OWI Predictions Stir Debate on War's Timeline and 1944 Election
The piece links OWI and Churchill forecasts about prolonged conflict with the 1944 U.S. election, arguing the timing hints at political aims to bolster Roosevelt. It questions OWI neutrality and notes personnel ties to the 1944 campaign, suggesting potential influence on public opinion ahead of November.
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PV Asecron
OWI
Japan
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
White House
United States
Lawrence
America
Great Britain
Mr. Churchill
Roosevelt
Gov. Dewey
Dewey
Pacific
Office of War Information
Brotherhood Is Farce Where Fat Purse Scorns Empty One
A column by Robert Quillen blasts class prejudice and poverty as the true social fault. He argues wealth and education define inferiority and urges genuine equality beyond race, criticizing hypocrisy in Christianity and liberal talk. He cites poverty’s harm, the Good Samaritan parable, and critiques memory and leadership in current politics.
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Good Samaritan
Out of the Past quote on human behavior
A concise aphorism by TZona Gale notes that the world largely comprises people who act unlike their type, reflecting on human consistency and contradiction.
Crushing Germany's Industry Will Increase Allied Burdens
Washington officials and Congress show cautious opposition to dismemberment plans for Germany. The debate centers on keeping Germany economically self sustaining with limited industry and demilitarization, or dividing and displacing its population, with possible Allied occupation costs and a need for future food and funds.
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Germany
PV Ashington
Morgenthau
Congress
Home as the citadel of every nation and heart
George Matthew Adams celebrates home as the universal retreat and civic center. He recalls his Nova Scotia trip, praises Home Sweet Home, and argues that the strongest happiness comes from a cooperative family and a loving, shared home. He warns that war destroys homes and urges cling to home as the sacred base of life.
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Nova Scotia Island
Parched 1944 Memoir of Roosevelt Churchill Exchanges
A fragmentary memento from 1944 notes Roosevelt and Churchill simplifying world talks to a drug store date. The exchange humor follows their travel by plane, cruiser, dog sled, and parcel post with jokes about battleships zebras and a national deficit in a buttonhole.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Winston
Arkansas Man Builds Boat in Cellar Face Flood Escape
A man spent winter building a boat in his cellar. In spring the floodwaters lifted the house and boat, carrying the builder his family and a few small animals to safety while neighbors watched.
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Arkansas
Rats on sinking Nazi ship claim they have no place to go
The report frames captured sailors muttering that they are washed up and have nowhere to retreat as their vessel sinks, reflecting a desperate, doomed mood among the crew.
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Harlem Friendship House News
Dulles Cast as Witness in Utility Bond Scandals
Drew Pearson reports John Foster Dulles a key witness in a sweeping utility bond case. Dulles and Forrestal faced subpoenas as investigations probe the North American and Union Electric networks tied to campaign slush funds and inflated securities.
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Forrestal
PU Sirington
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sullivan and Cromwell
John Foster Dulles
Roosevelt
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Bruce Campbell
Illinois
Bernard Francis Dickmann
St. Louis
Roscoe Patterson
Missouri
Ed Winter
Puerto Rico
Midwest
Harrison Williams
America
John Dulles
North American
Union Electric of
Union Electric
Secretary of the Navy
Dillon, Read and Company
Frank J. Boehm
Boehm
Clarence Dillon
Mr. Dulles
Overcaution On War Policy Shapes Postwar Vote
Marquis W. Childs argues congress warns hedges in speeches could curb U S involvement in world organization. Lawmakers fear political risk and election backlash, signaling a restrained approach to global cooperation.
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Ney
Dewey
Philadelphia
Louisville
Leash for Delegates in Debate Over a World League
A dated column critiques a proposed world league, arguing delegates must be bound by Congress and warning that veto power for the Big Four could leave action to consensus. The piece laments stalemate and calls for bold, lawful leadership instead of a tentative, cautious peace plan.
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League
Sen. Vandenberg
World Organization
Senate
World Federation
Dumbarton Oaks
Capitol
Casper Milquetoast
Personal Health Advice On Scopery and Vitamin C
Dr. Wm Brady promotes openness with doctors about illnesses and warns against concealing diseases. He discusses scurvy causes from poor nutrition, the importance of fresh juice and vitamin C, and cautions against quackery and unsafe injections.
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Wm. Brady
Personal Health
America
Dewey Campaign Guided by Roosevelt Attacks and Strategy
In Indianapolis the Dewey tour earned its dramatic lift from a scathing Roosevelt speech that boosted radio audiences for the "indispensable man" address in Portland. Dewey and aide Elliott Bell quickly crafted a reply, with Paul Lockwood, shaping the campaign's lines as Roosevelt's wartime assault reshaped the race.
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Indianapolis
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Portland
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Albany
Paul Lockwood
Mr. Bell
Explore Your Mind Q and A by Dr Wiggam
Dr Wiggam answers reader questions on hate and justification after wronging someone the value of listening to one's own voice and the limits of the law of averages He shares anecdotes about train travel and a wreck that befell an aunt illustrating probabilistic ideas and risk perception.
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Albert E. Wiggam
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