BAD BILL IS CONGRESS PAY RAISE BACKLASH
The editorial argues that a typical North Carolina congressman would be financially better off in private life with a $5,000 salary, criticizing a House bill granting $2,500 tax free for expenses. It urges restraint, citing inflation, private-salary comparisons, and shared sacrifice across government branches.
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North Carolina
Washington
Congress
William Umstead
House of Representatives
Bulwinkle
Gastonia
That’s Enough A Critique Of Forcing Veterans To Fight In Pacific
A public defense of not assigning veterans who fought in North Africa and Europe to the Japan campaign. The writer argues soldiers face nerve strain after two major sieges and urges using qualified troops in the Pacific instead, noting terrain and enemy differences and faults of overburdening veterans.
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North Africa
Europe
Japan
Pacific
Germany
No Vote No Fight Echoes From San Francisco Talk
The text argues that small nations should not bear the burden of force without representation on decision councils. It endorses giving major powers full representation while opposing mandatory contributions from unrepresented smaller nations during force decisions. It echoes the no taxation without representation principle as a parallel.
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Council
San Francisco
Hard boiled leadership named for postwar Germany duties
The decision to keep General Eisenhower in command in Germany and appoint Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay as his deputy to stamp out remnants of Nazism is praised. Clay’s hard boiled reputation suggests firm action, reducing any chance of soft treatment for ruthless murderers.
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Fisenhower
Germany
Lucious D. Clay
Clay
Governor Delays Naming Board Of Conservation And Development
Indications are Governor Cherry will not announce the personnel of the Capitol Square R and D Board before May 15 and perhaps not until around May 20. He sees the board as a tough assignment to balance terms, geographic representation, and state life facets amid public pressure over game and fish focus.
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R & D Board
Cherry
Board of Conservation and Development
General Assembly
Comerce
Governor to keep top Fish and Game staff in place
Lynn Nisbet reports that Governor Cherry is unlikely to replace major Fish and Game department personnel or core policies. The director R Bruce Etheridge and assistant director Paul Kelly are expected to remain, with board chiefs chosen by the governor’s board and consulted on key appointments.
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Cherry
Capital Square
R. Bruce Etheridge
Paul Kelly
LaFollette Scolds GOP in House Over Treaty Amendment Debates
Rep. Charles Marion LaFollette of Evansville Ind liberal on foreign policy used a floor speech to rebuke Republican colleagues for opposing a majority vote on constitutional amendments to approve treaties. He warned the party must present a constructive program or risk losing the presidency.
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Washington
Charles Marion LaFollette
Evansville
Ind
House
Redhead
Senate
LaFollette
Alf Landon
Congress
Rep. LaFollette
LaFollette earns reputation for plain speak in Indiana House
Indiana legislator LaFollette, serving his second term, is noted for blunt talk and independence. He spars with sentimental rhetoric on overseas affairs and backs equal rights, labor, and fair practices. His study trip to England and France deepened his political stance and ties to labor groups.
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Indiana
LaFollette
Rocenvelt
England
France
LaFollettes
Wisconsin
Behind the News San Francisco Conference Spectacle of Causes
A correspondent describes the San Francisco conference as a vast show of causes with 2,100 newsmen and a crowd of publicists. The American delegation relied on official consultants while lobbies and propagandists filled the rooms with statements and a spectacle of diverse agendas. The scene underscored a complex, overflowing diplomacy shaping the event.
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Washington
War Memorial Opera House Dreamery and Realism Clash
Paul Mallon notes pressures and unsolved problems facing a conference at the War Memorial Opera House. He cites a brass plaque celebrating the 1932 city structure and urges practical steps, suggesting clearer color coding for rooms as a realistic path to turning dreams into workaday results.
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Opera House
Europe
War Memorial Opera House
Winning the War Leaders and Stupidity in War Fronts
A martial column praises Allied leadership with von Rundstedt’s praise of U S generalship and Eisenhower’s pace. It credits Marshall and allied leaders for strategic superiority while noting German blunders that doomed air and transport efforts and citing General Arnold on pivotal 1944 air war events.
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von Rundstedt
Wehrmacht
Lincoln
Grant
Marshall
Ardennes
Eisenhower
Alexander
Montgomery
Zukov
Konev
Kossovsky
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Arnold
Gettysburg
Hitler
Lessons of World War II as seen by Albert Leman
In reflections on wartime strategy Leman argues Germany erred by not adopting an elastic defense and by forcing Mannstein, von Rundstedt to cohesion that cost many lives. He notes Soviet breakthroughs in 1944, Kesselring in Italy, and the terror regime's brutal backlash fueling Allied desire for a hard peace.
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Allied Commission
von Seeckt
Truppenamt
GHQ
America
Congress
Ture
Hindenburg
Churchill
Mannstein
von Rundstedt
Kesselring
Italy
Germany
G.l.s
Buchenwald
Col Peron
Argentina
Hitler
Moscow
Winchell Notes and Wartime Gossip from the West Coast
A San Francisco club scene on wartime politics blends with light vignettes about Winchell fans, Barbed editorials, and jokes. It recalls Edward R. Stettinius’s view on Argentina and a jocular tone about servicemen, socialites, and a Pacific theater mood.
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