A Photo Remains a Fork in 1948 Politics and Labor
The page features a photo of Ezra Van Horn John L. Lewis and Labor Secretary Lewis B. Bach differing views on labor relations and a political forecast. It weighs Eisenhower and MacArthur as potential 1948 nominees and suggests a likely outcome that Eisenhower will not run or seek the chief of staff post.
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Ezra van Horn
John L. Lewis
Cenis
Lewis B.bach
United States of America
Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Marshall
Truman
Army
United Mine Workers
Secretary of
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Center
Washington
Lewis
Republicans weigh Eisenhower as 1948 presidential prospect
The Washington grapevine fuels talk that General Dwight Eisenhower may visit Washington and that Republicans will offer him the 1948 presidential nomination. GOP leaders seek a strong co‑leader to balance the ticket against popular President Truman as they weigh war‑hero precedents and party dynamics.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Glass Houses And Tigers Clash In Final Combat
The column recalls past trials in Washington and Japan's Tomoyuki Yamashita, then notes upcoming Tigers and Cubs final clash and questions weather. It also quotes Chicago readers complaining about rationing and the World Series.
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Pierre Laval
Chicago
Meat Chewing Habit Sparks Conversation Among Dieticians
A dietician argues meat should be chewed 200 times. The remark frames a discussion on chewing habits and shifts in recent meat consumption.
Ex-service men flood local offices as war ends
Mary Burton notes many discharged servicemen seek ration books at the board and says they ran out of ration book number two. Ralph Miller observes more ex-service men at the employment office seeking jobs. B G Leonard cites October 15 as the overseas package mailing deadline and reports longer lines at the parcel post window.
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Mary Burton
Thomasville
Ralph Miller
B. G. Leonard
City committee advances study of improvement projects
Councilman Arthur Kirkman says the planning and industrial development committee will proceed with a study of city improvement measures. Deputy Sheriff Wheeless predicts ongoing labor and political strife as long as time, man, and industry exist. Various residents comment on local events from a high school concert to building material costs and public notices.
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Planning and Industrial Development Committee
Arthur Kirkman
W. L. Wheeless
Book of the Month notes Simonov linked to White Sea Baltic Canal
In October’s Book-of-the-Month Club News circular Joseph Barnes highlights Konstantin Simonov and notes his mobilization for the White Sea Baltic Canal project. David J. Dallin describes the 1931 to 1933-34 construction, detailing nearly 300000 workers from labor camps and border escapes, with reports of life and work conditions in France’s Etudes magazine.
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Konstantine Simonov
Joseph Barnes
Simonov
Russia
Baltic
White Seas
David J. Dallin
Eders
Mple
Etudes
White Sea-Baltic Canal
Camp Hell of Ice described by survivor and party note
The excerpt cites a survivor description of camps where over 200000 prisoners were employed with 50000 dying in eighteen months, bread rations of 800 grams daily, eleven hour workdays, and no rest days. It recalls a chilling term Hell of Ice and summaries a private gathering with Wendell Willkie noted by Joseph Barnes.
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Aip
Ripon
Terry
Joseph Barnes
Wendell Willkie
Russia
OGPU
Mr. Barnes
Defense Reorganization Plan Surfaces From Lost Report
A fragmentary copy of a defense committee report, found in a street gutter, advocates a unified Department of the Armed Forces under a single cabinet officer. It envisions president as commander in chief, a secretary of the armed forces, and equal leadership of army, navy, and air forces, with emphasis on teamwork and efficiency.
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Washington
Special Committee
National Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
War Department
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Halsey
Nimitz
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air
Department
War
Patterson
War and Navy
Congress
House
Senate War and Navy
Admiral King
Pearl Harbor
Armed Forces
A Forces
Marshall
Air Force
War Departments
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Realignment debate on unified armed force sparks controversy
The discussion envisions a single armed force with a merged war and navy structure and independent bureaus. A retired admiral favors a single head with separate offices, warning of power concentration and initial implementation hurdles. The author recounts destroying a copied report in a dramatic act.
Postwar post mortems and barbiturate battles ignite national debate
The piece surveys calls for congressional inquiries into World War II strategy and losses at key battles, barbiturate access and fatalities, and wartime figures over memoirs and postwar plans. It highlights Eisenhower, Patton, and Anslinger while noting shifts in policy on housing and visas for war spouses.
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Lee
Longstreet
Pickett
Gettysburg
Sampson
Schley
Cervera
Santiago
Jack” Pershing
Washington
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Nimitz
King
Patton
Bradley
Clark
Kasserine Pass
North Africa
Ike
Rommel
Anzio
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GLASS
Laval
Greensboro Daily News
America
Department of Justice
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Philippines
Leonard Warren
Walter F. Bozarth
F. Jones
OPA
Lois Welborn
Ed Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sizemore
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Harry J. Anslinger
Anslinger
Earl Harrison
Germany
Gripsholm
Red Cross
Wacs
John Henry
Army Transport Corps
John
White House
Washington Star
England
London
ATC
Henry
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
Engel
House Appropriations
Harold L. Ickes
USO
Ickes
Private
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