Congress Holds Dangerous Trump Card In The Budget Power
George Stimpson argues Congress may reclaim its purse string authority to withhold funding from executive and judicial workers. He cites the Dies committee test case and notes the potential for a veto over salaries, with risks of unchecked action and constitutional questions. The piece questions whether either house would pursue such a veto against two FCC employees deemed unfit.
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Congress
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Department of Government
Legislative Branch
Executive
Judiciary
Martin Dies
Dies
Appropriations
Mittee
Federal Communications Commission
Battle Over Cotton Policy Faces War Production Pressure
Agriculture planners propose cutting 1944 cotton acreage to about 19 million acres to free land for peanuts and other foods. Civilian cotton goods use might fall to 60 to 76 percent of current levels as War Food Administration sets farm goals. The National Cotton Council defends cotton as a key war crop supplying food, feed and fiber.
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Agriculture Department
National Cotton Council of America
America
Chester Davis
Goebbels and Axis Propaganda on the Coal Strike
William L. Shirer analyzes Goebbels propaganda during the U S coal strike of May and Axis efforts to undermine Allied morale. He notes Berlin Rome and Tokyo spin claims of American disunity and warns that home front confidence appears eroded as Allied victories loom.
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Axis
William L. Shirer
Berlin
Goebbels
Europe
Herr Doktor
United States
Rome
Roosevelt
Build the Peace with Materials of the Spirit
Dr. Ben H. Peterson argues postwar peace must rest on nonmaterial foundations. He contrasts Wilsons blueprint with a democracy built on faith in the Eternal, urging devotion to justice for all and rejecting mere materialism as the basis for lasting peace.
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Ben H. Peterson
Coe College
St. Nazaire
Wilson
Eddie Rickenbacker
Allied Supreme Test Coming to European Fortress
Col Palmer argues the Tunisian victory accelerates the mid Mediterranean corridor to Russia and enables a new European front. He warns fence sitters in Europe and notes Franco’s stance shifting as Axis morale falters. The piece stresses overwhelming air power aiding ground forces and questions Hitler’s air strategy as Allied strength builds.
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New York
mid-Mediterranean
Russia
Cape of Good Hope
Europe
Africa
Death by own action corner notes in World War II
The piece recalls Hitler’s tactical traps in Tunisia and Stalingrad. It cites Rommel and von Arnim’s forces pressed toward the sea in Tunisia while a Caucasus siege stalls near Novorossiysk. It highlights the 200,000-strong Stalingrad army sacrificed to the Fuehrer’s intuition, with survivors becoming POWs.
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Omaha World-Herald
Marshal Rommel
von Arnim
Africa
Tunisia
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Russia
Cedar Rapids Wins Move of ORC Headquarters
Cedar Rapids secured a decisive victory in Pittsburgh to keep the Order of Railway Conductors head office. Delegates John M. Grimm E. E. Pinney and T. S. Metcalf represented the city at the biennial convention as the Avenue viaduct opened after $70 000 in construction costs with about $60 000 borne by four railroads. The Gazette criticized Third avenue island as a nuisance used for rubbish dumping. Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Southern Interurban plans a 500 foot Cedar River bridge on Fourth avenue using plate girders with no overhead construction.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids Commercial Club
O.R.C
Pittsburgh
John M. Grimm
E. E. Pinney
T. S. Metcalf
Avenue
the Gazette
May's Island
Third Avenue
Iowa City and Southern Interurban Company
Cedar River
Fourth Avenue
Shoe On Other Foot In Divorce Suit
An East wife sues for divorce alleging her husband handed his No 17 coupon to another woman. The paragraphers note the shoe is on the other foot in this moral tale.
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Omaha World-Herald
East
War talk and ration jokes from wartime notes
A letter from Bill Fleming of Stoyestown Pennsylvania asks where De Gaulle is fighting. The writer jokes that De Gaulle is okay and remarks on serving while waiting for a ration book. The piece teases wartime confusion and misdirection with wordplay and light satire.
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Bill Fleming
Stoyestown
Pennsylvania
de Gaulle
Bill
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