Washington Star May Syndicate Columns Say War Viewpoints Needed
Editorial notes resigning aide Lowell Mellett will join Washington Star as a columnist with possible syndication. It argues journals must publish diverse opinions and contrasts urban bias with rural perspectives while urging clear peace terms and united action to end the war without vengeance.
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Washington Star
Lowell Mellett
The
Washington) Star
Paul Mallon
Walter Winchell
Ray Tucker
Albert Lehman
Jack Stinner
Damon Runyon
Tojo
Hitler
America
New York Times
United States News
Liberty Magazine
Germany
David Lawrence
United States
Chungking
China
Selwys Speight
Japan
Edith Cavell
League of Nations
World Organization
World Court
Voices From Home Front The War Drives Opinions and Local Hopes
WAC recruiting officer Cpl Dorothy Skokes notes nine of ten girls want to join the service arguing for a women's draft. Author Margaret Culkin Banning says a women draft is necessary and wise. Local gardening book from International Harvester offered by Civil Defense. Red Cross provides food and services to sailors overseas. Community figures praise a concert program and discuss victory gardens. A family dog was killed by a hit and run driver. Horse show expected to be one of the best in history. Mrs Younger weighing soy milk versus cow milk.
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Dorothy Skokes
WAC
Margaret Culkin Banning
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
Ssusiell
Dear Walter on Broadway from Anzio to Naples in war press corps
Mel Diamond writes from Italy about life with the Army public relations unit during the Sicilian invasion and Anzio. He praises colleagues from A P and INS, notes reporters like Ernie Pyle and Doris Freeson, and recalls delivering stories from the Naples front as D Day press duties unfold. He signs off with a homesick note to Broadway.
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Walter
Fifth Army
Italy
Fort Bliss
Texas
Salerno
Army Headquarters
Anzio
Big Press Association
Nords Packard
A. P
Don Whitehead
Clark Lee
INS
Homer Bigart
Herald Trib
Will Lang
Time
John Lardner
News
Bill Stoneman
The
Chi. Daily News
Brandt
Acme
Bob Capa
Life
Sammy Golds
Hearst
Scripps-Howard Pool
Jack Fossie
Milt Lehman
Harold Ross
Navy
Florida
California
Lehman
Bigarts
Packards
Robert C. Geake
Orson Welles
Julius
Ernie Pyle
Doris Freeson
Doris
Naples
Broadway
Mel Diamond
Roosevelt and Governors Clash Over Soldier Ballots
In a Washington column, Paul Mallon argues Roosevelt’s push for soldier voting exposed Governor resistance and a political trap. He notes Congress delayed the bill, while governors demand Army and Navy ballot distribution, and outlines potential outcomes and risks to a late 1944 vote.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
South
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
White House
Hattie Caraway
Ernors
South Seas
Green
Lucas
Congress
Soldier
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Gargantua
Goering
Mussolini
International Harvester
P. M. Davis
Victory Garden
Defense Office
Red Cross
Coffe
Cecil Haworth
Carson Gregory
W. B. Moser
Kivett Drive
T. W. Rochelle
Winchell
Jack Stinnet
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
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