Republicans Fail to Stand for Civil Rights in Congress
David Lawrence argues the G O P does not defend civil rights in Congress and warns that removing court review over executive actions would empower the President. He cites the War Labor Board and Smith Connally act, urging union support against eroding legal checks.
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Ussr
Ero Eines
Congress
South
CIO
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
War Labor Board
Smith-Connally
Capitol Hill
America
Attorney General
Chicago
All Creatures Will Fight Back If Theyre Antagonized
A memoir recounts seven to eight year old Robert Quillen recalling three adults who shaped his early views. He describes resisting authority over tin can cattle, slippery sidewalks, and a painted fence encounter, then reflects on training a mule and notes about WPA, shoes, hats, rail gauge, reading type, and a Swedish ball bearing maker in wartime context.
Ideas as dynamite lift civilization says Bishop Vincent
A fragment quotes Bishop Vincent asserting that ideas drive revolutions and possess explosive power greater than bombs, framing imagination as the motive force behind societal change.
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Bishop Vincent
Be Yourself as Your Own Original Being
George Matthew Adams urges readers to value independence and authenticity. He argues that genuine selfhood draws respect and inquiry, contrasting borrowed personas with living boldly as one’s true self. He cites Montaigne Thoreau Hudson and Cunningham Graham as exemplars.
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Montaigne
Thoreau
W. H. Hudson
Cunninghame Graham
World War II Era Quotes From Allied and German Voices
A collection of remarks spans German restraint on language in Italy, a Chinese military official seeking long range weapons to counter Japan, and a U S anti war group warning against German traps. The statements reflect wartime tensions and calls for arms, caution, and democratic unity.
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Shang Chen
Society For the Prevention of
Council For A Democratic Germany
U. S
Roosevelt's health debate frames postwar communications plan
Paul Mallon notes Senators Wheeler and Roosevelt met privately with no clear explanation of the health issue. The piece questions aims behind a possible postwar monopoly plan under government control, contrasting public calls for competition with federal oversight. Democratic voices show mixed readings of Roosevelt's strength and fitness.
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Federal Communications Committee
Fly
Postal-Western Union
Kimmel Letter to Knox Confirmed Early Trial Request
Senate revelations confirm Admiral H. E. Kimmel urged immediate court martial in October. Col. Harry Leonard advised defense. navy opposition followed after public pressure. Daylight saving ends loom as Congress considers war time abolition with veto-free path.
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Kimmel
Knox
Navy
Vashington
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Kimmel
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Harry Leonard
Marine Corps
Smedley Butler
White House
Lea
Congress
Allies Ready to Strike Germany From All Sides in 1944
An Allied war outlook notes a multi-front push against Germany with estimates of 5 million western and southern combat troops including Americans British Canadians and French plus 1 million non naval personnel. It cites Pershing 1918 data and Stalin open bases in Soviet Union as evidence of synchronized Allied strategy.
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Washington
Germany
John J. Pershing
France
Pershing
Europe
Henry L. Stimson
United States Army
West
South
Pacific
Baltic
Black Sea
Stalin
Berlin
Teheren
Russia
No Teeth No Vite Case Raises Quack Alarm In Health Column
Dr Brady questions a 27 year old woman who had all teeth pulled after misdiagnosis of illness. He criticizes a dentist and doctors who acted without proper consults and argues nervous exhaustion has no basis in physiology.
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Sam
William
Strikes and the Future of American Trade Unionism
Marquis W. Childs argues that recent wildcat strikes in St. Louis and Detroit threaten industrial democracy and hint at Nazi style labor manipulation. He cites labor figures, notes high wartime union membership, warns that continued strikes could erase gains and push toward Fascist controls or blood conflict.
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Ashington
America
St. Louis
Detroit
Hitler
The World Shrinks as Air Travel Advances
Arthur Baer notes rapid aviation cutting distance and time from coast to coast and across oceans. He argues the era narrows the globe to a single day and forces isolationists to rethink their stance while praising aviation as a national edge and racket.
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Bugs" Baer
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