Vichy Moves Toward Democracy Documented by D Aster De La Vigerie
Emmanuel d Aster de la Vigerie reports at Algiers press briefing that aged Marshal Petain and Vichy officials have floated a plan to return to a democratic regime after Allied victory. He cites a proposal for American and Canadian troops to guard a new Vichy government, with elections, release of prisoners, and restitution of the presidency. The piece criticizes Petain for backing peace with Hitler in 1940 and predicts Allied action against Vichy collaborators once France is liberated.
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Emmanuel d'Aster de la Vigerie
French Committee of Liberation
Algiers
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Switzerland
France
Petain
Hitler
Albert Lebrun
Churchill
de Gaulle
Europe
Britain
Russia
United States
Laval
Pacific War Outlook Stated by Navy Leaders
Admiral Nimitz and allied leaders project a swift Pacific victory with Japan likely to retreat. British Adm. A. V. Alexander pledged maximum support as U S and Britain marshal vast war production. Geography stands as the main obstacle, but indications show Japanese weakening and retreat across the Pacific.
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Nimutt
Gett
Honolulu
Japan
Nim
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Europe
Nimitz
Halsey
MacArthur
Hitler
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Tojo
Americans Strike Japs in Burma Cutting Off Retreat
American infantry trained in India attacked and captured Walawbum ten miles south of Maingkwan, trapping 2600 Japanese. Stilwell’s forces aim to open a Burma road route to China, accelerating supply of planes guns and ammunition to China.
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Europe
Pacific
Burma
Mandalay
Southwest
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Maingkwan
Walawbum
Stilwell
China
Japan
Ledo
Turkey Stalling At Critical Hour
The piece argues against sending large amounts of material to Turkey while seeking Allied entry. It notes 28,000 American planes totaling 2.2 billion dollars supplied to Allies, with three-fourths under Lend Lease. It credits Lend Lease with weakening Axis and Russia, and calls for reserving matériel for the Western Europe invasion unless guarantees are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Axis
Russia
Germany
Bulgaria
Western
Europe
Court Test Urged on WLB Ruling
A 1930s critique argues the War Labor Board may overstep by upholding maintenance of membership clauses. It warns of government power to force workers to stay on the job and questions legality under constitutional bounds and past Wagner Act interpretations. It cites President Roosevelt and a 1935 Supreme Court remark on employment noncompulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
Rovusev
Kemient
Congress
Supreme Court
War realitie shows wartime truth in readers letters
In a readers' letter Carmen Mangicaro of Syracuse argues Americans should face war realities and not only glamorize images. A second letter from a Syracuse reader, ONE WHO KNOWS, discusses the burdens of running a business under wartime taxes and regulations.
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Herald-Journal
Jeanne
Carmen Mangicaro
Syracuse
Dynamite in Italian Situation Divides World
The piece argues the Italian fleet transfer to the Soviet Union risks a government crisis in Italy and shifts in Allied plans. It questions postwar aims, notes anti-Fascist parties fight Germans, and suggests Soviet control could aid Yugoslav Partisans by enabling a stronger Adriatic ferry system.
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Dorothy
Maly
Italy
Vittorio Emanueleon
Churchill
House of Commons
Ina
Britain
Soviet Union
Badozio
Russia
Far East
Arctic
Baltic
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Aegean
Tito
Adriatic
Hest
Dalmatia
Ialy
Yugoslavia
Palm Beach to Miami USO visits among wartime facilities
Traveling from Palm Beach to Miami the author visits Coral Gables Hospital and other military sites. He notes converted hotels providing privacy, the Victory canteen run by Mrs Rea, a diverse recreation pier, convalescent units, a Negro service men USO, and Capt McDaniels leading the Destroyer Escort Training School with highly enthusiastic students.
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AML
Palm Beach
Victory Canteen
Rea
Santo Domingo
Miami
USO
Franklin
McDaniels
Wall Street Wolves Debate and Youth Poem From Cass Camp Forrest
An opinion piece argues against charges of fascism and warns against Wall Street wolves while praising Treasury leadership. A youth poem by Paratrooper on his 18th birthday celebrates a future America with freedom and opportunity, signed by PFC Williams Cass, Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
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Herald-Journal
Mfe
Pfc
Williams
Cass
Chittenango
Camp Forrest, Tenn
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Reyne
Pip
Ron
WLB
By David Lawrence
Sheinatygn
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Te Urated
Union
Seneca
Pope
Herald- Journal
Herald-American
Coral Gables Hospital
Eleanor Roosevelt
USO Center For
Money Chancers
Wall Street
Paul Mallon
Ds St
Wallace Pan Wdt
Wolves of
Uleir
Dace
Sand “International Pankers
Ms. Roosevelt
Eid
Securities Exchange Commission
Wallace
Morgan
Treasury
Morienthau
Stettinius
Patterson
Willkie
Jis
Roosevelt
America
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