Ickes Raps War Medal System As Too Generous
Harold L. Ickes criticizes wartime decorations as misused and awarded for mere proximity to power. He cites Gov. Dewey and Mayor O’Dwyer and notes Army awards favored air service and political influence over gallantry, urging a return to merit-based honors.
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Gov. Dewey
New York
Congressional Selective Service
Gov
Dewey
O'Dwyer
New York City
Boards of Health and Education
Air Corps
AUNT HET REMARKS ON WAR SERVICE AND RATING DISPUTE
The piece discusses how service in Italy from September 1943 to May 1945 could yield four stars under War Department rules, while Doughboys earned up to 20 battle stars. It notes a friend who served less but received 30 points plus air medals, raising discrimination concerns to be explored in a future column.
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MR. Kahn
Infantry
Air Corps
Tronne
Army
War Department
Italy
Salerno
45 Divorces At New Peak
The nations courts report nearly a third as many divorces as marriages in 1945, a 25.5 percent rise from 1944. More than 502000 marriages ended in divorce courts while 1618331 couples formed new families. The marriage rate fell 8.7 percent from the 1942 peak.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Ada Maroney to be Honored by Democratic Women
Democratic candidates and one committee woman from the Second Assembly District will host a dinner at Mc Grath's Restaurant Avery Avenue and Essex Street at 8 P.M. in honor of Mrs Ada E Maroney president of the Onondaga County Democratic Women's Club and the party's candidate for assemblyman from the second district.
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McGrath’s
Avery Av
Essex St
Ada E. Maroney
Onondaga County
Democratic Women's Club
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Ickes
Harold L. Ickes
Veterans
E. J. Kahn
Infantry Journal
Kahn
Chicago
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Ada Maroney
Rochester
N.Y
Wvill Steenman
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