Skeels Finds Anamosa Transfer Lacks Constructive Impact
Dr Harold Skeels reports a five day survey shows 78 boys moved from Eldora to Anamosa benefit little from the training school annex. He recommends returning 23 to Eldora, observing 16 for psychiatric study, and providing work schooling at Anamosa. A full time Eldora psychologist is urged for longer term rehab.
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Board of Control
Harold M. Skeels
Division of Psychological Service
Anamosa
Eldora
Skeels
Iowa City
Iowa
Pauley nomination questioned on qualification for navy undersecretary
The senate debate over Edwin W. Pauley's suitability as undersecretary of the navy centers on a single issue. If Pauley is qualified the confirmation should be yes. if not, no.
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Harold Ickes
Pauley
Truman
Senate Democrats
Ickes
Senate
Sen
Bilbo
Mississippi
Mr. Pauley
Edwin W. Pauley
the Navy
Why Resume Waste Boy Scouts Drive Urges Paper Salvage
The piece argues wartime waste drives should continue in peacetime as a good economic habit. It notes Canada and U S pulpwood output fell, German POWs repatriated, and mills need waste paper indefinitely as households fail to deliver. It urges public support for the Scouts paper drive.
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Canada
Boom and gamble warnings echo through letters from dad
Robert Quillen cautions Louise against selling bonds to gamble, recalling a roadhouse’s slot payout and past booms. He argues speculation distorts values, warns of a postwar crash, and predicts a new boom followed by ruin for gamblers and debtors. The piece weaves in social and political jabs about strikes, prices, and leadership.
Bugs Baer Cartoon Declares No Japanese Fishing
In a wartime cartoon commentary, Bugs Baer asserts that Japan will not be allowed to fish American waters or disturb Pacific waters. The piece insists there will be no Japanese involvement in mackerel fisheries and dismisses rumors as unfounded.
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Pacific
Petrillo Cracked Down On By House With New Measure
Marquis Childs argues the house passed a bill to curb James Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians. The piece portrays union abuses and calls for reform, with cross party liberal support and warnings of harsher legislation if unions fail to self clean. It notes La Follette and Holifield as pivotal figures in the debate.
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James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
SSAUV
American Federation of Musicians
House
New York
Chet Holifield
California
la Follette
Friends of Organized Labor
Musicians’ Union
Charles la Follette
Indiana
No Army Recruiting Poster Seen Urging Sign Here
In the Omaha World Herald report, no army recruiting poster directly pressures soldiers to join by highlighting home front dangers. The piece notes a lack of explicit recruitment messages linking home front risks to enlistment.
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Omaha World-Herald
Officials Suspected of Red Sympathies. No Prosecutions Planned
President Truman considers action by Secretary Byrnes against a handful of state department officials tied to Soviet contacts disclosed in Canada. No arrests in the U S due to legal constraints. some officials may be dropped. Civil liberties to be preserved amid pressure from military branches. atom bomb disclosures remain unsettled amid naval and scientific debate.
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Truman
Byrnes
State Department
Canada
Soviet
Russia
United States
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Army
Navy
Britain’s Empire in Turmoil Spurs Global Unrest
Louis Keemle surveys uprisings across India Egypt and the Dutch East Indies as postwar promises of self rule collide with imperial interests. He notes mutinies in the Royal Indian Navy, anti-British demonstrations in Singapore, violence in Palestine and Syria Lebanon, and fears of broader imperial collapse under Soviet criticism and WW II legacies.
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India
Egypt
Dutch East Indies
Royal Indian Navy
East India Company
Crown
Navy
Suez Canal
Far East
Aoon
Sudan
Britain
Java
Singapore
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian National Army
Palestine
Syria
Lebanon
France
The Doctor Against Public Opinion in Private Practice
Dr William Brady recalls five years in private practice near Penn Yan and contrasts old and new patient care. He abandoned strict bed rest and calomel routines, telling families to keep patients comfortable, skip fever thermometers, and avoid forced diets. He cites Shaw on truth in medicine and notes changed norms on smoking, teen health, and fertility advice.
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Penn Yan
Finger Lake
Empire State
G. B. Shaw
England
Shaw
Reversing The Trend Of Low Interest Rates In America
Raymond Moley argues the long decline in interest rates since 1930 risks harming savings and production. He cites government debt forecasts, private loans at low yields, and the impact on life insurers. He urges measures to raise rates, noting inflationary risks and the need to fund housing and long-term obligations.
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America
Europe
England
Hitler
Roosevelt
Altho
Lord Aene
Stuart Chase
Lewis W. Douglas
Jeep Rival Report From Newsweek On Volkswagen Military Use
The article notes Volkswagen produced at KDF-Stadt for the British army of occupation after lend lease, replacing the American jeep. It claims the Volkswagen outperforms the jeep in power efficiency and speed, with a 150 pound engine, 24 to 35 miles per gallon, and top speed about 70 mph, at an estimated cost under three hundred dollars based on 1939 German labor.
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Volkswagen
Kdf-Stadt
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Drew Pearson
U.S
U. S
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UNO
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Wm. Brady
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Jeep
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