Roosevelt seen aiming for fourth term and postwar global command
The column argues President Roosevelt anticipates reelection and a long postwar role as Commander-in-Chief with continued British-American military cooperation. It questions reliance on force over moral diplomacy, calls for renewal of lend-lease and peacetime defense funding, and suggests a new League of Nations could sustain peace with a collective military backing.
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Asre
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Congress
Britain
Army
Navy
Armed Services
America
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Churchill
Germany
Courage and truth in public leadership in wartime talk
Robert Quillen argues courage and honesty earn trust and votes. He cites Emerson on truth about public disaster, inflation as a test of politicians, praising Coolidge and Roosevelt for bold stances. He notes public demand for frankness, warns against betrayal for political gain, and recalls historic bravado in leadership.
Perseverance through poverty quote from Pericles
A concise quotation from Pericles notes that poverty is shameful, but ignorance of how to earn a living is even more disgraceful. The remark emphasizes work and resilience over resignation in the face of hardship.
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Pericles
Reflections on Senate Debate and Public Accountability
A columnist recalls a Senate session on the Connally resolution and laments low attendance and distracted members. He questions representative government and muses on televised proceedings revealing how citizens might better engage with politics. The piece ends with personal unease at recording thoughts.
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United States Senate
Senate
Connally
Society of Nations
Congressional Record
Statements From Leaders Call for Sacrifice in War Efforts
Vice President Wallace warns that giving up on sacrifice will cost thousands of lives future. Dr. Butler of Columbia urges that the core war aims must endure even as victory is pursued.
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Henry A. Wallace
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Conviction Knocks Out Syndicate Tied to Local Gangsters
State's Attorney Thomas J. claims the conviction delivers a knockout blow to a national gangster syndicate colluding with a local business clique. The case highlights the reach of law enforcement across organized crime networks and the pursuit of economic influence.
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Thomas J
War Progress and Reality in 1944 Preparations
Paul Mallon argues that two years into World War II the Allied forces have seen limited action in Europe and the Pacific. He estimates over seas forces around two million with only about 100,000 front-line troops active, suggesting the war could end in Europe within the first half of 1944 and Japan within the year.
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Tashington
Italy
Pacific Islands
New Guinea
Tunisia
Sicily
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Attu
Pacific
Philippines
Germany
Europe
Japan
Comrade Nelson Knocks Plates in Moscow Dinner
A lively dinner in Russia featured WPB Chief Donald Nelson and an unnamed companion smashing plates with fists to celebrate cordial Soviet American ties. Nelson joined in, breaking two plates and cutting his hand.
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Russia
WPB
Donald Nelson
U.S.A
Nelson
Tovarich Nelson
Spinach Joke Recalled In Chicago Daily News Note
The Chicago Daily News recalls a long running spinach joke tied to a veteran of North Africa who described a sandstorm as spinach without the spinach. The item notes no newer variation has emerged.
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Chicago Daily News
North Africa
Men who jeopardize war effort for 17 cent strike
Raymond Clapper argues that steel and railroad workers striking for higher pay threaten national unity and war effort. He decries the motive as avarice, notes government policy to curb runaway wages, and warns of Nazi propaganda if the nation slides into inflation and domestic strife.
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War Labor Board
White House
Eisenhower Marshall roles in Allied command described
Col Frederick Palmer outlines how General Eisenhower would command Western Allied ground forces while General Marshall oversees American war effort at home and overseas. The piece discusses joint command limits, authority between American and British leaders, and the need for unified policy under Roosevelt and Churchill amid pressures from war production and strategic planning.
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Ashington
Gen. Eisenhower
Italy
United States
Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Somme
France
Holland
Salerno
Churchill
B. L. Montgomery
Marshall
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Stilwell
China
Burma
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
MacArthur
Mountbatten
Misguided wife questions childbearing after nine years of marriage
A 40 year old woman writes about postponing children for nine years and faces warnings from her husband and a physician about risks. She notes their good economic position and home, while criticizing calls to have a child and the doctor’s Mongolian idiot remark.
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Lincoln’s
Specter
One Visit Nose Remodeling and Health Advice
A reader asks about a one visit nose reshaping promise versus hospital treatment for healing. An expert warns miracle claims are charlatanry and favors hospital care for lasting results.
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R.W
Bratislava as Nazi glass house in wartime echoes
Raymond Moley argues Bratislava symbolizing Nazi power, noting its role as a powder factory hub and dummy Slovak state. He describes rapid evacuations of officials, shifting loyalties, and predicts American explosives targeting I G Farben and the Bratislava regime amid bombings yet to come.
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Balkans
Sofia
Quisling
Bratislava
Pressburg
Slovakia
I. G. Farben
Europe
Parben
Nobel
Hratislava
Hitler
Switzerland
Finland
Berlin
C. Farben
Retaliation and vanity in a barber chair tale
A cryptic 1930s style monologue speaks of turning the other cheek becoming impossible for a man facing a barber. The speaker vows harsh retaliation as voices of grievance mix with odd imagery of a stove and wrapped items.
Exploring Your Mind Q and A on Fathers and Conversation
Dr. Wiggam presents questions about the undervalued father figure and how to start conversations. He cites psychologist L Pearl Gardner noting fathers rarely heroize fatherhood in literature and art. The column offers techniques to spark dialogue via four instincts and addresses a hypothetical on feeble mindedness and heredity.
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L. Pearl Gardner
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Joseph Fort Newton
George Clark
Paul Mallon
Mallon
Air Corps
Heerful
Donald
New York World-Telegram
By Raymond Clapper
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Turkey
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Frederick Palmer
Gen. Marshall
Stalin
King
Arnold
Hawaii
Atlantic
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Wm. Brady
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