Six Pillars of Peace and Four Freedoms Compared
The writer cites the Federal Council pamphlet Six Pillars of Peace and Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, arguing neither guarantees postwar peace but both guide citizens toward a common goal. He urges vigilance during peacetime to prevent a renewed war and reflects on wartime memories and hopes for a New America shaping foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Fourthly Avenue
New York City
Six Pillars of Peace
Pamphet
Uru Diber
Council of Churches
Roosevelt
Hope Boys
America
Tan Portant
Supreme Court Upholds Teacher Salary Aid Law
The High Court affirmed a lower ruling that school districts must dedicate a portion of revenues to teacher salaries. The decision, with one dissent, upholds mandates affecting districts including District 50 and involves multiple cases on salary allocations, damages, divorce actions, and interstate boundary disputes.
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Wal Raxzell
Supreme Cort
Bink
Supreme Court
Legisla Ture
Schood
Sevier Circuit Court
Mattie Wilson
Associated
Ed I W. McPaddin
A. M. McKamey
Gorden Raikway
Missouri Pacific Railway
High Tribunal
Chirk Circuit Court
McKamey
O Railway
Io Missouri - Pacific
Stuart Buell
Fort Smith
Modern
Din Bhage Destructor Uh
Portland
Junnior College
Alfreda M. Buck
Caiple High
Bark
Sebastian Chancery
Granands
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ort Smith
Nennmoxsee
High Tribuntal
Mpps Chancery
Ora I. Cash
Willima O'Connor
Pennessee
Mississippi
Food plan sparks UN debate on postwar economy
Hot Springs Virginia May 24 delegates at the United Nations food conference enter its second week in general accord on need for postwar economic expansion. Yet deep disagreements remain on how to achieve growth with talks about substituting a soulless or restrictive prewar economy. Delegates discuss whether political state or private enterprise should lead the drive for abundance in agricultural and industrial output.
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Ovid A
Mar
Mrs Colin Kelley Gets Place to Live
Mrs Colin Kelley gets a home in Los Angeles after landlords refused to house her three year old son Corky. Defense worker L K Winn offered a bedroom house with a garden, noting he was moving to San Diego and the offer stood for her and Corky. The story notes Winn has no children and the home features a yard suitable for play.
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Los Angles
Colin Kelly, Jr
America
Corky
Lir. K. Winn
Kelly
San Diego
Wwe
Change Regulations on Overseas Mail Restations
The War Department announced updated rules for mailing parcels to overseas soldiers. Purchases now require only a written request from the soldier presented at the post office. no approval from a commanding officer is needed. Parcel limits stay at five pounds, 15 inches in length, and a combined length and girth of 26 inches.
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War Department
Robert ML. Wilson
Quart Leads to Capture of War Prisoner
Karl Anton Schwinkenhauer, a German prisoner who escaped Camp Chaffee during a flood, was captured near Talihina Oklahoma by Deputy Sheriff Jack Bishop and returned to Cam Chaffee stockade. FBI agents traced the escape after a dairy customer failed to name pints or quarts, allowing authorities to zero in on Oklahoma. An earlier escape by Alfred Krumlauf occurred the night of May 19, aided by a traveling salesman who flagged his suspected German companion.
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Tittle Rock
Karl Anton Schwinkenhauer
Jack Bishop
Talihina
Okla
Cam Chaffee
Ark
FBI
Fred Hallford
Heavener
Oklahoma
Camp
Chaffee
Nooding
Arkansas
Alfred Krumlauf
Nalford
Schwingenheuer
Krumlauf
Mayal
Jap Attack to Aid Defenders of Attu
Washington reports costly Japanese air action against Attu as U S fighters down five of sixteen bombers in two raids. A second bomber force was repelled with one US fighter missing. cleanup crews rescued a downed pilot. Officials assess possible carrier or Pactamushire base origin with uncertain bombing success.
