Victory and the unseen ridge in postwar education
A veteran audience hears a grim forecast of future war demands and the need for patient civilian leadership. The talk contrasts Allied resilience with enemy strength, noting Germany Japan and Italy, and argues education must adapt postwar to train veterans for peacetime industry, citizenship, and college access.
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Commission On Liberal Education
The
Association of American Colleges
Coonskin Collegian
Postwar plans map out recovery and growth drivers
A survey of economic foresight after victory highlights chemurgy and plastics as fresh uses for crops and waste, a surge in building and timber use, and aviation and transportation expansion. It notes labor reallocation, public works, urban renewal, and international dollar flows shaping a decades-long recovery.
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Chemurgy
United States
American Institute of Architects
The
American Planning and Civic Association
Conference Committee On Urban Problems
India policy rift noted as Phillips criticizes Wavell
U S Ambassador Bill Phillips returned from India with a blunt report criticizing British leadership and urging mediation among Indian factions. He contends the Indian army won t fight effectively until the political problem is resolved, and he urges rethinking policy though Roosevelt seeks noninterference.
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U. S
Bill Phillips
India
United States
Marshal Wavell
Phillips
Winston Churchill
Canada
Churchil
Roosevelt
Britain
Burma
Shopkeeper Sells Dog For Two Hundred In Trade
A man tried to dispose of a dog by selling it to a pet shopkeeper for 200 dollars. The shopkeeper agreed but traded the dog for two hundred dollar cats instead. Weeks later the man learned the dog had sold for less, but the shopkeeper justified the swap as a fair trade.
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Japan
Germany
Hitler
Africa
ARMY
Mary I. Barber
Washington
Miss Barber
Quartermaster Corps
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
White House
Georgetown Electric Company
Baltimore
OPA Rules Home Canned Foods and Swedish Policy Remarks
Bankhage Foods defines home canned items under OPA rules with two conditions about canning locations. Swedish Foreign Minister Christian Guenther warned that Sweden makes concessions to Germany beyond those to western powers in a Eskilstuna radio broadcast quoted by the Homefront Office.
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OPA
Christian E Guenther
Eskilstuna
Sweden
Germany
Office of War Information
Pollination Still Is Bees Biggest Wartime Job
The article stresses honey bees as the main pollinators for wartime crop seed and fruit. Domestic hives pollinate most fruits since wild insects are scarce in early spring. Beekeeping supports seed production in Clover and alfalfa fields, providing nectar for honey and aiding crop yields.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
America
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Tunisia
Stalingrad
Russia
Australia
U.S. Army
Midway
Guadalcanal
Attu
Japan’s Navy
Pacific
Attu Airforce
Luftwaffe
the World of Tomorrow
By A. F. Jedlicka
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Foreign Trade Council
United States Chamber of Commerce
Asia
U.S.A
South America
South
Mahatma Gandhi
Raj Gopal Chakar
Gandhi
Bankhage
Hannibal
Barca
Pata Delicious Kelloge
Kellogg’s
George Linley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Doan
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