Charleston planning commission weighs immediate postwar projects
A Finer City outlines Charleston Planning Commission findings on moving from talk to action. The report lists projects ranging from immediate recreation to long term infrastructure, urging ready lists for state, county, and federal action. It warns mass unemployment after the war and supports government sponsored construction to meet the emergency.
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Commission Seeks Public Input On Proposals
The commission invites all interested citizens to study the proposals carefully and submit suggestions and constructive criticisms. Written comments are preferred and should be mailed to the commission at City Hall.
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Limeys Origin From Lime Juice Navy Nickname
The nickname limey stems from 19th century shipboard fruit juice rationing to prevent scurvy. British sailors on long voyages became known as lime-juicers, with the Limehouse area naming the juice stores, though the term can offend some sailors today.
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Hitler legends fade as war reality blocks mystic fears
In a column excerpt, the writer debunks panic over Hitler’s supposed cataclysmic “pull down the continent” plans, arguing that total destruction is impractical and surrender would follow. He credits Russian strategy and warns against lingering apocalyptic dread, noting no miracles will save Hitler.
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The First Division's World War I Legacy Explored by Runyon
Damon Runyon recalls the early First Division under Teddy Roosevelt and the lineage to today’s First Infantry in Normandy. He notes leaders like Hubner and Summerville, battles from Cantigny to Kasserine, and the unit’s storied motto First to Fight.
Roosevelt era echoing from War Roundups amid front-page notes
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Dewey rival Gerald L. Smith tussles over 1944 endorsements and War War II era figures. The column cites Smith's anti establishment push, Navy barge campaign critique of Dravo executive Kemp, and a Kansas isolationist congressman Lambertson letter amid foreign policy shifts and wartime strategy notes.
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Reunion in Normandy by Wireless Among Campmates
In Normandy a passerby recounts meeting brothers Cpl John O'Donnell and Pvt Edward O'Donnell of East Milton Massachusetts after two years apart. John, 22, served in Africa and Sicily as an artilleryman. Edward, 19, overseas only months. A shared division patch led to a long homeward search. John was found at an army barn movie set, then released for a day off. Another encounter with Pvt Stewart Pyle of Orange New Jersey, the 2nd car company driver, was noted. A playful jab at names concludes the piece with a mock family lineage and a joke about adopting a new surname.
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Wartime tales from the Normandy front and food finds
By Ernie Pyle I share anecdotes from wartime distorting values a farmer trades horses for eggs fails the deal soldiers turn in 4000 francs from a captured HQ army checks regulations on keeping money Chaplain claims and paratrooper chaplains arrive first Sardines found in a dugout bag turn up as a snack during a siege in Cherbourg Normandy.
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Reader Q A Gazette Informa l Bureau Answers
Questions and answers from The Charleston Gazette Informa l Bureau cover topics from horse origins to wartime voting, film tunes, can coatings, Alaska Railroad profits, decisive battles, Dewey vs Stalin, Royal tortoises, Sicily gliders, work order effects, fur prices, and Wake and Guam.
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Readers' Forum Inditer Gazette Letters on War and Labor
In this Readers' Forum excerpt readers discuss unity after Pearl Harbor versus postwar quarrels, labor organizations and demands for transparency, media neutrality in politics, and support for DeWey while opposing anti Roosevelt bias. Names include Philip Murray and John E. Simpson.
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Propaganda andRuss Davenport cited as a political decoy
The piece critiques a United Press dispatch in the St Louis Star-Times alleging Russell Davenport would not back Tom Dewey. It labels Davenport as a marginal figure linked to Fortune and Wen dell Willkie, argues his influence is overestimated, and attacks Liberal and Communist group factions aligned with Roosevelt allies. It contrasts wartime shifts in Ham Fish and Vito Marcantonio's positions.
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Baering Down By Bugs Baer Reflects on War Talk
A fragment from Arthur Bugs Baer satirizes wartime debates about turning Turks away and shaping a Balkans policy. The piece mocks politics and rhetoric with a humorous, misfired travel of thoughts referring to Turkey, Russia, and regional power plays and ends with a punchy, surreal line.
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