Island policy in Wartime security and international peace
Our Islands argues the United States should retain Pacific islands for security and peace, opposing mandatory transfer to allied powers. It criticizes relinquishing control after extensive costs, urges active US leadership in an international peace organization, and condemns potential loss of strength in the Pacific. The piece also honors Ernie with recognition and military decoration sentiment.
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Wads
New York
United States
Pacific
Russia
Bri
Philippines
Maribe Carolines
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Singapore
Nzation
Uria
Korea
Great Britain
India
Pearl Harbor
Congress
San Francisco
Mad dogs and the German people in wartime ethics
The speaker likens Hitler youth trained Germans to mad dogs and recounts a brutal act by SS teens burning slave laborers alive. He warns against a soft peace, urges humane justice, and calls for protecting future generations from madness while upholding law and humanity.
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Hitler Youth Movement
Hitler
Vth Ave
Buenos Aires
Peay Josephs
O.k
FBI
Washington
London
Peron
Ernie Pyle Remembered as Great Reporter and Man
The piece recalls Ernie Pyle as a superb newspaperman and a compassionate observer who loved people large and small. He faced front lines with fear yet pressed on, embodying bravery without bearing a weapon.
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Ernie Pyle
Legima
Ernie
Biting Itself Signs Collapse In Berlin Volkssturm Uprising
The Charlotte Observer reports SS and Gestapo forces crushed a revolt within the Volkssturm in Berlin. The ragtag militia, built of old men and youths, faced mutiny and deadly infighting as German units killed their own and watched the collapse of national resistance against the American advance.
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Volkssturm
Berlin
Gestapo
Charlotte Observer
Residents complain over half tin can take and dump piles
Clarence Arrington and John R. Peacock lament receiving only half the previous month’s tin cans. They point to a rusting large can pile behind Big Bear on South Main and a similar waste pile at the city dump. The letter argues salvaging should be better organized and questions grocery store paper and box salvaging practices and city salvage spending.
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Peacock
John R. Peacock
Tin Can Collection
Clarence W. Arrington
Hugh
Big Bear
South Main Street
Letters and snapshots from wartime city life
Citizens discuss waste reduction and bill notices in the incinerator plan and two delivery workers. Letters reflect on V E day celebrations, Roosevelt memory, and wartime forecasts with opinions on Japan and Germany.
House-Cleaning Senate-Cleaning Reform Proposals Spark Debate
The La Follette Monroney committee's first report outlines drastic ideas to reorganize Congress. Sen. J William Fulbright proposes an executive legislative cabinet with power to dissolve Congress on impasse, while others favor reducing committees and adding expert staff. Some call for a constitutional convention. critics urge practical changes like better acoustics and streamlined procedures. The panel warns Congress must modernize to restore power and efficiency.
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Washington
la Follette-Monroney
Congress
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
House of Representatives
Sen. Fulbright
Senate
House
Arkansas
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilson
League of Nations
la Follette Monroney Committee
Dies
Truman
Byrd Committee
Fulbright
Taylor
D-Idaho
Senate Chamber
Sen. Bailey
D-Nc
Rep
Stockman
R-Ore
Winchell On Broadway and War News Roundup
A collage of gossip and commentary from the Broadway scene and wartime chatter. Notes on Truman’s desk, FDR, Moscow and Rome, and the civil-military mix in postwar planning. Includes reflections on Nazi ties, bond drives, and shifting public opinion in America.
Profile edits test Meyer Berger faced with Harold Ross
A humorous recounting of Meyer Berger's profile revision process for The New Yorker editor Harold Ross. Ross demands changes then praises the original draft. The piece includes asides on wartime ball teams, book bans, and various brief items and quips.
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Meyer Berger
Harold Ross
Berger
Ross
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