Keep Your Eye on China and Russia
In this analysis David Lawrence warns Americans against overoptimism about ending the war in 1943. He argues the Pacific campaign requires realism, stressing the need to aid Russia and China, while noting Britain’s failures in Burma and Rangoon, and the continued dependence on air sea and land power for overall victory. He cautions that 1942 errors persist into a long, hard war.
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China
Russia
Hitler
Hirohito
Unwritten History by Robert Quillen sketches wartime scarcity
A satirical look at how leaders might fix depressions by restricting production and spending borrowed money, then shifts to war preparations. It argues for boosting planting, processing, and storage to avert famine, criticizing ideologies and urging resolve and vigilance.
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Hitler
Germany
Let Them Live Their Own Lives Our Social Duty
In this essay by Joseph Fort Newton the author defends personal liberty and laments meddling by family and friends. He cites Bernard Shaw and Robert Louis Stevenson to illustrate how well meant advice becomes egotism. The piece urges adults to stop policing others and to focus on their own affairs and example.
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Bernard Shaw
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis
Antidotes to Snobbery and Vengeance Quotes
A quotation pair on social snobbery and retaliation. James A. Farley asserts mothers counteract snobbery while Edward R. Brooks quotes advise avenging a friend rather than mourning.
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James A. Farley
Edward R. Brooks
Trade Agreements Act Seen as Tariff Cutting Device
The author argues the Trade Agreements Act has become a tool to reduce tariffs without congressional action. It criticizes reliance on rhetoric over real policy, notes discretionary power given to the state department, and questions true reciprocity under unconditional most favored nation rules. Extension of the act for two years is viewed as an administration victory amid broader postwar debates.
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English Channel
Norway
Mr. Churchill
Germany
Russia
Murmansk
Washington
Congress
State Department
House
Senate
Hull
Axis
Talks With Kremlin Joe Shape War and Peace Policy
Edgar Ansel Mowrer argues for a real United Nations council and direct talks between the Big Four leaders to align war and peace strategy. He urges the President to assure Stalin of U.S. support, discuss the Pacific, and signal public satisfaction after a Stalin meeting.
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United Nations Council
Joe Davies
Joseph Stalin
White House
Franklin
Kremlin
Joe
Japan
Stalin
Siberia
Pacific
Peach Prices in London Stir Fort Valley Echoes
By Henry McLemore, the writer recalls Georgia peaches and Fortnum and Mason's London prices. He notes $1.75 to $4 per peach, a $9.25 melon, and a lavish fruit-buying scene while reflecting on youth and memory. The piece shifts to wartime strategy speculation, imagining Turkey's entry, Bulgaria, Thrace, and postwar diplomacy with Britain, the United States, and Stalin.
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Fort Valley
Fortnum and Mason
Piccadilly Circus
Fortnum and Mason’s
Clark
Starr, Frost and Gorham
New York
Youth as Mind State and Iodine Link to Aging
Dr Brady argues youth is a state of mind and links anhedonia and premature aging to iodine and mineral deficiencies. He notes teens and adults, especially women past 30, show symptoms from iodine, calcium, phosphorus, B vitamin, and vitamin D shortfalls. Correcting these may rejuvenate and extend vitality, with sea foods as key iodine sources. Canker sores advisory follows.
Wagner Dingell Social Security Plan Sparks Debate
A Wagner-Dingell style social security bill is criticized for mandating an $8 billion annual tax, split evenly between workers and employers, with broad benefits but fears of reduced job opportunities and inflation eroding value. The author disputes liberal claims and urges a shift to core wage, job security, price controls, and war-bond repayment as true security.
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Waron
American Federation of Labor
Coolidge
New Deal
Good Substitute for Gasoline By Bugs Baer
The humor piece riffs on unconventional power methods and rural life. A farmer, asparagus in the dark, wasp stings, and a witty jab at alternative motive power using a bicycle and a wasp pocket. The narrator exaggerates stings sending him flying with grindstones.
June But No Thaw in Detroit Weather Year
The Detroit News notes an odd year with June arriving yet no thaw. Meteorologists observe lingering cold, with extended frost risk and unusual polar air masses affecting city conditions. John Lewis is quoted commenting on the unusual pattern and potential impacts on local activities.
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Detroit News
John Lewis
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