Lincoln and social security era views in common man discourse
A discussion contrasts Lincoln’s legacy as a self made man with support for social security and job programs. It argues Lincoln would back government measures to aid workers, prevent depressions, and provide a safety net, while cautioning against blunt communism and praising targeted reforms. The piece also notes Himmler and Nazi underground fears, and Georgia repealing the poll tax amid broader voting rights debates.
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Abraham Lincoln
America
Lincoln
Intercollegiate scandal rocks basketball with Brooklyn players
Brooklyn College players admit accepting $1000 to throw a game against Akron in Boston. Two gamblers, Harry Rosen and Harvey Stemmer, arrested for conspiracy, face seeking maximum penalties. Players would receive $2000 more after the loss. Rosen planned to travel to Boston for odds and advise the players.
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Sioux City Journal
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
Black Sox
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Boston
Harry Rosen
Harvey Stemmer
Rosen
Peace Terms Suggested by Journal Leaders
The Knoxville Journal lists proposed terms for a hard peace with Germany including disarmament, a powerful Allied policing force, reparations in labor and equipment, Ruhr under Allied control, cession of East Prussia and Danzig to Poland, and much of the Rhine region to France with portions to Belgium. It notes possible meetings among Stalin Churchill Roosevelt and De Gaulle to discuss a new agreement. The Winterset Madisonian adds a reflection on soldiers and griping, saying loyalty and fighting ability remain intact despite complaints.
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Knoxville Journal
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Germany
Ruhr
East Prussia
Danzig
Poland
France
Rhine
Belgium
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Churchill
DeGaulle
Winterset
Madisonian
Toasts from a convention poke at editors and bias
A Fonda Times recap notes a minister's convention toast praising editors with quips on paying for papers advertising news and plain writing. The toast also jokes that burying editors prevents mistakes since dead people never err, reflecting humor about media flaws.
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Fonda Times
Taking Farm Workers The Uncle Sam Draft Dilemma
The Knoxville Journal reports on farm families facing wartime draft pressures as fathers and sons in agricultural work confront potential conscription. The piece highlights tension between preserving farm labor and meeting national manpower needs, reflecting rural impacts of policy.
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Knoxville Journal
Sam
Farmers face wage war on home front food production
A Marion county farmer discusses government plans to draft farm labor for the fighting forces. He warns that reduced civilian labor will lower output while insisting soldiers must not bear the reduction. The speaker urges civilians to accept lower production without protest as young workers leave farms.
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Marion County
Sam
Loyalty to Their Country A Fair Test
Freeman Journal argues that loyalty should override bias against Japanese Americans. It emphasizes equal citizenship for all who prove devotion to the United States, noting immigrant and naturalized families have served and sacrificed for the nation. The piece questions bigoted claims by critics like Gobels.
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Freeman Journal
Webster City
United States
Little Trouble Between Races Seen in Hawaii
A Honolulu based columnist says Hawaii’s diverse population including native Hawaiians, Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Europeans shows little race friction. He notes martial law history, Japanese loyalty, and a story of a farm valley maid illustrating island attitudes toward Japanese Americans during and after Pearl Harbor.
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Lauren K. Seth
Hawaii
Pacific
American Legion
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
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Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Army
Navy
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America
Fruit and Arden
California
Hawaii’s racial harmony seen as crossroad effect
A historical note describes early Hawaiian migration by Polynesian canoe, then white missionaries and businessmen in the 19th century. It attributes limited pressure sales and voluntary adoption, with a ruler inviting Christian teaching. It suggests island crossroads reduce racial prejudice due to common differences.
Check Sales of Warranty Prices
CPA is studying recommendations of the used car advisory committee to tighten warranty provisions. Walter D. Kline, director of the Des Moines district, said dealers have illegally charged higher warranty ceilings on cars not in good condition and sold as is. He urged buyers to ensure good condition at delivery and dealer repair facilities. Exact ceiling price information is available from the War Price and Rationing board.
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CPA
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
Kline
OPA
Franchise to erect electric transmission line sought in Pocahontas County
Central States Electric Company seeks a franchise to erect operate and maintain poles wires towers and fixtures for electric lighting power and heating across public and private lands in Pocahontas County Iowa The Iowa State Commerce Commission set February 27 1945 at Des Moines for a hearing Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days before the hearing and objectors should be represented with full authority to act
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Iowa State Commerce Commission
Pocahontas County
Central States Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ninetythree
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