Facts and Opinion on Washingtons Cabinet System of Government
George Stimpson argues that rapid changes in executive agencies reflect shifting public opinion. He notes the growth of a wartime cabinet system bypassing regular ministers and that democracy allows flexibility yet remains slow. He cites figures like Byrnes Henderson Wickard Jones and Ickes as context.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Leon Henderson
Chester Davis
Claude Wickard
Jesse Jones
Harold Ickes
Invasion Talk and War Plans Move in 1943
North Africa air fleets spurring speculation of Sicily Sardinia or Crete action soon. Army aims 2,700,000 abroad by January 1943 with 130,000 monthly moves and separate Asiatic European plans for rapid force shifting if Germany Italy collapse.
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Europe
Sicily
Sardinia
Crete
North Africa
Mediterranean Sea
WAAC
Africa
Italy
Germany
Japan
Alaska
South America
Defense Transportation Eyes Priority Rail Seats
The Office of Defense Transportation aims to set rail travel on a priorities basis similar to airplanes but finds rationing unreachable for the foreseeable future. Rail volume is so high no workable plan exists. ADV will act only if transport jams worsen significantly.
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Office of Defense Transportation
ADV
Invasion of Pantelleria Ushers a Wider Mediterranean Front
Col Frederick Palmer argues Pantelleria’s capture clears the way for Allied transports through Mediterranean narrows, enabling a broader second front from Britain and a rapid strike toward Italy, with islands like Sardinia Corsica and Crete as necessary outworks before invading the European mainland. The U S forces in Britain have doubled and bomber raids target French coast fortifications as the Channel crossing becomes the focal next step.
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Phe
Pantelleria
Europe
Mediterranean
Russia
India
Sardinia
Corsica
Italy
Dwight D. Esenhowers
North Africa
Britain
English Channel
French
Like a World in Need Brazils Abundant Drug Stores
The article notes Brazil’s numerous drug stores per town and widespread advertising of elixirs and cures. Posters fill walls with malaria cures and worm remedies, and small stickers advertise tonics in hotels, cafes, and public spaces, illustrating a prevalent culture of patent medicines.
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Pan American Magazine
Weight of Messrs in letters draws ink savings debate
A Times letter reply notes that writing Messrs 34 times costs a small amount of ink and weight. An inkpot would yield 5,642 dips, roughly two ounces. To save one ton of ink would require writing the word over 3.4 billion times.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
London Times
the Times
General Smedley Butler Tastes Wartime Soup Dish Water
An anecdote recalls General Smedley Butler inspecting army soup while in command at Camp Pontenazen France. He ordered a taste and spat it out, exclaiming that the improvised meal was not soup but dish water, prompting the soldier to admit the truth.
Underground Press in Europe Reliant on Britain and U S News
The piece notes 500 underground publications in Europe rely on BBC and American radio for foreign news. It details German suppression including fake papers, Warsaw’s Nowy Kurier Warszawski and other papers in France Poland Norway Denmark and the Netherlands. It highlights risks to editors printers and readers and cites major titles and circulation insights.
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Europe
Britain
U. S
William L. Shirer
Berlin
Kuryr
Courier
Svoboda
Liberty
Norway
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
British Broadcasting Corporation
Warsaw
Gestapo
France
Belgium
Pome
BBC
Lipa
Szpilka
The
Pin
Det Frie Norge
Oslo
Tidens Tegn
Denmark
Dansk Tidende
Frit Denmark
Free
de Frie Danske
Free Danes
Vort Land Og Folk
Our Country and People
Vrij Nederland
Netherlands
Notable political, transport, and civic notes from Cedar Rapids
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw visited Cedar Rapids en route to Mt Vernon for daughter Enid’s Cornell College graduation. Senator William B Allison also traveled to Iowa City for University of Iowa commencement. A Rock Island Pullman sleeper was attached to the 9 30 train to Chicago. Williams and Hunting plant strike settled by striker group. Commercial club credited. Linn county Democrats met at Marion to pick delegates. Charles D Huston temporary chairman Theodore Schauwecker secretary.
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the Treasury
Leslie M Shaw
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mt Vernon
Enid
Cornell College
United States
William B Allison
University of Iowa
City
Rock Island
Chicago
Williams and Hunting
Commercial Club
Linn County
Marion
Des Moines
Charles D. Huston
Theodore Schauwecker
Old Rule Revived in Boston Daily Globe Phrase
The Boston Daily Globe notes a revival of the old New England saying about deals being settled before others, reflecting a local precedent that favors quick, decisive settlements in disputes.
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Boston Daily Globe
New England
Rearrangement of Europe as Key to World Peace
In this essay by Edgar Ansel Mowrer, prominent figures argue over Europe’s postwar fate. Lippmann warns Poland and the Danubian states to seek neutralized roles, while Strasburger pushes federations dividing the continent. Benes favors a Polish Czech confederation. Culbertson’s federations clash with Dutch caution as France clings to the League. The piece stresses a united Europe as essential to global peace and warns against German domination.
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de Gaulle
France
Giraud
Walter Lippmann
Poland
Danubian
Balkans
Henryk Strasburger
Danzig
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Europe
State Department
Luce Tower
Britain
Russia
Netherlands
Ely Culbertson
Netherland
Loudon
League of Nations
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Clip Johns Eyebrows If John L Lewis Acts Tough
A humorous column suggests clipping John L. Lewis eyebrows to soften his tough image and imagines a barber slashing through the eyebrow underbrush to the New Jersey side. The piece ends with a quip about lather for a 1944 Republican campaign platform.
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New Jersey
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Byrnes
Bernard M. Baruch
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NEA Service, Inc
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Stalin
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Franc Tireur
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le Populaire
L’humanite
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la Voix de Paris
Quatrieme Republique
Bir Hacheim
Czechoslovakia
V Boj
Our Struggle
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Information Service of the National Liberation Move
Prague
Josef Skalda
Holland
William Shirer
Linn Demos
By Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Ihee
Winston Churchill
Benes
Sikorski
Hungary
Soviet
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Soviets
Liberer Et Federer
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United Nations
Neutrals
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Bugs" Baer
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