Power of a Free Press in wartime liberty and censorship
The author argues that American press freedom endured through World War II while European and Latin papers faced government control and censorship. It praises American restraint, recalls censorship lessons from France Argentina Mussolini Italy and Normandy recovery, and urges Allied press unmuzzling after hostilities end. The piece claims free peoples cooperate with government secrecy yet retain independent speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
America
Europe
Rendeta
Argentina
la Prensa
Preas
Ita
Mussolini
Italy
Normandy
AlHes
Polio season warns of epidemics and safety rules
An alert describes infantile paralysis risks across states including North Carolina and West Virginia. It urges precautions: avoid overexertion and chilling, wash hands, use pure milk and water, avoid certain medical procedures during epidemics, prevent polluted water exposure, limit contact with sick individuals, wash fruit, and seek early medical advice for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Oradour sur Glane massacre shocks civilized world
A French Press Service report describes a June 10 massacre at Oradour sur Glane central France where nearly 860 villagers were killed. Men were shot in a barn, women and children were dynamited in the church, and the village was set ablaze by German troops. The piece urges punishment for Nazi atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oradour-sur-Glane
France
Bailey bridge speeds war effort with modular design
The Bailey bridge, a modular 1 foot section system, removes need for pontoons and bolts, allowing spans up to 240 feet and loads of 20 tons. It can be doubled or trebled for heavier tanks, aiding Allied advances in Italy and Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Caesar
Napoleon
Italy
Normandy
Milkweed Harvest Drives War Effort Across Nation
For long the common milkweed was a pest but this year a goal of harvesting a million and a half pounds aims to replace kapok in life jackets and boat cushions. Scouts and youth groups are urged to collect pods. county agents can answer questions. Wages are modest but some earned up to four dollars a day last year.
Washington Wasps in Big Political Row Over Army Use
Washington report details clashes between Congress and General Arnold over Wasps pilots and their role. It cites costs, training, and secrecy, with mentions of Jacqueline Cochran, Oveta Hobby, and Capitol Hill maneuvers. Also noted are Buffalo politics, a joke about judges, and local military camp observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westington
Air Forces
Gert
Arnold Hay
Cspitet Hill
Congress
Arnold
Aviatrix Taquelin
Iaid
Orlin
Capital Hill
Iabby Fn
United States
Army
Miss Cochran
Ovela Culp Hobby
Wees
Capitol Hill
Oveta
Jaquelin Cochran
Mace
Coronél
Wacs
Air Corps
Air Transport Command
Jacky Cochran
Wass
Ramspeck Civil
Hay Arnold
Capitol
EDR
Buffalo
N.Y
Ne Provident
de Delaware
Buffalo Club
Roosevelt
Eazins
Shert
Eagles
Sen
Davis
Pennsylvania
The
Elks, Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Masons
Loyal Order of Moose
Fort McClellan
Ada
Cart FL. Duimer
Anniston Noa
Alabama
Col. Dutiner
McClellan
Italy
North America
Guadalcanal
Local notes mix of war friends and daily life
A Charleston desk of Mails Supt Lewis Nearman cherishes a peanut given by war correspondent Larry Allen, nicknamed Peanuts, as a symbol of their friendship. The column also recalls Lelia Parsons startled by a soldier’s escape chase, neighbors aiding Elizabeth Witschey while her husband serves in the navy, and various local anecdotes from the Charleston scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nearman
Jocal Postoffice
Larry Allen
Charleston
Nearman
Larry
Lelia Parsons
Virginia St
Elizabeth Witschey
Readers Forum Letters Spark War Talk and Bean Theories
Readers debate Russia’s military history linking East Prussia to modern conflicts and question current leadership. Letters criticize cartoons about Hoover, discuss Kimmel and Short, and lampoon Westbrook Pegler while offering a bizarre bean centered antiwar theory promoting abolition of corporals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Editor Gazette
Hoover
Kimmel
Short
Dewey
Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Hoboken
N. J
Mr. Harding
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Mannington
Mary Strum
Secret Weapon Plan Fails to Alter German Decline
The article argues Germany cannot win through long range or total mobilization as Soviet advances decimate the Wehrmacht on the eastern front. It notes leadership weaknesses, lack of a coherent present campaign, and that new super weapons offer only nuisance value rather than decisive results. It contrasts German limits with Allied industrial power and stresses the need to regroup at the front.
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Cazette
Russia
East Frussia
Napoleon
East Prussia
Tilsit
Allenstein
Tannenberg
Carpathian Mountains
Austria
Preemsy
Lwaw
Lemberg
Lake van Erzerum
Trebizond
Anatolia
England
France
Germany
Europe
Africa
Wehrmacht
Third Reich
Vistula
Normandy
Paris
Hitler
Stalingrad
Beng
Goebbels
Batefield
Hanson Baldwin
The
New York Times
Baering Down and the New World War Gags
A satirical spoof frames Bugs Baer as commentator on a chaotic leaderboard of 1944 politics with absurd lines about Shickelgruber Goering and Goebbels. The piece riffs on bets, speed, and a disturbing pun about racial conflict, ending with a jab about tea leaves and stolen cream.
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North Carolina
Washington
Labor
FCC
Federal Communications
CIO
United Automobile Work
Charleston Press Club
Darrell Herless
Darrell
Morris Harvey College
Ken Hines
Ralph Hines
Juanita Hambrick
Attorney General's Office
Ken
Ralph
Juanita
Bert Morris
Sim
Ines
Richard Higgins
Walter M. .Elswick
Gwen" Gillham
Court Haus
Fred C. Alley
Kanawha
Civilian Defense
West Virginia State Guard
Camp Dawson
Adj
Carleton C. Pierce
Pierce
Meredith Parry
Clendenin High School
Teachers College
Columbia University
Metropolitan School Study Council
New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Roosevel
Enquirer
Kentucky
Bellevue
Hatfield-McCay
Randolph
West
Virginia
Go-Retter
Pationt
Unnin Public Works Magazine
Edward S. Bock
U.S Army
E. S. Bock
de Witt Gallaher
Charleston Transit Co
Taeason
Hupp and Cummins
Abby Fauber
Skeet Farley
Tates
Elkk Club
C. W. Lively
Gazette
Westbrook Pegler
Evner
Mré. Roosevelt
Gila
Charlie
Praner
Studie Volingsters
Vines
Secret Weapon
Baering
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Shickelgruber
Goering
Adolf
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