Small businesses urged to lead postwar employment
The article argues that 3.5 million small businesses, not big firms or government programs, are the true engine of postwar prosperity. It cites the Smaller War Plants Corporation and criticizes policy proposals such as taxing, regulating, or handing over plants to veterans, warning that government overreach would reduce jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
War Plants Corporation
War Production Board
Maury Maverick
Texas
Ickes
Seyi
America
Emerson P.'Schmidt
University’ of Minnesota
Six Current Falsehoods of Governor Griswold Challenged
A Nebraska governor denounces six tenets of New Deal thinking as false. The list attacks public debt, efficiency in spending, distributing wealth, the profit motive, centralized government, and limiting legislative and judicial powers, arguing they undermine the American Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Congress
New Deal Critique and Zionist Hope Intersect on Immigration
The passage argues that centralization harms freedom and that states rights protect American success, warning against New Deal excess and the erosion of constitutional norms. It then endorses Zionist aims, urging open doors for Jewish migrants to Palestine while rejecting Arab displacement and highlighting potential for growth and civilization through emigration and settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New World
von Dé Ioneéring
Jes
Maine
Louisiana
Arizona
Supreme Court
White House
Congress
Courts
Republic
America
Roosevelt
Palestine
Americas
Petition for Jewish Palestine State by diverse American scholars
Four Jewish state faculty members join a broad cross religious group urging President Roosevelt to open Palestine to Jewish immigration. They argue a Jewish homeland would protect persecuted peoples, justify a free democratic commonwealth, and address the Arab population's stagnation while showcasing Palestine's potential growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Palestine
United States
Palest
Arabia
Bat
You Dont Know That Tired Is
Correspondents describe the exhausted state of doughboys in Italy, detailing nights of marching under fire and the relentless grind of battle. The piece ends with satirical notes on politics and wartime home front debates about morale and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Raymond Moley on Governor Dewey’s traits and leadership
Moley argues Dewey is a meticulous organizer who runs New York State with exacting care. He notes Dewey tightens police coordination, directs political aides, and demands factual decision making over hunches, shaping a disciplined, orderly administration.
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Raymond Moley
Dewey
New Deal
New York State
Smith, Hoosevelt
Lehmen
Adirondack Mountains
Finger Lakes
Albany
Sizie
Russians Adopt Non-Interference in Romanian Occupied Areas
Henry C. Cassidy reports that three months after the Red Army entered Romania the occupation has been run with a policy of non-interference. Local officials continue in charge, laws remain in force, and property and private trade are largely untouched while curfew and restrictions exist in the main town of Botosani.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Red Army
Romania
Rorhanis
Yoran
Roimenia
Europe
Red Arms
AMG J
Jeeren
Mayi
Communist Party
Noone
Molotov
Hotesani
Vladimir Chernin- Fev
Frunze Miliary Academy
Moscow
Bortosani
Carl Arthergeer
Primar
Botosani
Dmitry Bussu
Alexei Georgi
War Production Board Grid iron aid rules stir big firms
The Wilson postwar conversion panel rules limit government aid to firms with cuts under 12 million dollars. Big wartime order recipients may gain relief, while mid sized and small companies face hardship. Names like General Motors DuPont Bethlehem Steel Newport News Ship New York Ship Curtiss Wright Standard Oil are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-Lew
War Production Board
Charles Wilson
Army
Navy
I. S
General Motors
DuPont
Bethlehem Steel
Newport News
New York Ship
Curtiss-Wright
Standard OO
New Jersey
Jones
Jesse Jones
White House
Texas
Jesse
FD. R
Alben” Berkley
France
Senate
Marshall
Hill, Kilgore
Wall 8Ren
Thomas
Utah
Johnson
Colorado
Tess
Arther Bunker
Lehman Brothers
Wer Production Board
E. F. Jeffe
Consolidated Edison
Charley Wilson
General Electric
Ted Binder
Barin
Europe
Binder
London
Berlin
Berves
Chicago Daily News
Carroll Binder
Eisenhower
Oliver Cromwell
Santa Fe
California
Chicago
T. P. Brewster
Mariana Islands
Jim Farley
New York State Democratic Committee
New York
Jim
Names In the News And How to Pronounce Them
A guide to pronouncing regional names and terms. It explains bree kuh-BECK for Pricquebec, sanZHAR for Saint Jacques, and aLOUD-VEEL for q OURville, with notes on the pronunciation of Jacob and the word ROBOT. It also notes the Nazi role in air raids and mentions Cahek and Rossant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pricquebec
Cherbourg
Saint Jacques
Jacques
Jacob
Say
Sanzhar
Saint
q'Ourville
Peninsula
Dourville
England
Cahek
Rossant
Universal Robots
Roe-Bot
Rod
Rooster Ban in City Backyards Sparks Health Debate
An editor letter questions a city ordinance banning roosters in backyard chicken coops and calls for health department inspections. The writer asks if wartime poultry measures will be scrapped after peace and urges keeping livestock in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Record
Health Department
Pronunciation clashes in old dictionaries spark reader letters
The letter discusses Noah Webster phonetic marks and how Funk and Wagnalls uses macrons differently. Readers argue about whether to pronounce coupon as Kewpon, noting Webster's cues versus Funk & Wagnalls symbols for long vowels.
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Noah Webster
Funk & Weegnell
Punk & Wagnall
Webster's
Fink & Wagnails
Fink & Wagnalls
Funk & Wagnalls
Funk & Wagnall
Webster
Funk’ & Wagall
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Saipan
Noemfoor
Dewey Bricker
Roosevelt Wallace
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Togh
Causex
Aese Eshner
BotSsani Chamber of Commerce
The
Washingtonm
Drew Pearson
Bob Honnegan
Jim Pick
King
OPA
By Frank Colby
Pulse of the People
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