Allied Bombing Gains Pace in Europe Amid Red Army Push
Strategic air offensives have dropped vast tonnages into Germany and disrupted rail hubs, aiming to sever German fronts. Allied plans emphasize pressuring both Western and Eastern theaters while consolidating gains as Soviet and Allied forces prepare for a renewed major assault.
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Germany
United Nations
Marshal Koneffs
Berlin
Zauhoss
Poman
Stettin
Dresden
Stalin
Eisenhower
Roermond
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Wiliam H. Simpson
Courtney H. Hodges
Roche
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Patton
Trier
Althouz
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Reich
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Todas
Protocol clash halts radio with Roosevelt commoner
The piece reports a dispute over sharing a microphone among Queen Wilhelmina Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Douglas. Protocol appears to permit the Queen and Mrs Roosevelt to speak together but bars Mrs Douglas a Chicago alderman’s wife from the same arrangement. It suggests an office action or press statement reflecting tensions over precedence.
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Speek
Taft
Douglas
Roosevelt
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Chicago
Congress Wives and Public Status Loom Large in Protocol
The text discusses the high public regard for members of Congress, noting the wife of Alderman Douglas also serves in Congress and is seen as representing millions, illustrating how protocol grants prominence to congressional spouses and their perceived influence.
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South Pacific
Alderman Douglas
Congress
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Wilhelmina
Favshers
NSRB
Salus
Ifis
Siettinies Outlines America's Foreign Policy
A column critiques American foreign policy rhetoric versus action. It warns lofty goals like defending self determination and a world peace order often clash with reality, citing the Atlantic Charter and the OPA’s wartime enforcement as inconsistent and hindered by selfishness and fear.
War on Cigarette Black Market Sees 205000 Smokes Seized
State Tax Commission agents and Attorney General offices raid New York tobaccoconists seizing 205000 black market cigarettes. The piece argues a coordinated federal state effort could curb the illicit supply as proportional to the vast U.S. appetite for cigarettes, noting cooperation among agencies is crucial for a total crackdown.
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Attorney Generals Office
New York
United States
X. Inme
OPA
War Labor Board urged wage boosts despite cost rise
The War Labor Board members, backing by labor unions led by the CIO, push for larger wage gains even as price levels surge. They warn inflation would erode real wages and harm war production, while president Roosevelt and others caution against destabilizing the economy.
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Roosevelt
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Gerner
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Wet Labor Board
Philip Murray
C. 1. O. Executive Board
Executive Board
Pulse of the People letters to The Record
Readers submit unsigned communications about anonymity and publication rules, nursing volunteers recall, and a mix of letters addressing Lincoln, Dick Turpin, tree cutting, and city hall inquiries. The section preserves voices from North Troy and Cohoes with editor replies and continued prompts.
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the Record
John Taylor
Henry Wallace
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Troy
Dick Turpin
Tre Record
Pleaze
City Mail
Taft and the conservative radical debate in Washington
The piece debates whether Senator Taft is a conservative or radical over his stance on Henry Wallace’s Commerce Secretary nomination. It argues conservatives uphold precedent while Taft seeks reform, suggesting a cabinet term limit reform and stronger Senate confirmation checks as a path to better public accountability.
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Taft
Ohio
Henry Wallace
Senate
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Coolidge
Siterney
Charles Beecher Warren
Nisk
Ig Tow
United States
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Cour
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Congress
Canada
Britain
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Congress Z Iy
February Birthday Echoes of a General Across Rivers
A fragment recalls the general who threw a dollar across the Rappahannock and hints at a future honor across the Rhine. It warns men to be careful shoveling snow while noting no record of harm to any woman. The era’s tensions linger as Russians panic Germans in Berlin.
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Trey
Fear
Rappahannock
Rhine
Struggling to pay a Dies Committee aide and Gould wartime funds
Washington featured a long tangled note about paying a salary to Stripling, a Dies Committee clerk, while he avoided military service and the committee no longer existed. The piece then shifts to Mrs Gould’s wartime finances with Nazi Germany, detailing deposits and a dubious bank setup linked to Charles Bank and various German collaborators.
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Mississippi
Routin’tootin
Iuba Rankin
Ferret Boe
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Tesa
Caphiot
Xodarericas
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Yas
Iafe “Oviaber
Agein
Macarshar
Hvieyg Ig Aexandsia
Isa Fearold
Alexandra
Army
JT Amy
Virginia
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Hershey
Pharemyest
Hafnaver
Dan- Brewman May
Kentucky
Ute
Dritt
Dies
Rankin
Pat Siripling
Goucld
United States
Frank Jay Gould
Germany
Gould
Paris
Monte Carlo
Is Henry Wallace for a global eight lane highway idea
Westbrook Pegler recalls a 1940s Washington talk with Henry Wallace about an eight lane concrete highway from New York to Paris via Alaska the Aleutians and Siberia. Wallace called the plan fan like and questioned its feasibility noting weather and technology limits while suggesting a broader air and highway network connecting the United States to Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
RFC
Wallace
New York
Paris
Alaska
Aleutians
Siberia
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permis+ a
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