Pressure Groups and Mild Fascism in the United States
The piece surveys worries about rising influence of pressure groups in Congress and the idea of a centralized government. It cites CIO political action, London pamphleteering, and British mood toward a national government while noting the risk of one party dominance if party lines erode. It also reflects on wartime leadership shifts and Allied strategic pivots.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
White House
Win-the-War
Picayune
United Watter
CIO Committee
London
King-Hall
Toronto
Britain
England
United States
Russia
Freda Kirchway
The
Nation
Miss Kirchway
Americn
Io Congress
Senate
Army Postal Service
Mark Clark
Post Office Department
Clark
Postal Service
Souter
Union Pacific Museum Links Past and Present in Omaha
The Union Pacific museum in Omaha preserves a vivid history of the West and the railroad. Exhibits include Grenville Dodge’s 1869 telegram, Brigham Young letters, relics of Crow Dog and Big Nose George, branding irons, Oregon Trail artifacts, and photographs by Civil War photographers. The collection traces UP origins, eastern capitalists, Lincoln era directives, and the Promontory Point ceremony.
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Union
T’s
Union Pacific Museum
Omaha
Neb
Promontory Summit
Grenville M. Dodge
Union Pacific Railroad
Oliver Ames
U. P
Transportation
Annals of America
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Dodge
Tokyo
Hitler
Witiess
U.P
Brigham Young
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Salt Lake City
U. P. Main
Ruth Hamilton
Crow Dog
George
Montana
Union Pacific
Big Nose George
Joseph Rankin
Joe Rankin
Old Jim Bridger
Buffalo Bil” Cody
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Russia
el Fish
earlot—Dunraven
Texas
Ellsworth
Kan
trans-Missouri Frontier
Congress
Missouri River
California
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Springer Harbaugh
Pennsylvania
Alexander Gardner
A. J. Russell
William H. Jackson
Savage
Ottinger
U. P. Museum
Promontory Point
Utah
Central Pacific
C. R. Savage
Carl R. G
the Union Pacific
Arly
Arany
National Capital
Washington
Bill’ Jeffers
Washington and War's End
Washington officials privately expect rapid war progression with a possible European collapse before summer while publicly cautioning a long conflict. The plan envisions a winter invasion across Europe with combined Allied thrusts from the west, east, and south, likely by February, and a prolonged fighting period ahead.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
French
Russia
Italy
Balkan
Churchill
U.S
Broadway contract signer from Cuba inks major deal
Bankhage Ernesto Lecuona, chief songwriter and Cuban cultural attaché, signs one of Broadway history’s largest song publishing contracts. Colombia enters the war as the 14th American republic to actively oppose the Nazis. WPB amends L-18 to restore suspender buttons on men’s work pants. Navy PT boats owe achievements to Middle American mahogany and to early shipbuilders.
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Ernesto Lecuona
Cuba
Washington
Broadway
Colombia
WPB
Middle America
Builders of U P C P Laid 1775 Miles of Track in Four Years
The article recounts the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad construction from 1865 to 1869. It notes miles laid, key dates, and the joint approach toward Promontory Point, Utah, with guards against attacks by hostile Indians. It mentions parallel grading and premium payments per mile.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Sherman
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
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Eisenhower
Europa
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America
North
Africa
Middle East
Balkans
Turkey
Berlin
Spain
Toom
Ladnescher Bepders
Elmo Scott Watson
Argentina
Pampas
Union Pacifico Museum
Col. W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Red Shirt
Cody
Nebraska National Guard
Veterans
Ramspeck Committee
Veterans Administration
Donald Nelson
Bernie Baruch
War Production Board
Nelson
Baruch
Jimmie Byrnes
FDR
War Department
Robert C. Richardson
Leningrad
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic Sea
Reeve the Oean
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Post Office
U. S
Bankhage
Grove
Groves
Bulgaria
Liberty
Lydia-E
Pinkham
Cees
Wwnuu
LTV Ayala
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