Roosevelt and Navy Draft Plans Highlight Wartime Britain France
Washington roundup cites British raids deterring Laval and French industry aiding the Reich under German contracts. It notes 1,106,000 French workers in war factories, profits masking draining indemnity, and auto and textile sectors redirected to occupation authorities. Roosevelt discusses Ringling brothers logistics and praises wartime rail needs, while navy moves toward draft-age reduction and mandatory enlistment, with plans to call draftees as 1,000,000 manpower goal nears. Willkie testimony controversy resurfaces in Congress as isolationist Rep. Mott demands the original Willkie remarks.
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Ashington
Cologne
Pierre Laval
France
Paris
Allen
Pearnen
Germany
Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt
Sonn
Henry North
Ringling Brothers
Roosevelt
West Coast
Sec. Knox
Navy
Int
Gen. Hershey
Selective Service
Capitol Hill
Army
Ae Mary
Mott
Wendell Willkie
1. S
Willkit
Any thing to Win Bring General MacArthur back from Aus tralia
The piece argues for bringing General MacArthur to Washington to direct war efforts and to rescue the Republican Party from its post Harding Coolidge malaise. It cautions that hero worship could backfire, compares to McClellan, and notes MacArthur would face political risks despite military prowess. the writer remains hopeful MacArthur could lead but wary of politicizing a soldier.
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MacArthur
Australia
Republican Party
Washington
Mases
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
McClellan
MacArthur Reems
Why not make rubber from local weeds and plants
A satirical column mocks rubber shortages by proposing US states grow and process their own rubber from West Virginia weeds, wildflowers, and even food waste. It rails against federal controls while imagining corporations and chemists turning ragweed, dandelions, corn, and horse feathers into tire rubber.
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California
Poinsettias
America
West Virginia
Washington
We Tell Germans to Fight for Jobs or Face Loss
An American propaganda piece urges Germans to abandon the war, boasting America’s booming factory output from Willow Run and other plants. It claims German industry is collapsing while Allied production soars and asserts millions of new machines and skilled labor are forming in the United States and Britain.
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Ruhr
Willow Run
Michigan
America
Canada
England
Germany
Fuehrer
France
Russia
Belgium
Bfo
United States
NYA
CCC
Deel
Philadelphia
George Washington
Congress
As Iasson
Obin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Harold L. Tekes
Eset
Texas
Ickes
Ceb
Magazine of
Wall Street
The Brighter Side Letters on Paper Waste and Conservation
A reader criticizes the emergency management office for wasteful bulletin layouts. He argues many sheets waste space, urges stricter conservation, and calls for fewer government propaganda papers. He notes broad publication waste and urges cutbacks across departments.
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QS Angeles
Division of Information
Office For Emergency ! Management
Division
Office For Emergency Management
Bulleting
Trie
Conservation
Abolish CCC and NYA, or keep them as New Deal symbols
Article argues Congress debates ending the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration as wartime jobs disappear. It weighs waste versus achievements, noting CCC employed thousands, NYA funded education and trades, and suggests repurposing or retiring agencies to match labor needs postwar. It warns against clinging to outdated programs.
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Ashington
Congress
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
CCC
NYA
Youthful Drivers Parade Daring Streets Amid War News
An editorial notes young drivers dominate local streets, riding two wheels and risking crashes. It urges police and parents to curb the trend, citing Chicago parents revoking licenses as a precedent. It also surveys wartime public opinion pieces on politics, industry, and church persecution in Germany.
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Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Chicago
Memphis
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler targets Joe Padway a key AFL general counsel linking him to a pattern of union racketeering. The column accuses Padway of aiding Browne Biiff and Capone-connected factions while detailing clashes with Tobin Scalise and trustees in the Teamsters. The piece claims Padway profited from a corrupt network and questions legal and ethical boundaries within the labor movement.
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York
Joe Padway
AFT
af @& union
George Browne
Willie Blott
Pegler
Padway
England
Milwaukee
Washington
AFL
Cabie Net
Wille Bieff
M. P
Bartenders Union
Miami
al Capone
Danny Coughlin
Chicago
Capone
George Scalise
Bioff
M.P
Indianapolis
Dan Tobin
Browne
Tobin
William Green
United States
Mathias Correa
New York
Workin
Cincinnati
Incat
Teamsters
International
Teamsters' Union
Farrell
Army Rations and a Mounted KP’s Culinary Quips
A humorous wartime reminiscence reflects on American soldiers' rations and the Mounted K. P. role. It notes the low cost of daily feed, the abundance of vitamins, and the comic idea of a cook book being a near catalog of abdominal disorders while the KP tasted meals before serving.
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Virginia
Cline
Disraeli
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
United States War Bonds
Samuvel
Essen
Duisberg
Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Italy
By Damon Runyon
US. Navy
Saunders, Navy Recruiter
Charleston, W. Va
New Deal
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Armed Services
House Appropriations Committee
Clapper
Flaming Youth
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber
Bern
Holy See
Clemens August von Galen
Muenster
Washington Post
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Westbrook Pegler
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Iceland
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