Political wartime doubt and Axis propaganda in 1943
A 1943 editorial discusses Secretary Cordell Hull’s warning on peace rumors and Axis propaganda. It contrasts Allied viewpoints on public messaging, noting some favor urging perseverance while others promote candor about a long war. The piece argues for truth over optimistic peace fantasies and warns against believing imminent settlement.
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Cordell Hull
London
School of Thought
Hull
Arthur T
Germany
Mr. Hull
Europe
Equal Access to Global Communications Urged by FCC Official
Federal Communications Commission official James L Fly argues for equal access to world communications facilities for all nations. He warns that censorship and unequal cable rates favor Britain and France, limiting direct US access and hindering democratic information flow.
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Federal Communications Commission
James L. Fly
World
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
America
United States
George T Wood remembered by hundreds in town
Grief spread Sunday night to the family of George T Wood as many friends and casual acquaintances mourn his passing. He lived 69 years with a quiet life and a strong sense of service, leaving a legacy of a job well done for his children and his town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wood
Mr. Wood
Col
George Wood, Jr
Peckerwoods Threaten Southern Pinelands Resource
The war spurs hundreds of portable sawmills to strip land in the South creating cross ties pulpwood and glycerin feedstock for explosives. A Myrtlewood operator warns of rapid profits and looming timber shortage while urging reforestation and controlled cutting to curb future floods erosion and poverty.
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South
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Myrtlewood
Ala
Baltimore Evening Sun
Army's New Lingo Outdoes New Deal in War Jargon
Wartime shorthand flood reshapes speech from ETOUSA to USAFIME and COMSOPAC. Abbreviations cover ships BB SS DD DE and units like ARB ARB for Arabs of the Mediterranean. Greece uses ELAS and EDES. OKW marks German High Command.
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Poland
Pearl Harbor
Washington
WPA
PVA
Etousa
Usafispa
United Army
United States Army
Middle East
Usafime
South Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Army of the
United States
USA
Judge Advocate General
Secretary of War
Navy
Army
ATS
Britain
Women's Auxiliary Territorial Services
Army Transport Service
Veterinary Corps
UNRRA
Unra
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
MET
RAF
Coastal Command
ELAS
EDES
Greece
National Liberation Front
Greek Democratic Party
German High Command
OKW
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Christian Science Monitor
Local reflections mix humor and wisdom from city figures
A compilation quotes various locals including Randal B. Terry Jr on a garage fire and others like Attorney Robert Martin, Fire Chief E. K. Ingram, Wendell Willkie, Winston Churchill, and Sumner Welles. The remarks touch on crime, libraries, alums meetings, postwar planning, and international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randal B. Terry, Jr
The
Enterprise
Allied air raids and German resistance contrast in wartime report
News Behind the News examines Nazi dispersal of offices, propaganda resistance, and a new Gestapo move while Stimson analyzes Pacific progress with Gilbert Islands air battles. Justice Frankfurter’s ruling on confession timing prompts DC court limits and a push to overrule Supreme Court.
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Washington
Berlin
Vienna
Dresden
War Ministry
Hitler
Gauleiter
Gestapo
London
Stimson
Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Gilbert
Marshalls
Wake Island
Tokyo
Rabaul
Truk
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Frankfurter
McNabb
Congress
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Post Ce
High Point
N. C
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Gov
Roosevelt
Urchill
Stalin
Gern
South America
Far East
Africa
New York
South Africa
India
Australia
S. C
George Wood
U.S
Robert Martin
Superior Court
Duke
Frank A. Ogbern
Greensboro
Ch Point
Guilford County
Tom Elder
E. K. Ingram
Eric A. Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the
Ae Cover
Margaret Teague
Cityrarian
Ethel Barrymore
Wendell Willkie
Hazel Davis
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Lippmann
Canada
Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Washington, D. C
Egypt
Cape Horn
S. W. Grapher
Department of Tate
Joseph H. Ball
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Hannibal
Harold Saxe Tuttle
City College School of Education
New York City
Sumner Welles
Paul Mallen
Tokyoo
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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