Wartime editorials on voting lists taxes and Europe
A collage of opinion pieces touches on voter registration deadlines, tax burdens for fighters like Billy Conn, and calls for national unity. It surveys postwar labor strikes, farm aid targets, Decatur area economic balance, and Reynolds Metals Company views on Europe after the war.
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Decatur Area
Decatur
R. S. Sherwin
Reynolds Metals Company
Decatur ‘Kiwanis
Europe
Sherwin
Thas
Mr. Sherwin
United Nations Organization
Teddy
Big Stick
Uncle Sam Emerges as Global Power in Atomic Era
The piece portrays Uncle Sam as a two ocean Navy, vast air force, and atomic bomb capability ready for action. It argues the nation now acts as a world power rather than a benevolent Santa Claus, while others hope he maintains leadership.
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Sam
Santa Claus
Polls Tax Debate Sparks Language Learning Amendment Talk
The discussion shifts to an amendment requiring all national voters to read and write English. Critics question the benefit of free speech and free press for those who cannot understand English, arguing it would disenfranchise immigrants.
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Congress
Much. Com
N. J
Wall St
TVA and Floods Spurred by Tennessee Valley Authority
A friend praises TVA as the strongest argument for river control in the Cumberland and surrounding areas. Alabama and Knoxville editors debate dam construction and flood containment, noting TVA reservoirs held back floodwaters after dam gates were closed, lowering levels in anticipation of inflows.
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the Daily
Cumberland
TVA
Knoxville
Fort Loudon Lake
Press freedom in Army journalism sparks debate in Washington
Westbrook Pegler argues against freedom of the press for Army publications, blaming communists for subversion and calling for permanent suppression of military papers. He condemns journalistic privilege and questions civil papers' accountability, urging an end to Army journalism.
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Washington
Army
Stars and Stripes
Pinks
Arfa
Byrnes Plays Moscow Card in World UNO Setup
Washington reports describe the permanent world organization framed by Byrnes at Moscow and implemented at a London UNO meeting. The setup gives Russia key posts and control in a council with broad powers, signaling a shift in U S foreign policy toward rapprochement with the Soviet state.
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Washington
New ‘World
Byrnes
Moscow
London
UNO
Russia
World Organization
Ans
Europe
Manuilsky
Ukraine
Soviet Socialist
Stalin
Roosevelt
Yalta
Fhe
Kanderski
Poland
Byrnes-Molotov
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
British
United States
France
China
West Limestone community notes and wedding reported
Local items list illnesses including flu for Mr and Mrs Leman Pitts Paul Newman and Earl Smith. A wedding of Billy Sulser and Betty Kellum drew student interest. Notices mention hospital stays Army inductions and visits among families in Athens Union and surrounding areas.
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Leman Pitts
Paul Newman
Earl Smith
Memphis
James Pittman
Fort Knox
Billy Sulser
Betty
K. Kellum
Billy
West Limestone High School
Navy
Boyd Kellum
W. A. Smith
John Keiff
Roszell
Athenston
Oak Ridge Local News: Illnesses and Community Visits
Miss Ruby West returns to teaching at Oak Ridge school after a week illness. Mrs Elmer Story improves from recent illness. Mrs. Martin is seriously ill at Baugh's infirmary. A kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Bud Johnson drew a large crowd. Olen Cooper family visited Decatur Saturday night. Elmer Story family and Hoyt West visited Earl Legg’s family Sunday. Louise Howard Josephine Legg and Fay Cooper saw Dorothy Hartselle Saturday. Mrs G B Legg visited Minnie Wallace and Carrie Sun.
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Ruby West
Oak Ridge School
Earl Legg
Elmer. Martin
Early childhood neglect linked to adult deafness
Harvard doctors find most long lasting deafness in adults stems from unrecognized childhood conditions. They estimate a 50 percent drop in adult deafness next generation if elementary schools conduct yearly rose and throat exams with proper treatment. Audiometer use in schools aids detection and treatment of conductive deafness via clearing the eustachian tubes, sometimes avoiding removal of tonsils and adenoids.
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Edward B. D. Neuhauser
Charles F. Ferguson
Harvard Medical School
Neuhauser and
Ferguson
Europe and atomic concessions shape postwar order
The text notes Europe’s decline in securing Atlantic Charter chances while atomic concessions blur the new world plan. It cites Byrnes in London and mentions use of the atom bomb to guarantee postwar order, with UNO starting up but no change in official policy from Truman or Byrnes.
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Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Peru
Belgium
Canada
Greece
India
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Council
San Francisco
Russia
Britain
Byrnes
UNO
Roosevelt
London
Churchill
New World
Europe
Truman
Mr. Byrnes
Wall Street Anecdotes and Quotes From Famed Figures
A collage of Wall Street vignettes and quips from Fred Gebhardt Jr. and others. It recalls Jim Fiske, Will Rogers, J P Morgan and Dwight Morrow with reflections on speculation, public attitude, and the two classes of businessmen.
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Jim Fiske
Wall Street
Will Rogers
Dwight Morrow
Financier dupes creditors but banker threat halts him
A fly by night financier who claimed a mint and dodged debts faced a blunt warning from a banker. The banker threatened to inform other creditors that the financier had paid the bank if he refused to settle.
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Great Britain
United States
Wall Street Lays An Egg and Public Utilities Holding Bill
The piece recalls Variety's 1929 headline and a 1933 Senate probe into money men, leading to the Public Utilities Holding Company bill aimed at curbing unfair practices. It notes legislators flooded with letters opposing the bill, and exposes random city directory signatories. It ends with a humorous anecdote about a furrier’s draft and a kangaroo raccoon joke.
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Variety
Wall Street
Senate
Br!syne
Chase National
Banks
Austria
Eye Kahn Marketing In Spired Manx Yarns
A fragment notes public interest in marketing strategist Kahn and his observations about a crowd of men and women, likening markets to a menagerie of bulls and bears. The excerpt mentions a middle figure described as a “Micker” central to events.
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Kahn
Micker
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