Paying For Defense In The Public Mind
The administration proposes raising the debt limit from 45 to 48 billion and selling 3 billion in special defense obligations to fund a major national defense program. It also seeks additional taxes totaling 600 to 700 million annually for five years to service and retire the new obligations. All citizens, across brackets and professions, must contribute to American rearmament and sacrifices of time and resources will be required.
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Congress
Hitler
England
English Channel
Holiday Drivers More Careful
Holiday traffic usually sets high-water marks for the year yet Memorial Day this year was an exception. The nation saw an exceptionally low toll, though Pennsylvania’s deaths matched many holiday records. The piece hopes the trend continues into the next holiday period with continued caution on highways.
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Pennsylvania
Industry's Problems in Time of War Preparedness
Princeton's J Douglas Brown tells American Industry representatives that current equipment and methods are inadequate for defense. He cites a year needed to make shells fired in ten days of fighting, calls for drastic executive and supervisory changes, notes labor shortages, and warns of cross-plant labor poaching and skilled worker gaps as aviation seeks graduates.
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Princeton University
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United States
France
Canada
Perkins
Thousands of pilots needed for air corps volunteers
The article notes a severe pilot shortage and calls for thousands of young men to volunteer for air corps training. It discusses goals for a 60,000 plane force, estimates pilot and ground force needs, and stresses the high physical and mental standards required.
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United States Defense
Air Corps
America
Roosevelt
Hairpin joke in wedding humor column
A wry vintage note mocks pairing trends with a quip about a baby swallowing a hairpin and a bride jokingly about twin beds before a layvins. The aside reflects light social humor and marital stereotypes of the era.
The Parent Problem in School Sympathy
Garry C. Myers argues teachers should actively address students emotional lives to offset losses at home. He reflects on bereavement, illness, and financial stress among pupils and suggests teachers cultivate empathy, visit students, and share concern to support learning and resilience. -NAY IN NEW GASTIA-
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Nora Remiley
Tco
New Gastia
New Frontiers Call Young Americans to Build the Future
The piece urges graduates to abandon defeatism and seize frontiers for America’s next era. It cites Dr. William Mather Lewis on morale and praises pioneering ancestors for steadiness, asserting today’s youth can face hardships and drive national progress. Buy in New Castle.
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William Mather Lewis
Lafayette College
New Castle
Hir's On Etiquette for Borrowed Book Return
Advice from a bygone era on recovering a loaned book. Visit the friend’s home, locate the book, ask lightly if they’re finished, and offer to take it home to save them the trouble of returning it. An etiquette note from New Castle.
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New Gastle
Words Of Wisdom And Rent Injustice In Newcastle
A fragmentary quote credits Virell with a motto about belief conquering. It mentions Huy in New Castle and laments mankind's inhumanity to man causing excessive rent, reflecting social critique in a tersely worded note.
Hints and Dints from a Civic Page Readings
A collage of quips and anecdotes from a Kansas City Star Kansas Notes section. Snippets cover war talk, social mores, a firemen exhibition, courtroom wit, debt humor, and local business advertising plights. The mix reflects wartime sentiment and everyday humor in a newspaper column style.
Good Taste Advice on Sharing Travel Expenses
A column discusses who should pay travel costs when neighbors invite a guest for a short trip versus an extended stay. For brief trips with spontaneous invites, the hosts should cover expenses. for longer group travel, the invited guest may pay own hotel bills. The piece also shares Q and A humor and light reflections.
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Francine Markel
Tam
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Watkins Syndome Distributors
Fragmented Readings From a Quirky Page
A jumble of exclamations and remarks spans topics from manners among the rich and Mussolini to gas shortages and social visits. The text mentions two women pulling chairs together, a conductor and a brakeman in an orchestra, and a baby debut. It ends with Hi Hum delaying work until he perspires.
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Poreh
Hi Hum
What’s What At A Glance Arouses New Dealers Ire
President supporters challenge Roosevelt on debate topics as they react to a Willkie appearance. New dealers express unsettled opinions while offering to engage publicly on policy. The scene mirrors partisan friction ahead of forthcoming discussions.
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Willkie
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Willkie Gains in Third Term Clash With Roosevelt
Washington dispatch analyzes Wendell Willkie’s challenge to Franklin D. Roosevelt, asserting Willkie’s claim of a flawless utility network contrasts with New Deal criticism of bureaucracy. The piece notes Willkie’s Democratic past, Dixie power base ties, and speculation on southern sentiment shifting his allegiance. Continued on Page Seven. Buy in New Castle.
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Wille
Commonwealth
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Willkie
Roosevelt
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Noted Figures Comment On War Stress And Democracy
A A Berle warns against new labor demands during national stress warning that temporary gains are not permanent. Archibald MacLeish calls the war a gangster revolt, not mass uprising. Wendell Willkie links defense costs to restoring economic wheels. William Lyon Phelps suggests Americans lack German devotion to government and constitution.
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International New Service
New York
A. A. Berle
New Haven
Conn
William Lyon Phelps
United States
Hitler
Just Folks By Edgar A Guest
A reflective poem about golfers facing illness pain and handicaps. The speaker notes the difficulty of playing with sick or frail players and prefers to avoid those with injuries or heart issues, claiming golf invalids are hard to beat. The verse laments sleep loss and ailments, conveying a somber, wry tone about competitive golf.
Partial Atonement Washington June 3 Moffat to Canada
The piece lauds President Roosevelt's choice of J Pierrepont Moffat as Minister to Canada, praising his non political qualifications and warning of the prior Cromwell appointment as a political ploy tied to Frank Hague. It argues the Canadian post is crucial amid potential wartime scenarios and predicts New Jersey voters will likely reject Cromwell as Senate candidate, seeing Moffat as a corrective move.
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J. Pierrepont Moffat
Canada
James MH. R. Cromwell
Roosevelt
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England
Atlantic
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Bible Thought For Today
Mumble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time Peter 5 6 quotes a devotional line from the Bible encouraging humility and divine exaltation in believers.
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