Washington Digest Sees US Postwar Role as Peace Maintainer
Washington observers say Americans favor joining an international peace organization after the war. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill push a joint Britain US defense framework while awaiting a broader postwar plan. The piece also salutes civilian defense workers for their role in recent train wreck and fire emergencies.
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America
Congress
United States
Sam Rayburn
Southwest
Hull
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
Committee of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Great Britain
Churchill
Japan
Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff
Italy
Reich
Hitler
Africa
Sicily
Casablanca
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Germany
Luftwaffe
Congressional Limited
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Houston
Texas
Civilian Defense Organization
Marine Fliers Triumph Over Perils in Guadalcanal Tales
Combat reports share the survival of Sgt. Bill Coffeen after 72 days missing in action near Guadalcanal. He describes surviving storms, a coconut diet, infection, and a dramatic rescue by native aid, ending with treatment for malaria and malnutrition at a naval hospital.
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Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Bill Coffeen
Shaggy
Lean
William S. Coffeen Jr
North Lotus Street
Chicago
Naval Base Hospital
Coffeen
Henderson Field
Korombangara
Choiseul Islands
Coconut Grove
Queenie
Henze
U.S. Naval Hospital
Mare Island
California
Hillside Cemetery
State Center
Iowa
India U S relations strain amid War Office fears and cleanups
In New Delhi India and Britain scrutinize American presence amid suspicion over information and postwar commerce. OEW workers face government questions about internal India and possible leaks. In Washington a farm machinery rationing plan eases, allowing freer distribution with limited exclusions. Also quadrcentury maintenance in government buildings and a note on Sen. Edwin C. Johnson’s weight.
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India
U. S
Burma
Laughlin Currie
White House
Louis Johnson
Billy Phillips
Leo Crowley
New Delhi
John Fischer
Government of
Tfh
England
Fischer
Crowley
Washington
Postewar Commercial
Notes on Actors and Arts Headlines From a War Era
A collage of anecdotes on Alexander Woollcott, Katina Paxinou, Billy Rose, and a Rembrandt tale. It riffs on critics, Mussolini imagery, a desert-film death scene, and a Sicily feasting joke, plus magazine quotes about schools, generals, and a lighter Elliott Roosevelt military furlough.
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Alexander Woollcott
Hamilton College
Alec
Navy and allied services expand chaplain corps and imagery proclaims Food fights for freedom
The brief notes that over 1,500 chaplains serve in the navy coast guard and marine corps with calls for further expansion. It mentions a War Food Program emblem a market basket under Uncle Sam and the slogan Food fights for freedom. It also reports Nazi officials urging cheerful letters from German soldiers and mentions camouflage gear and sleeping bags used by the armed forces.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Uncle Sam
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Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Russia
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United States Marine Corps
Harry Bolser
Pen T. Johnson
Solomon Developing Company
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Australia
Big Island
Munda
Henderson
R. L. Vroome
Gilbert Henze
Sergt
Sergeant Gilbert Henze
Congressional
Senate
House
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Katina Paxinou
Katina
Greece
Eitzen
Billy Rose
Mussolini
Indiana
Maryland
Idaho
Georgia
Liberty
Newsweek
Harold Alexander
Zatso
Eisenhower
Sumner Welles
South Pacific
H.brubaker
New Yorker
Drew Pearson
Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott
Bankhage
Armed Forces
Sergeant Coffeen
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