wiggam answers questions on teen dating, friendships and growth. He notes most teen romance is fleeting, argues girls bear more cost, and cites research on future happiness with diverse opposite sex friendships. Five signs show social adulthood with independent decisions and stable work interest.
World Power Scramble Deepens as Franco Soviet Pact Emerges
In a pointed analysis William B. Ziff argues Europe faces a revolutionary shift with the Franco Soviet accord altering power balance. He warns Britain’s decline and the USSR's ascent reshape global strategy and threaten American policy as European states reel from Nazi occupation.
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Europe
America
William B. Ziff
Mr. Ziff
Britain
Poland
United States
U.S.S.R
France
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George Clark
Junior
Marquis W. Childs
War Shipping Administration
South Atlantic
Law
Stalin
Childs
Drew Pearson
Tobin
Union
Stassen Boom
Jop
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William Starke Rosecrans
Calif
U.S.A
Scobie
Chaif
Pearson
Wm. Brady
Albert E. Wiggem
Luella Cole
International News
de Churchill
Soviet Union
Gen. de Gaulle
Ain
British Isles
Great Britain
China
Balkan
London
Us.s.r
U.S. S.R
Latvia
Estonia
Yugoslavia
Asia
United Nations
Western Asia
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