Spain’s frame of mind shapes Axis and anti Axis drift
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues Spain’s sentiment influences regional pro and anti Axis stances, noting Spain’s Catholic heritage mixed with anarchist currents, Franco’s caudillo rule, and the Axis goal of penetrating North Africa via Spain. He chairs the tension with Mussolini Stalin and Hitler, and questions Franco’s restraint and Portugal’s fate.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Spain
United States
Brazil
Portugal
Rio Grande
Uncle Sam
United Nations
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Duce
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Francisco Franco
Adolf
Benito
Joe Stalin
Caudillo
Franco
Jas Adolf
Axis
Hitler
Stalin
Africa
Bread and Bondage A Critique of Gas Rationing and W P A
The piece argues against official privilege in wartime fuel access and questions continuing W P A spending. It cites Congress members with unlimited gas cards, Roosevelt asking for 337 million dollars for work relief, and urges public servants to share sacrifices and accept job accountability amid labor shortages.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Raymond Clapper
Three steps to prevent rail car shortages urged
Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, urged businessmen to help railroads maximize use of equipment. He called for speeding up loading and unloading, loading box cars to capacity, and reducing seasonal peaks by stretching coal purchases into summer to smooth demand and avoid congestion. He emphasized universal cooperation to keep cars rolling and loaded.
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Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense ‘Transportation
What Policy
A beam from the department of commerce proclaims price freezing will curb wartime inflation but only as part of a broader program. The piece questions how a general wage policy will work and whether unwarranted raises will be blocked, while probing impacts on living standards and prices.
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Department of Commerce
Office of Price Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Textile Workers’ Union
American Woolen Company
War Labor Board
WLB
Davis
The WPA hangs on in Wheeling brief
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes that public jobs and welfare spending persist despite early New Deal promises of balance. It recalls years of asserted budget balancing followed by continued higher expenditures and widening gaps between income and outgo.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Founders day and community events in Taylor County
Large crowds attended Founder's Day at Andrews Methodist Episcopal church on March 25 1925 with a program by the Foreign Missionary Society and Sunday School. The event featured scripture reading, history of the society, musical performances and a social hour. Also noted were the deaths of Floyd A Reynolds and a long account of the Reynolds family lineage in the Webster area. Blueville hosted a crowded March 27 1925 Parent-Teachers meeting at the school with talks on school problems Bible in the school parent responsibilities and student recitations.
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Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Foreign Missionary Society
W. C. Barnes
Fred S. Bishop
John N. Tregellas
The
Missionary Society
William Brown
Janice Beagle
Edward Hart
Richard Glenn
Dartmouth Beatty
Helen Pierce
Vaughn M. Kerr
Hugh McDaniel
Burrell
B. Flark
W. P. Hendrickson
Virginia
Robert Reynolds
Thomas
Cornelius Reynolds
Fauquier
For County
Taylor County
Lemuel B. J
Dora Reynolds
Webster
Simpson Cemetery
Blueville
Ruby Flanagan
C. L. Boyce
Beulah Snyder
America
W. Matthews
Eva DeMoss
Florence Shaffer
Henry Kramer
Chapman
Euphema Ford
William Grimes
West Virginia Hills
No general wage policy until it is clarified
The excerpt argues that many wonder why saved wages or wage extensions on federal jobs would persist. It notes uncertainty about industry wide agreements with government, current wage rates, and possible government board adjustments, concluding there is no single wage policy now or in sight.
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AFL
Wages Policy Crucial To Price Ceiling Security
The passage argues that without a formal wage policy laid down by the president or Congress, price ceilings remain as unstable as a fragile structure in a Kansas cyclone, implying policy clarity is essential for market control.
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Congress
Kansas
Experts Agree on Axis Morals and Future War Prospects
American correspondents released from wartime confinement in Germany and Italy say Axis economies and morals are deteriorating while warning no quick win is near. They caution optimism is dangerous and that victory this year is unlikely, though full effort could prevent Hitler advancing in 1942 and position the Allies to prevail in 1943 1944 or 1945.
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Hinton Daily News
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Washington
de Fuehrer
Can We Stop Hitler This Year It Could Be Done
The best-informed experts now express positive certainty that victory is possible this year. Morale has been boosted by assurances, and belief grows that with full energy, stopping Hitler this year and destroying him eventually is achievable.
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Hitler
The Sun Dial review by Richard Austin Smith
John Selby notes The Sun Dial by Richard Austin Smith from Knopf. A sailor narrator and Suzanne, a mixed Danish Portuguese heroine, move from a Maine island to a jungle, Cape Horn, and Denmark, ending with a radio controlled destroyer used as a bombing target.
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SUN Dial
Richard Austin Smith
Knopf
Mr. Smith
Snow White
Pippa
Maine
Suzanne
Cape Horn
Denmark
Tibby Accepts Wayne’s Marriage Proposal At Roadhouse
In a roadhouse dinner and dance, Tibby tells Wayne she will marry him, torn between love and uncertainty about her feelings. Wayne, eager and hopeful, vows to give her the world while planning a meaningful engagement gift and pondering her birthstone as a symbol of their future.
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Wayne
Tibby
Tommy
Taha
Bachan
Steena
Sterna
Violeta
Tyes
Avi
Slang, satire, and a pin money joke headline mix
A jumbled column notes slang usage and wartime quips about gas hogs and submarine meals. It mentions Zadok Dumbkopf and a mock debate over a German cruiser Prinz Eugen. The piece references a debt to a top bowser biscuits and a pun about pin money and congressional races.
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Zadok Dumbkopf
Republican Comein Neg Lei Pree Ode Oddities and Election Returns
The article critiques a writer’s dialogue in The Sun Dial while reporting Iowa election results. It notes Herring leading with 47 457 votes from 1 773 precincts and Ernest J. Seemann polling 18 881 on an isolationist platform. It also lists Republican gains and Democratic nominees Kraschel and Hickenlooper in Iowa's gubernatorial race.
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Herring
Ernest J. Seemann
Pearl Harbor
Thornburg
Wilson
Democratic bid for Taylor County commissioner in 1942
A candidate announces intention to run for county commissioner in Taylor County, seeking the Democratic nomination in the August 4, 1942 primary, and solicits votes from voters and Harvey A. Poe.
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Taylor County
Trustee's Notice of Sale in Taylor County West Virginia
Legal notice announces sale under a trust deed dated September 20 1928 by Joseph B Bradford and wife Bradford at public auction on June 3 1942 at 1 00 PM at the front door of Taylor County Court House West Virginia Lot 23 Walnut Street West Grafon beginning southeast corner and running a described boundary with Dorsey Street and Walnut Street The sale terms require one third cash at sale one third with interest in one year and the remainder in two years from taking.
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Joseph B. Bradford
Bradford
Bea
Taylor County
West Virginia
Walnut Street
City of
Grafton
West Grafton
Dorsey Street
Wa Street
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