What Vets Want in Way of New Jobs
A Western Newspaper Union summary notes that many returning veterans prefer mature, higher level civilian jobs over prewar positions. It argues employers owe opportunities to those who served, citing leadership and responsibility gained in combat. The piece also contrasts wartime pay in francs and English industry efficiency with management gains. It suggests government price ceilings on government spending and ends with a tongue in cheek remark about traveling farther by keeping a shirt on.
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de Gaulle
France
Germany
Joe
G.I. Joes
England
America
Army
Astoria
N. Y
U. S. Office of Transportation
Hollywood
German Prison Labor Controversy Taints Allied Reparations Plans
A secret Supreme Court opinion by Justice Robert Jackson urges that German prison labor be used for reparations only if workers are convicted of war crimes, challenging Yalta agreements and prompting high level meetings. The debate centers on indicting Gestapo and SS members as a class and the fate of Nazi party members in postwar reconstruction.
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Russia
France
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
U. S
Justice Jackson
Ed Pauley
Jackson
America
United States
Gestapo
Nazi Party
Morgenthau
Will Clayton
Army
Navy
FEA
Yalta
Roosevelt
Pauley
Europe
Hitler
Dinner clash over Molotov party sparks reporting dispute
Notes from a New Yorker debate a Newsmag discrepancy about Molotov hosting a dinner for Stettinius and Eden and the other publication claiming Stettinius hosted the dinner in his apartment. The exchange questions which version reflects the facts.
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New Yorker
Molotov
Stettinius
Eden
Molly
Stetty
Empire of News and War Talk in Franko Era Quip
In a caricature of press culture James Gordon Bennett's rule to stay in step with readers is mocked. A Franco aide discusses breaking with Germany and proposes steps like flag half mast for Roosevelt, Allied music, and radio tributes, while Franco worries about inviting democracy.
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Franco
Germany
United Nations
Spain
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Uncertain wartime banter and Nazi folly on parade
The piece lampoons Hermann Goering and Nazi bravado as he pleads for guards. It cites anti-Soviet and liberal senators clashing over strategy while Norwegian police jug Quisling after confiscating his satchel of chocolate and cognac.
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Quisling
Norway
Swiss Neutrality Baffles Child in Wartime Tale
A wealthy couple cared for a Swiss foster boy during wartime bombings. While playing with a cook’s child, he explains his father did not fight because Switzerland is neutral. The exchange prompts the other child to question which side a country can be neutral for.
Australian Soldier Receives Victoria Cross Posthumously
A 20 year old image shows a kneeling Allied soldier in blindfold before a Jap samurai sword performer. The Australian serviceman died and his family received the Victoria Cross from the King. The Will Hays Office announced it would not permit national release of a full length Nazi atrocities documentary.
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England
Will Hays Office
Butler Apology Demand Over Mussolini Remarks Recalled
The note recalls Smedley Butler, twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, who faced a state department rebuke in 1933 for criticizing Mussolini after a child was killed by his car. The piece questions removing any record of the apology and the timing of the Marine’s hospital status.
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Congress
Smedley Butler
Mussolini
State Department
Butler
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