Why Roosevelt Should Not Travel for Big Three Meeting
A columnist argues the United States may fear risks of an overseas trip for President Roosevelt amid talk of a Stalin Churchill Roosevelt summit. Health concerns from Teheran, and the dangers of Mediterranean travel, prompt proposing Stark alternatives or a stand-in leadership for a Quebec or US meeting.
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Churchill
Middle East
Teheran
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Truman
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United States
Marshal Stalin
Quebec
Giauy
Tme
United States Chiefs of Staff
Mediterranean
History Repeats Itself In Follies Of Booms And War
Robert Quillen reflects on booms driven by speculation and the cyclic depressions that follow. He warns that unrestrained greed and easy credit trigger crashes, foresees recovery through prudent investment, and cautions against another reckless surge amid luxury goods. The column critiques censorship of propaganda and warns that selective tolerance and nationalistic excess threaten civilization.
Out of the Past
A reflective aphorism notes that great events spring from great ideas and that thought guides action, attributed to Bovee.
The Garden Benefactors We Often Overlook
In Today's Talk George Matthew Adams extols nature’s helpers such as birds starsling beetles and toads. He urges feeding birds year round and respecting wildlife for pest control pollination and garden protection, noting humans should learn about these benefactors and support them.
Cowboy Entertainer Wins Idaho Senate Seat
The piece recalls a bowlegged cowboy entertainer elected to Idaho senate on a reform ticket. It mocks his cello banjo past and jokes he will take the banjo to Washington with his fare paid and “live stock to water.” The tone is satirical about a musician turned politician.
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Idaho
Reform
Washington
Wilson Foresees Postwar Prices Without Sacrificing Jobs
Marquis W. Childs notes Charles E. Wilson of General Electric pledges reconversion products sold at prewar prices and argues high production can sustain take-home pay on a 40 hour week. Kaiser fears shipyard losses while Wilson urges continued job security and orderly postwar planning.
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Tashington
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Wilson
Atlanta
East
Henry J. Kaiser
Manent
Paratroop Harness Delays Dim Normandy Death Toll
Drew Pearson exposes army delays in supplying quick-release parachute harnesses in 1944. Gen Longfellow warned Washington nine months earlier that slow or missing harnesses would kill paratroopers. Orders surged but arrived too late to prevent many Normandy fatalities and German sniper deaths.
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U. S
Newton Longfellow
U. S. Eighth Air Force
England
Washington
Longfellow
War Department
Normandy
Anthony
Aan U
Arnhem
Weather and War Hints From Postwar Readjustment Notes
Amid war news Paul Mallon notes postwar readjustment pressures on businesses to cut prices and raise efficiency. Churchill’s six month Europe end estimate is discussed alongside troop drives toward the Saar and Antwerp recovery. Rockets and naval threats are dismissed. social reform plans and a higher minimum wage are tied to January congressional action.
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Aspngton
Doctor responds to treatment and vitamin B complex in heart case
A reader recounts a medical debate over heart care. The patient improves after high vitamin B complex dosing, while the writer questions the use of digitalis and credits a physician with expertise, contrasting opinions on garlic for high blood pressure.
F R Appointees Dominate Court Ahead of New Term
The piece reports on Supreme Court composition expectations under FDR with Roberts nearing 70 and Stone 72 amid New Deal influence. It notes dissent patterns, potential court squabbling, and Roosevelt’s expected further appointments including Cohen.
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George Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Harlan F. Stone
Justice Stone
Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Justice Roberts
Curtis D. Wilbur
Hoover
Court of Appeals
Evan A. Evard
Kimbrough Stone
Woodrow Wilson
Stone
Missouri
William J. “Gumshoe Bill” Stone
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Vitamin B and metabolism drive energy and weight control
Dr. Wm. Brady explains vitamin B complex as essential for carbohydrate metabolism fueling energy and ambition. He warns against viewing B shots as vitality fixes and urges recognizing B as the mechanism for using starches and sugars, influencing activity levels and weight.
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Poe
Jitie Fane
Eat drink and be merry and golden weddings seen
Q and A style piece by Dr. Albert E Wiggam discussing the meaning of the proverb Eat drink and be merry and the idea of moderation. It predicts more golden weddings as people live longer and notes statistics on longevity for married versus unmarried people and future fertility of marriages. It also includes an answer about a six year old reader with an IQ estimate and points to reading methods for poor readers.
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Louis Dublin
Dad
Mother
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