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Washington
Atl
Aleutians
United States
Lundiny
Navy
Iniasing
Phother
North Pacifics
United States Army
Pockjee
Alty Island
Enry
Ter
Army
Asia
Attu
Pactamushire
Southerners Hope to Block Poll Tax Bill
Washington, May 24. The House moved to halt further debate on anti poll tax legislation by discharging the Rules Committee. Rep Cox of Georgia labeled the bill a bid for Negro support while warning indignities on Southern states could provoke unpredictable reactions. Rep Manasco of Alabama criticized Communist support for the measure, arguing it would replace Southern members with their own. The bill would outlaw poll tax as a voting prerequisite amid feud over wartime alliance goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Yale
Hs Rules Committee
Rep. Cox
Manasco
M-Ala
Congress
Mwrk
T Manasee
Rules Committee
Manasa
Communist Party
Stalin
Mannasea
Laughter Named Secret Weapon Against Axis
Arkadelphia May 24 Col T H Barton El Dorado oil executive and president of the Lien Oi Refining Company told Que Ohuita college graduates that laughter is the great autoweapon of the free peoples and the key to defeating fanaticism. He urged graduates to stay active in community state and national affairs and to exercise their rights and duties as citizens of a free country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Col
T. H. Barton
el Dorado Oil
Barton
Lien Oi Refining Company
Ouachita College
Bomb raid on Ruhr Valley shatters records
In the Ruhr Valley raid, air forces dropped over 2,000 tons of bombs on Dortmund and surrounding targets, the largest in history. Bombers suffered losses, while fires raged three miles high. The attack followed Churchill remarks and coordinated Allied blows against Italy and Sicily.
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Edward D. Ball
London
VPI
RAY
Dortmund
Ruhr
Germany
Duisburg
Essen
REE Waring
Channel
Winston Churchill
Italy
North Africa
Middle East
Rocky
Pantelleria
San Giovanni
Sicily
Mr. Churchill
Great
Eder
Meohne
Weser
Negro Soldiers Held for Fight With Officer at Cotton Plant
Six Negro soldiers remained in the guardhouse at Camp Robinson with two others en route from Camp Claiborne La in connection with the shooting and stabbing of City Marshal James E B Jordan at Cotton Plant Thursday night Jordan in serious condition at a Memphis hospital doctors giving slight chance for recovery Army MPs arrest under the 96th article of war authorities defer release or trial to the eighth service command at Dallas Sheriff Taylor of Woodruff county offered Custody of the soldiers and said the case might be handled locally if possible Names listed include Pfe Odell Thompson and Privates Willie Nevaunt Jessie J Douglas J A Foreman R R Chaney and Curdis Goodman. two arriving from Camp Claiborne not yet identified The troops were part of 3000 sent to flood duties in eastern Arkansas.
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Camp Robinson
Camp Claiborne
James EB. Jordan
Coteton Plant
Jordan
Memphis
Carl Taylor
Woodruff County
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Army
Taylor
Roy Parnell, Jr
Arkansas
Pfe
Odell Thompson
Willle
Ynevaunt
Jessie J. Douglas
J. A. Foreman
R. R. Chaney
Curdiss Goodman
De Gaulle and Giraud to Meet in Conference
Reports indicate Charles de Gaulle is expected to meet General Henri Giraud soon to discuss uniting all free French forces against the Axis. De Gaulle accepted Giraud's invitation to come for conferences, with officials signaling a swift departure from London.
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de Gaulle
Giraud
Stiteia
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Kreelmen
Meropolian Branco
Axis
Fion
London
Fresh Levee Breaks Leave Thousands Homeless in Flood-Ridden Middle West
Levee failures along the Mississippi floodplain trigger mass evacuations across six states as Wall Lake’s breach near Wall Lake, Missouri, unleashes floodwaters. About 60,000 acres, plus 4,500 residents, are displaced, with Becker county and nearby towns isolated by rising waters. Coast Guard, army, militia and Red Cross units are on 24 hour duty amid receding backwaters and ongoing assessments.
