War outlook and society’s postwar plan mix
The piece surveys the ongoing coal front and government be reassessed as 1940s war weariness grows. It notes 500 more quitters despite government control, questions Roosevelt’s resolve, and highlights looming European operations, air power, and possible invasion plans. It cites Devers’s new command and stresses business leadership for postwar reconstruction while warning against state socialism. It ends with a brisk club of humor and Tommy Manville’s marriage brief.
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Europe
Devers
General Andrews
Jitters Warns of Axis Aid in Europe and Japan’s Immediate Strikes
A Japanese spokesman warned that Japan will strike vigorously in the Orient once Europe invasion begins. He stressed simultaneous global front warfare, urging readiness for bloodier days ahead and cautioning against false optimism. Roller skate season and rationing temper the era’s mood.
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Europe
Japan
Orient
War chat and civic views mix in High Point letters
Readers comments span wartime topics from politics and leadership to women’s roles and youth, with notes on local officials, the Boy Scouts, and a school pageant. Citizens urge prudent salaries, garden victory, and home vacations while praising chaplains and Red Cross efforts.
Postwar Air Policy Debated By Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board sent seventeen questions to Congress and industry leaders to shape a national postwar aviation policy. Key issues include international routes, landing rights, domestic and international route extensions, and the future air age. Applications to extend international routes are on file but carry no priority without a prearranged national policy and international accords.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Congressional Commerce Committees
United Nations
United States
U. S
Northeast Airlines
New England
Boston
London
Paris
Reykjavik
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Leningrad
Prague
Chicago
Southern
Nome
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Singapore
Java
North- West Airlines
Twin Cities
Seattle
Yakutsk
Pieping
Manila
Chungking
Calcutta
Pearl Harbor
Thoughtful Verse On Truth and Shared Life
A compact quotation card verses on truth and honor from biblical and poetic sources. It links Ephesians admonition to live honestly with a moral call to speak truth and think rightly. The couplet by Horatius Bonar adds a moral incentive urging sincere thoughts and deeds.
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Horatius Bonar
They Are Too Holy An Exchange On Postwar Plans
The author criticizes postwar reconstruction ideas as too idealistic and dull while praising decent non utopian views. He doubts widespread belief in a millennium of peace, questions isolationism, and argues for a strong, collaborative international order led by Britain, France, and other democracies to avert a costlier future war.
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Brotherhood of Man
Harpers
Life
Middle West
Tunisia
South Pacific
Ickes
Jeffers
Nelson
Byrnes
Woodrow Wilson
Manila Bay
Hell's Kitchen
Fifth Avenue
Herzegovina
Great Britain
Russia
China
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