Byrnes to Assume Role of Peacemaker in War Agencies
The article discusses President Roosevelt's creation of a new Office of War Mobilization styled as a super-board to coordinate rival war agencies. Jimmy Byrnes takes the lead with a cabinet of advisers including Hopkins and Nelson to shape policy, while Congress critics caution about centralized power and the need for effective oversight.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
Donald Nelson
Washington
Jimmy Byrnes
Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
Secretary of the Navy
Judge Vinson
Mr. Byrnes
Secretaries of War and Navy
War Production Board
Senate
Vinson
Ways and Means Committee
House
Insincerity and Freedom in Modern Life
A Charleston era column reflecting on the danger of insincerity and social masks in everyday life. The writer compares the slave to public opinion, the cure of truth setting one free, and cites political and social cautions about authority, discipline, and wartime policy with aphorisms from observers and public figures.
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Louise
Dad
Noted aphorism on learning by Lydia Sigourney
A quote from Lydia H. Sigourney contrasts essential learning with decorative knowledge. It frames the proper sequence as: necessary first, useful second, ornamental third, likening reversed order to building a structure from the top down.
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Lydia H. Sigourney
TJOW THE Other Half Lives Revisited In Wartime Upset
Dr. Newton reflects on wartime dislocations revealing class and national contrasts. He compares prewar social insight from Jacob Riis to postwar awareness across nations and religions, noting shifts in women workers and a call for greater understanding and civic planning.
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Chile
United Nations
England
W. L. George
Complete Agreement Reached on Future War Operations
The conference of the combined staffs in Washington has ended in complete agreement on future operations in all theaters of the war. President Roosevelt endorsed the consensus. Hard Fight Ahead Grew warns we have barely scratched the potential power of the Japanese and must intensify efforts.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Morgenthau Presses for Sixteen Billion Tax Demand
The Treasury Secretary reiterates a demand for sixteen billion dollars in taxes. He emphasizes the government's need to fund wartime measures and sustain fiscal stability amid economic strain.
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Major Causes of Absenteeism at War Plants
A company study ranks sickness as 17.7 percent of absences, with hangovers 12.2 percent and a 10.7 percent “just wanted a day off.” Other factors include personal business 7.3 percent and bad weather 7.1 percent. Management urges moderation and morale strategies.
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Ripley
Incentive Pay and Inflation Impacts from War Production
The piece explains how incentive pay helped mobilize war production and fed inflation in the early war years. It notes the dollar’s reduced value, the need to protect assets in insurance and bonds, and urges citizens to follow rationing rules and avoid racketeers selling scarce goods at inflated prices.
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Milwaukee Journal
America
Brown
Diagnosing Germanys Ailment Paranoia as National Disease
Edger Ansel Mowrer Brickner argues Germany suffers a national paranoia. He cites megalo mania self pity and particularity and urges unconditional surrender disarmament and long moral and economic reconstruction under international oversight to avert further war. The piece frames a harsh therapeutic plan for postwar Germany.
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America
Rudolf Kircher
Germany
Adolf
S. S
Seadrome plan gains credibility and backing from industry
Pennsylvania Central Airlines outlines a postwar seadrome network with 800 mile spans and 64 000 ton steel floating bases to extend all weather transatlantic hops. Edward R Armstrong of Philadelphia, with Sun Shipbuilding and other major firms, will build the dromes and bases to boost payloads and reduce takeoff fuel, creating safe intermediate refueling hubs with hotel facilities.
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Tashington
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Edward R. Armstrong
Philadelphia
C. Bedell Monro
Pennsylvania Central
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States Steel
Wirth Steel Company
Belmont Iron Works
John A. Roebling Company
England
Monro
How an American Should Act Upon Return From England
Henry McLemore observes American soldiers in England adopting British manners and offers a planned pamphlet for soldiers returning home. The piece lists humorous yet practical cautions about language, habits, etiquette, and attitudes to preserve American identity after wartime overseas exposure.
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Don Bien
England
America
Pigeon Run
Dr Brady on gout rabies and male puberty notes
The piece questions the modernity of gout and rabies diagnoses while arguing against relying on chemical tests. It reflects on lifestyle factors, medical caution after wounds, and traditional remedies for testicular descent in boys, noting possible hormone injections or natural descent around age 13.
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C.H.M
All-Out Effort Notes Echoed In Food Conference Jumble
Fragmentary reminiscence cites Bugs and a food conference as an all-out effort. Mentions reduced east driving, potato shortages, and dust storms in a sugar bowl with race track mob activity on Long Island. No clear factual event or dates emerge.
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Washington
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Dr. Newton
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Tunisia
South Pacific
Hitler
Hirohito
Mussolini
Tsropski
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