Father Flanagan on Youth Programs and the Home
Father Flanagan founder of Boys Town argues that while supervised youth organizations help reduce delinquency the home remains essential. He stresses self government in youth groups to build better citizenship and warns against replacing the home with leisure focused centers. He urges preserving the American home as the primary agent of development in children.
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E. J. Flanagan
Home For
Nebraska
Father Flanagan
Hearst
Franco Axis Ties and German Influence in Madrid
Walter Winchell reports on Franco’s Madrid ties to Nazi Germany, detailing German embassies, propaganda control, and Falangist influence. The piece cites Hugo Hoare and Samuel Hoare as figures in Madrid, recounting attacks on embassies, expulsions, and covert supplies to Franco’s regime. It frames this as peril to American and British citizens and calls for action to stop Axis operations in Spain and the Americas.
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Spain
Madrid
Hans Lazar
America
United States
Franco
Tie Fuscelst
Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill
Hoare
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Thoare
France
Britain
Dunkirk
Frivigo
Amevie Af
Pelos
Briss
Foreign Office
Alexander W. Weddell
Asis
Americas
Wilhelm von Faupel
Bolivin
Francisco Jose Dal Castillo
Jose Luis Aranguren
Felange
Bolivia
Manuel Onos de Plandolit
Panama
Ons Ge Plandolit
Pansma
Republic of
Colundia
Listen World! By Elsie The Abbey of Saint Benedict
A wartime denunciation lamenting the bombing of The Abbey of Saint Benedict and its loss as a symbol of humane striving. The speaker argues the destruction served grim necessity for victory, while insisting war cannot justify erasing beauty and spiritual hope. It decries atrocities of Nero and slave cruelties and calls for courage to persist for a cleaner, kinder world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Saint Benedict
Goodman
Nero
Robinson
Walt
God
Rome
Abbey of Saint Benedict
Chisino
Faun
Texans in the Plu Creek Victory Led by Huston
Early Texans learned to match Indian tactics with craft. General Hugh Huston faced a near catastrophe due to rash horsemanship, but veteran leaders Ben McCulloch Alsey Miller Archie Gibson Barney Randall Edward Burleson and Puinky Caldwell urged a disciplined whirlwind attack that secured a decisive win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inash
Polo officer Johnston dies from polo injuries
Col Gordon Johnston chief of staff of the Second division and polo town moment chairman dies at Fort Sam Houston Station hospital from injuries suffered in a polo match at Breckenridge park. He was one of the army's few officers with all military medals. Ben Richardson named to San Antonio Drug Company board. The stockholders reelected Albert Kronkoski William Ochse H W Weber Don Yates and Wade Lewis. A National Safety Council study shows 48 percent of 1000 fatal and disabling accidents caused by carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Gordon Johnston
Station
Fort Sam Houston
Breckenridge Park
Johnston
United States
Ben Richardson
San Antonio Drug Company
Albert Kronkoski
William Ochse
H.W. Weber
Don Yates
Wade
Lewis
National Safety Council
Woll Attacks Bureaucracy
Matthew Woll, leader of the International Photo-Engravers union, denounces postwar federal overreach and bureaucratic control in the February 1944 issue. He warns fascism could arrive masked as anti fascism through government directives, overlapping agencies, and scapegoating, urging defenders of labor to resist the growing power of administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Woll
A. &Oaf L
International Photo-Engravers’ Union
American Photo-Engraver
International Photo-Engravers' Union
Huey Long
America
Social Worker
Germany
Italy
Lrre
Courtroom Vaudeville Sparks Public Shame in Lonergan Case
A reader denounces the Lonergan murder trial for disrespect to the court and jury, likening it to vaudeville. He condemns lawyers for shouting and sensational press coverage, urging reforms to protect court dignity and public welfare. The piece laments juvenile delinquency tied to eroding respect for judges and legal procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cays
Odds and Ends Safety Training Push
Government safety course program highlights include a 20 hour course for war plant foremen and more than 47 000 trained in industrial safety in 1943. Emphasizes human factors in occupational accidents with 80 percent attributed to human failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Industria
Justice and public trust in the courts is under debate
The letter questions legal procedures and accountability, asking why wrongful actions were tolerated and warning that preserving the courts matters to the public. It emphasizes safeguarding legal standards and addresses concern for a young person’s conduct. The piece appears in the King Features San Antonio Light context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Feat
Ian Ban Antonio
San Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazette
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Hitler
Ailier
Lou Pyrites
Suuulkh
Russia
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Democracy
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Venezuela
J. A. Bangronig de Castro
Biller
Great Britain
James Farber
L.A. Light Files
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George
Sokorsni
Wok
Weber and
Fields
Texas
Amexino
Antonia Niiy
Cmtter
Shema
Voxax
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