Wartime Christmas Reflections On Congress Survival
The speech by Representative Richard Kleberg recalls a wartime sentiment in the House as Speaker Rayburn adjourns the 78th Congress. It contrasts partisan strife with the resilience of American representative government amid World War II and previews challenges of a 1944 election year while continuing the war effort against the Nazis and Japs.
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Richard Kleberg
King Ranch
Texas
House of Representatives
Rayburn
78Th Congress
Fair Land
America
Congress
Senate
Lincoln
Gen. McClellan
United States
War outlook grim as officials warn of heavier casualties ahead
Washington officials foresee the next months bringing higher casualties and heavy fighting. They avoid public risk by withholding precise figures and details, urging a warning against complacency while acknowledging uncertainty about exact costs of victory.
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Washington
House Committee Probes Texas Eastern Pipeline War Impacts
The House small business committee investigates the Texas Eastern pipeline situation to assess if changing war conditions affect advisability and policy responses. The inquiry seeks to determine practical impacts on energy supply and security.
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HOUSE
Voices on China and American politics from wartime leaders
Dr T F Tsiang foresees a future China shaped by a blend of socialism and capitalism after the war. Senator W Lee O'Daniel advocates lawmakers live under the laws they pass. Senator Scott W Lucas pledges to back a servicemen voting bill amid wartime stakes. Roosevelt urges immediate arbitration to save American lives and victory.
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China
T. F. Tsiang
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Sen
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Kaiser Shipyards Reach Peak Production in Oregon
The article notes Edgar F. Kaiser explains the transition from peak to tapering ship output at Kaiser Shipyards on Swan Island and Vancouver. It highlights prewar tonnage ninefold increased to compare with wartime goals and predicts U S maritime dominance once Germany is defeated, with Portland facing mass layoffs on a single day.
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Atland
Oregon
Edgar F. Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
Edgar Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Swan Island
Vancouver
Pearl Harbor
United States
Germany
Kaiser
Portland
Oregon’s Shipyards Question Postwar Future
The piece weighs postwar effects on Portland and its shipyards. It notes Kaiser's yards employ about 95 thousand workers, with two-thirds from Oregon and nearby states. It warns that Gov policy on postwar ships could reshape American industry and foreign sales, while Portland eyes a six-day week to boost efficiency and prepares a city plan by Robert Moses signaling growth potential.
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Oregon
Portland
United States
Kaiser's
China
Great Britain
Norway
Russia
Robert Moses
New York
Moses
Japs Weigh Russia Stakes Amid Delicate Foreign Policy
Russell Brines surveys Japan's cautious diplomacy with the Soviet Union and China as Tokyo seeks neutrality and expects war risk if Siberian bases are used. He notes Japanese attitudes toward neutrals, clerical ties, and future shifts after Germany’s fate.
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Russell Brines
Japan
Far East
Tokyo
Siberian
Soviet Union
China
Pacific
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Russia
Kwangtung
Manchuria
Tojo
Mats
United Nations
Siberia
Manchurian
Karuizawa
Powerful drama thrills audience at Bohemian Dramatic club play
The Bohemian Dramatic club staged The Second Youth or The Russian Exile at the C.S. P.S. hall with a large turnout and an audience that was thoroughly appreciative. Cast included Henry Hromek Emma Hasek Sarah Hrbek and several others. Approximately 300 attended the New Year’s reception at the YMCA rooms. The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor held its second annual concert and ball featuring Kouba’s National band and performers. Frank Miller of the Cedar Rapids recruiting station noted 30 000 recruits needed this year to fill the army, which normally comprised 65 000 men.
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Bohemian Dramatic Club
C.S. P.S. Hall
Henry Hromek
Emma Hasek
Sarah Hrbek
V. O. Hasek
Tillie Hurka
Frank Filip
Bertha Stanek
Irma Hasek
Emma Zejda
John Burianek
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Kouba
Frank R. Watson
Nellie Smith
James Hughes
Frank Miller
Cedar Rapids
United States Regular Army
Moroccos Mixed Feelings on American Lend Lease
Morocco’s year with American aid shows gains in payments and supplies but little consensus on goodwill. Critics warn lend lease disrupts the local economy and breeds a black market, while some see value in tighter control and targeted goods to win genuine support.
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America
Morocco
North Africa
Skeptical View of German Hopefuls for Postwar Leadership
William L. Shirer argues that true postwar German leaders are uncertain and that candidates such as Dr Hjalmar Schacht and Dr Erwin Bumke show mixed anti Nazi credentials. He notes American and British financiers' interest in Schacht, but warns his role in plunder and peace efforts undermines trust.
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Herrenvolk
Germany
Amer
Rosie Goldschmidt Waldeck
Rommel
Goering
Otto Meissner
Ebert
Hindenburg
Hitler
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Dr. Schacht
German Republic
Reichsbank
Nazi Germany
Berlin
Fuehrer
Europe
Switzerland
Max Immanuel
I. G. Farben
Lisbon
New York
New York Herald-Tribune
Erwin Bumke
Reichsgericht
Leipzig
Supreme Court
Wohl
Dr. Bumke
Bumke
Woh
Incoming Tide Reform Wave and Party Bureaucracy
Arthur Bugs Beer offers a wry take on Republican and Democratic factions at Colgate University. He argues reform has dual tides and both parties exhibit bureaucratic traits, lamenting simultaneous corruption and extravagance and noting the paradox of reform efforts too often aligning with both sides.
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