Distilleries and hunger in wartime Britain debate
The piece argues Britain shifts grain to distilling amid shortages while dismantling textile mills. It urges U.S. tariffs on imported liquor to pressure Britain to repurpose grain for food, contrasting American conservation with British choices and calling for coordinated action to fight hunger.
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England
Budapest
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Britain
Jvels
Congress
Great Britain
United Nations Two Years In, Failures And Frailties Noted
The piece reflects on the UN's two year mark since the 1945 charter ratifications. It cites leaders including Byrnes Truman and Smuts praising the charter, while arguing the veto and great power divisions have rendered the body impotent. It blames Russia and notes skepticism from Wheeler and Langer about the charter’s promises.
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United Nations
Soviet
Russia
Byrnes
Truman
John Foster Dulles
Jan Christiaan Smuts
San Francisco
Marshall
United States
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Langer
North Dakota
United Nation
Governors Arrive for Southern Conference Activities
ASHEVILLE. Half the governors expected for the Southern Governors conference have arrived. An informal reception at Biltmore Forest Country Club this afternoon started the entertainment program as officials prepare to begin formal work on state problems Monday morning.
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Asheville
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Busiest room in Grove Park Inn packs visitors for gift duties
Room 269 at Grove Park Inn buzzed Saturday and Sunday as John Harden secretary to Governor Gregg Cherry led a gift wrapping effort for visiting executives. A staff of assistants and many casual visitors helped sort, wrap, and label presents and attach identifying tags.
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Grove Park Inn
John Harden
Gregg Cherry
Harden
Nancy Hollar
Souvenir Gifts and Useful Articles at Local Event
The display featured souvenirs such as pictures and pottery along with high value items including thermostat blankets from Marshall Field and homespun suits by Biltmore Industries. North Carolina made blankets towel sets lace handkerchiefs and other donations filled the tables while cigarettes wine and other goods were available for guests. The local entertainment committee provided ample provisions for attendees.
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Marshall Field
Biltmore Industries
North Carolina
Best-One highlights unique gifts at host state conference
Best-One remarked that no host state or community had offered a wider variety of gifts than at this Asheville conference, noting the national governors gathering had previously met at the same hotel five years earlier.
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Asheville
Governors Attend Southern Conference Amid Splendor and Gifts
Special items listed include red leather shield programs donated by Biltmore Industries and engraved stationery by Champion Fiber and Ecusta, with state names woven by the State College textile school. Attendance appears strongest since organization, with governors Wil lis, Meadows, Folsom among arrivals and many auxiliary staff present.
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Biltmore Industries
Champion Fiber
Ecusta Companies
State College Textile School
Margaret Holt
State Way Workshop
Population contrasts across regions and seas
The text notes that only 12.9 percent of Indians and Pakistanis live in towns over 2000. It compares Greece to Alabama in size, and Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi combined in population. It also states Great Lakes cargo tonnage in 1945 surpassed the total U S trade at all salt water ports.
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India
Pakistan
Greece
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Great Lakes
United States
Render Unto the People a Warning on Education Rights
George Sokolsky discusses the danger of state overreach in schooling and the primacy of parental responsibility. He cites Dr Umphrey Lee’sRender Unto the People and warns that majority rule can erode individual integrity and religious liberty, urging vigilance against state dictates in education.
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Justice McReynolds
Supreme Court
Fundamenta
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Lee
Oll Connell Johnson and the last of the Monkc keys
Washington commentary mocks Ol Connell Johnson as the sole survivor of a sprawling wartime bureaucracy. The piece lampoons the alphabet soup of postwar offices, notes Johnson’s Senate appearance on freight car shortages, and ridicules a cross-country “modern Paul Revere” ride planned by Senator Taylor.
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Washington
Ol Connell
J. Monroe Johnson
Yesteryear
Office of Defense Transportation
Ol’ Connell
OPA
BEW
OGK
OWI
WMC
OEM
OCD
WPB
PAW
CPA
Addison Simms
Seattle
Johnson
J. Monroe
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Russia
Paul Revere
Mr. Revere
Senate
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul McQueer
Portrait of Loneliness and Ragged Jokes Collide
A tangled column blends verse on loneliness with satire and media quips. It weaves a melancholy portrait of companionship beside a stream of political barbs, awards banter, and light gossip about theater, bread preservation, and public figures.
Indiana Senator Seeks Hospital Funds Clarification
Senator William E. Jenner of Indiana received a U S public health service report showing 1 727 000 allocated to Indiana in the federal hospital program. He complained about delayed notification and the health service spokesman said the rest got lost for a while and has just been found.
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William E. Jenner
Indiana
U. S. Public Health Service
Yblic Health Service
Health Service
Radio Actor Puzzle
Horizontal clues map to a crossword style fill with entries for actor names and common words. Vertical clues include state nickname Sunflower State and terms like poker stake and musical note, forming a mixed clue crossword.
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Sunflower State
Puzzle Cloze Clues Fall Into A Word Chorus
This appears to be a puzzle extract listing numbered clues and wordplay prompts. It references various terms like agriculturist measure military fly helper idea and symbol for and cut silver, inviting readers to solve a cross clue style set.
Immortal lines of press freedom in criticism of power
The piece compiles famous remarks on free speech from American journalism and politics, citing Vishinsky’s rebuke, the right to expose graft, and the duty to critique public officials. It recalls Cantor quips, a Columbus Day jab, and letters from officials warning of Western Europe peril and red threat, ending with racial strife notes.
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Vishinsky
Mr. Vishinsky
Europe
Chris
America
Congress of the
United States
Washington, D. C
Winchell
Austria
Germany
Russia
Richard F. Harless
Congress
Arizona
High prices dominate public concern and marriage rate tops 1942
The American public shows top concern over high prices and cost of living per Sen. Raymond E. Baldwin. U S marriages reached 13.2 per 1000 in 1942, the highest in U S history. Farm production rose 25 percent from 1939 to 1944 while farm acreage grew just six percent.
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Raymond E. Baldwin
Conn
U. S
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