Blue and Hickenlooper contrasts in Iowa opening address
A review contrasts outgoing governor Hickenlooper’s direct, specific swan song with incoming Gov. Blue’s conservative, middle-of-the-road inaugural message. Blue urges sound finances, tax survey, and cautious spending. Hickenlooper’s blunt outline signals forthcoming US Senate leadership and bold state reforms.
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Iowa
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Robert D. Blue
Sen. Hickenlooper
Gov. Blue’s
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
United States Senate
Gov. Blue
Washington
Tax refunds eyed for millions as tax withholding cited
The Capital Staff notes about 20 million people may receive refunds on 1944 income taxes due to over-withholding under broad wage brackets. Government tables simplified employer calculations, causing equal withholding for different wage levels.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Falsehoods quarrel among themselves, Webster quote
A compact quotation notes that falsehoods not only clash with truth but also dispute among themselves, attributed to Daniel Webster.
It’s a Good Policy Says Baer On Neighbor Diplomacy
By Arthur Bugs Baer reflects on the Good Neighbor policy a year after doubts. The piece jests about separating wheat from chaff and tea in Pisa to illustrate a diplomat’s steadiness in selling the Monroe Doctrine as an accident policy.
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South America
Information must be one of the major preoccupations
Assistant Secretary of State Archibald Mac Leish argues information should become a central concern of democratic nations and their cooperative agencies, replacing what was once called propaganda.
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Archibald MacLeish
Weighing Nazi Propaganda and American Speech
William L Shirer critiques a Cleveland businessman's claim that the underground in France Belgium and Norway was led by Communists and convicts. Shirer notes Goebbels used the remark for Nazi propaganda and argues for accurate reporting to limit German manipulation. He recalls American reporters in Berlin in 1936 shaping perceptions of Nazism and church oppression.
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R. Frederick C. Crawford
Cleveland
France
Belgium
Norway
Jacques Maritain
W. Morgenstierne
Washington
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New York Herald Tribune
Crawford
M. Maritain
Herald Tribune
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New York
Berlin
Mr. Crawford
Dr. Goebbels
Italy
Mussolini
Republic
Ralph Barnes
Goering
Doktor Goebbels
Vansittart Opposes Britons’ Soft Peace With Germany
Curt Riess profiles Lord Vansittart in London arguing against any lenient postwar settlement. He notes public opinion shifts toward firmness, praises V bombs as pivotal, and details the Win the Peace movement and Vansittart 12 points on surrender, occupation, trials, and media control. He warns future generations must stay vigilant against German revisionism.
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Great Britain
United States
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Vansittart
Rignhtist
London
BBC
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Corbett Attracts Cedar Rapids In Greene's Play Pals
40 Years Ago James J. Corbett stars in Pals at Greene's in a Monday night performance to a large audience. Patsy Holcomb, a Cedar Rapids native, also draws praise for supporting work. Corbett lauded as a capable actor suitable for dignified roles. Ralph Van Vecthen named second vice president of Commercial National Bank of Chicago, to start Feb 15. Cedar Rapids sees first major musical treat as Madame Melba and company fill Greene's Opera House with three encores and solo piano accompaniment.
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James J. Corbett
Mr. Corbett
Patsy Holcomb
Cedar Rapids
Corbett
Ralph van Vechten
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Madame Melba
Greene
Opera House
Melba
Longer War Raises Postwar Inflation Risk, Warns Analyst
An extended war is likely to lift postwar prices as money supply and savings grow while wartime controls fade. The analysis cites currency and liquid savings exceeding 100 billion and 125.9 billion respectively, with wholesale and farm prices already well above 1939 levels and costs rising across industries.
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Congress
Pensie
Ceaing
Bombing in Japan Proves More Effective, Hoffman Advises GOP
U S military experts report B 29 results in Japan outpacing Germany with tighter bottlenecks and disrupted transport. Officials say every ton of bombs in Japan equals four tons elsewhere as targets collapse and morale falls. Hoffman urges GOP leaders to limit committee posts, push caucus control, and rotate duties to avoid ego and promote unity. A plan to study western industrialization would keep Pacific coast mills and shipyards running postwar.
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