Churchill and Roosevelt in White House Press Conference
George Stimpson recalls the Roosevelt Churchill joint press conference at the White House. About 175 people attended amid heat and smoke from Churchill’s cigar and Roosevelt’s cigarette. Churchill’s cautious, witty, well-informed answers contrasted with the President’s more cautious remarks.
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Churchill
George Stimpson
Gazette
Oval Room
White House
Winston Churchill
William Leahy
Jimmie Byrnes
Congress Eyes Federal Spending Wedges and Watchful Probes
Congress tightens scrutiny on nonwar appropriations as lawmakers seek to curb emergency fund use and sustain agencies unloved by votes. Hearings loom on Reconstruction Finance Corp and aircraft parts, with ties to milk subsidies and anti strike pushes shaping next week's agenda.
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Justice Department
War and Navy Departments
DDT
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
ICC
Chicago
Flag Etiquette Rules From a 1942 Joint Resolution
Clear guidance on displaying the American flag from sunrise to sunset, with exceptions for night displays, weather, and public ceremonies. Detailed positions for flags in processions, wall displays, halyards, and platforms, plus salutes, half mast procedures, and prohibitions on touching, draping, or hiding the flag. Includes pledge and anthem procedures.
Goebbels Urges US to Focus on Japs Over Europe
The article argues Nazi propaganda chief Goebbels advocates shifting American war effort from Europe to Asia. It details how Berlin and Rome back this line to stall a second front, warn Britain, and portray U.S. resolve as wavering while pressuring Congress and public opinion.
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Chandler
Bill Bullitt
Joseph Goebbels
Europe
Hitler
United States
Osten
Goebbels
Japan
Doktor
Propaganda Front
America
Pacific
Axis
Asia
Churchill
Congress
Berlin
England
Far East
Washington
Britain
Rome
Tokio
United Nations
Take Away Incentive and the Game Is Over
John Kieran argues against a $25,000 annual income cap, warning it would quash invention and private endowment that spurred U S economic growth. He notes private philanthropy funds libraries and museums, and links Pacific focus to war strategy while analyzing propaganda and leaflets in World War II.
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Churchill
Hitler
United States of America
United States
Uni
United Nations
Axis
Chandler
Europe
Tokio
Far East
Red Army
Asia
Japan
Dietmar
Germany
Washington
No Memorial Wreath for Tunisian Fighting French
Baer notes no memorial wreath will mark the Tunisian interment scene and recalls Giraud and De Gaulle resolving quarrels. He praises 300,000 Fighting French in Tunisia, harshly critiques Laval, and warns of treachery described as a rug on waxed floors.
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Giraud
de Gaulle
Laval
May floods hit Cedar Rapids and region in historic rainfall
The article notes Cedar Rapids endured one of the wettest May months with 6.11 inches of rain across 14 days and a record Cedar River high. Also reported are floods in Iowa Kansas Missouri, city waterworks trustees named, free daily mail delivery on a cedar avenue boulevard, and Cedar Rapids school district crowding on the West side with Taylor and Van Buren buildings at capacity as winter term nears.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Cedar River
Marion
Taylor and van Buren
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Midwest
Russia
Italy
Franker
The
Associated Press
Jesse Jones
Joint Committee On Reduction of
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hetruman
Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
Eudora
Kan
Truman
D-Mo
House
Pigeonhole
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Moscow
Comintern
Third International
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO
West Coast
Biddle
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
the Propaganda Front
U. S
William L. Shirer
Mussolini
William Shirer
John Kieran
Man
Bogey
Wilhelmstrasse
Tunisia
Joseph Grew
Appleton
Wis
Robert Sherwood
Kieran
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
C. B. Soutter
John T. Hamilton
L. J. Palda
Huston
City Waterworks
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