Portrait of Eisenhower and his enduring impact
A portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower shows his foresight during war and his leadership style. The piece notes his disdain for bigotry his refugee background and his informal camaraderie with troops and allies. It recalls anecdotes from Abilene Panama and Africa and highlights his decisive note to Patton during the African campaign.
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Eisenhower
Africa
Patton
Georgie
Algiers
Oran
Ike
Eisenhower’s Humble Words on Democracy and Homecoming
The general, famed for his devotion to America, notes democracy’s impact on his life, saying it took him from a Kansas farm and provided education and career. His Abilene cable urges neighbors to avoid titles, stressing that military rank brings loneliness and a wish to be with old friends at the cafe.
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America
Kansas
Eisenhower
Abilene
Dwight
Air Transport Command’s Pioneering War Feats Revealed
The Air Transport Command carried 220,000 wounded from battle, ferried troops and cargo across oceans, and sustained a global network. It operated the Hump routes over the Himalayas, briefed pilots for Greenland Iceland and China, and ran the world’s largest hotel chain for transiting crews.
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Air Transport Command
Pat Hurley
Washington
New York
Chicago
China
India
Himalayas
North Atlantic
ATC
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Greenland
Iceland
Boston
Portland
Long Island
Okinawa
Harold George
Europe
Natal
Brazil
Bretton Woods plan and Wilson influence cited in farmers' outlook
A Western Newspaper Union column argues the Bretton Woods agreement will boost American farm profits by creating a global market and stable credit for nations like China. It credits Woodrow Wilson as the real architect of the San Francisco pact and critiques postwar economic shifts toward state-led international trade.
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Bretton Woods
China
America
Woodrow Wilson
San Francisco
Dumbarton Oaks
United States
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wilson
Beating Plow Shares Into Swords at Ingersoll Plant
The Ingersoll Steel and Disc division of Borg-Warner built the Beach-Buster LVT-3 amphibian tank used in Okinawa. Led by Ben Swennes, the Kalamazoo area plants converted from farm implements to war production, expanding from 300 to 1,800 workers. The caravan factory outreach and Navy praise highlighted a remarkable wartime shift from plows to fighting machines.
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Union
Japan
America
Ingersoll Steel & Disc Division
Borg-Warner Corporation
Florida Everglades
Donald Roebling
Clearwater
Young Roebling
Col. Washington Roebling
Brooklyn
Florida
Roebling
Navy
Virginia
C. S. Davis
Roy C. Ingersoll
Borg-Warner
Washington
Ben A. Swennes
Ingersoll Company
Ingersoll
Bureau of Ships
Swennes
Rockford
Kalamazoo
Tarawa
Saipan
Iwo Jima
C. H. Woodward
Admiral Woodward
Lvts
Horn
Leyte
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine Division
Roland D. Doane
Michigan
Paw Paw
Augusta
Vicksburg
Schoolcraft
Decatur
Law
Ingersoll’s
Vox Pop
Ben Swennes
R. S
Bob'') Ingersoll
Roy
S. A. Ingersol
Harold G
Stephen L. Ingersoll
Borg-Warner Organization
Harold
New Castle
Ingersoll’s rolling disc blade pioneer builds industry
S. A. Ingersoll, founder, developed a rolling coulter by 1884 to cut prairie sod for horse drawn plows and opened a Sandoval factory. He served as plant manager and more while expanding to canning and barrel making, later moving the business to Galesburg and rebuilding after a World War I fire.
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S. A. Ingersoll
Sandoval
Ill
Ingersoll
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Marshall
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Panama
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
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Rommel
Montgomery
Sudan
Western Newspaper Union
Red Cross
England
Elmo Scott Watson
Rel
Galesburg
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