Infantry Shortage Hinders European Invasion Strategy
In a wartime critique, Lt. Gen. McNair notes an army of 7.5 million with infantry under 1.5 million, stressing infantry and field artillery must deliver the final blow in Europe. The piece questions overreliance on air power, cites Cassino and Berlin bombing limits, and argues ground forces must be expanded to avoid protracted trench warfare.
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Vvaserigton Sarretmes
McNair
Roosevelt
R.A.F
London
Berlin
Europe
Ypres
Pity for starving children echoes in Robert Quillen piece
A reflective column recalls a 3 year old’s hunger related plea and a Red Cross hunger scene in France. It argues pity grows with age, urges action over passive carelessness, and notes broader social critiques on war, religion, officials, and civilization.
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Red Cross
France
Diogenes on balancing proximity and instruction
A pithy aphorism suggests a balance between closeness and distance in leadership. It warns against micromanagement and neglect, using the metaphor of fire to imply warmth and danger.
Singer from the Hills Praises Jesse Stuart Works
George Matthew Adams reviews Jesse Stuart praising his Kentucky hill country voice. He lauds Man with a Bull Tongue Plow Beyond Dark Hills and Taps for Private Tussie as American classics noting Stella’s dog book Mongrel Mettle adds to Stuart’s varied oeuvre. He calls Stuart a rare singer from the hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Brooke
Canada
Christopher Morley
Jesse Stuart
Kentucky Hills
Hudson
Pampas
Kentucky
Prophecy on Victory and Rights by Churchill and Wallace
Churchill warns against predicting victory conditions, asserting that victory will come. Wallace stresses three rights for all men including protection from fear for minorities, right to earn a living, and right to live in good surroundings.
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Winston Churchill
Henry A. Wallace
Income tax geared to promote balanced spending ideas
The article outlines aPost war plan where income tax policy nudges private spending. It suggests special allowances for home building and business expansion when income falls, plus extra taxes during booms to slow spending. It also proposes automatic tax rate adjustments tied to income changes and RFC loan policies to curb or stimulate credit.
Direct Government Leadership To Guide Spending
The writer argues great spenders are large firms that expand beyond long term needs and idle plants. A wise government should direct planning, link utilities and railroads to backlogs, encourage prudent bond cashing, and reduce nonessential gross expenditures while preserving sensible taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Secret Inquiry Reveals Loafing in War Plant Work
Senate Military Affairs Committee hears shocking testimony on labor hoarding and widespread loafing in war plants. Witnesses describe unassigned welders, idle crews, and managers who dismiss speeding production as demoralizing. WSA and Bethlehem subcontractors cited for double pay and wasted dock time.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Pearson
H. R. Gibson
Mobile
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Gibson
Giblson
WSA
Finck
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Company
Mind Reading By Wiggam On Wives And Safe Driving
Dr. Albert B. Wiggam discusses wives overdoing self sacrifice and its effects on husbands. He cites psychologist Alva R. Lauer on safe driving being shaped by emotions and attitudes as well as skill, and notes Freud’s view on digging into childhood to understand behavior.
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Alva R. Lauer
Iowa State College
Lauer
Disarmament and Decentralization for Germany Postwar Policy
Lord Vansittart argues for total and permanent German disarmament and major decentralization to break Prussian power, plus a program of reform or reeducation led by Allied supervision. He warns the third cataclysm looms if postwar Europe repeats past errors and stresses preventive measures for lasting peace.
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Robert Vansittart
Europe
ONDON
NEA
Germany
Prussia
Brandenburg
Pomerania
Rhineland
Westphalia
Hanover
Hesse
Schleswig-Holstein
Bavaria
Baden
Wurttemberg
Saxony
Britain
United States
Olive Doc Brady Recommends Plain Wheat Diet For Health
Dr Brady extols heavy daily work on a diet of plain wheat ground at home and flax tea as a milk substitute. He contrasts black rye bread and Russian grain shortages with wheat's nutritional value and urges reintroducing plain wheat to improve vitality.
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Ol’ Doc Brady
Unilateral treaties and a quirky critique of the charter
The author defines a unilateral treaty as a one sided contract where a promise meets an act. He satirically notes Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin gathering to discuss the Atlantic charter. He jokes about finding the last man with the gold fountain pen and advises Roosevelt and Churchill to bring a red apple to Joe, whom he views as a teacher figure.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Churchills
Joe
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Michigan
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Harry Finck
War Shipping Administration
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Bethlehem Steel Company
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WAC
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