Coal Strike Lingers as Government Weighs Next Steps
The editorial weighs the Presidents order to seize coal mines and John L Lewis’s 15 day postponement. It notes the failure to mobilize miners, questions who will mine, and watches for two weeks to decide which side is stronger. It also reflects on veterans returning to college and the character test of war.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
White House
Berlin
Tokyo
America
Douglas Southall Freeman
Richmond
University of Rochester
Freeman
Dr. Freeman
Frances Moffitt
A. L. Lewis
4. P. Richardson
Carlton Newsome
Smolensk
Red Cross
Oswiecim
Gestapo
United Nations
Raymond G. Swing
Tunisia
OWI
Cecil Brown
NBC
Hour of Charm
P. Spitalny Ladies
Vic Arden
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Fibber
His Darling
FDR
Capt
Kidd
U. S
Adolf
Newark Star Ledger
George Jean Nathan
Merrill Denison
Klondike
Mike
Christopher Morley
Jack London
Rex Beach
Tom Paine
Howard Fast
George Washington
Paine
Congress
Carey McWilliams
Mme
Wellington Koo
Hush-Hush Policy Draws Senate Criticism Of Navy
The Senate Truman war investigation committee denounces the hush hush policy, citing submarine sinkings of 12,000,000 tons last year and questioning military secrecy. It argues frank public discussion better serves democracy than prolonged ambivalence and warns of eroding public confidence in government publicity.
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United Nations
Germany
Navy
Army
Roosevelt
Congressional
Tax Debate Seeks Early Budget Accord Amid Withholding Push
Congress resumes tax talks with no clear winner as plans call for 20 percent withholding on wages beyond exemptions within two months. The dispute focuses on speed and impact on the average worker as industry expects tighter income curtailment.
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Congress
Sprouts Condemned as Nonessential Saboteurs in War Britain
Official word from England declares Brussels sprouts nonessential and to be replaced by cabbage or other greens. The proclamation limits sprout cultivation to free land for cabbage, implying a broader wartime strain on democratic life as kitchens lose a favored vegetable.
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England
Citizens Discuss John L Lewis and Voting Attitudes
Citizens and officials in High Point share strong opinions on John L Lewis and wartime coal policies. Local leaders urge voting participation while politicians debate censorship, war effort effects, and the need for civic projects including teen recreation centers and sidewalks.
Diplomatic strains and Shangri La missteps analyzed
The piece weighs the Great Britain's and United States' efforts to mend Poland Russia rifts amid Nazi propaganda. It notes Polish distrust of Moscow and the Oswiecim camp issue, while contrasting wartime reporting failures and the OSS OWI handling of the Shangri La raid with Doolittle's 1942 mission and Roosevelt Camacho talks.
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Great Britain
United States
Nazi Popaganda
United Nations Solidarity
Russia
Poland
Moscow
Stalin
Hitler
Broadway Notes On Innocent Bystander And The Arts Scene
A lad produced The First Million, a crime satire by Sgt. I Elman, drawing mixed reviews. The column surveys Broadway spectacles and radio and film chatter, noting Ethel Barrymore back in The Corn Is Green, Judy Garland in Presenting Lily Mars, and ongoing industry feuds, hits, and literary critiques of the era.
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Tobacco Road Belt
Sgt. I. Elman
Jimmy Elliott
Times Patrol
Sticks
Gotham
Walt Whitman
Eugene O'Neill
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Merman
Variety
Rascoe, Gibbs
Anderson
Oklahoma
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Truman War Investigating Committee
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Edgar Snider
Junior Chamber of Commerce
L. G. Williams
John L
Quisling Lewis
May Williamson
Mary Dickinson
USO
Charles T. Ingram, Jr
Junior Service League
Parks and Juvenile Commission
Citizen's Service Corps
Kenneth Redman
Vernon Roberts
Bruce Coltrane
Sam Kanter
U.S. Navy
Louise Alexander
North Carolina Women's Press Conference
Greensboro
Burton Heath
Near East
Molotoff
Biar Goebbels
Shangrel-La
Shangri-La
Office of War Information
Jimmy Doolittle
Hornet
Doolittle
Japan
China
Washington
Donald Coe
North Africa
Camacho
Mexico
Elmer Davis
Winchell
Broadway
Ty Power
Anne Baxter
Judy Garland
Lily Mars
John Hall
Maria Montez
Reveille
Beverly
William Lyon Phelps
Good Housekeeping
Omnibook
Howard Lindsay
Fortune
Mark Twain
Richard Kinney
L. C. Harison
Stanley Frank
Barbara Aldrich
Margaret Case Harriman
A. W. Howard
N. Y. Post
Radio
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