Truman Backed Plan for Mandatory Military Training Debate Grows
The editorial attacks President Truman for endorsing a war department plan that would require all high school graduates to spend a year in a military camp between ages 18 and 24. It argues the policy undermines higher education, risks a military caste, and ignores long term shortages of doctors and scientists. It critiques the presidents’ defense of compulsory training as undemocratic and notes potential overlap with civilian education systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Truman
War Department
Congress
Ignorance of International Law and War Crimes
The piece argues that international law exists via treaties and widely accepted customs, not codified statutes. It asserts that Nazi leaders and all who aided them are guilty of war crimes, regardless of ignorance, and defends trials by conquerors as legitimate. It closes with corrective editorial notes and garbled remnants.
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League of Nations
Germany
Sseilaerense
Hitler
Cye
Pentagon
Navy
Sen. O’daniel
Texas
Sen. Wheeler
Montana
Explore Your Mind: Do College, Women Detectives, Death Imagery
Dr. Wiggam notes that a 1939 Minnesota study found grads and non grads share similar tastes and civic patterns. He cites detectives claiming women talk too much while acknowledging some female spies. He reflects on recurring thoughts of death after funeral imagery and children fearing punishment.
Out of the Past Politics Quotation
A short, reflective quote by Edouard Herriot likening politics to a race horse and a jockey who must learn to fall with minimal damage. The saying emphasizes maneuvering and resilience in political life.
Bugs Baer Cartoon Satire on Sugar Loot and Home Shortage
A Bugs Baer cartoon commentary pokes fun at a Java sugar stash contrasted with a household granary. The narrator vows to thwart pro rata schemes and imagines a bushido sword to slash a ham and eggs dish, only to lament its absence. The piece ends with a humorous note about a barber-like butcher with a hidden mustache.
Schacht Reveals Inside View of Nazi State and Finances
The article cites Dr. Schacht as the sole high German with an intelligent view of Nazi leadership. It notes his claims that Hitler inflated debt from 8 billion to 450 billion marks and that Nazi rule rested on crushing reason. It concludes with two lessons on dangerous power and the limits of deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Schacht
Atomic energy and national security at a crossroads
George E. Sokolski argues that atomic energy reshapes national security and self defense. He warns against premature legislation before understanding consequences and notes missiles and directed power could centralize control, challenging small and large nations alike.
Alkaline diets and meatless myths challenged by doctor
Dr Wm Brady warns against juice and alkaline ash regimens that exclude protein. He argues eggs milk and cheese provide essential amino acids and that meatless plans offer no advantage. He cites nutrition texts and cautions against fad diet charlatans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Collum
Rose
Sherman
Dusty whole wheat for rabbits and vitamin B loss
Reader asks if boiling dusty whole wheat harms vitamin B for rabbits. Advice says wash wheat under running water in a colander and notes cooking wheat destroys some B vitamins. The column then lists foods contributing to an acid ash system: egg, meat, fish, and white bread.
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R. R
W. A
Byrnes Cleanup of State Department Aids Japan
Washington notes better progress in Japan after Dean Acheson’s crackdown on the Far Eastern division. John Carter Vincent replaces Dooman and Ballantine, aiding Gen. MacArthur, while McCloy ensures continued cooperation. Also critiqued are military favoritism and the pending transfer of Robert Stripling amid postwar reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
State Department
Japan
Far Eastern
Eugene Dooman
Joseph Ballantine
Far East
Vincent
Gen. MacArthur
McCloy
Marshall
Robert Stripling
Dies Committee
Tokyo
Stripling
Washington
San Antonio
Reformers Dissent and NYC Mayoral Race Shapes Roosevelt Sayings
Raymond Moley analyzes how Mrs. Roosevelt backs the Tammany mayoral candidate while her late husband Edwin Roosevelt diverged, noting a shift in Roosevelts theory between 1941 and 1945 as La Guardia fields a third candidate. The piece weighs reformer split, party realignments, and potential outcomes in New York City politics.
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New York City
Roosevelt
Gen. MacArthur
Asia
House of Representatives
Senate of the
United States
Alli
The Toothpick Debate and Dr Ball in Society
A humorous column riffs on Dr Edward L Ball of Cincinnati proposing toothpicks be a normal social accessory. It playfully questions discreet use, dinner table placement, and etiquette, imagining universal toothpick etiquette and potential alternatives like matches or pocket knives.
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Edward L. Ball
Cincinnati
Oklahoma Dental Society
Dr. Ball
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