Veterans and Legion join in library auditorium project support
The editorial argues for unity among veterans groups the Legion and VFW, urging joint action on public projects and national issues. It defends the Legion as representative of all veterans while recognizing the VFW’s important role, and condemns street gang hazing while praising war correspondents and hurricane relief efforts.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
VFW
Newark
Chicago
Los Angeles
Ourself
Greensboro
Harlem
Ingleton
Greensboro Dailyers
Julian Bowden
Veterans Seek Jobs as Returning Service Members Reintegrate
Ralph E. Miller notes over a million discharged soldiers including handicapped veterans. Last month 125 veterans passed through the local Employment Service offices, and efforts focus on reentering peacetime production and securing work. Meanwhile post office staff report heavy Christmas mailing and many packages reflecting support for troops overseas.
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Ralph E. Miller
Santa Claus
Clark
USO Camp Shows Draw Big Laughs Aboard LST
Letter from Tom Latimer describes USO performances aboard an LST in the South Pacific. Bob Hope Frances Langford Jerry Colonna and Lanny Ross performed for the crew with one dancer. the show lasted about thirty minutes and boosted morale after eight months at sea.
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Tom Latimer
South Pacific
USO
United War Chest
LST
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Jerry Colonna
Lanny Ross
Frances
Patty Thomas
Thompson
Colonna
Internal Labor Power Plays and Southern Opposition
The piece argues that Southern Democrats increasingly oppose the New Deal while voting with it in elections. It accuses the CIO of being government-influenced and led by disciplined Communists who infiltrate unions, acting under centralized orders to shape labor politics. Sidney Hillman is noted in the discussion.
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Ed. Beattie
North Carolina
The
Press Institute
Beattie
Europe
Pacific
Ap- Pane
CIO
AFL
Se Cielo Centrance
Sidney Hillman
Sidney Hillman and the 1948 campaign crosscurrents
By George Sokolsky argues Hillman as the unseen architect of a cross-party Win-the-war plan. He claims Wallace, Dewey, and Truman figures are manipulated while Hillman and CIO PAC emerge as the central, polarizing force driving Democratic fear of a Hillman-led labor bloc.
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Phil Murray
Art Browder
Tom Dewey
Wallace
Byrnes
Love Wallace
Henry Wallace
Jimmy Eres
Harry Truman
Pendergast
United States
Truman
Dency
Sidney Hillman
Earl Browder
David Niles
Harry
Eleanor Roosevelt
Maine
South
Hillman
Sidney
Cio-Pac
John Bricker
Dewey
AFL
Joe Hillman
Roosevelt
Compulsory military training questioned for democracy
An editorial argues against 17 year olds enlisting for a year, saying modern warfare demands mature, skilled personnel. It urges inducements and expanded high quality training through existing education, West Point, and Annapolis, warning compulsory camps risk creating military cliques and fear-driven policy.
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Washington
West Point
Annapolis
Europe
Germany
France
Japan
Oakland editor urges democratic army expansion over draft
The Oakland editor argues for a large standing army funded openly, rejecting youth drafts and minority control. He predicts 500000 troops may be needed to meet postwar duties, saying land warfare now rivals naval strategy in technical demands and security is not guaranteed.
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Washington
House Investigating Committee
Roosevelt Aly
Montgomery Ward
Montgomry Ward
Montomery Ward
Oakland
California
Russia
Broadway gossip mixes marriages and high society
The column reports Eddie Cantor's Marilyn to wed N Karson the scenic artist this week. It notes marriages and engagements among James Moffett, Paul Livermore, Wm Bullitt, and others, plus assorted society hints, rumors, and light entertainment news across New York.
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Eddie Cantor
Marilyn
N. Karson
John L. Lewis
Hope Diamond
McLean
James Moffett
Federal Housing Comm
Paul Livermore
Wall Street
Jesse Livermore
Sara Lee Strickland
Sandy Stockly
Jancey Witcher
OWL
Wm. Bullitt
France
Kennedy
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