Meeting on June 19 outlines proposed school building program
Decatur residents are urged to attend a June 19 meeting where the planned school building program will be outlined and financing options discussed. Alabama and the South are urged to back the Tennessee Tombigbee Canal project as well as two key Alabama regions. Morgan County residents are chided for falling short in the Seventh War Loan drive with $50,000 raised of $800,000.
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Decatur
Alabamha
Senators Hill
Bankhead
Tennessee Valley
Mobile
Alabama
Morgan
Morgan County
Public concern over 15 year olds driving cars
John Temple Graves warns the legislature’s new law allowing 15 year olds to drive may increase deaths and injuries. He argues the legislature should focus on wiser laws and suggests older drivers perform no better at the wheel.
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John Temple Graves
Mr. Graves
Peace and cotton prices shape postwar South
The article argues the government must decide whether to hold cotton prices, noting the policy will affect millions in the South. It states cotton will remain a core fifty percent of southern farm income, with the other half from dairying, livestock, grains, processing, and marketing, promising a happier South.
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South
Chenery warns against rebuilding Germany with American money
Collier's publisher William L. Chenery, part of a journalist congressional delegation to Germany, argues against U S aid or funding for German industry postwar. He cites German rank and file sentiment and says such policies risk World War III. The piece reflects Southern progressivism linking agriculture and industry and forecasts long term economic and educational gains.
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William L. Chenery
Collier's
Germany
Eisenhower
United States
Chenery
Blanket debate delays winter readiness plan
The discussion questions whether to raise blankets now or wait until winter. Officials weigh comfort, cost, and timing as the plan faces renewed scrutiny.
Decatur Aims Daily Cash Market for Farm Goods
The Alabama Journal endorses Decatur plans to provide a cash market every day for all regional farm products. The latest unit targets poultry with a view to building a large poultry industry via Tennessee Valley Farm Industries, addressing past marketing weaknesses and persuading farmers to diversify crops.
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley Farm Industries
Alabama
Kennedy Says He Was Not Bound By Political Censorship
Ed Kennedy, back in the country after reporting the German surrender, apologizes for the delay in official confirmation. He defended obeying security rules while arguing moral duty did not require waiting for Stalin or Russian approvals. He notes Truman and Churchill announced earlier than Stalin.
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Ed Kennedy
Kennedy
Stalin
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman
Patton Reveals Tender Side in Boston Welcome
General Patton, famed for the Third Army and his bold image, softened in Boston where crowds gave a record welcome. He spoke of wanting to return to the Los Angeles church of his baptism and thanked the soldiers under him as heroes, tearing up as he praised their sacrifices.
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Patton
Birmingham News
Boston
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S
Third Army
Cc2
Los Angeles
Red baiters and the fate of communists in America
Westbrook Pegler argues for harsh treatment of communists and their allies, denouncing Collier's policy of publishing pro communist material. He attacks officials, cites arrests over stolen state Navy files, and labels Henry Wallace and others as threats, urging public service and union exclusions.
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New York
Comi
Navy
Truman
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Browder
White House
Canada
United States
Army
Russia
International Communist Organization
Collier's Weekly Magazine
Colliers
Manchuria
Gaya
Japan
Robert Best
Fritz Kuhn
Nazi Bund
Henry Wallace
Martin Dies
Churchill a War Leader Split Over Socialism Debate
In Washington on June 11 the debate over socialism's fate widens as Churchill's wartime leadership is praised while questions about socialist policy surface. Ontario's Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation suffers a blow, highlighting the clash between public ownership and competitive markets in Canada and Britain.
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Washington
Churchill
Canada
Ontario
Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation
All
CCF
Farwest
Britain
Labor Party
Atlee
Gestapo
Dies committee files reveal a web of names and conspiracies
The text argues that the Dies committee possesses a priceless record of names aliases associations and conspiracies related to communism. It asserts that communism is an internal American menace and that Russia has no business involving itself in U S actions against communists.
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Dies Committee
Russia
Wartime Ration Updates Extend Stamp Validities and New B Ration Rules
The OPA outlines extended expiry dates for red and blue food stamps and shoes stamps. New B ration applications are being accepted while gasoline and sugar allowances adjust with upcoming stamp validity dates. Next stamp changes occur in August and September, with several coupon types expiring or becoming valid on specified dates.
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OPA
Socialism versus private and government enterprises in the economy
The passage argues that private competition yields better services and innovation than government monopolies. It criticizes socialism for creating government wage controls and a monopoly, contrasts TVA with private operation, and warns that widespread socialism would curb competition, raise labor costs, and reduce national income. It notes Churchill as a questionable political foil and cites labor fears about wage gains under government authority.
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TVA
Churchill
Germany
Russia
Stalin
AFL
U. S
New England Fishermen Catch Six Hundred Million Pounds
In a typical year New England fishermen harvest about 600 million pounds of seafood. The figure highlights the region's large scale fishing industry and its annual catch.
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New England
Walter Winchell on Argentina Crisis and State Department
Columnist ridicules the State Department while criticizing U S policy on Argentina and its fascist ties. He cites Arnaldo Cortesi's dispatches and argues Argentina used wartime measures to suppress democracy and press freedom. Includes reader letters from Honolulu and Seattle recalling wartime discrimination.
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Pres
Truman
Argentina
San Francisco
Buenos Aires
Arnaldo Cortesi
New York
Cortesi
Italy
USA
United Nations
Darlan
Dep't
S. D
Peron
Berlin
F. D
State Department
Pope Denounces Nazi Plot Against Catholic Church
The Pope stated there was authoritative proof that the Nazi regime planned to destroy the Catholic Church once it secured military victory. He condemned concentration camps years before Eisenhower’s confirmation of the grisly evidence.
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Eisenhower
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