Hitlerism and the war future in 1940s world
A sweeping editorial argues Hitler has lost credibility as wartime diplomacy shifts toward a total defeat approach. It highlights U S aims for a postwar order, rejecting negotiated peace with Nazi tyranny, and calls for a strong international framework after victory. The piece endorses broad American support for mobilization and unity with allies.
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Bolivia
United
Berlin
Germany
Washington
United States
Congress
Hitler
South America
Mr. Roosevelt
Netherlands
Charles E. Gratke
Christian Science Monitor
Rotterdam
Legation
Association of Nations
League of Nations
Welles
Doing Pretty Well and Aid to Britain in War Time
The Clarkburg Telegram notes the focus on aiding Britain with war production and Atlantic patrols. It argues Britain remains strong, notes British empire gains and favorable policies, and suggests Americans should learn from John Bull’s approach without opposing Britain.
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Clarksburg
Britain
Atlantic
Iceland
Great Britain
Hitler
Soviet Russia
America
John Bull
Ethiopia
Italian Somaliland
Etriria
Syria
Lebanon
The More Horrible Thing War's Reach Across Homes
A wartime letter from an English youth describes Dunkirk patrols and personal loss as bombed homes, buried remains, and renewed resolve. The author asserts Nazi invasion would fail if the United States and allies refuse to yield, emphasizing the cost of occupation and the unwavering determination to resist.
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Elkins Inter-Mountain
United States
Cuba
France
Dalton Brothers
Dalton's
Jesse
Frank James
Bob
Grant
Dick Broadwell
Bill Powers
Coffeeville
Kansas
Broadwell
Powers
State Penitentiary of
Young Emmett Dalton
Retired Grafton conductor Mike Shields Praised for Decades of Service
The History of Taylor County highlights Captain Mike Shields who retired March 20 1923 after twenty years as conductor on the Grafton to Wheeling passenger trains. He lost a leg in a freight wreck yet continued serving daily with an artificial limb and a long knowledge of local rail travel.
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Mike Shields
Grafton
Wheeling
Farrel
Stetsbury
Porter
Cochran
Riley
Shahan
Fetterman
Agnes Litzinger
Dennis A
Litzinger
Baltimore and Ohio
Belton
Stephen Riley
Mike
Fis
National ‘American Legion
Indianapolis
Flanders
Kansas
United States
America
James Brothers
West Virginia
Grafton Sentinel
James
Mackin Street
Jesse James
Missouri
Japan's Ships Continue Oil Shipping Amid Permit Shuffle
The Japanese tanker Daini Ogura Maru sailed for Yokohama with 4.5 million gallons of California crude after a sailing permit cancellation by the State Department was reversed when the master explained the vessel would not head to Indo China. A number of Japanese freighters remain active in oil traffic.
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Japan
California
State Department
Yokohama
Indo-China
Latin American blacklist seen as tool in war effort
Charles P. Stewart outlines how Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson leads a broad Yankee blacklist targeting Latin American firms with Axis ties. He explains licensing cuts, frozen funds, and the aim to shift trade to pro democracy entities while noting potential Latin American backlash and the need for practical economic measures such as securing raw materials from the region.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Uncle Sam
Dean “Wig “Acheson
United States
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Commerce Department
Acheson
Samuel
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Rockefeller
Rockefeller V
Unis
Astle of Contentment in a Turbulent Moment
In La Madera, ae Varanoff, young wife Yenina, and her guarded life with Theodore Vincent collide with Tate Cromwell and Scott Hamilton as secrets surface after a tense confrontation. Vincent arrives with forceful demand, while Yenina weathers fear and seeks Cromwell’s wary aid amid a brewing family tension.
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Ae Varanoff
Theodore Vincent
la Miodera
Mion Stone
Vincent Familitocracy
Carlyle
Yleus
Eustady
Scort Hamilton
Ytena
Tate
Ylena
Arma
Yiena
Young
Cromwell
Vincent
Viena
Yieira
Vidnat
Bart-Batker
Lov ers Leap 1941 Vacations Wage Talks at Plant
The company offers a 60 cent basic wage with a 10 percent raise for police workers and discusses a chatko system and union shop. The plant holds orders for 1,300 gondola cars for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and has secured government priorities for required materials.
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Plice
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Upshur to Get from Harman to site for native stone work
Fragmentary note indicates Harman offices 24 miles from Elkibs have housed operations for six years. Mentions two tales from Buckhabhion and an August 1 date to facilitate work on a native stone construction called the Oe 7a Built.
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Harman
Buckhabhion
Elkibs
Union votes to reopen plant after mediation offer
At Los Angeles the Pacific court petroleum indicene said it would cooperate with the government and halt oil sales to Japan if the State department directs. The union agreed to accept Labor Commissioner Charles J. Sattler’s mediation proposal and reopen the plant, stating they do not feel affairs have reached an irreparable point.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Court
Petroleum Indicene
Ry Franes
Japan
State Department
Charles J.F. Sattler
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