Free Press Report Prompts Global Conference Push
The World News Freedom Committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors summarizes a 40,000 mile global tour on press liberty. It criticizes wartime censorship and urges peace treaties to enshrine free communications, noting Soviet claims of freedom misrepresent reality. The report signals growing editor interest and proposes a world conference on press freedom.
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World News Freedom Committee
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Apa
France Through Occupation A Glimpse From A Paris Visitor
A French acquaintance recalls wartime life under German control. He describes imprisonment, forced work, and later return to civilian duties, noting Paris escaped heavy shortages while the countryside suffered. He cites memories of fuel scarcity and rationing, and hints at exaggerated reports about life in France during the occupation.
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Paris
Radio executive Gordon Graham rises to Washington news bureau
Gordon Graham, long involved in radio from college days at Miami University, becomes manager of the Washington news bureau of Station While a student he studied radio script writing under Professor A Lorin Gates and helped write and produce WLW programs. After graduation he announced in Dayton and later worked at a Muncie station.
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WLW
Dayton
Muncie
Indiana
Experienced Newsman Graham Dies After Loud Broadcasting Career
Experienced radio editor and special events director Mr Graham, who served with Darton newspaper, WLW staff, and Washington news programs, died after a long career. He traveled to Alaska in 1942 and worked at midwest Army camps. He hosted World Front on WLW NBC and brought Washington figures to the microphone. He held a pilot’s license, enjoyed photography and flying, and was married with four children.
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Darton
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Midwest Army
Washington
World Front
EWT
Britain debate on election paths shaping postwar future
A Canadian or American reader notes a heated exchange among MR CROFE and MR HALL about Britain’s postwar economy. Churchill defends free enterprise against Attlee’s nationalization, while both sides warn of collectivism’s spread and the risks to private property and democracy.
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Churchill
Germany
Clement Attlee
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
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Hall
England
Tere
Labor Party
Labor
Liberal Party
Conservative
Commons
Cmnnot
Commonwealth
Croft
Attlee
Iabela Attlee
Teft
MR. Hall
Attles Javleft
Churchil
Mr. Churchil
Mr. Attlee
Busia
Bank of England
The German Record political portrait review
William Ebenstein’s The German Record: Political Portrait is praised as a thorough, damning critique of German history. The reviewer highlights the book’s heavy evidentiary approach, arguing it shows Germany’s failure to form a stable political entity and its drift toward subservience to rulers. The piece notes the author’s concern about Allied postwar actions toward Germany.
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William Ebenstein
Farrar & Rinehart
Germany
University of Wisconsin
Eben
Stei
Fritz
Napoleon
Bismarck
Ebenstein
Rival to My Heart wedding tragedy and blast at plant
In a chaotic wedding weekend at the Thayer house, Gail supports Lucienne while Agnes frets over a shamless future. As Lucienne wed Ralph, a plant explosion erupts, hospital ambulances arrive, and reporters swarm the plume of smoke, revealing casualties and a city in shock.
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Thayer House
Agnes
Gail
Reyna
Lannock Drive
Burke
Katie
Luceet
Nepher
Ste
Strauss
Ralph
Steve
Howard Thayer
Thley Hone
Howard
Amos Niles
de Gail
Chet
Noted Warning Against German Policy Influence
The piece condemns coercive German influence amid World War II era tensions, urging nations to resist imposing German policy on Allied peoples. It contrasts with the experiences of Paris, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Belgrade, Athens and Barcelona and warns of sowing discord among Allies. The excerpt mentions book reviews and a note on sugar syrup usage in cold drinks.
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Europe
Kansas City
Gestapo
Paris
Warsaw
Fragmented World War Era Snippets and Oddities
A garbled collage notes a declared hiding figure, sparsely mentions the Axis remnants, and mocks public figures. It riffs on bamboo spears, court nights, a Wild Man From Borneo version, a Brooklyn librarian plea, and a speedy British airlift to India, all in satirical, disjointed fashion.
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