After Berlin Edge Closes In As War Nears Finish
The report notes Berlin possibly falling within hours or days as Soviet and American forces close in. It questions how the war will end, with Eisenhower likely declaring victory and Germans accused as criminals if they continue fighting. The piece foresees a potential release of allied prisoners before any formal surrender.
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Berlin
Oder River
Elbe
Pearl Harbor
Gen- Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Himmler
Senator Wheeler probes meat black market in wake of OPA delays
The piece urges careful public scrutiny of the meat black market and the OPA’s two year delay in acting on information. It cautions against turning the probe into politics while stressing the need for the American people to know the full facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
OPA
Behind the News on Empires and American policy
Paul Mallon analyzes imperial ambitions by England Russia and Stalin. The piece argues the United States lags other nations as a friend to smaller nations and questions where America stands in a changing global order. Time will tell how the balance of power shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Stalin
England
Russia
FSA liquidates large North Carolina farm projects
The Farm Security Administration in North Carolina scales back its four major developments totaling about 45 000 acres in Halifax Tyrrell Pender and Robeson counties. Projects at Tillery Roanoke Scuppernong Pembroke began in the New Deal era and are now being sold off to small farmers under Bankhead Jones terms amid congressional scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSA
North Carolina
Farm Security Administration
Roanoke
Halifax County
Tyrrell County
Penderlea
Pender County
Pembroke
Robeson County
Congress
Frank Hancock
Scuppernong and
Penderscn
J. B. Slack
Slack
Interior Department
Scuppernong
Halifax
Resettlement Administration
FSA liquidation reshapes North Carolina farms and homesteads
The Farm Security Administration in North Carolina reorganized and liquidated its holdings. Land was split into 35 to 60 acre farms with subsistence homesteads of 2 to 15 acres, many open lands disposed of, a hosiery mill sold to a private operator, and equipment sold to buyers who can use it locally. Officials say failed communal models stemmed from poor client selection and a general resistance to communal regulation among Americans.
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Novdiensent
Farm Security Administration
Department of Agriculture
FSA
Penderlea
Pendersen
Halifax
Pembroke
North Carolina
PSA
Reorganize VA Faces Strain From Postwar Veterans Surge
Wartime America notes Congress struggles to reform the Veterans Administration as World War II veterans flood in. Laws and interpretations lag, while VA adjudicates hundreds of thousands of claims and pensions loom. Hospital complaints of inefficiency intensify the debate.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans’ Administration
National
Veterans’ Organizations
Naet Ap
Veterans probe debated as GI Bill reforms eyed
Members question war veteran representation in VA scrutiny while a House resolution calls for a top to bottom probe. The measure moves to Rep John Rankin and may reach Sen Walter George or his policy panel, with potential legislation to ease GI Bill access.
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Austin Lane
House
John E. Rankin
Senate
Walter F. George
Military Affairs Committee
These Days San Francisco article on wartime world order echoes Wilson
Fourth article in the San Francisco series notes Pearl Harbor era rhetoric and the call for a lasting international system. It links Roosevelt and Wilson to efforts shaping a postwar covenant, referencing Dumbarton Oaks and Moscow talks with allies and rivals.
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Pearl Haanklin
D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
San Francisco
Lloyd George
General Smuts
League of Nations
Yalta
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
United States
China
Debate on Dumbarton Oaks Pact and League’s Flaws
The column argues the Dumbarton Oaks proposals imitate the old league in structure but favor the big three, remove equal veto power from smaller nations, and reduce the assembly to a debating body. It warns the plan lacks a bill of rights and moral grounding, risking failure without core protections.
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New League
Arrang
Dumbaton Oaks
International Court of Justice
League
Dumbarton Oaks
General Assembly
Security Council
Js Gg
Eee
Old League
Wilson
House
Lansing
Smuts
Herbert Hoover
Arthur Vandenberg
San Francisco
Russian press targets Vandenberg Hoover in global order debate
Washington reports describe Moscow controlled attacks on Senator Vandenberg and former President Hoover by the government backed Russian press. The pieces push for a world order favoring big powers, with limited regard for smaller nations, as shown in their coverage of Yalta, Roosevelt and the San Francisco conference.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Hoover
Vatican
Walter Lippman
Daily Worker
Pravda
Moscow
Europe
Amercan
Yalta
Stalin
Roosevelt
Hoke
London
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
San Franisco
Livadia
Balkans
Rival Views on Russian and American Diplomacy Clash
Paul Mallon argues that Moscow pursues empire building and veto power for big nations, contrasting Soviet and U S aims. He contends Russia ignores the Four Freedoms and Atlantic Charter, seeking dominance in Latin America and world order, while the United States acts as a wary neighbor and defender of smaller nations.
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Stalin
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Britian
Russia
Britain
Landlord uses war bonds rally in rent scheme
A New York landlord with a patriotic front redeems war bond rhetoric while reorganizing a tenant's apartment into a cooperative plan. A soldier's wife, facing higher apparent rent of 1866.67 dollars against 1400 dollars OPA rate, fears eviction for her two children as legal loopholes are invoked. Her husband serves in artillery and a lawyer counsels legality, while tenants debate action against the plan.
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New York
OPA
Whamzabuff
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