Butch and Byrnes clash over New York curfew and chaos
A column describes Mayor LaGuardia nicknamed Butch as bucking White House directives, rolling back New York curfew to one am while Byrnes and President debate authority. The piece hints at tension over who dictates policy and the risk of chaos from mixed signals. It questions whether Byrnes was bypassed and implies strain in executive command.
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LaGuardia
New York
Little Flower
Butch
White House
Byrnes
Www House
Mr. Byrnes
R.I
Germany
Chicago
Jimmie
America
Iwo Jima
March of Time
Hie
Hitler
Arch Oboler
Hokum
Remagen Bridge Collapse Seen as Fortunate Break
The Ludendorff bridge at Remagen collapsed after German firing and mishaps allowed American soldiers to cross and establish a bridgehead. The incident, seen as more than luck, is viewed as a providential break shaping the war’s course and saving many lives.
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Remagen
Ludendorff
Rhine
Capitol Square Commissions and History Move in Assembly
Governor Cherry weighs commissions to cover acts and appointments as lawmakers eye a commission on commissions. The House unanimously adopts a resolution urging Walter Murphy to write a North Carolina history, praising his long service and defining history as linking past with present. Downward payroll trends hint at shrinking spending and tax capacity.
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Cherry
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Walter
Pete) Murphy
North Carolina
Murphy
North Carolina General Assembly
House
Wage trends and fireworks bills amid county politics
The report notes a 3.6 percent drop in total wage earnings while printing and publishing top wages at 91.6 cents per hour and hotels lag at 31.7 cents. It covers House doubt over a statewide school bonds bill and a shifting fireworks bill journey from Mecklenburg to Guilford and back, with limited gains.
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House
Kedel
Mitchell
Senate
Assembly
Mecklenburg County
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Blythe
Debate Over Wording Slows Passages Despite Scrutiny
Discussion notes that few bills pass without study as seasoned members flag monkey business. Debates linger about word choice, sometimes for an hour, over meanings that are almost but not exactly the same.
Krug Leads WPB Through Wartime Conversion
The article portrays William A. Kru g as a decisive, tall career public servant guiding the War Production Board. Once recalled from the Navy to chair WPB, he aimed to end internal disputes and restart civilian production amid German counteroffensives and shifting war needs.
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Donald Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
Krug
Navy
Germany
Krug Expands War Production Drive and WPB Strains
The piece discusses William Knudsen era WPB under Cap Krug tightening controls to hit ambitious war production targets. Army and Navy officials constantly shift demands and labor sits out in key industries, slowing progress. Krug is described as a New Dealer who prioritizes getting the job done, even if not aligned with big business.
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Washington
Fela
Jrug
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Federalommunications Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Navy
Krug
Chet Fa
Byrnes
Congress
Romania and Soviet Influence Shift in War Realignments
The piece argues that Romania moved from Germany to Soviet Russia as the war nears its end, leaving Poland and China bloodied while American support for Romania’s fate remains tepid. It critiques public cynicism and questions the cost of ending the conflict.
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Poland
China
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Germany
Hitler
Stalin
Romania
Moscow
Teheran
Yal
New World at San Francisco seen as peace and control plan
By George Sokolsky argues the San Francisco Conference will establish a peaceable New World led by Allied powers, policing nations like Romania Poland and China to prevent aggression. He condemns Soviet influence and warns Romanians Poles and Chinese will resist puppet regimes and seek national freedom.
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Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Stalin
Rumania
Poland
China
Anthony Eden
House of Cons
Ier Radescu
Peter Groza
Eden
Radescu
Romania
St.lin
Hitler
Yenan
Nanking
Mao Tze-tung
Soviet Russia
Wang Ching-wei
Japan
Attitudes and economic fears amid war’s end in four columns
Washington notes warn that households hold record cash yet fear postwar inflation and unemployment. Observers urge government action to secure reconversion, dampen disheartenment, and prevent inflation while guiding labor, business, and farmers toward stability.
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Washington
South Atlantic War
Roosevelt
Reforming the Postwar Economy and Job Reconversion
Paul Mallon argues against pessimism and calls for a centralized plan to convert wartime gains into peacetime production. He warns that deficits and scattered efforts risk unemployment and halted demand, urging coordinated action by government, industry, and the Army as peace nears.
Broadway notes spark wide world of plays and radio
Critics split on new stage works from It's a Gift to Dark of the Moon while radio and film figures from FDR to Iwo Jima veterans headline coverage. Reviews praise Talulah Bankhead and a folk play with gusto, and condemn some shows as meager or miscast.
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G. J. Nathan
Pulitzer
Critics’ Circle
Willem Waldorf
E. P. Dutton
Chicago
Washington
FDR
Congress
Roosevelts
James P. Warburg
News Biz
Marshall Field
Bill Mauldin
Ilya Ehrenburg
Russia
Mike Todd
Oracle Ward Morehouse
Tallulah Bankhead
Philip Barry
H. Barnes
Private Breger Abroad
Cartoon by Dave Breger about a soldier abroad adjusting to duties and humor. A light wartime piece reflecting the soldier’s misadventures with a barbed wire task and a reminder to finish on the correct side.
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