Story of GI Joe tribute frames Ernie Pyle through cinema
Memo from Manhattan recalls Ernie Pyle through a private screening of The Story of GI Joe. Lait and son George, a paratrooper correspondent, recount Pyle’s fearless reporting from London to the Pacific, his rise to fame, and the film’s restrained, non romantic portrayal.
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Manhattan
George Lait
GI Joe
New York
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Washington
George
Lisbon
London
Birtz
Africa
St Alamein
Desert
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
New Guinea
Saipan
Leyte
Eleventh Airborne
Luzon
MacArthur
Albuquerque
N. M
Beverly Hills
San Francisco
Pacific
Glace
Rome
Burgess Meredith
Ernle
Monkey
Pyle
Lester Cowan
Ternie
Hanle Pyle
Paul Armstrong
Swope weighs British election impact on labor movement
Herbert Bayard Swope argues the English Conservative defeat signals a shift toward socialization of natural monopolies and sectoral reforms but not communism. He predicts broader UK cooperation with left of center movements, possible India self governance, and cartelized trade, while warning against excessive limits on free enterprise and noting cross Atlantic caution.
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Britain
Russia
British
Foreign Office
India
Beveridge
Henry Ford and American enterprise shaping future generations
A long passage extols Henry Ford and the Ford industries as core to America’s wealth and job creation. It credits countless workers and leaders, notes rising wages from 1849 to 1939 and the value of private investment in plants and tools, and warns against drones who rely on others. The piece also signals political critique and wartime reflections.
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Henry Ford
Ford Industries
America
Assembly
Ford
Henry Fords
United States
Cadet Nurse Corps trains 112000 with civilian path options
The Public Health Service reports 112000 girls in cadet nurse training, mostly from small towns. They may practice in civilian hospitals or military service, with graduation rules and pay details outlined. Congress debates extending the program into peacetime.
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Walter A. Shead
WNU
United States Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Cadet Nurses Training Corps
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
Congress
Cadet Nurses’ Corps
Armed Forces
Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Q Corporation
United States
Jean Henderson Mulcahy
Jacksonville
Fla
Washington
Florida State Board of Health
Cadet Nurse Corps
Thomas Parran
Paul V. McNutt
Providence Hospital
D. C
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Mulcahy
Providence Hospital Corps
Sister Rita
Rita
Providence
Catholic University of America
Washington Eyes Tax Cuts And Rationing Endgame
Washington signals early consider tion of extending social security to new groups. Forecasts point to roughly a 20 percent general income tax cut for 1946. End of rationing expected by year’s end as agencies seek to curb black market risks. Government to overhaul surplus property handling and broader administrative machinery.
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Capitol Hill
OPA
Farm Indebtedness Drops 25 Percent in Five Years
The article notes farm mortgage debt has fallen at least 25 percent in five years as farmers pay down obligations and avoid land price spikes. It highlights improved farmer finances, rising bank deposits in rural areas, and stronger merchant activity supporting postwar prosperity. Unemployment exists from war plant closures.
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Varmiers
Reconversion optimism clashes with gloomy job forecasts
The piece argues for cautious hope in postwar reconversion while warning of sharp unemployment rises, noting government delays on a full time employment bill and private industry’s limits in absorbing displaced workers as Krug cites a hands off approach.
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Roosevelt
L'Ruman
Senate
Krug
War Production Board
Washington
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