Battle for the Ruhr rises as decisive air war front
The Ruhr valley near the Rhine is under intensive Allied bombing since May 22, with 14 percent of German industry and a large share of heavy war plants in the line of attack. Nazi defenses include 66 percent of fighter planes, 30,000 anti air guns, and thousands of searchlights as bombing accuracy targets industrial sites like the Nan synthetic rubber plant near Fluls. The barrage aims to cripple synthetic rubber output and morale, with experts judging the Ruhr battle pivotal to air power proving its ability to win wars.
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United States Holds 41000 Seized Patents From Axis Nations
The alien property custodian maintains a New York library of seized patents at 120 Broadway and a Chicago collection. About 41,000 patents and applications are available for public inspection without cost. Americans may license any idea for $50, under policies set by Leo Crowley, with holdings intended as permanent possession by the American people.
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Food goes to waste as beans need pickers in Maryland
In Maryland a boom of string beans rots for lack of volunteers to pick them. Cities like Philadelphia lack of volunteers to work on farms weakens the season. A thousand extra pickers were needed in one South Maryland section. fewer than a hundred showed. Without steady seasonal labor, farmers face crop loss and risky planting. Every willing hand helps now to salvage current crops and enable later harvests.
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Philadelph Pla
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Ickes Victory Cited In Gas Saving Public Appeal
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes urges the public to stay away from national parks to save gasoline and tires while indicating train travel would use up coal. Publicist Ickes notes support from Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes as part of the wartime energy effort.
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The Parent Problem By Garry G Myers, PR, D
A juvenile delinquency and self control discussion argues that poverty is not the sole cause, with links to parental control decline and religious decline. The author promotes a bulletin on child upbringing and self-denial, offering a mailed copy for a postage stamp and self-addressed envelope.
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The Merchant Marine Sailors Remembered in War Verse
BRGAN A GUEST pays tribute to merchant mariners whose courage sustains battles at sea. The poem recalls sailors from master to deckhand facing submarines and peril, asking readers to remember the Yankee boys who sailed as merchantmen and endured peril until victory.
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Words Of Wisdom On Duty And Country Endorsement
Quote from Champ Clark urging duty and subordination of personal desire to principle and country. The speaker contends that thorough service earns public endorsement and, more importantly, deserves it through exalted patriotism.
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Hints and Dints of a World War Era Anecdote Page
A rambling, humor filled column of miscellaneous quips and legends from wartime America. It weaves jokes about Will Rogers and royal encounters with casual reflections on work and independence, ending with musings on business investment and social attitudes.
Back to the parlor movement and wartime woes
A jumble of wartime social commentary and humorous bits. It argues for planning ahead to win the war, critiques liberal distractions, and sketches domestic life shifts. It covers back-to-the-parlor sentiment, marriage ideas, and light anecdotes about daily life under rationing.
Inside Washington Halinan Peoace Ferlors oversbadow Nazi Lints
In Algiers Umberto reports on Axis pressure and peace efforts as Washington researchers assess late war developments. Junior partners of the Axis face renewed tensions while Allied lines hold.
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Hints of Nazi desire for peace discussed in Washington
Central Press column notes that Washington and London regard Nazi moves toward a negotiated pause with the Allies as unlikely. It observes Hitler seeks a negotiated peace rather than unconditional surrender, while Mussolini’s Fascists in Italy show growing disloyalty to the Nazis and drift away from Fascism.
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Winston Chutchill
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One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
International News Service writer notes lawmakers pressured to keep blue alert. Congress plans recess despite wartime alarm, wary of fake threats after wooden guns on the House roof. Supreme Court on vacation. constitutional government reduced to one third functioning. Thought for the day: three thirds minus two halves equals three thirds.
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International News Service
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What Noted People Say What Noted People Say
Herbert Hoover says inflation in food prices needs a single responsible head over all food production, distribution, prices, rations, government purchases, imports and exports. Clare Booth Luce argues the four freedoms are principles not a world polity. Joseph E Davies claims no inherent conflicts of interest between the Soviet Union and the United States.
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Etiquette Tips When A Date Chooses Time Over Rival
A reader asks how to handle a date choice when another more glamorous person asks for the same time. Advice suggests sticking to the first plan, handling the preference politely, and avoiding burning bridges to keep future options open.
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Slick
Uus
Rudy
Supreme Court Reverses on Labor and Pupil Rights
The article argues the Supreme Court should reverse key labor decisions enabling unions to use force and urges reevaluating cases like Petrillo. It notes past court packing attempts by Roosevelt and contemplates Congress naming justices to align with public understanding of the Constitution. The piece questions political aims versus unbiased constitutional interpretation.
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Tine
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Bowery Bums and Breadline Beneath the Bowery
Erich Brandeis questions the label Bowery bum and profiles injured trolley car passengers and bystanders. He argues many Bowery bums are remorseful, capable of reform, and suggests society must nurture rather than condemn those who fall. The essay equates social failure with civilization’s neglect and calls for compassionate action.
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