Executives and Electoral Power Under Parliamentary Compare
The piece argues that Roosevelt's 1940 victory largely reflected regional splits and that the U S system grants the executive branch limited minority voice. It contrasts presidential rigidity with parliamentary systems where executives can be removed, noting potential for quicker accountability and coalition governments abroad.
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Washington
Solid South
Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress
Senate
Biddle
Littell
Supreme Court
Littell-Biddle
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Britain
France and Soviet Union Edge Toward New Franco Soviet Pact
Erick Kuh reports that Paris seeks a fresh Franco Soviet political and military alliance to replace the prewar mutual assistance pact. De Gaulle and Georges Bidault prepare for Moscow talks amid past French diplomacy and Moscow's current relations with the Allies.
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Erick Kuh
Chicago Sun Bureau
London
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Bidault
Moscow
Algiers
Russia
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
de Gaulle
Stalin
France
European Advisory Commission
Paris
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Hidden TB cases dubbed threat to public health
Dr. Herman Hilleboe warned at the Southern Medical Association meeting that hidden tuberculosis cases in the United States number in the hundreds of thousands. He cited a wartime survey showing high X-ray signs of disease among workers and urged mass X-ray screening to uncover cases and begin the fight to control the scourge.
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United States
Herman Hilleboe
United States Public Health Service
Tuberculosis Control Division
Hilleboe
Government urges early Christmas cards to troops overseas
The OPA presses for moderate toy prices and urges Americans to mail Christmas cards to service members abroad immediately to ensure a joyful holiday for many youngsters.
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OPA
Uncle Sam
Papandreou Seeks Immediate Aid to Stabilize Greece
In Athens Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou details Greece’s dire postwar plight. He pleads for urgent American assistance to stave hunger and collapse, cites currency collapse, blackout regions, and the need to establish a legitimate government while avoiding foreign domination.
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Athens
Greece
Georges Papandreou
Einstein
Papandreou
United States
Rites
Democracia
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Treaty Fight In Congress Faces Constitutional Change
James Marlow reports a push to amend the U S constitution to allow both houses to approve treaties by majority vote. The plan would require two thirds in both houses and ratification by three fourths of state legislatures or conventions. Senator George opposes sharing treaty powers with the House.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
House Judiciary Committee
George
D-Ga
Toy show fills Majestic with many broken toys
The Tribune notes a large toy show at the Majestic theater lobby where over 900 children attended. Many items were new but a majority required repair, with the event hosted by local citizens' committee and featuring Drs. Sargent and J. C. a returning from northern Wisconsin.
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Majestic Theater
Citizens’ A
Drs. Sargent
Wisconsin
Onalaska
Krause Dairies
Torgerson
Hanson
Peterson
Rick
R. Davidson
H. Holthaus
Fred Lambert
Health plan tax issue tied to social security scope
The piece argues health and hospital insurance requires a tax rise independent of old age insurance. It notes both parties favor extending coverage to farmers, domestic workers, self employed, and others, with a potential congress change next year. The Wagner Murray Dingell bill faced heavy opposition from doctors and Republicans though broad support exists for health coverage.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress
Social Security Board
Treasury
Progressive Party Fades in Wisconsin Legislature
In Wisconsin the Progressive Party shrinks to six Assembly seats and five in the Senate, leaving Republicans with a dominant two‑party scene. Democrats gain at Progressives’ expense, while CIO PAC leaders push for spring activity. Key figures include Don McDowell, Alex Benz, Frank Graass, Oscar Rennebohm, and Tom King as FHA chief.
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Madison
Wis
Progressive Party
Wisconsin
Party of la Follette
Assembly
Senate
Jim Fornary
State Bureau of Departmental Research
Don McDowell
Soldiers Grove
Alex O. Benz
Wisconsin Cio Pac
Frank Graass
Graass
Goodland
Oscar Rennebohm
Tom King
Calcutta University Eulogies Cue Tale of Misunderstanding
Faculty at Islamia College mourned A. H. Hartley as dead after memorials and condolences were sent. Hartley later informed the university that he had merely returned home from India to England after retiring from educational work. University officials adjusted messages to felicitations rather than condolences.
