March of Dimes drive and wartime production concerns
The piece critiques civilian production delays and tax burdens on services including telephones, notes Farm Bureau membership counts in Alabama counties, discusses Esquire magazine legal challenges, and reflects on postwar labor unrest and the need for national resolve to prevent another world conflict.
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Cullman County
Farm Bureau
Limestone
Lawrence
Morgan
Alabama
Archange Ih
Ashingthy
United "States
Dirty Trick Tax Fix Proposed For Wainwright Case
The Dothan Eagle highlights a tax quirk affecting General Wainwright and his officers after captivity in Japanese prison camps. It notes back pay exempt if kept in U S possession, but exemptions did not apply when taken to Jap territory. Calls for amending regulations to grant relief and honor soldiers’ sacrifices.
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Dothan
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidort
Wainwrgat
U. S
Alexander Granach
Lambs
Friarts
Frankie and
Johnnie's
Petrillo's power over US music called a danger to democracy
Frank Lynn critiques James Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians who bans foreign music broadcasts, claiming his control over what is played shows democratic limits and risks for artists and the public. The piece underscores Petrillo's absolute authority within the union and its impact on the musical landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eiriile
Petrillo
Mr. Lynn
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Hiss Hitest
Canada
Sheczar
Bic
United States
Musicians’ Union
Malel
Morgenthau used Coast Guard planes for private trips
Henry Morgenthau publicly said he acted openly using a Coast Guard plane for trips near the Roosevelt estate during the war. The writer details rumors of private transport, speed and fuel estimates, and disputes the ethics of such use, noting censorship and government airfield use at New Hackensack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan
Adecee
Henry Morgenthau
Coast Guard
Dutchess County
Roosevilt
Henry
Genthau
Sipalgorward
Jim
Income Tax Department
Baen
Roosevelt
Toy
Lonestar
Key West
Harold Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Morgenthau
Jacksonville
Key
West
Navy
EF. B. IL
Morgentimu
Civil ‘Aeronautics Board
Army
New Hackensack
New Jersey
Hudson
Roosevelt Barony
Wendell
Willkie
Sam Pryor
Republic National Committee
John Hanes
The
Treasury
Pryor
Massachusetts
Hanes
Dewey
Paul Lockwood
New York State
Congress
Truman plan on labor wages faces shifting public support
Editorial survey notes 72 percent approval then 65 percent disapproval of Truman fact finding for labor claims. The shift centers on General Motors profits used to set future wages, contrasting steel cases and union demands with past war profits. Critics call for simple wage adjustments based on living costs and arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
General Motors
CIO
Trupigh
Bowles
General. Motors
Trushan
Motors
War Administration
Poem, diner scene, and jokes crowd a weekend page
A collage of quips and vignettes includes a quirky verse about trees and a fashion comment, a diner exchange over biscuits, stray lines about public street conduct, and a stream of humorous anecdotes. Local readers find light fare amid editorial asides on unions and jurors.
Critics Speak Through Time on Theater and Critics
A mosaic of quotes and anecdotes from Walter Winchell era theater critics. It highlights views by J. Brooks Atkinson, Christopher Morley, Channing Pollock, Ambrose Bierce, and others on what makes a good or bad critic, with notes on opening nights and a Cleveland report from The Girl on the Train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brooks Atkinson
Russia
Christopher Morley
Channing Pollock
Arthur Gutterman
Percy Hammond
Ambrose Bierce
Cleveland
Johny W. Raper
Philly
Decatur Barber Protest and Cashier Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a barber quarrel with a customer about trust and a request for a massage. The scene ends with a waiter delivering a tomato juice and a cashier stating an amount of $41.54 for nine customers.
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Decatur
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Eisenhower
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Potomac
Trillo
Petrilio
Union
Mister Petrillo
Cracy
Peiniio
Pewile
Pewiie
Westbrook
Pegler
Paul
Government Service
Janine
Marjorie. Truitt
North Spring Avenue
Dorothy Crowder
Abilene
Texas
Will
Darling
ice-Mani
Honey
Jim Billings
Moscow
Omerica
Bill Mauldin
Capitol
McBride Welding CO
1722
Th Ave. S
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
George Jean Nathan
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Old Palace
Asprig Nee Mans
Vaude
Bob Benchley
Sidney Smith
Kin Hubbard
London
Hannen Swaffer
Noel Coward
Noel
Swaffer
Hannen
John Mason Brown
Brock Pemberton
Harvey
Ilka Chase
Paul Martin
Irving Hoffman
Guy Kibbee
Heywood Broun
Montague Love
Broun
John Anderson
Ywrights
Rice
Mr. Rice
Hollywood Reporter
Brahms
Weiting
Hans von’ Bulow
Bruch
Trovatore
Philip Hale
Stork
Wilson Minver
John Decker
Errol Flynn
Dugger’s Book Store
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Sunroc
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Royal Tire Service
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