Meeting Stresses National political action push
National issues dominate a Sunday night meeting at Memorial Coliseum hosted by the political action committee. About 150 attendees heard speeches from Edwin Schonfeld and Forrest Spaulding while local candidates endorsed include C. W. Meek for mayor and incumbents Burgus Benesh, Schreckengast, and Stastny for various posts.
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Memorial Coliseum
Political Action Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
C. W. Meek
Lou Burgus
Wes Benesh
Edwin J. Schonfeld
Chicago
Farm Equipment News
Forrest. B. Spaulding
Des Moines
The Perfect Law of Liberty Devotional Poem
Daily Lenten Devotional prepared by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America argues that law and liberty are inseparable. It discusses obedience as self-discipline and self dedication, sustaining freedom through just laws and virtuous living, and ends with a prayer for divine guidance and liberty.
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Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America
Faithful Adherence to Sacred Laws Emphasized in Prayer
A brief devotion echoes a vow of complete obedience to holy laws in the Master’s Name. The invocation ends with a solemn Amen.
Sweetheart of Hero Kelly Weds Another Sweetheart
Pittsburgh AP report notes Tech Sgt Charles E Kelly earned the Medal of Honor on the Italian front while his childhood sweetheart Mae Lucille Connelly, 18, wed merchant seaman Everett Poole a month earlier. Mae Lucille’s mother says Kelly remains unaware of the marriage.
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Pittsburgh
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Michael Connelly
Mae Lucille
Everett Poole
Chuckie
Americans British Advance in Burma
NEW DELHI AP British imperial forces occupied Buthidaung a key village 55 miles northwest of Akyab and 12 miles into Burma from the Indian border. Admiral Mountbatten said they drove forward Sunday and seized a Japanese strongpoint in Razabil. American and Chinese units push the Japanese from Hukawng valley toward Walawbum as they advance southward.
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New Delhi
Buthidaung
Akyab
Burma
Lord Lou Mountbatten
Monay
Razabil
Hukawng
Walawbum
Maggie's Drawers and the Range Flag Tradition
A wartime rifle range custom uses a red flag waved at a soldier who misses the tar get after five shots. The flag, called Maggie's Drawers, signals a poor score and often prompts a strong, corrective response or demand for a recount among peers. The piece hints at spirited range culture and its humorous by products.
No safe harbor found in corner frame chase tale
In the target frame the pit boys enjoy exposing misses, waving Maggie's drawers as a vain display, a scene that savors a cruel humor and keeps the target from getting credit for a hit. The text depicts a harsh spectacle where success is undermined by glee in failure.
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Maggie
Italian Leftists Demand King Victor Emmanuel Abdicate
In Naples Allied leaders will receive a resolution from three leftist parties calling for the abdication of King Victor Emmanuel and the creation of a democratic Italian government. A 7000 strong Neapolitan mass meeting adopted the plan by acclamation, urging purification of state administration starting with monarchists and their fascist collaborators.
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Naples
Victor Emanuel
Italian political meeting censors Allied leaders at protest
A meeting protesting Winston Churchill and Pietro Badoglio aimed to unite all parties for a democratic government. Allied authorities restricted remarks to avoid criticizing Allied leaders, restricting attacks to Italian figures only.
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Winston Churchill
Pietro Badoglio
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