Bad Statesmanship in Wartime Global Ambition
The piece argues that both Roosevelt and Dewey focus on past actions rather than future program. It contends voters seek a constructive postwar policy and questions imperial overreach, suggesting Americans could pursue aggressive imperial aims including the Near East, Malay states, Burma, India, Australia, and even a British Empire takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Roosevelt
New Deal Superstructure Including Mrs. Perkins
Sidney Hillman
Wesent
China
Mussolini
Ethiopia
France
Spain
Germany
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Lord Beaverbrook
Dakar
Pacific
Near East
Mosul
Palestine
Burma
India
Australia
Britain
Rumor and Reality on the Victory Board for Service Members
The Victory Board, a local honor display, draws crowds as families seek news of men serving. Officials deny rumors that names of wounded or disabled sailors and soldiers have been removed, noting some duplicates. The board expands to fit all servicemen, but women in WACs WAVES and related units are not yet listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Wmed
Hele Séfia-Sénie
Bueau of Information
Chamber of Commerce
Umor
Cafe Society
The
Windsors
Bill Tilden
Savage Plaza
Narita
Irving Fields
Vogue
Ruth Portugal
Martha Foley
Dorothy Wheelock
Harper's Bazaar
George W. Norris
Friends
Nebraska
Margaret Halsey
Simon & Schuster
Dotty Parker
Lincoln
Clifford Odets
Broadway
Hollywood
Kerrikter
America
John L. Lewis
Goebbels
Lewis
Hitler
Petain
Edith Gwynch
Red Cross
Imperialism as U S policy debate echoed by Daily Express
The Daily Express advocates imperialism as beneficial to the United States after the war. It suggests Britain should pursue imperial ties to aid America and perceives American imperialism as a potential foothold in the Pacific and Asia. The column questions self interest amid World War II aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beaverbrook
London Daily Exress
United States
Greatritain
Great Britain
The
Daily Express
Daun
Rey
Saverbrook
Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy Legacy
W A B argues the Pearl Harbor attack exposed U S weakness and sparked investigations aimed at political gain. He warns truth may never be fully known and suggests the event opened a darker era before America rises anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
America
Pearl Haghor
Dewey
W.A.B
Browder’s Teheran Talk and Communist Strategy
The piece portrays Earl Browder promoting a new “Teheran” program to Communist followers. It asserts Communists shifted to appear ultra patriotic and religiously friendly while aiming to influence the Democratic and Republican parties, noting large United Front reach and involvement in U.S. politics despite no Communist elected to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browder
Earl Browder
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Vito
Browder outlines Communist strategy to enter both parties
The pamphlet Teheran argues Communists will operate non-partisan inside the two party system to influence elections. It claims independents, aided by direct primaries, hold growing power, and Sidney Hillman’s PAC routes influence into Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fourth Term campaign, aligning with Browder’s 1944 aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre
Sidney Hillman
James Byrnes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sidney
Browder
Hillman
United States
War Department pamphlet for G I Joe stirs debate
A Christian Science Monitor column mocks a War Department booklet titled Do You Want Your Wife to Work After the War asking GI soldiers to help wives wash and dry dishes. The piece questions demobilization pace and urges men to assert masculine rights over chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
G. I. Joe
War Department
Joe
Ite War Department
Christian Science Monitor
Speech on race and national superiority misses biology
A California professor in Cleveland criticizes racial purity claims as biology and urges focus on intellectual standards and national energy. He argues superiority comes from leadership, maturity, and workmanship, not genetics, and warns armaments alone cannot keep a nation superior. The piece notes German steel and wartime critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California University
Cleveland
Hitr
Germany
Berlin
Hey
German Mind and National Strength in Historical View
Paul Mallon argues that national differences arise from innate and experiential factors, noting that genius and blunders shape nations. He asserts no two individuals share identical traits and links collective superiority to higher average ability while acknowledging diverse talents and experiences.
Capitol Square Moves After Delegate Tensions At Tobacco Union Meet
The Tobacco Workers International Union moved its first two days of business from the Sir Walter hotel ball room to Raleigh municipal auditorium due to mingling of black and white delegates. The hotel management requested the move and paid auditorium rental citing concerns over gatherings in lobbies and mezzanine areas. No incidents occurred but the shift reflected tensions. meanwhile volunteers report tobacco farmers in eastern North Carolina involuntarily contributed leaves to support the Salvation Army, with proceeds after commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Workers International Union
Sir Walter Hotel
Ball Room
Raleigh Municipal Auditorium
Salvation Army
Capitol Square
North Carolina
Tobacco Weight Discrepancies Prompt Army Oversight
Report notes take after official weighing causes weight shrinkage between warehouse scales and buyers factories. Leaf tobacco held over dries and losses exceed two percent. Girls in warehouses paid by yield not Salvation Army members, prompting higher Salvation Army officials to intervene and end the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Winchell on Broadway Flurry of Names and Notions
A collage of Hollywood and political gossip highlights mix with WWII era notes. Claire Luce and Clare Luce mix ups, Linda Windsor letters, and New York society scenes mingle with coverage of Army and Broadway links, plus remarks on public figures and wartime sentiment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. S. Empire
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Russia
Karl Marx
By Lynn Nisbet
Claire Luce
Clare Luce
Conn
Herald Tribune
Leroy Luce
Leroy
Col
Carlos Romulo
MacArthur
Quezon
Mid-West
Lyndhurst
N. J
Laurel
Maine
Hoover
Landon
Willkie
Clark Lee
Int'l
Lee
St. Luke's Hospital
Lambs Club
Dwight Fiske
Versailles
Variety
Abel Green
Farrar and Rinehart
Warner
New York
Pauline Williams
World-Telly
Lyn Logan
Stem
Dorothy Arnold
Miss Arnold
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
N. Y. Times
Times
Susan Hayward
Jeff Barker
Madeleine Carroll
Statue of Liberty
Winchell
Repubs
Main Street
Joe Kamp
FBI
Sweden
Repub
Vandenberg
U. S
Private
Breger Abroad
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