Dewey urged to spell out international plan for postwar era
The piece argues Governor Dewey must detail his postwar international policy and advise-taking plans, naming anticipated advisers from Senate, House, business, religion, and finance, with Franklin D Roosevelt at the top of the list. It also notes the electorate’s domestic focus and war-handling doubts.
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Dewey
United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
Mr. In
Mr. Dewey
New York
Senate
House
Congress
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Paradox as Army Seizes Philadelphia Transit Lines
A clash between white workers and African Americans sparked a white worker strike of 6000 on Philadelphia’s transit system. Production in war plants fell up to 25 percent, prompting the President to order Army seizure of transit lines to keep public transportation open amid tensions.
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Philadelphia
Persident
Readers debate mail service and city issues
Postmaster Steve Clark laments incoming mail on the star route as unreliable. City Manager Roy Braden struggles to fill the chief of police post. Jack Adams questions use of golf course funds after government aid, while BR Pegram notes reduced personal play this year.
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Greensboro High Point
Postoffice Department
Steve Clark
Roy
Braden
Blairs
Jack Adams
BR. BR. Pegram
Community Letters on Health Hours and Local Ethics
A collection of reader remarks criticizes High Point restaurant inspections and cleanliness standards. Citizens discuss uniform hygiene and staffing strains while praising local officials, the police force, and a city golf course’s improvements.
War Fronts Shift as Allies Press Normandy Push
Christian Science Monitor notes rapid Allied advance in Normandy as American breakout appears likely. It cites German forces around 25 divisions at the beachhead and Allied strength near 50 divisions, predicting a move to a full scale offensive while pondering Nazi home front pressures.
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Poland
Normandy
Lwow
Bialystok
Dvinsk
Stanislawow
Przemys
Jaroslaw
Wehrmacht
Christian Science Monitor
Art transcends politics in a Mozart concert reflection
In Stockbridge at Tanglewood, Koussevitzky conducts Mozart amid praise for universal art. The speaker notes German, Hungarian origins of composers, contrasts cultural achievement with 1930s politics, and observes German ruthlessness and Japanese restraint in war context.
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Tanglewood
Stockbridge
Massachusetts
Koussevitzky
Mozart
Beethoven
Wagner
Brahms
Hitler
Goering
Himmier
Mozart and the clash of freedom and government
By George Sokolsky reflects on Mozart at Tanglewood as a lens for how politics and economics increasingly control individuals. He argues government grows from utility to master, sparking passive and revolutionary resistance, noting revolutions abroad vs. lack of welcome at home, and ends with thoughts on liberty amid travel from Lenox to Otis.
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Mozvart
Tanglewood
Mozart
Hitler
Germany
Lenox
Lee
Otis
Morgenthau Taxes Rally Farm Opinion in 1930s Letter
Washington notes Treasury Secretary Morgenthau sent revenue agents into farm areas to audit taxes without public notice amid election season. Reporters find farm sentiment leaning Republican compared to four years earlier. Critics cite AAA persistence, red tape, and rising hog prices after permit removals as tensions grow between New Deal policies and farmers.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Wallace
Roosevelt
AAA
New Deal
Mr. Morgenthau
Mallen sion questions Morgenthau move on labor politics
The writer argues that state and federal tax and wage policy moves are politically charged and could provoke strong labor and farmer reactions. He predicts political reactions from Morgenthau and left labor figures, suggesting strategic shifts for the Democratic campaign and accusing administration influences in labor policy.
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Sion
Morgenthau
New York
Wagner
Labor
CAPITOL SQUARE Outlook on surplus funds and duties
The Attorney General clarifies that surplus funds mean unexpected cash from sources like land sales and delinquent taxes and may be spent for public purposes within the year or saved as a post-war reserve. The piece also notes that city surpluses function as credits, not true surpluses, and discusses probation figures, storm damage, and gubernatorial appointments.
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State General Fund
Broughton
Howard Butler
Southern Pines
Butler
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Goldbrickin
Rubberlip
Pvt. AL. Reece
Frank Walker
H. L. Spens
Frances Beck
Weithey
Aaid Meeta Harris
Mr. Beck
Wrenn Street
Gilbert Crowson
Waterman Street
Maretta, Ga
Thie
al Gerring
Ttme
U. S
Ralph Miller
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallen
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
North Carolina
Carolina
Wrightsville
Wilmington
Tom Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
Sample
State Board of Correction and Training
W. Houston Moore
Clarence Herr
Chapel Hill
Howard C. Etheridge
Asheville
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