AMG Plans for Europe After Invasion Face Learning Curve
Assistant Secretary McCloy and Maj Gen Hilldring say past AMG miscalculations in Italy about food, distribution, control of black markets, and officials must not repeat in northern Europe. They cite postwar training in England as corrective. France may pose different frictions with De Gaulle and Koenig guiding provisional gov. ernment, while AMG and Allied officers handle relief and governance behind invasion lines. A tentative path aims to avoid repeats and guide civilian aid.
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Italy
Europe
John J. McCloy
John H. Hilldring
War Department
North Africa
Sicily
United States
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Algiers
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Hilldring
Eisenhower
England
France
de Gaulle
Koenig
London
U. S
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Washington
French National Committee
Washington probing Ward case stirs bitter political fray
A House inquiry into the Montgomery Ward affair faces a politicized path as Democrats and Republicans clash over aims. Sen. McCarran plans a Senate report, while CIO mobilizes against Avery. Nevada plants and 30 000 workers tilt the race. President Roosevelt referenced in private feud commentary.
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Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
CIO
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McCarran
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Senate
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War Production Board
Trojan Horse
Las Vegas
CIG
Whyy McCargan
War Labor Board
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Davis
Harry L. Derby
Six Month Waiting Period to Hear Divorce Petitions Suggested
Ruth Millett reports a south circuit court chief deputy urges six month delays before divorce petitions are heard. He argues the pause could curb rising divorce rates, especially after the war, by encouraging reflection and family cohesion during civilian reintegration.
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Ruth Millett
Tiarsiane
Postwar economic steps urged to avoid mass unemployment
Quotes from Paul G. Hoffman and Dr. T. F. Tsiang argue for proactive measures to prevent mass unemployment and sustain democratic development in China. Albert Speer and the Todt organization are praised for rapidly supplying damaged plants with parts, aiding swift factory restart.
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Committee For Economic Development
China
T. F. Tsiang
Albert Speer
Todt
Berlin
Sweden
Editorial urges unified plan for Missouri Valley water projects
A Missouri Valley editorial notes a consulting engineer's testimony that eight state governors should push Congress to coordinate Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau plans. The piece doubts reconciliation by congressional committees and questions the feasibility of eight state engineers merging conflicting proposals, marking unity as the sought outcome.
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Missouri Valley
Army
Reclamation Bureau
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Congress
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Tipton
Omaha
Pappy nickname echoes through wartime officers in England
In a B 26 base report Sgt. Phil Scheier 28 plans college after the war while praising army life Sgt Kenneth Brown from Ellwood City and Sgt Kenneth Hackett of North Miami share notices of family and fate Sgt Howard Hanson 37 earns the title Pappy as squadron first sergeant and veteran gunner from Topeka Kansas
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England
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Aoo
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Columbia School of Journalism
Scheier
Kenneth Brown
Ellwood City
Kenneth Hackett
Martin
Baltimore
Hackett
North Miami
Theda
Scrant Hackett
Howard Hanson
Hanson
Army
Pappy
Pop
Topeka
Kansas
Unworkable method in Missouri River planning debate
The piece details lawmakers and officials doubting a shared method for Missouri River work, noting governors, Tipton, and the Army Engineers and Reclamation Bureau face a paradox. It highlights calls for a workable definition of dominant interest amid irrigation and navigation conflicts and references Commissioner Basore’s remarks at a House hearing.
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Tipton
Neve Committees
Congress
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri Wales
Missouri Valley welfare and a unified agency idea
A speaker argues that the dominant interest is the entire Missouri Valley welfare. He condemns Congress for forcing competitive agencies into wasteful rivalry and calls for a single large agency to encompass all valley interests and serve them effectively.
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Cies
Missouri Valley
Congress
Six Juniors Join Redfield Honor Group
Six juniors were added to a National Honor Society at an initiation ceremony held before the student body last Wednesday. Three seniors had been chosen earlier. Initiates include Ray Wood Leo Myers Barbara Hinman Maxine Schultz Sonia Bly Jean Hammond Royce Jones Blaine Albrecht and Eileen Johnson Modesta Wilson presided.
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Redfield
Ray Wood
Leo Myers
Barbara Hinman
Maxine Schultz
Sonia Bly
Jean Hammond
Royce Jones
Blaine Albrecht
Eileen Johnson
Modesta Wilson
Marion Boeckelhuide
Cloris Sisson
Jean Guilkey
Sally Long
Guin Ie
Na‘onal Honor Society
Silent Star Ahead of Screen Legends in Obscure Puzzle
A fragmented puzzle lists clues and partial entries tied to film era icons and cryptic terms. The garbled page references a silent film star amid scattered definitions from "Pictured lat Screen star" to "prominent role" and includes stray numbers and lettered hints.
Scribner Puzzle Clue List Unclear Terms and Abbreviations
A fragmented list of crossword style clues appears with numbers and partial words such as 22 Tree fluid 24 Disfigure 25 Symbol for erbium and 27 Lounge. The scattered items include 32 Arikara 32 Nine and on 35 Meadow 36 Distant and 49 Proportion 50 Mohammedan religious teacher 58 Nova Scotia abbr 59 Near 60 Negative with several misprints.
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Flack
Arikara
Meadow
Church Pure
Wicked
Nova Scotia
David Wayne rises from obscurity to wartime pivot in Broadway chatter
In a cafe talk among Broadway insiders, private David Wayne’s wartime service and late break into film draw attention. The tale follows his Dunkirk ambulance duty, wartime obits, a Sardi's revival, and a contract with Jack Warner before becoming a GI with a new screen future.
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Pvt
David Wayne
Red Cross
Dunkirk
Variety
Wayne
Broadway
Ziegler
Felix Brentano
Brentano
Waynes
Jack Warner
Coast
G.I. Joe
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