Wisdom of Iwo Jima Okinawa Strategy in 1945
David Lawrence argues the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns justified by air base use and fleet leverage. He notes Iwo Jima’s critical timing, refueling and emergency landings, and the impact on Japan bombings. The piece discusses Okinawa’s strategic value for China access and possible invasion routes, plus lessons for American divisions and the need to adapt from European to Pacific warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Central Pacific
Army Air Forces
Marianas
Japan
U. S. Navy
Philippines
China
Marine Corps
Pacific
Europe
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
South Pacific
Russia
U. S. Army
You Yearn to Be Popular Make Others Feel Important
Advice on social influence and character from Robert Quillen in a Dear Louise letter. Emphasizes that making others feel valued, not self-promotion, defines true breeding and leadership. Stresses kindness, selflessness, and respect as paths to lasting influence.
Out of the Past Dinner Table Adage From Whately
A short quotation attributed to Whately notes that never argue at meals as the least hungry person wins the argument. The saying reflects a calm approach to disputes during dining.
Transplanting a Life to Richer Ground in Daily Tips
George Matthew Adams extols transplanting of trees, flowers, and people. He praises immigrants thriving in America, recalls heroic wartime transplanted youths, and shares renewing retreats to a Nova Scotia camp where pines and hemlocks renew the spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Nova Scotia
Recognition at Last by Bugs Baer and Montgom ery
A fragmentary reflection on wartime truth and credit. The speaker cites Marshal Montgomery praising honesty amid 1918 diplomacy. It notes Clemenceau Churchill and Foch’s lack of endorsement and frames the wartime ethics as a metaphorical batting average and overdue credit.
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Clemenceau
Churchill
Foch
Roberts Resignation Ends Era of Supreme Court Tumult
The resignation of Justice Owen J. Roberts closes a turbulent 1930s chapter in the Supreme Court over the New Deal. Roberts often sided with moderates, authored a famous ruling invalidating the first Agricultural Adjustment Act, and shared close ties with Brandeis who counseled him amid trusteeship criticism. He exits to a quieter Pennsylvania farm, amid lingering court battles over judicial power.
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Justice Roberts
Roberts
New Deal
Hugo Black
Black
Stone
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Pennsylvania
Byrnes Seeks Shift in Pro Franco Policy at Berlin Talks
Drew Pearson reports Byrnes will revisit Latin American ties to Franco as Big Three meet. state department pressure on Cuba, Venezuela, and Costa Rica to avoid breaking with Spain cited. A secret sugar aid plan to Franco emerges, with questions raised by Sen. Langer over Hurley payments from Sinclair and possible Near East oil adviser proposals.
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Ashington
Jimmy Byrnes
State Department
Stalin
Berlin
Franco
Spain
Byrnes
Jimmy Dunn
San Francisco
France
Havana
U.S.A
Cuervo Rubio
Committee On Foreign Affairs
U. S
Joe Grew
Sen. Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Grew
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Sinclair Oil Company
Sinclair
Ambassador Hurley
Near East
Hurley
Hunger as a decisive factor in Japan's surrender
APAN faces its toughest battle as hunger grips Japan under sea and air blockade. Food rations drop July 11 with further cuts. rice imports fail and fishing falls under treaty strains. Isolation tightens as oil and supplies dwindle, potentially forcing Nippon to surrender despite fanaticism.
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Apan
Little Island
Nippon
Hubbard
Great Lakes
Japan
Indonesia
China
Tried to Save Skins by Sparing Hostages
Curt Riess reports on how SS defied Hitler to spare prominent hostages held by Gestapo, including Stauffenberg relatives, until Dachau concentration camp where about 150 leaders from 22 nations were gathered. British and Italian efforts helped avert executions as Allied advances neared, while some SS officers faced security fears and partisan threats.
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Curt Riess
Hitler
Marquardt
Count Schenk von Stauffenberg
the Stauffenberg
Gestapo
Munich
Stauffenberg
Himmler
SS Obergruppenfuehrer
Stiller
Niederdorf
Innbruck
Oxen shipments and medical notes in a 1918 Styrian camp tale
A fragmented 1918 diary segment recalls two Styrian oxen sent to a children's camp, followed by a later surplus of oxen. It shifts to medical guidance on gall bladder drainage, mentioning non surgical drainage, patient instructions, and a formula with lactated pepsin elixir glycerin and Epsom salts, plus anecdotes about health, cautions, and weight loss claims.
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Peter F. Drucker
Harper's
Styria
Vienna
Lyon
Knight
Mind Questions From Wiggam on Women and Humor
Dr. Albert E. Wiggam discusses why women influence family purchases and insist on fair labor conditions, notes humorists may not be happier, and answers a moral dilemma about a son returning embezzled money, arguing restoration is the heroic, righteous action guided by intelligence and religious feeling.
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