Non-Defense Cost Of Government
A critical attack on rising tax bills and non-defense government spending. The author cites Roosevelt’s promises to cut taxes and balance the budget, notes civil service payroll growth, and argues defense funds are masking expanded non-defense bureaucratic government and state socialism. Calls for taxpayer organization to halt waste and redirect defense dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Defense
Post Office Department
Agriculture Department
Department of the Interior
TVA
Congress
Taxpayer
Box Office Flops Push For Real Entertainment
The piece argues propaganda heavy films have failed at box offices and offended audiences. Will Hays urges films to prioritize entertainment, not propaganda, warning that serious political messaging ruins entertainment value and wastes production resources. It calls for producers to create genuinely dramatic, entertaining works, abandoning disguised partisan aims.
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Hearst
Hays
Should Youth America Be Granted the Vote at Eighteen
A sweeping argument champions lowering voting age to eighteen, citing postwar youth maturity, taller stature, heavier weight, broader self understanding, and superior education. It warns against paternalist scorn and urges respect for young citizens as a growing political force.
Dead-End Kids and America's New Maturity
By Elsie Robinson. A call to reflect on juvenile delinquency and family dynamics as a generation gap grows. The piece questions parents' lack of imagination and whether recognizing youths as a new American maturity could solve problems, urging reader input.
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Junior
The Brighter Side Gazette From Fort Dix Dispatches
A sprightly 11 page mimeographed weekly at Fort Dix New Jersey called The Brighter Side edited by Pvt James Cannon and staff including Stan Bergh Bob Bhackleton Cpl Josep Hoan dur A G Dewitt Ed Kenny Sid Tamber Sid Ordower and Chap John D Duggan reports on deadlines staff roles cartoons gossip camp activities and religious services while noting gaps in advertising and comparing to other camp newspapers.
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Iter. UL
Gazette
Fort Dix
N. J
Iza
Pvt
Jamesy Canon
Iix
Cannon
New York
Eddie Mahar
New York Journal- American
Cpl
Sid Ordower
Pat Offy
Ed Wenny
John D. Duggan
Camp Dix
Soldier papers of wars and their editors in history
Damon Runyon notes the Stars and Stripes as the famed World War I newspaper in Paris with Woollcott Ross Rice and Adams. He recalls an earlier camp paper in some camps, and highlights a Manila daily started in 1898 funded by American officers for home news, later becoming a profitable private enterprise.
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Tom Paine
Fone
Stars and Stripes
Paris
Alexander Woollcott
Harold Ross
Grantland Rice
Franklin P. Adams
Manila
Philippines
United States Bealhes
Hinkever
Road to Moscow testing German advance amid Soviet pinches
Washington report outlines panzer thrusts within 103 miles of Moscow and a bold German rescue attempt that failed after surround and counter moves. The piece notes heavy Russian resistance, propaganda concerns in Washington, and shifts toward price controls under Roosevelt as defense pressures rise.
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Washington
Berlin
der Fuehrer
Moscow
Sovlensk
Smolensk
Rejain
Sobolensk
Gasoline Rationing Threat Looms Over Higher Education
A Washington report warns of fuel cuts from Maine to Florida with 7 PM to 7 AM bans seven days a week and possible five gallon weekly limits by September 1. The move risks delaying college openings, throttling travel for students, and forcing hitchhiking on highways as campuses prepare for fall term.
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Harold Ickes
Atiantic Seaboard States
Maine
Florida
Washington
Langara
Trusk
Texan or Texian debate sparks stubborn labels
A long discussion on the usage of Texan versus Texian traces the origins of the terms back before the 19th century. The piece notes ongoing disagreement among writers and readers, with some insisting Texan is older while others champion Texian as the historical form.
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Wy James
Texas
Kennedy
Nervous distress linked to indigestion and ulcers
A Johns Hopkins discussion notes that two thirds of indigestion symptoms arise from nervousness anxiety or depression rather than stomach disease. Dr. G Canby Robinson reports that early nervous disturbances often precede digestive issues and proper treatment of stress may prevent ulcers.
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G. Canby Robinson
Johns Hopking Hospital
Robinson
Digestive Troubles and Nervous System Upsets
Dr H N Bundesen outlines steps to diagnose digestive symptoms. Start with seeking unsolved problems and complete medical exam. If symptoms persist, perform X rays of stomach and bowels, then consider nervous system causes and dietary control.
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Kyaw Featen
Ine
Organization of the Old People Pension and related offices
Ten and twenty years ago notes from August 2 1831 report the organization of the Old People Pension and an office neared establishment with L B Williams elected chairman and Miss Ruby Munroe as secretary and treasurer. San Antonio Clearing House figures show about an 18 per event drop in duly clearings. the Duly atad was $47,602. Big August 2 1021 mentions Mayor Bigcks appearance in a mandamus suit unlikely to be resolved, with City Attorney Ridgeway commenting on court costs and civic courtesy allegedly given by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to Morris Stern. The report also names G Be Yandel and the general manager at the houselimber.
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Old People's Pension Wagut
Auguste Alrnch
L. B. Williama
Ruby Munroe
San Antonio Glearing House Association
Bigck'x
Cone Merce
Morris Stern
San Antonio
Biern
G. Be Yandel
Ouselimosber
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Tormeoné
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