Japan No 1 Enemy Alongside Germany
The piece argues Roosevelt and Churchill shifted strategy to defeat Japan and Germany simultaneously. It notes appointing Wavell as viceroy of India and Auchinleck as Indian commander, with a new East Asia command under American consideration. It credits reopening the Mediterranean and anti U-boat gains for boosting shipping and enabling a four sided push toward Japan, China, and Burma.
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Washington
Japan
Wavell
India
Auchinleck
East Asia
London
David Lloyd George
Casablanca
Germany
China
mid-Pacific
South Pacific
United States
Aleutians
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Straits
Sicily
Air Power Eases War Said To Limit Allied Losses
Col. Frederick Palmer argues air power shortens Germany war with fewer casualties and supports mothers by keeping fathers alive. He cites underground German reports and compares American Flying Fortresses with Britain's Spitfires and Hurricanes as the allied war’s best friends to mothers.
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United States
Flying Fortress
Britain
Fear and faith guide victory over war time fears
A reader cites experience with fear as a misdirected energy tamed by redirecting thoughts to God and love. The piece argues fear is a servant not master and links fear with religion, awe, and wisdom, urging reverence for divine purpose as the cure. It discusses Allied air power and Germany's war capacity and notes Russia benefits from bomber campaigns.
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Chanaler
Kentucky
Britain
Japan
Hitler
Hirohito
America
Germany
God
Jesus
Oan
Measuring Cost of Living Through Bureau Data and Prices
Debates on rising food costs spark questions about how the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and averages prices across 56 cities. It uses 28 stores plus 132 department outlets per city, with field agents collecting data on 400 price items, then compiles reports showing price trends over time.
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U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cedar Rapids
Penn Peoria
Springfield
Federal Civil Service
Bureau
Ers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Europe
United States
The
OPA
New York
An Idea to Move War Bonds Through World Tours
Robert Quillen suggests redirecting consumer money into government supervised world tours funded by bonds. He argues people fear redemption of large bonds and endorses using idle war assets to attract savings. The piece blends wartime thrift with a travel incentive to bolster bond sales and postwar planning.
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Brisbane
Out of The Past Belief in Self Through Ages
A concise aphorism reflecting on how men of all ages share a stubborn confidence in their own judgment. This reflection echoes Friedrich H. Jacobi's assertion that self-belief persists across generations and circumstances.
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Friedrich H. Jacobi
Quotes on governance from wartime leaders and thinkers
Excerpts feature Gov. Thomas E. Dewey criticizing the current domestic job, Sir William Beveridge lamenting meal avoidance over speeches, and Major Richard Attlee opposing dictatorship by any figure. These lines reflect public figures urging practical governance and caution against power abuses.
Simplicity and Frugality in Government Critique
The Houston Post argues for economy in government stressing that taxation funds official excess. It condemns lavish bureacracy and warns workers labelled Jones may accept demagoguery, urging a Jeffersonian return to simple frugal governance.
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Houston Post
Binghamton
Jones
Thomas Jefferson
Willkie Moves to Campaign North as Nomination Questions Rise
The piece notes Wendell Willkie plans a broad five month tour north of the Mason-Dixon line as he weighs a 1944 presidential bid. It also discusses Dewey MacArthur prospects, and France’s De Gaulle amid Allied diplomacy and Communist reactions.
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Tashington
Wendell Willkie
Oberlin
Mason-Dixon Line
Stassen
Minnesota
Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Willkie
General MacArthur
General de Gaulle
Red Underground
France
London
Moscow
de Gaulle
Reenactor Trudges from Newmarket Toward London After Derby
By Henry McLemore the roving correspondent details a punishing trek from Newmarket toward London after attending the English Derby. He jokes about betting wrong on a lordly horse, surviving on gorse, and sharing gritty humour with a companion as they ponder highway hardship and the penalties of hunger.
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Newmarket
London
Dunkirk
Protein and carbohydrate in everyday diets expert views
Dr Wm Brady discusses protein sources and combinations in common foods. He notes peas and beans provide incomplete protein, while milk cheese eggs and lean meat supply complete protein, and nuts can substitute in some vegetarian patterns. He emphasizes the role of bread and cereals needing complete protein, and that meat is not the sole protein source. He also praises carbohydrate for calories and argues for more bicycles as healthy transport.
Suggestions to a Hawaiian Judge on a Pearl Harbor Spy
A writer proposes severe punishments for the Pearl Harbor spy, arguing 50 years is too little and detailing grim, punitive ideas. He compares the spy unfavorably to Mata Hari and fantasizes about harsh, sensory punishments and meals based on a mocked diet.
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Pearl Harbor
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