Rankin and Browder Dominate Postwar Political Scandal Body
The piece attacks John E Rankin as a central figure in the world war legislation committee criticizing delay of reforms and favoring a costly bonus bill while stifling investigations into veterans hospitals and patient care. It also flags Earl Browder's resurfacing and its risk to U S foreign policy and Truman administration efforts. It reviews Robert E Hannegan’s control of the Truman political operation and forecasts a tight party-line path to 1948 re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Edith Nourse Rogers
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Browder
Earl Browder
Russia
National Communist Party
Moscow
San Francisco
Ers
Washington
State Department
Stalin
Joe
Truman
House
Dies
Robert E. Hannegan
Harry S. Truman
Hannegan
F.D.R
Missouri
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Baliwick
Agriculture
New Mexico
OPA
Clinton P. Anderson
White House
H.S.T
Young Rankin Honored By Dutch Artist
Durham reports Duke graduate Rankin, a paratrooper in Company G 508 Parachute Infantry, was painted by a Dutch artist who traced distant cousin links. The portrait hangs at Professor and Mrs. Rankin’s home as the Dutch artist claims kinship with Rankin’s Nijmegen bridgehead unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Wil Rankin
W. W. Rankin
Holland
Nijmegen
Rankin
Duke
Rankins
Roncken
North Carolina
Scotland
Troop Ships Reach New York After Perilous Voyage
Five Liberty ships arrived at New York harbor amid reports of rough seas and icebergs. Sgt. Albert Kyle of Charleston West Virginia described fog, gales, and iceberg danger as the convoy including the Aycock reached safety with 1,113 soldiers moving through New York that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
Army
Navy
Albert Kyle
Brooks St
Charleston
W. Va
Charles Brantley Aycock
Kyle
Aycock
Moses Austin
John Fiske
Sullivan
Walter Forward
45Th
Thunderbolt
82Nd Airborne
Shanks
Kilmer
Postage Receipts Rise Slightly in May 1945
May 1945 postal receipts totalled 25532.70 dollars, up slightly from 25501.98 dollars in May 1944, as announced by assistant postmaster J. E. The note also mentions comic strips joining daily newspapers in the 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E
Courage and safety echo in wartime reflections
A reflective column ties safety for motorists to wartime courage. It recalls a driver injured by a brake failure, extols William Tell and Churchill, and ends with the idea that true courage endures for a righteous cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British
Churchill
England
Rock of Gibraltar
Civilization
America
Repair Of Ships Is Most Urgent Job
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt declared that repairing battle damaged navy ships is the Pacific coast’s top war labor need. He said 15 000 naval craft wait for repair at west coast harbors, risking war end delays, and the navy will cover travel costs for workers. Shipyards are in Los Angeles San Francisco Bay and Seattle Puget Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
West Coast
McNutt
Japan
Navy
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay
Seattle-Puget Sound
Low Altitude Strafing Is Much Safer
In the Philippines a Mitchell bomber crew shows that crossing targets at very low altitude improves survival. 2nd Lt. Lester Morton recalls flying under 65 feet while ground fire failed to pin down the approach, while Lt. R. A. Michael reports strafing bivouacs on Formosa and destroying a destroyer escort off Swatow. The Fifth Air Force Apache group, famed for sinking Japanese shipping, demonstrates the safety of staying as low as possible when forced to fly low over hostile targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Army Airbase
Philippines
Lester Morton
Abilene
Tex
Morton
Orton
R. A. Michael
Savannah
Formosa
Swatow
Fifth Air Force
Air Apache
Air Force
China Sea
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Harry Hopkins
Charles E. Ellison
Walnut Street
Hamilton Street
Tomlinson
High Point
Charles Ellison
Grace Bryant
Tomlinson Hamilton Street
Ellison
W. A. Bivins
Hommes
Far East
Shaan Tech
Aanarine
William Tell
Gessler
Candeonen
Tell
Yadkin
Winston Churchill
Hitler
France
Luftwaffe
Iee
Charles
the Ritz
Harllee
Bia Ciel
Flarilee
Filarllee’s
Treasury Ds
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