Hard Peace vs. Destruction for Germany After Defeat
The piece weighs two paths for postwar Germany. One favors a soft peace allowing rebuild under oversight. the other, backed by Russia, seeks permanent destruction of German power. Stalin demands total dismemberment, labor conscription, and denial of safe recovery, while Roosevelt and Churchill favor rebuilding under strict supervision to avoid harming Western welfare.
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Germany
America
Britain
Russia
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
East Prussia
Poland
Rhineland
France
Welcome Invaders Unite Italians and Americans in Liberation
In a wartime reflection, Capt. Mark Reardon describes Italians warming to American troops as friends after years of harsh rule. Civilians cheered, cried, and showered flowers as engineers rebuilt roads from cratered paths. The comment envisions similar reception in France and other nations as liberation advances.
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Italy
Mark Reardon
France
Europe
British Budgeting By M. S. Rukeyser
A transcription of M S Rukeyser on Sir John Simon and Britain’s wartime budgeting. It discusses lease lend, current costs, and the need to boost exports while considering home agriculture and postwar policy. It cites Sir Norman Angell and John as advisers, and urges clear measures to support industrial enterprise and employment.
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Joman Anderson
Norman Angellrote
Norman
Sir John
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Liberal Party
England
QTR
John
Goums Use Stealth to Haunt Frontline Sleepers
Kenneth L. Dixon details the Goums of the Sth Army in the Italian Front using stealth and a unique dog tags check to avoid revealing their position. They patrol at night, but misidentify foes, leading to captives and quiet rescues for Nazis or Allies caught unawares in hill country.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
MJ W
Sth
New York
Joe
Jerry
Ell
Roger
Bridges and Roosevelt clash over enduring peace strategy
Washington Column discusses Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urging a pledge to lasting peace, warning against new imperialism and a cycle of wars. It notes GOP critics, Luce’s anti Roosevelt views, Rockefeller hospitality, and Representative Welch protesting geographic shipbuilding allocations.
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Drew Pearson
Quashington
Republican Party
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
FDR
Bridges
Senate
Olso
Hoosevelt
Sen
Roosevelt
New York Times
Saturday Evening Post
Forrest Davis
Teheran
GOP
Pearl Harbor
Kanawha County Dems warned as GOP eyes November victory
A terse communal nudge hints that Democratic politicians in Kanawha County must reconcile quickly or risk a GOP setback in November. The message frames intra party tensions as a hurdle to electoral success and urges unity ahead of the vote.
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John
Kanawha County
GOP
World Cross Roads On The Front Lines And Homecomings
The writer recalls diverse encounters from Albuquerque to Cairo, noting soldiers like Lt Col William Profitt and Lt Mary Ann Sullivan who shifted from lean wartime bodies to gains from inactivity and planning. He reflects on the longing to return outdoors and resume rugged life as they cross paths with old comrades and face changes since epochs in Africa and Sicily.
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England
Albuquerque
Washington
Tunisia
Ireland
Belgian Congo
Cairo
Ealing
Wiliam Profitt
Africa
Sicily
Mary Ann Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
America
Harvard nurse unit in war years described by Ernie Pyle
In Tunisia and Sicily, Pyle recalls a nurse unit led by Col Profitt, a ship sinking, and constant danger. He details their year of hard service, the 13 ships convoy superstition, and their near constant waterproofing and field improvisation as they await invasion.
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Harvard
Col. Profitt
Tunisia
Sicily
Col. Proutt
Army nurses win Silver Star first for women
In World War II, 1st Lt Mary L Roberts, 2d Lt Elaine A Roe, and 2d Lt Rita Virginia Rourke receive Silver Stars for valor, becoming the first U S army women honored with the award. The Gazette answers readers questions on Tolstoy, gas odors, Mona Lisa, and more with concise facts.
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Mary L. Roberts
Elaine A. Roe
Rita Virginia Rourke
United States Army
Tolstoy
Andeetas
C. A. la Madeleine
Paris
Readers Forum Echoes On Curbing Entertainment Venues
Lt Gen Somervell advocates closing night clubs poolrooms and bowling alleys to aid the war effort then expands to motion picture houses theaters and other venues. Readers debate manpower use censorship editorials and the role of cinema review by Vintroux drawing in Ben D Edens and Morrison referencing archival cinema impressions.
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Brehon Somervell
Shickelgruber
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Kay ‘Kyser
Phil Baker
Westbrook Pegler's grim alternate history of a conquered United States
In a harsh three parable piece Pegler imagines a post France fall world where Britain surrenders, Churchill and Eden die, and Hitler, with Stalin, imposes a brutal occupation on the United States. Americans are disarmed, food and fuel seized, cities occupied, and dissenters branded traitors while a shadow regime enforces order and a distant future of deliverance.
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France
Ell
Hitler
Britain
Dunkerque
Churchill
Eden
Oswald Moseley
United States
U.S.A
Pacific
Latin America
Fort Knox
Germany
Itchavina
China
Els
South
Turbulent Times and Trade in Wartime Rumors
Fragmentary wartime remarks describe fears of Turkey outlawing fears and emblems, notes on paper hats as national headgear, and a claim that the Turk has accumulated war materiel worth hundreds of millions. It suggests a potential Dardanelles prize and portrays Turkey as ready to fight while balancing two burdens, including selling lemonade.
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Dardanelles
St Fer Lomenade
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