Tax Load and Wartime Budgets Across Britain and U S
Analysis compares Britain's 1944 45 budget with no tax increases to U S federal plans. It notes higher tax shares of national income in both countries, with Britain easing excess profits taxes for postwar needs and the United States relying more on income and corporate taxes amid rising national debt and war costs.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
America
United Kingdom
Rpm
Federal Treasury
Loyalty and betrayal across history and home life
A reflective letter discusses how disloyalty harms trust from Judas to a betraying spouse. It notes loyalty in children, friends, and husbands, contrasts public shame with private hurt, and mentions wartime propaganda, leadership, and American ideals amid a broader riff on courage and hypocrisy.
Out of the Past Confidence in Another's Virtue Quoted
The line notes Montaigne's paradox that trusting another's virtue is weak evidence of self virtue. It reflects skeptical self-assessment and mirrors classical ethical reflection with concise, quotable phrasing.
The Enjoyment of Beauty by George Matthew Adams
This essay explores how individuals differ in perceiving beauty and how beauty awakens senses, emotion, and spirituality. It argues beauty’s appeal is universal yet deeply personal, linking early human instincts to refined aesthetic pleasure across cultures and ages.
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Aname
Forge
Liege
Meag
Vachel Lindsay
Invasion Concern Cited by British Home Force Chief
Field Marshal Lord Ironside warns that during the anticipated great invasion the Germans may attempt a landing in the country. The note emphasizes wartime preparations and food production guidance from leaders including Edward O'Neal and the American Farm Bureau Federation urging maximum canning and drying of vegetables before next year's harvest.
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Tate Bay St Cap
Lord Ironside
Home Force
Edward. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Air Offensive Yet To Prove Its Full Strength
Marquis Ww. Childs assesses the evolving role and effectiveness of air power in World War II. He notes early doubts, the shift of emphasis with invasions, and the need to gauge air strength against the war’s changing demands, signaling a later appraisal of current air power.
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Marquis Ww. Childs
Pacific
Japan
Googe Serry
England
Europe
Germany
Royal
Air Force
Teheran
Hurley Pushes Four Freedoms Plan for Near East
General Hurley, former War Secretary, drafts a 30 page memo proposing United States economic missions in the Near East to develop Iran Iraq Arabia and Syria. He argues for U S ambassadors with military rank to counter British and Soviet influence and to promote the Four Freedoms. The plan draws mixed reactions in the State Department and from President Roosevelt, who asks further talks.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Teheran
Withy
Churchill
Stalin
Pat
Hurley
Near and
Middle East
United States
Iran
Iraq
Arabia
Syria
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Sendea Corps
Near East
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Avorld
Sinclair Oil
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Arabia Desert
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Jim Landis
Cairo
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Wallace
Murray
Hull
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Stettinius
Hunley
Wallace Murray
Eugene Rostow
Rostow
Achesone
Sree
e-Acheson
Gen. Hurley
Avas
United States ‘Army
Eel Hurley
Ives Hans Tye
Secret US firm runs covert press cinema network
Washington reports that a secret U S government corporation named Prenciaradio Inc is using broad powers to produce broadcast publish and distribute media from Montevideo Uruguay and other sites It operates long wave stations in Montevideo and finances movie making in Mexico through loans and training while denying public disclosure of its acts and board members Rockefeller linked coordinators offices in New York flag the project as a veiled operation under public law and security provisions
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Washington
United States
Prenciaradio, Inc
Delaware
Wilmington
Alfred, Jervis
H. Herman
W. T.,cunningham
inter-American J.affairs
Nelson Rockefeller
Americas
Montevideo
Uruguay
Prencingadio
Sociedad de, Responsibilidad Limitada
inter-American Affairs
Federal Communications, Commission
FCC
Prenciaradio
Roberto
Fontaina
Dardo Regules
Senor Regules
House of ‘Representatives
Senor Fontanna
Rockefeller Center
New York
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Gwo
Mexico
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Prencinradio Corporation
Oecord
Prencinradio
Tag Steisey
Capitol
Effies
Arencinradio
Congress
OCIAA
Appropriations Committee
Bricker Fights For Dewey Nomination On First Ballot
The Ohio governor John Bricker campaigns across Texas and Louisiana en route to the Governors Conference as Bricker managers seek to prevent a Dewey first ballot victory. West Virginia and Illinois delegates shift, with Bricker claiming support in nine WV delegates while some at large delegates lean Dewey.
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John
Bricker
Ohio
G.Q.P
Texas
Louisiana
Hershey
New Yorker
Dewey
Wendell L.willkie
Willkie
Leyve
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
West
iVirginia
Ieginia
West Virginia
Bricker aims to win Texas delegates at convention
The Texas delegation favors Bricker after his Washington visit and strong showing in Wisconsin. McLean, a major Republican fundraiser from San Antonio, supports Bricker and predicts many Texas delegates will back him. The more conservative wing may prefer Bricker, while some Dewey backers push for Bricker as vice president candidate.
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Bricker
Marrs
MaLean
San Antonio
Texas
McLean
Lane
Star State
Washington Bricker
Ohio
Gover
Wisconsin
Dewey
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Shanghan
New ‘York
Warren
Delinquency study and the struggle for living
Dr A E Wiggam discusses life’s struggle for basic needs and how psychologists predict which boys may become delinquent. He cites a test selecting the best and worst of 100,000 youths from inner dreams and habits, claiming near total accuracy in identifying likely delinquents.
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Bae Dd Ei Tae
Mahatma Gandhi and sit-down protests in India described
The text discusses Mahatma Gandhi and passive resistance, labeling a sit-down strike as the comfortable riot. It notes Gandhi’s frail condition, his removal from jail, and the implied eviction rather than release, amid reviews of the Indian political unrest.
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Mahatma
Lee Ui
Svas
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