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Middle West
Associated Press
Mississippi River
Aday
Wall Lake
Wilaiis
Muddy River
Union County
Office of Civilian Defense
Alexander County
Ohio River
Cairo
Claryville
Perry County
Belgique
McBride
Menfro
St. Genevieve
St. Marys
Mississippi
St. Louis
Coast Guard
Army
Red Cross
Reelief
Beardstown
Cass County
Jacksonville
Virginia
Springfield
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash River
Knox County
Wabash
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Muskogee
Fed
Camp Gruber
Fort Gibson
Tucker al Musko-gee
Germany Faces Meat Shortage Reported by Nazi Paper
Stockholm May 23 Voelkisch er Beobachter admits cattle slaughter has slashed German herds to critical levels. It defends farmers noting they cannot raise cattle without feed and says meat stocks hold at prior standards only through planned slaughter. It blames floods and bad weather for food shortages and predicts Ukraine yields will not be smaller this year.
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Stockholm
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Balkans
Ukraine
Rationing of Water Starts at Fort Smith
Fort Smith faces a water emergency as civilian defense workers distribute a five gallon daily limit to about 40 000 residents. Authorities cut off all but one residential water connection, ban bathing washing clothes and radiator filling, with barbers limited to hair care while laundries close. The city reservoir holds 6.5 million gallons and officials say supplies could last 10 days under rationing.
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Fort Smith
Fresas
Homer M. Adkins
Ely
Pine Bluff Among Areas of Acute Labor Shortage
Washington May 24 The War Manpower Commission added nine cities to its group one list areas of acute labor shortage effectively blocking new war contracts and likely leading to a 48 hour work week by regional directors. Cities include San Francisco Salt Lake City Akron Trenton Wilmington Jacksonville Chambersburg Pine Bluff and Sturgeon Bay as part of a monthly labor market based revision.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
San Fracisco
Salt Lake City
Akron
Trenton
N. I
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Fla
Chambersburg
Pine Bluff
Ark
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Harrison Woman Named To Lead B and P W C
Miss Marie Grether of Harrison will direct activities of the Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs as president for the ensuing year. She succeeds Mrs. Essie Sims Porter of Paragould at the convention held here this weekend.
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Hot Springs
Marie Grether
Harrison
Arkansas Federatin of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Essie Sims Porter
Paragould
Second Exchange of Prisoners With Japs
New York dispatch reports Tokyo spokesman Tomoka Hori says negotiations with the United States and Britain for a second exchange of internees are going on rather smoothly.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Tomoka Hori
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
Rubber and Chrysler strike end fuels return to work
About 30,000 CLO unionists and workers at Firestone, Goodyear, and Rubber Co. plants resumed duties after a weekend stoppage tied to a War Labor Board decision. Chrysler back-to-work action followed, with departures from Akron plants and Detroit locals signaling a turn toward settlement as WLB delays a coal case ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chrysler Corporation
CLO
Firestone Tir Rubber Co
B. F. Good Rubber Co
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
General Tir and Rubber Co
WLB Nage
Chrysser
Idie
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
WLB
Washington
Goodyear, Goodrich
Firestar
Riber
Gieral
Wa Out
United Rubber Workers
Yanks Control Sea and Air Off Attu Island
United States forces appear to have gained control of sea and air off Attu as Japanese bombers failed to delay a ground push. The raid on Attu prompted debate over enemy losses while U S vessels avoided damage. Ground combat stated on Attu shows Japanese troops retreating to hills and U S forces holding high ground near Chichagof harbor and Sarang Bay.
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Washington
Attu
United States
Aleutians
Pacific
Paramushiro
Kiska
WA. S
Paramushira
Kuriile
Army
War Department
Chichagof Harbor
Chichagof
Harbor
Sarang Bay
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U.S.A
Gulf of Aden
Scuily
Graham
Ludlow Company
Chicago
Flar
Aden
Arabia
Scotty
Africa
Hope
Cape Vown
South Africa
Colin Kelley
Pla
Here
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Benjamin Or, Claston
USMCR
McGheee
Basin Rani S. Whitlington
Summit
Muu
Eighth Army
B. L. Montgomery
Rhur Valley
Europe
Dental
Baltimore, Md
Chrysler Group
Attu Island
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