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Joseph Dunn
Range
John Kerrigan
Mexico City
Southern Railway
R. Q. Grant
la Crosse
Grant
Calcutta University
A. H. Hartley
Islamia College
British Army Develops Its Own Slang Beyond World War I
The British Army, like the RAF, is creating a fresh wartime language. Soldiers in the Low Countries describe enemy noises under shellfire as ticking, an understated term for panic yells. When Tommies are stonking the enemy, it refers to rapid artillery concentration and the ferrying down of threat.
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London
RAF
Low Countries
Birthday Telegram Keeps Record Intact in Wartime
In Boston a Lexington Missouri publisher sent a birthday telegram to a fellow newspaper man for 25 years by noting Letter follows. Western Union would not accept congratulatory telegrams, yet the practice continued as a workaround during wartime.
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Boston
Mass
Western Union
Lexington
Why Ike Needs Heavy Artillery in the Rhine Front
The article argues Ike must delay a general offensive until sufficient artillery ammunition is accumulated. It highlights the Siegfried line as a formidable defense and stresses heavy guns as essential to reduce German fortifications, protect Allied troops, and target the Ruhr industrial region.
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Rhineland
Stimson
Eisenhower
Cologne Plain
Col. Stimson
Ike
Siegfried Line
Reich
Siegfried
Fortifica
Ruhr
Rhine
Hitler
Haskin Service Answers Reader Questions
The Tribune Informa tion Bureau offers facts on bonds wine producers Brahms first symphony and indoor Christmas trees. Answers cite U S treasury estimates California wine lead New York second and Brahms time span while hospital corps noncombatants may be armed only under specific rules.
Tassel Position for Mortarboard Caps
The tassel usually hangs over the left front of the cap. Some colleges have different variations but no universal rule governs all.
Telephone conversations per wire and oblique trivia
Coaxial cable can transmit about 506 two way telephone conversations at once. The eminent French naturalist Jean Henri Fabre died in 1915 at age 92 after decades of obscurity, with his insect tales gaining fame through Mistral. Negro war correspondents include Edgar T Rouzeau of the Pittsburgh Courier. As of November 1 1944 the national debt stood at 210244057510 19 dollars. The word around is improper for approximation. about should be used instead.
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Jean Henri Fabre
Mistral
Novelist’s Horizontal and Vertical Word Puzzle Clues
A list of crossword style clues features terms like Lubricant Footwear Insect Historic Fowl Like Print men and more. The puzzle includes references to a pictured author and a set of numbered entries across and down.
Army Veterinary Corps: accreditation and commissions
Only graduates of accredited colleges offering veterinary courses are accepted in the Veterinary Corps of the army and only graduate veterinarians are commissioned in the corps. The army also trains enlisted personnel for commissions as veterinarians.
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Veterinary Corps
Army
New Words And Phrases From Washington Bureau Booklet
A Washington Information Bureau booklet catalogs new words and phrases fresh from papers magazines and radio. It notes many old terms gaining new meaning and includes a list of foreign plot names with their English pronunciations. Order your copy for fifteen cents.
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Washington Information Bureau
Newses
Words And Phrases booklet offer from Washington request
A brief notice from the Information Bureau in La Crosse invites readers to mail a 15 cent coin and their name address to Washington DC to receive a booklet titled Words And Phrases. The form asks for street or rural route city state and mail instructions.
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Pettibone Park
Black River
Fred Dittman
Emma Dittman
Leonora Dittman
California
la Crosse
C. J. Snyder
H. L. Partridge
la Crosse Tribune Informtion Bureau
Eye St
X. E
Washington
D. C
Primitive pin ups found in Burma jungle hut
An American survey group in Burma entered the jungle to test natives. They discovered a native village and, with ceremony, found 16 pin up pictures on the chief’s hut wall from primitive Yank publications.
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Ceylon
Burma
Yank
La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press Overview
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press publish daily afternoon editions and a Sunday morning edition. Operated by La Crosse Tribune Co. with R L Bangsberg as managing editor and A W Rice as city editor.
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LA Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press
la Crosse Tribune Co
Cass
la Crosse
Wis
R. L. Bangsberg
A. W. Rice
Tribune and Leader-Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Associated Press
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