Great Mistake in Europe How US Helped Russia Ended War
An officer recalls debates over America's role in Europe and the Soviet Union during World War II. The piece weighs the impact of aid to Russia on the conflict, GOP reactions to OPA, and postwar geopolitics with references to Roosevelt Churchill and Eisenhower. It also notes Russian stubbornness and a barber union offer to spread atomic facts.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Germany
Europe
Russia
America
England
Dunkirk
Churchill
Balkans
Greece
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Italy
Roosevelt
Boswell
Butcher
Ike
Stalin
State Department
Security Council
Ghengis Khan
Lillian C Watford
Tri-State Atomic Information Committee
Washington
Wisconsin and Its Pioneers and Great Lakes Heritage
The article surveys how Congress may adjourn or recess and notes the seal and proclamation process. It then presents Wisconsin’s industrial base during WWII and its varied manufacturing, mining, and agricultural sectors. It describes pioneers, the Badger State nickname, and Wisconsin’s forests, lakes, rivers, and native history including Jean Nicolet’s 1684 visit to Green Bay.
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Congress
White House
Senate
House
United States
Secretary of State
Hull
Roosevelt
Cordell
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Coulee
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Lake Winnebago
Lake Geneva
Madison
Jean Nicolet
Green Bay Area
Barbs by Bankhage on farm labor and rising costs
The piece satirically notes longer days spent by hired hands on farms and hints at shifted milking times. It observes Americans eating more, while the narrator reflects on prices like 66-cent butter and questions a clerk overcharged for a strawberry cream in a chocolate soda.
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America
Wisconsin Balanced Between Farms and Factories Highlighted
An Edward Emerine feature portrays Wisconsin as a thriving blend of agriculture and industry. It notes dairy strength, diverse crops, and widespread mills, with railroads, river traffic, and Great Lakes shipping underpinning growth. Describes historic territorial changes and statehood in 1848.
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Edward Emerine
Wisconsin
Nicolet
Wiskonsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Illinois
Madison
Ilinois
Great Lakes
Chicago
Michigan
Ohio
Tinois
Indiana
Green Woods
Hoard the Dairy Prophet and Wisconsin’s Rise in Dairying
The piece traces William Dempster Hoard’s impact on Wisconsin dairying from his Fort Atkinson editorial campaigns in 1870. He urged a shift from Wheat to livestock, founded Hoard's Dairyman, and toured the state to promote dairy, convincing German and Scandinavian farmers to diversify away from wheat as dairy growth followed.
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Walter
Goodland
Wisconsin
Sharon
Racine
Farmer
University of Wisconsin At Madison
William Dempster Hoard
Hoard
Fort Atkinson
Dairyman
Political Corruption Echoes From Gilded Age Reform Debates
A long extract tracing early 20th century graft and machine politics. It cites Central Pacific railroad promoters, land grants, and a $27 million loan, referencing Tweed, Huey Long, Tammany, and George Norris, with literary quips from Mark Twain about Tam many and a forged signature scam ending in a $50 NSF check.
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Central Pacific Railroad
Mussolini’s Daughter Edda Seeks Argentina Entry
Edda Mussolini, amnestied by Italy, seeks entry to Argentina due to lack of welcome in Italy. Her passport remains pending approval. A mix of royal and cultural tidbits run through the era’s gossip columns.
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Mussolini
Edda
Italy
Argentina
Crown Prince
Belgium
Shanghai
Los Angeles
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OPA
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Green Bay
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Lino
Tweed Ring
New York
Boss Tweed
Capitol Hill
Huey Long
George Norris
Mark Twain
Twain
Wall
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Ata
Wakefield
Yodora
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