Repeal of Anti-Strike Legislation Tabled in House
Rep Lesinaki of Michigan introduces a measure to repeal anti-strike laws. The piece argues the United States cannot fund wide postwar work programs and warns against relying on government spending. It says permanent jobs must come from business, industry and agriculture or not at all. The piece criticizes rising personal taxes from long-term government borrowing.
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House of Representatives
Rep
Lesinaki
Michigan
United States
Congress
Alleen
Ladies’ Home Journal
Léhcold
Lobbying, labor shortages and political critique in America
The piece critiques lobbying in state capitals and Washington, notes labor shortages in four cities including Anniston and Gadsden, Alabama, and warns that politicians answer to money and power rather than convictions. It argues youth voting age and condemns handling of Congress as a money chase rather than statesmanship.
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Anniston
Gadsden
Alabama
Decatur
Home Front Echoes In Wartime Struggles And Debates
Decatur residents question wartime progress while home front strains surface. Roosevelt aides clash over food handling as stock issues spark public spats. Congress authorizes billions in new expenses even as revenues lag.
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Roosevelt
Congress
England
Coal Miners Urged to Return to Work in National Crisis
The Birmingham Post editorial urges Alabama coal miners to resume work despite pressures from government and unions. It argues refusal harms troops on the front, undermines democracy, and calls for decisive action against those opposing national security and the economic system.
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Birmingham Post
Western states may join in freight rate fight with South
Governor Prentice Cooper of Nashville says Western states could align with the South to press for relief from unjust freight differentials. He notes discussions at a national governors conference and a breakfast with Western and Southern leaders, with a follow up meeting planned in the West or Midwest. A joint Southwestern effort could reshape national policy dynamics against the East.
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Prentice Cooper
Nashville
Cooper
National Conference of Governors
Mid- West
Western Commonwealth
Path to Eternal Peace Through Democracy and Community
In Washington speech, the speaker rejects League of Nations and world police schemes, arguing for a democracy Christian basis. Proposes a United States of Europe model with self sufficiency, a common European army and government, and a U S defense policy guided by military needs rather than imperial aims.
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Washington
League of Nations
Russia
Britain
United States
China
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Army
White House
Europe
France
Mind Plays Big Part in Sickness
Discussion of psychosomatic medicine from Dr. Clendening with emphasis on the mind body connection. He traces the concept to Hippocrates and Galen, cites definitions of normality, and answers reader questions on weight gain digestion and cultured buttermilk, noting the need to balance medical science with vigilance against complacency in world affairs.
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Christian
Hippocrates
Galen
L. A
NE COUNTY LIMES TO CORINTH
Singers from here attended the Friendship and Ebenezer singing. Sergeant Hubert Luker and Mrs Luker honored at an ice cream supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Aaron Blevins. A birthday and farewell dinner for RE P Luker and Sgt Hubert Luker was served buffet style. Corinth defeated Mount Vernon in a Sunday ball game. At war end American forces had 241 tanks in France.
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Friendship
Ebenezer
Aaron Blevins
Hubert Luker
Luker
J. D. Bonds
J. H. Rigby
Piney Grove
Toxy Hogan
Andrews Chapél
Annie Laura Stovall
Decatur
Nonie Stovall
RE. P. Luker
Alaska
U. S. Army
Jean Rigby
Gary
Indiana
BE. W. Laney
Liddie Jean Cooper
Margaret Ruth
Atheleen
Hulent Freeman
Vera Freeman
Andrews Chapel
Corinth
Mount Vernon
France
Broadway Roundup of War Era Plots and Public Taste
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway as wartime culture shifts shape cinema, radio, and stage. He notes trends from Lena Horne to Major Bowes and Porgy and Bess revival, while critics and audiences react to war news, drafts, slang, and growing censorship.
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Broadway
Hitler
Heywood Broun
Oest
Bob Benchley
New York
Major Bowes
Kyle Crichton
Sourpuss
Collier’s
Lena Horne
Lena
John L. Lewis
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W R. Shelton Oeneee
Pecabir
Associated Press
Willkie
Bricker
America
Alabama Senate
General DeGaulle
Germany
WEST
Ment
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
William Osler
Dr. Clendening
Henry A. Christian
Harvard University
F. S
Japan
South Pacific
Pettey’s Cleaners
County Limes
Agintes
Walter Winchell
Corwin
Oboler
Sweden
Moscow
Hollywood
Africa
Waacs
Coney Island
Morita
U.S.O
Iakes
Detroit
John Gunther
Observat
Italy
Hays Office
Gable
Otto Hapsburg
Tokiolin
Rome
Detagu
Loyd’s
Morgan County National
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit
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