MacArthur’s Return Foreseen as War Hero Stalwart
A retrospective celebration of General Douglas MacArthur, recalling his leadership from his stand at Anacostia Flats to the Pacific campaigns. The piece lauds his honesty, courage, and future place in history as an outstanding American hero.
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Lippines
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Anacostia Flats
Hoover
France
Pacific
Editorial Calls to Reassess Transport Plane Use
Wayne Parrish editor of American Aviation urges halting the misuse of 21 passenger transport planes by high ranking Army officers. He argues commercial lines need restored aircraft and priority policies to serve cargo and regular passengers, not private travel. He proposes a civilian pool and expanded commercial fleets to meet demand.
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Wayne Parrish
American Aviation
Parrish
War Department
Army
Empire Builder
Great Northern
France and De Gaulle in discord over unity for free France
The piece critiques General de Gaulle for pressuring negotiations with General Giraud, arguing it harms the Fighting French movement and national unity. It stresses both leaders as patriots, notes Giraud’s wartime constraints, and urges compromise to prevent division aiding Nazi aims. It concludes that continued rift risks France, the Allies, and democracy losing credibility.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
General de Gaulle
General Giraud
Hitler
Giraud
United Nations
Democracy
Worthy Move To Extend War Damage Insurance Coverage
The American Business Congress asks Congress to broaden war damage insurance without extra premiums. They argue no losses have occurred so far and future damage is unlikely. The plan targets property protection, not profit, and aligns with shrinking Axis threat in the hemisphere. A dividend through extended coverage appears reasonable.
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American Business Congress
Congress
Hemisphere
Thoughts of Others on Porto Rico and Home Front Measures
A compilation of quotes from Arthur Kirkman and other officials discussing Porto Rico's railroad scale, venereal disease efforts in High Point, syphilis drug access, private practice versus health department care, canner proposals for home canning, price ceiling enforcement, and wartime labor shifts. Generals and politicians weigh the impact of these issues on morale and national effort.
War Declared Against Cartels by U S Justice Dept
Peter Edson reports that the U S Department of Justice has declared war on international cartels of big business, with indictments against National Lead Company and E I du Pont de Nemours and Company for a global titanium compounds conspiracy. A cartel division under Herbert A. Ber man aims to prosecute postwar cartels under the Sherman act, as Europeans and Japanese favor monopolies and American firms could break them with free competition.
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U. S. Department of Justice
FE. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Tom C. Clark
Thurman Arnold
Department of Justice
Herbert A. Berman
Newrak
N. J
Tom Clark
U. S
Germany
Con
Charles S. Dewey
Kago
Department of State
Atlantic Seaboard
Walla Walla
Wash
Pacific
Baltimore
Bernard de Voto
From the boggy shores of Ireland a voyage ends in combat
A stanzaic reminiscence recalls sailing from Ireland on a British cruiser with hidden orders toward an Atlantic shore. The ship endures searchlights and gunfire, reaches land after a two day battle, then advances to Africa to pursue Rommel, Hitler, and Nazi crimes with allied resolve and a toast to the Yankees and old glory.
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Ireland
Atlantic
Rommel
Hitler
Earth’s Weight Put At Six Sextillion Tons by Standards
The U S Bureau of Standards assigns the earth’s weight at six sextillion tons. This figure reflects precise standard mass estimates used in scientific calculation and education.
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U. S. Bureau of Standards
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Gerald W. Johnson
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