Truman pushes plan to reduce federal government waste
The columnist praises President Truman for seeking consolidation of agencies to cut waste in money, time, and manpower. He notes support from Congress and officials like Senator Byrd and Comptroller Warren, and cites Josephus Daniels warning against creating new agencies. The piece views the move as learning from past mistakes and aligning with a more efficient executive branch.
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Truman
Fed
Congress
Coopera of Congress
Exre
Harry Byrd
Lindsey Warren
Josephus Daniels
Roosevelt
Mr. Daniels
Three Sermons In Capsule Form From The Upper Room
Editor presents three sermon letters from The Upper Room by a High Pointer ex and a man well in High Point. They stress Christian duty after victory or defeat, lay participation in church work, and motherhood's devotion to Jesus, urging love, justice, and world peace.
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Iid
Justice
Brotherhood
Wilson Weldon
San Franciscan
Banked up canning sugar prompts fear of crime wave
Chief Lowdermilk links economic lull to rising crime risk after the war. Mrs. Frances Wiles notes rationing board has issued 731 780 pounds of canning sugar and the five pound per person quota, with many applications ahead, signaling wide local canning plans. Charles Winfred Williams says the industrial baseball league will resume this year with former league players joining new pro leagues.
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Frances Wiles
High Point
Charles Winfred
Williams
Veterans and volunteers highlight wartime tribute and charity drive
Veteran George F. Edwards urges recognition for poppy day and memorial crosses recalling WWI sacrifices. Katharine Raymond cites slow Milk Fund donations as Junior Service League aims for 2500 dollars on June 2 to aid next year’s milk program. D B Coltrane notes Chicago meat shortage during a trip. Ruth Neve reports 700000 pounds of clothing en route to China via Calcutta for relief, hoping to aid a million Chinese. High Point College enters its 21st commencement debt free for first time.
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Harlee’s
George F. Edwards
France
Katherine Raymond
Junior Service League
China
Ruth Neve
Calcutta
High Point
High Point College
Martha Brooks
Irredentism and Italian unity amid wartime echoes
The piece argues Italy’s identity rests on territory and Irredentism, warning that Yugoslavia and France seek Italian land. It claims Mussolini’s era and Italy’s past conquests shape current tensions, predicting future leaders if demands grow.
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Mussolini
Italy
Yugoslavia
Tito
Brozovich
Baker
France
Ethiopia
Albania
D'Annunzio
Italy’s Determination and Destiny Amid Postwar Boundaries
By George Sokolsky argues nations dispute soil and influence over Italy. He portrays Italy as a resilient civilization rooted in tradition, tempered by agriculture and modest living, capable of recovery and rising strong despite external pressures and past missteps.
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Rome
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Manin
Gardibaldi
Mazzini
D’annunzio
Mussolini
Brutus
Caesar
Italy
Rubies and sapphires grown in flame eyed by War Board
The Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus under a six month contract with the War Production Board will experiment with synthetic rubies and sapphires produced from purified aluminum oxide. Boules have reached 300 to 400 carats and, if successful, could spark a U S jewelry industry reborn after European sources were disrupted.
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Jackson
Elliott Washington
Ohio
United States
Europe
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Office of Production Resources and Development
War Production Board
Jewe
Milady
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
Switzerland
Battelle Institute
Itayl
The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter on Rankin and War
A critical column surveys Congress member Rankin and allied war debates, condemning antiwar talk, press freedom attacks, and efforts to restrict veterans rights. It condemns Argentina’s policies, praises unity in the United Nations, and recalls Franklin's calming tale amid postwar diplomacy as Nazis surrender and peace hopes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Ugh
America
Congress
Russia
EAM
Cairo
Britain
United Nations
Norman Corwin
Germany
Japan
Allied leaders clash over war crime issue and mercy stance
A 1944 column criticizes Allied statesmen for quibbling over punishment of war criminals, arguing such mercy aids Nazi perpetrators and harms unity. It ridicules University of Chicago president Robert M Hutchins for advocating leniency and recalls Timely wartime reflections on peace delays.
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National Representative
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Mr. Truman
A. Bivens
Mare
Jesus
Christ
God
Temple
Lowdermilk
D. 8. Coltrane
Commissioner of Agriculture
Chicago
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Can Feed Control Officials’ Association
Coltrane
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San Francisco
Togliatti
Third International
Great Britain
EK. Simms Campbell
Winchell
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Argentina
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Kesselring
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Franco
Goebbels
Crete
Fritz Kuhn
Benjamin Franklin
John L. Lewis
Biddle
Tom Clark
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