Freedom of Information Faces Big Test in Allied World
The piece argues that free access to news is crucial for peace and warns that government suppression of information leads toward dictatorship. It notes efforts by French press reform, AP and UPI leaders urging information freedom, and calls for inclusion in a new world order to prevent war.
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Santon Feeeeon
Roosevelt
Congress of the
United States
Coun- Lawrence
France
French
de Gaullist
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Hugh Baillie
United Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Congress
Department of State
League of Nations
League
Those Who Have Power Use It to Protect Selfish Interests
Robert Quillen argues that power protects selfish interests and that postwar welfare depends on voters. He notes southern votes were predictable while urban wins came from workers. The piece warns of war boom fading, national bankruptcy, and two job sources: private enterprise and government.
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Universal National
Russia
Those Difficult Tasks in Daily Life
The piece argues that hard tasks are not only physical labor but also chores one dislikes. Love for the work fuels persistence. great achievements by Edison, Ford, and writers stem from inner passion. The hardest tasks require heart and commitment, while tasks done without love fail.
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Edison
Ford
Rowan
Elbert Hubbard
Garcia
Out of the Past Quote on Truth and Failure
A maxim by Farrar asserts that the sole life failure is not living up to one’s best knowledge. The message emphasizes staying true to personal ideals and integrity in all endeavors.
Debt Lumps and Laughs From Bugs Beer
A satirical note from Arthur Bugs Beer jokes about political debts and foreign loans. He quips about Africa and Ubangi women returning toothbrushes, then muses on lumping old and new debts and electing officers, ending with a playful ultimatum to “lump it.”
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Washington
Committee On Foreign Loans
Hopkins Delays Big Three Meet Over Iran Balkans and Russia
Washington dispatch notes Harry Hopkins helped push postponement of Roosevelt's proposed Big Three conference with Churchill and Stalin. Stalin's reluctance to travel, wartime roadblocks, and ongoing British Russian tensions shape the decision. Republican leaders in Washington hold a secret post mortem to plan for 1945 46 and 1948 campaigns while urging immediate fundraising and leadership changes.
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Ashington
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Russia
Teheran
Red
Alaska
Siberia
Britain
Balkans
Bulgaria
Romania
Iran
Moscow
U. S
House
Joe Martin
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Charlie Halleck
Indiana
Washington
World air conference politics and the Pan Am clash
At Chicago the World Principles meeting devolved into a power struggle over postwar air control. Pan American and American Airlines jockey for access, while Britain seeks parity and new large transport planes amid Russia’s withdrawal. The talks reveal business factors behind ideals, with dominant U S control challenged yet intact.
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Tion
Pan Am
Chicago
International Air Board
Wulud
Britain
United States
American Airlines
Berle
Freedom of Air
Pan American
Pan-Am
American
Bases Overseas by George Weller Examines Global War Bases
George Weller argues the United States must hold permanent bases around the world to project power and maintain peace. He cites wartime bases in Africa the Mediterranean Europe Iceland Greenland and Asia and urges action beyond Britain’s destroyer deals to avoid future ruinous wars.
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George Weller
Balkans
Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
Greece
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Solomons
New Guinea
United States
Harcourt, Brace and Co
Weller
Africa
Mediterranean
European
Iceland
Greenland
South and
Central America
China
Burma
India
South Pacific
Middle East
Britain
Washington
Leeway for Stettinius Enthusiasm Now
As secretary of state and Dumbarton Oaks chair, Edward R. Stettinius Jr. entertains foreign delegations in New York with a modernizing zeal. His bold plans for a strengthened foreign service face limits from President Truman and Hull era constraints, but his 15 months in office bolster his push for deeper U S engagement.
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Ashington
Dumbarton Oaks
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Stettinius
Sir Alexander Cadogan
British Foreign Office
Alex
Hull
Congress
Congressional Friends of War
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Chicago
Vitamin A Diet and Multiple Sclerosis Insight
A reader speculates milk avoidance since childhood may tie to MS onset. Dr. Brady cites Mellanby on high vitamin A diets in MS, noting early recovery in some cases and stable states in others. He suggests three 25 000 unit vitamin A capsules daily as a trial, with two months to judge effectiveness.
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Edward Mellanby
M. D
Oliver and Boyd
London
Mellanby
Common Respiratory Infections Education Request
A reader asks for an educational course on preventing common respiratory infections CRI. The writer credits an informal influence at home for illness resistance and notes skepticism from officials when CRI prevention is ridiculed.
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Doc Brady
S.M
Exploring Mind and Rivalry Across Genders
Dr. Albert E. Wiggam discusses why men often display stronger aggressive rivalry in big arenas like business and war while women may show intense social rivalry. He notes heredity environment shape sons and comments on newspapers reading habits with a humorous take.
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Black Sea
Poland
Europe
G.O.P
Halleck
Walleck
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Martin
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Cliff Hope
Kansas
Les Arends
Illinois
Tom Jenkins
Ohio
Tom Dewey
Wendell Willkie
National Committee
G.O.P. National Committee For Action and Approval
Pearson
Paul Mallon
Adolph Berle
Asia
Gibraltar
Malton
Chicago Daily News
Marquis W. Childs
Alexander Cadogan
Sumner Welles
State Department
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Childs
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