A New Asiatic Command
The article discusses the creation of a new Allied supreme command for Southeast Asia under Lord Mountbatten. It argues the move signals a large Pacific offensive, favors an English commander, and notes MacArthur’s role in Australia and the Pacific. It stresses balanced authority, potential aims in Burma, and cautious optimism for future Allied operations.
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Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Quebec
Mounthbatten
Europe
English Channel
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Burmia
British India
Britain
North Africa
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Australia
Philippines
Bataan
Commonwealth
Asia
Pooling for Sovereignty in postwar Britain empire idea
Prime Minister John Curtin proposes pooling sovereignty to create an empire-wide consultative body with advisory and possibly executive powers. He envisions closer collaboration among United Nations and a broader pool of sovereignty, though concrete details and who would own Pacific islands remain unclear amid postwar reconstruction debates.
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John Call
Australia
Curtin
London
United Nations
Pacific
Japan
Pacific Islands
Asia
Islands of International Interest Spark Sovereignty Debate
The article contemplates who will govern strategic islands as air travel shrinks the globe. It questions US Australia New Zealand China or UN administration on a cooperative sovereignty model, noting Curtin's proposal as a seed for future discussion.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
China
United Nations
Curtin
Commander Roosevelt versus Mr. R in wartime leadership
A critical essay contrasts President Roosevelt's military prowess with civilian governance marked by confusion and bureaucratic bloat. It argues for centralized economic authority, cites food shortages, and criticizes the Pearl Harbor personnel shakeups as emblematic of weak overall leadership. It questions why decisive action and unified command have not emerged to replace the rambling system.
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United States
America
Churchill
Casablanca
North Africa
Sicily
Quebec
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Kilgore
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
No Discredit To Fathers
An opinion piece argues many young fathers resist switching from civilian to defense work to avoid fighting, citing Peter Weiss as an example. It states some understand the policy but still delay, blaming mulishness or risk aversion rather than discrediting fathers, suggesting personal choice and duty influence the draft response.
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Troy
United States Employment Service
Selective Service
Peter Weiß
Kansas City
War Manpower Commission
Manpower Commission
Uncle Sam
Cour Ge
Werp
Wal Pas
Diaft
Postwar peace aims clash between Russia and the West
A columnist argues Moscow plans an active postwar role and opposes a Europe split into federations. The piece urges consulting Russia before any buffer European system and warns against a Western blueprint without Soviet cooperation. It stresses Russia and the US, Britain, and a free China must cooperate for stable peace.
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Soviet Union
Great Britain
Moscow
Washington
Russia
Europe
Mevin Itvinoff
State Department
Stalin
Britain
America
Mexico
Cuba
Haiti
South
Central America
United States
China
Ig i
London
Current Comment warns of fading supply of comedians
Rochester Times Union notes Bernard Sobel’s view that a lean crop of young comedians may not replace veteran vaudeville and burlesque stars. He cites radio and screen limits on immediate audience feedback, risking humor’s future as veterans age and new formats fail to foster fresh talent. The piece laments the desert air for village cut-ups.
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Bernard Sobel
Mr. Sobel
Sobel
Butter Shortage Prompts Grocer Dilemma and OPA Policy
In letters to The Record a grocer asks how to handle butter limits amid shortages. The editor explains the OPA has allowed refusing sales to discourage hoarding, forbids forcing purchases of other goods, and notes volunteers may join military service after registering at 18 with delays before activation.
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Butter and the
OPA
Enlistment rules after Selective Service registration in Troy
A man cannot enlist after registering with his Local Selective Service board but may volunteer after registering and state the preferred branch. There is no guarantee of placement in that branch, and volunteering allows immediate induction.
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Jocal Selective Service Board
Not Utterly Hopeless. Editor The Record
The piece argues American writers are often pessimistic about life yet public efforts in wartime show Americans are not hopeless. It notes cynicism among readers and contrasts novels with real wartime progress in civilian and military fields. Troy, N.Y. Cc. P.
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Hemingways
Steinbecks
James T. Farrells
America
The Political Stage Today and Allied Unity
Washington argues that tension with Russia has eased as explanations are shared, and that Soviet leaders seek Western support for a western front. Stalin’s stance reportedly toughens toward allianceed plans, while the Quad powers press forward with Mediterranean and air campaigns, stressing a shared path to victory and peace.
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Stalin
Quebec
Russia
Mediterranean
America
Britain
Roosevelt Ousts Top Diplomatic Ally Welles
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports the White House dismissed Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, longtime adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt, amid a clash with the conservative wing of the Democratic Party and a State Department rift led by Cordell Hull. The piece traces Welles’s Good Neighbor policy role, Hull’s opposition, and the broader foreign policy tensions shaping the decision, with implications for Latin American policy and wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
Welles
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Thorungihly
Wallace
Democratic Party
Jesse Jones
Cordell Hall
Sumner Welles
Hull
Navy
Great Lakes
Jimmy Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
State Department
Hutt
White House
France
Germany
Charles Evans Hughes
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
New York
Chicago
Huil
Montevideo
United States
U. S
Latin America
State Dept clashes over visas and liberal policy
Refugees blocked by a committee under Sumner Welles selected 651 officials to obtain US passport visas. The Hull faction allegedly blocked these visas while Hull admitted 500 Bata shoe workers from German-occupied Czechoslovakia despite a British blacklist. Welles, directing liberal policy, faced repeated State Department tensions as Hull pressed for his exit.
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Sumner Welles
United States
State Department
Hull
Bata
Czechoslovakia
Welles
Raymond Moley
George Peek
Sumner Welies
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