Third Term Talk Drives Third-Party Debate Across South
The piece argues a third party formed by anti Roosevelt Democrats may only split the Democratic vote. It notes rising independent voters who shift between parties and could act as a balance wheel. If anti fourth term Democrats fail to influence the convention they could hinder their party and aid a Republican victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
South
Herbert Hoover
West Virginia
Neely
U. S. Senate
Chapman Revercomb
Super Duper Taxes and War Time Tax Burdens
The piece argues that future war financing will rely on escalating taxes including super duper, double, and triple rates. It laments that taxpayers must fund a 250,000 bomber and that after payments, individuals may have little left for essentials. It questions grocery availability if shops survive and groceries remain scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
War era musings on ration points and a budding paperboy
Randolph Norton muses on OPA point rationing for prunes and sauerkraut, rabbits and garden self sufficiency, and city limits on capturing meat. He reflects on a city council open to using land for hogs and cattle, then praises a diligent high school paperboy and the potential education benefits his earnings provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.P.A
Too Much of Nothing in Government Offices
Senator Byrd complains that there are too many government offices and people, busy doing little or nothing amid red tape. The piece likens the system to round pegs in square holes and a mathematical monstrosity of overstaffing three million for the work of a few hundred thousand.
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Byrd
Virginia
Tax talk and taxing terms amid American fiscal discourse
The passage lists various tax phrases such as pay-as-you-go, bloody turnip levy, omnibus, combination, over-all, under-all and around-all tax. It asserts taxation in America remains in its infancy despite harsh descriptions and a satirical flair.
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America
With gentleness or not how Rosenberg spoke
The piece cites Alfred Rosenberg’s February broadcast in which the German regime pledged to treat “with gentleness” the souls of subjugated nations. It then asks how peoples of Czechoslovakia Greece the Balkans the Low Countries Norway and Denmark would judge Berlin’s adherence to that policy today.
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Hitler
Poland
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Greece
Balkan
Alfred Rosenberg
Czechoslovakia
Balkan Countries
Low Countries
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Rosenberg
Music and Medicine Clash Over Music's Power
Rochester Eastman School of Music director Howard Hanson says psychiatrists may misuse music as a tool, arguing doctors should seek musicians with analytical minds to develop knowledge based methods. He notes dissonance has long unsettled listeners and suggests studying music’s effects on normal people before treating patients.
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Rochester
N. Y
Howard Hanson
Eastman School of Music
Man who feels part of a team key to war plant success
Detroit interview with Packard president George T. Christopher on management labor committees used to boost morale and productivity. He recalls his own rise from a drilling job and supports the program as effective beyond wartime needs. He started the plan early and plans to keep it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke
Detroit
George T. Christopher
Packard Motor Car Co
Germany
War Production Board
Washington
Christopher
W.P.B
Becke y area prized servicemen in wartime notes
Wartime roster items detail Private Frank Junior Wright of Beckley serving in Panama with his national guard unit after enlisting in 1941, and Captain Albert W. Holmes rising from West Virginia National Guard to captain before 1938. Sergeant Charles P. Wells returns to Fredericksburg, Virginia. Aviation Cadet W B Brubeck trains at Selman Field. Sergeant James E. Dula completes Fort Knox gunnery course. Draftees from Beckley area head to Camp McCain Fort Eustis Fort Bragg Camp Hood and other stations, with local towns and families named.
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Panama Canal Zone
Frank Junior Wright
Elizabeth Wright
Beckley
National Guard
Army
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Panama
Woodrow Wilson High School
D. E. Wright
William L. Wright
Naval Air Corps
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Illinois
San Francisco
California
San Diego
Wright
E. F. Cooper
National Guard of
West Virginia
Camp Hood
Texas
Albert W. Holmes
Holmes
United States Service
Camp Vail
New Jersey
Fort Monmouth
Signal Corps
Fort Benning
Georgia
Huntington
Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Charles P. Wells
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Austin Starr
Ghent
John Hall
Hinton
Wells
Newark
87Th Infantry Division
Camp McCain
Orville G. Bradford
Odd
Paul H. Foster
Epperly
Charles W. Stanley, Jr
Fort Eustis
Floyd R. Edwards
Amigo
Field Artillery Rtc
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Charles W. Callihan
Willard O. Mills
Egeria
Willard E. Underwood
Shady Spring
Edward Wyce
Rhodell
Nathen W. Smith
Fireco
Army Air Forces
St. Petersburg
Florida
Antonio Angelona
Dorothy
Paul Linville
Sullivan
Camp Lee
Elbert L. Tabor, Jr
McAlpin
911Th Ordnance HM Co
Atlanta
Raymond C. Wyatt
Seacoast Defense
Camp McQuaide
Jessie V. Bell
Bogus Money Mighty War Weapon
A wartime warning argues that counterfeit currency is a weapon of war. The piece cites Napoleon, the Continental Congress, Japanese occupation tricks, and Kobe money-manufacturing, suggesting Axis powers may hold a vast reserve of fake notes to unleash at a strategic moment.
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Continental Congress
Tientsin
China
Jao
Taiao
Kobe
Japan
Chrisopher defends gains of wartime committee program
The quotation defends the benefits of a wartime committee while acknowledging its unclear sole responsibility. Packard praises its handling of women, noting a training school and women counselors who assist female workers, contributing to lower absenteeism among women where present.
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Packard
Carmencita Holds Card For Secret Meeting On Beachside Villa
Mary confronts Carmencita at a villa about Lieutenant Sherman and Dan's possible link to a hospital mystery. Carmencita's cool evasions hint at a hidden game as Mary senses a dangerous absence and follows with police backup, suspecting Carmencita has fled.
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Carmencita
Mary
Lena
Lieutenant Sherman
Dan
Paul
Sherman
Daddy
Hank Gorman
Senorita de la Vega
Rowley
Allies Face Postwar Trials For Hitler Tojo And Mussolini
Representative Emanuel Celler argues for an Allied or international tribunal to try war crimes figures such as Hitler Mussolini and Tojo. He cites historic proposals from 1918 and Versailles noting past limited success and warning that justice will catch up with tyrants in the countries they oppressed.
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John Hayes Hammond
Celler
Congress
Versailles
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Randolph Norton
Wan Fanne
H. B. Thomas
John Selby
AP Arts
Hanson
Frank Wright
W. B. Brubeck
W. S. Brubeck
Skelton
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana
Brubeck
Augusta Military Academy
Fort Defiance
Furman University
Greenville
South Carolina
James E. Dula
James R. Dula
Maben
Armored Force School
Fort Knox
William Wright
Frank J. Wilson
U. S
Secret Service
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russia
Aus
Eleanor Atterbury
Nary
Mance
Santa Phillippa
Tojo
Mussolini
Emanuel Celler
London Daily Express
New York Times
Crown Prince
Hindenberg
Ludendorff
Count Bismarck
Admiral
Europe
Asia
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