Truman for Departmental Merger
President Truman advocates merging all services into a single department of defense, arguing unity, economy, and improved information exchange highlighted by Pearl Harbor inquiries. Opposition exists in Congress from Navy supporters and partisans, but the defense goal remains urgent and timely despite political divisions.
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Congress
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Mersor
Wall Senate
House
Finlay
United States must back world body for lasting peace
The House voted overwhelmingly to ratify UNO participation, following Senate approval, as a broad shift toward collective action in international relations becomes clear. The argument stresses peace with security through active involvement and leadership by the United States in a global framework.
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House
United Nations Organization
Senate
Ander
United States
United Sons Organization
Congress actions on ratification and war powers
Fragmented text notes Congress moving to ratify participation in an international organization. It mentions preserving wartime declaration rights with Congress, while granting the President authority to deploy forces as needed in a multinational framework.
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Congress
Cumeress
International Organization
Treason and Punishment in a Very Dark View
The article argues that treason is the worst crime, justifying harsh penalties and even hanging. It condemns sentimentality about punishment and cites traitors like John Amey and William Doyce to support the call for decisive state action. It insists loyalty, taxes, and defense are duties, and suggests prisons offer false comfort for traitors.
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Itte
John Amey
London
William Doyce
Tord Haw
Bera Pound
Truth or rumor taints Roosevelt era wage claims
Fragmented opinion piece questions wartime wage promises attributed to Franklin D Roosevelt and labor leaders. It suggests a debate over whether a pledged 20 percent wage increase and prolonged take home pay were real policy or political theater to secure labor support, amid accusations of bribery and union ties.
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Roosevelt
Franmary
Thomas
United States
Mr. Roosewell
Sidney Miman
White House
Thoms
Fatty
Warmateria
Labor Bribery Claims Rise Amid War Profits Debate
The piece argues labor leaders and politicians misuse wartime profit narratives. It notes government tax recapture of 85 percent of profits in war industries and cites a lengthy General Motors strike costing workers billions in purchasing power. It portrays labor leaders pressing for wage gains despite ongoing economic strain and political promises.
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Thomas
Truman
Jolene
Roosevelt
General Motors
King U. A. W
Walter Reuther
Pearl Harbor blame debated over Kimmel and Roosevelt secrecy
The piece questions Admiral Wilkinson's claim that Kimmel was unaware Japan had cracked codes revealing Pearl Harbor defenses. It argues the Roberts report may misstate responsibility and urges full disclosure of Roosevelt's role, suggesting a broader cover up regarding foreknowledge and naval accountability.
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Current Comment Men's Shirt Sale in Providence Bulletin
A chaotic, dramatic scene unfolds as men and women flood a shirt sale described with comic, exaggerated violence. The account paints shoppers colliding at counters, with vivid, humorous detail of elbows, windmilling arms, and competitive desperation for shirts amidst a frenzied crowd.
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Armenian frontier and Soviet aid debated in Record letter
Mark D Redrossyawn of Troy argues in a signed letter to The Record that the USSR has shown friendlier Armenian policy, cites massacres of 1915, displacement across the region, and calls for a unified standard of conduct in international affairs. He urges U.S. action to redraw the Armenia Turkey frontier and support Armenian return to homeland lands, while defending Soviet Armenia as a corrective to past injustices.
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Urges New Union
A citizen letter supports forming a labor union for Independent workers and veterans to resist fascist or communist influences. The writer condemns strikes while praising Roosevelt and wartime powers, hoping for postwar labor alignment and protections.
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A. A
Times
Foren
A .Trddy
Roosevelt
Iilain
Roosevelt Allies and the Transition Period Debate
Former Undersecretary Welles told investigators that Roosevelt feared U S isolationism if backing revived at the League of Nations. British and U S leaders debated a transition period before a new international peace body, a plan eventually abandoned at Yalta as Roosevelt sought a stronger institutional path.
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of Nations Assembly
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Yalta
General MacArthur declines presidential meeting amid wartime policy clash
A lengthy Washington and Louisiana political column details Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s refusal to meet with the President for consultation, citing duties in Japan and delays as relations between the War Department and the general improve. It notes Truman’s episode sending McCloy to Tokyo and mentions ongoing tensions around reconversion policy, the War Labor Board, and advisor decisions affecting housing, taxes, and industry, with Baton Rouge intrigue over an Indiana congressman’s campaign role and Rhode Island politics hinting at broader national tensions.
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Doug Jax MacArthur
United States
MacArthur
Dean Acheson
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Tokyo
War Department
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Snyder
Jesse Jones
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St. Louis
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Fruman
Imada
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Old War Labor Board
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Vinesin
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W National Association of Meat
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Truman
Cirousel God and Crime At The Mill Town Stage
Westbrook Pegler recounts a disjointed tale from an old-time stage show involving a scheming mill town couple. The narrative veers through scenes of deception, attempted violence, and moral reckonings, ending with a note about a drama titled Lillom and a page split cue.
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