The Flag Flies Again Over Manila
The article emphasizes the strategic significance of retaking the Philippines, highlighting American naval and air power, and long struggle since Pearl Harbor. It notes Allied efforts in the Pacific, including Midway, Coral Sea, and battles on Guadalcanal, Saipan, Guam, and Luzon, with Australians and British contributing, and reflects on MacArthur’s Manila entry and the road ahead toward Tokyo.
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Manus
Philippines
Ines
Southwest Pacific
Formos
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Germany
Midway
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Guam
Luzon
New Guinea
Shey
South Pacific
Southeast
Waien
MacArthurs
Manila
Ivag Bataan
Corregidor
Tokyo
Progress on The Western Front Amid Offensive Prospects
The article notes German forces pinned by Allied pressure on the Western Front while American and French units strengthen positions. It discusses a forthcoming offensive aimed at destroying German divisions quickly, with hopes tied to severed Rhine bridges and the risk of a major Russian-style push in the East.
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Seine
Loire
Rhine
Eisenhower
Henether
Hegin
Bankers Propose Changes to Bretton Woods Plan
American Bankers Association urges trimming the Bretton Woods framework. They want to abolish the International Monetary Fund, shift its duties to the World Bank, reduce international contributions, and tighten loan review with US veto power. They warn the plan risks costly deficits and loss of creditor control.
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Bretton Wootts
American Bankers Association
Brenton Woods
International Monetary Fund
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Bankers
Bretton Woods
Monetary Fund
World Bank
United States
Cress
Brettow \oods
Congress
Britain
Uoon
Bernard Kwanseides
Senate Passes George Bill Over Wallace Clash
The Senate moves on the George Bill to curb Henry Wallace and cut back powers at Commerce and related agencies. Editorials urge stronger Senate review of presidential appointees and warn of Wallaces leftist influence amid Roosevelts push for jobs and economic policy.
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Federal Loan Agency
RFC
Commerce Department
Senate
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Congress
Troy
Commerce
Henry Walved
St Wailare
Wallace
Department of Commerce
Labor
Secretary of Commerce
House
George
Americas
Aubrey Willams
National Youth Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Williams
America
Readers urge better fats collection for war aid
A Letter to the Record complains the governments fats drives fail to reach collectors in Averill Park Stephentown and nearby towns. The writer argues fats should be redirected to produce drugs and equipment for overseas needs and urges officials in charge to investigate and fix the hold-up promptly. February 1945.
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Iment
Governoent
Averill Park
Stephentown
Constitutional reform debate swirls around Wallace-Jones clash
A Washington column argues a Wallace Jones dispute could trigger a constitutional shift toward tighter executive checks. It cites a pending amendment on cabinet term limits, reexamination of key posts, and demands for periodic Senate confirmation and public accountability.
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Washington
Canada
Australia
United Kingdom
George Bil
House of Representatives
Farreechi
Senate
Congress
House of
Washington Merry-Go-Round Letter to Governor Gardner on Wallace and War
Drew Pearson writes from Washington in a feb 3 1945 letter to ex governor C Max Gardner NC debating Henry Wallace's Senate role and leadership style. He compares Wallace to Woodrow Wilson and warns the Senate influence on postwar policy including league of nations and Soviet Russia, noting labor dynamics and wartime echoes as soldiers return.
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Drew Pearson
Max Gardner
North Carolina
Hem— Wallace
Henry Wallace
Senate
Jack Garner
Loar
Secretary of Commerce
Charlie Curtis
Woodrow Wilson
Wallace Bux
Wheather
Wallace Raent
Wallace
Fe air Enough Westbrook Pegler Searching for explanation of corruption in American soldiers in France
Pegler argues a minority of soldiers in the American forces plunder comrades for the black market, influenced by a home political regime that allied with criminals. He links labor unrest, Roosevelt era actions, and political graft to widespread disobedience and profiteering, warning of cynicism shaped from youth.
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Byrds
Bastess
McKellars
France
Italy
Soviet
Russia
Clare Luce
Europe
U. S
Cigk
Franklin Roose
Labor Movement
Roosevelt Vemument
John L. Lewis
Tamsport
Joe Guify
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Ava
Unite States
Congress
Agaid
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Berlin
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Hhe
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Preme Court
William &. Humphreys
Federal Trade Commission
Humphreys
Iastreme
Federal Trade Commission Post
The
Merry
C. Max Gardner
Shelby
N.C
Westbrook Pegler
Japan
Popper
Florida
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