Emphasize World Policy and Public Servants in Wartime
The piece urges a decisive U S world policy led by James F Byrnes and warns against appeasement. It cites Potsdam as proof of intent and cites the need to call bluffs to preserve world peace. It contrasts past hemispheric focus with a broader international role. It also critiques overstaffed rail and farm bureaucracy contributing to labor and inflation concerns.
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Potsdam
James IF. Byrnes
Department of Agriculture
British Labor Personalities and Attlee Era Politics
A portrait of Britain's Labor leadership under Prime Minister Attlee, detailing rivals like Morrison and Bevin, their backgrounds, and governing style. The note highlights Ellen Wilkinson as a key female figure, Greenwood's postwar roles, and a tangent about Cordell Hull and Nelson Rockefeller in postwar diplomacy.
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Britain
Labor
Churchill
Democratic Party
Clement Attlee
England
Attlee
Ramsey MacDonald
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Morrison
Waterloo Bridge
London
Ernie Bevin
Transport Workers
Bevin
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Phillip Murray
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
Cliveden
M.P
Ellen Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
Ireland
Bloomsbury
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Arthur Greenwood
Greenwood
MacDonald
Nelson Rockefeller
Cordell Hull
Hull
Argentina
Rockefeller
Hope Diamond” McLean
Bob Reynolds
Scripps Howard Papers
Truman
Boxing and Navy Life Cross Paths in War Time Memoir
Walter Winchell notes guest columnists while away and shares his wartime role as morale officer in the Navy Coast Guard. He recalls battles, notable fights, meeting Jack London, and predicts a future heavyweight champion from fighting men, citing Gene Tunney as a marine he once met. He also praises associates who keep his Broadway ventures running.
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England
Jack London
Tommy Mills
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Philadelphia
Veterans face big postwar choices as farming and business emerge
AUS Army survey shows 75 percent of officers and enlisted plan definite postwar aims with 52 percent seeking wages, seven percent aiming at small business, ten percent to farm, eight percent to school and others undecided. Migration patterns and funding needs loom as veterans weigh farms, firms, and further education.
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United States Army
Information and Education Division
Army
Pacific Coast
East North Central States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Mountain States
Pearl Harbor
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Walter Winchell
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Sam
Pacific
Hirohito
Admiral Halsey
Tokyo
Jess Willard
Toledo
Navy
Okinawa
Bruce Woodcock
Abel Cestac
Luis Angel Firpo
Firpo
Abel
Cestac
Max Waxman
Waxman
Max
Job Amron
Louis Brooks
Broadway
Great Northern Hotel
Walter A. Shead
Washington Correspondent
Civil Service Commission
Washington
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Armed Forces Institute
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