Critics reject San Francisco peace plan as weak and hypocritical
The piece argues politicians and newspapers laud the San Francisco conference while the proposed world body lacks real enforcement power. It calls the agreement a failed compromise that merely talks, not stops aggression, and warns it could mislead the public about progress toward true peace.
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Heapon
San Francisco Center
San Francisco
Russia
Asand Council
Ise
Yalta
Great Britain
China
France
Balkans
South America
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
United States
International Organization
God's Spirit in a Nation's Life
A preacher argues that rebuilding nations and temples rests not on human might but on God's Spirit. He cites Zechariah, Haggai, and Jesus to stress spiritual renewal, nations' decline without divine guidance, and the need for a new birth and peaceful world order led by faith. He urges leaders to seek spiritual foundations over force.
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Zechariah
Jeru
Palestine
Yaweh
Zerubbabel
Babylon
Bel
Uch
Haggai
Zewas Hash
Solomon's Temple
Nineveh
Persia
Napoleon
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Adolf Hitler
Jacob's Well
Jesus
Jerusalem
San Francisco
W.A.B
Mothers welcomed sons home from wars in High Point
Mrs. W A Coleman greets her nephew returning from service and praises safety and stories shared by veterans. Edgar Hartley urges all youths to learn to swim with pools offering learn to swim programs. Dr G I Humphreys speaks of the effort to get High Point College out of debt and the hopeful future ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Hartley
M.C.A
High Point
High Point College
Voices From High Point Highlight Postwar Concerns
Residents discuss postwar jobs for veterans and vehicle licensing, while others urge support for women joining the armed services and nursing polio care. An older resident jokes about June weather amid recounts of air force work and wartime memories.
Murphy Radio Broadcasts Aid Filipino Guerrillas Named Kiko
A wartime report details Justice Frank Murphy’s clandestine OWI shortwave messages to Filipino guerrillas in Manila called Kiko. Murphy pledged American aid, forecast a future return of the fleet, and cited independence milestones as Tokyo radios mocked his words.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
OWI
Manila
Murphy
Frank
Philippines
Tydings - McDuffie
Manila Bay
Philippine
Corregidor
Tokyo
Commonwealth
Military broadcasts hail Pacific fleet gains and memorials
By Jack Stinnett reports that U S naval forces in Philippine waters have defeated and routed a substantial portion of the Japanese fleet. Murphy urges restraint but expresses pride in wartime accomplishments linked to Guadalcanal Corascas Hollandia Moro tai Palau Tacloban and Manila memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippine
Murphy
Guadalcanal
Corasca
Hollandia
Morotai
Palau
Tacloban
Philippines
Manila
Bataan
Private wartime snoop group warns of collectable facts
The piece denounces a private writers' war board bulletin from June 1 1945 linked to OWI. It urges citizens to join and collect facts while criticizing the OPA. It portrays the group as a private gestapo seeking money and information from neighbors and stresses public participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writers’ War Board
OWI
Gestapo
OPA
Writers' War Board and inflation sparks neighborly war of words
A railing column questions the Writers' War Board led by Rex Stout and accuses private snooping of price shaming, defending the butcher and local business in a heated moral clash. The piece blames New Deal faults for inflation and urges reporting to police, not neighbors.
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Aiso
Writers’ War Board
Rex Stout
Hitler
Pen
CPA
Edgar Hoover
New Deal
Truman unhappy over State Dept faces Argentina war stance
Columnist mocks the State Department for its complacency and alleged ties to fascist Argentina. He cites Cortesi’s dispatch from San Francisco, argues Argentina’s wartime measures echo German-Italian fascism, and questions U.S. support of Argentina’s UN membership. The piece links Peron with Berlin and recalls FDR and Hull quips on neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
Truman
State Dept
San Francisco
Buenos Aires
Arnaldo Cortesi
New York
Cortesi
Italy
Argentina
USA
United Nations
Molotov
Darlan
Germany
Hitler
S. D
Peron
Berlin
Hull
Andrew Jackson
Corder Hull
Tennessee
F.D.R
State Department
Colummist
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U. S. Employment Service
Post Office
Wacs
SPARS
WAVES
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Emily Herring
Albert Crosley
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Gypsy Braswell
Polio Hospital
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FBI
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Winchell
Walter
Honolulu
100Th
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Seattle
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Eisenhower
E. Simms Campbell
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