Set Kuroki’s taxi refusal sparks broader warning on intolerance
Editorial cites World War II hero Seto Kuroki as an example of discrimination faced by Japanese Americans in Denver. It warns that prejudice extends to Blacks Jews and other groups, urges resilience, and cautions against retaliatory or blanket hostility while advocating calm and solidarity to reduce hate.
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Set
Ben Kuroki
Kuroki
Denver
United States
Ku Klux Klan
Book Week aims to spread global love of reading
The year’s Book Week runs November 11 to 17 with an aim to make it an international celebration. Countries like Australia and Britain already celebrated last year while wartime shortages challenged many, yet gifts of books to European children revealed a hunger for literature and a chance to show how understanding can reduce prejudice.
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Australia
New Zealand
Brazil
Russia
Europe
Armistice Day Believed Vital To American Pride
The Sidney American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars urge enduring Armistice Day significance. They note it honors thousands who fought in 1918 and 1941, symbolizing justice and national resolve. The 1945 celebration in Sidney is planned for next Monday with veterans and citizens urged to observe.
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Sidney American Legion Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sidney
The Communist menace debated in postwar world view
A columnist questions overreach in fighting Communism declaring peace at home more urgent. It argues Russia aided Allied victory yet urges restraint abroad, urging a Monroe Doctrine approach to Europe and Asia while solving domestic issues first. It cautions against using atomic power to dictate global thoughts and actions.
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China
Russia
England
Germany
Balkan
Europe
Asia
Japan
Through Other Editors Eyes Curbs on a Boisterous Spirit
The Missouri battleship endured more damage from one million visitors than from the Pacific war as visitors brought pliers and knives to take souvenirs including a plate marking surrender. An officer says the ship is not to be proud of now and the nation should temper its gathering impulse.
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Scottsbluff Star
Herald
Missouri
Pacific
Navy
Air Force
Country life appeals over city life in friendly chat
A narrator recalls benefits of country living as he and friend Doug Boyd plan a farm life. He contrasts city indifference with rural warmth, recalling scenes of village neighbors, a failing doctor visit, and the comfort of shared creamer and eggs. The piece ends with brief notes on guava powder for scurvy and antelopes reacting to engines.
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Doug Boyd
Doug
Siberia
Letter to Mr. Lowe Praises Lowe-Down Column
A Deshler Nebr reader drafts Mr J H Lowe of The Telegraph Sidney Nebr expressing gratitude for the Lowe-Down column calling it worth the paper’s price. He jokes about the weekly sermons and notes the wife’s quip. The note ends with a cordial signoff. Insurance policies in 1943 total about 139 billion dollars across 68 million policies in the US life insurance market.
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Telegraph
United States Legal Reserve Companies
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