Peace plan for postwar era faces Senate test
The piece discusses the need for Senate backing before a peace program can succeed, citing President Wilson and the Versailles fate. It urges bipartisan agreement between Republicans and Democrats on U S postwar policy to avoid making peace a partisan football and to strengthen the nation’s stance in world affairs.
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Senate
Wilson
Versailles
League of Nations
League
Hull
Congress
World Organization
United States
Trade Barriers Parade of Truck Rules Across States
A pamphlet titled Are the United States United outlines the maze of truck trailer rules across 48 states. It traces a New York to Iowa journey showing shifting length and weight limits, licensing, tax, and equipment requirements. The piece calls these varying rules trade barriers and notes intrastate interstate distinctions along the route. States impose different limits and fees, creating a chaotic regulatory tapestry for cross border trucking.
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United States United
New York
Iowa
Interstate Comerce Commission
New Jersey
Mit
Pennsylvania
York
Zion
Ohio
State Public Entity Commission
Indiana
Indiana Public Service Commission
Ilinois
Mississippi
Tennessee
Europe
Interstate trucking control and reciprocity in state policy
The article discusses two solutions to inter state trucking issues. One is full control by the LCC seen as state rights erosion and federal growth. The other is reciprocal agreements between states, allowing fee passage and uniform tuition for out of state students, with Wisconsin and other universities cited as examples.
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LCC
New York
Hingis
University of Wisconsin
Open and public trials urged for Kimmel and Short
Rear Admiral Kimmel and Major General Short demand free open trials at the earliest practicable date for Pearl Harbor charges. Senator Ferguson and Congress urge no delay and insist on public proceedings with counsel, cross examination, and full transparency while questioning Washington’s role and securing accountability for the attack.
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Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Ferguson
Short
Star Chamber
Admiral Kimmel
Roberts
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Washington
State Department
Japan
General Short
The Plight of China in World War II Era
A stark account of China under siege by a well armed Japanese force. The piece describes Japanese advances fueled by lifelines from Burma Road and air corridors, the widespread terror against civilians, and China’s desperate, limited resistance with scant resources. It emphasizes retreat risks and mounting American casualties in a prolonged conflict.
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China
Japan
Hts
Burma
India
China Sea
China and Burma Dilemma Slows Allied War Aims
The text argues that Chinese losses mount as Japan advances and British aid in Burma falters. It predicts China must endure further Japanese pressure for another year, delaying Allied relief until Burma is relieved and American forces face distant Japanese armies. It questions whether alternative options existed given European fighting demands.
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Burma
China
Europe
In Honor of the Sharetails War critique
A wartime column defends second lieutenants against jokes that mock their youth and inexperience. It argues lieutenants lead by example, face high mortality, and deserve respect as young American leaders in combat, contrasting with playful depictions in popular culture.
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Europe
Germany's Next War Effort Predicted Amid Birth and Trade Tactics
The piece argues Germany plans a future war if defeated, stressing birthrate boosts and child policy as key to rebuilding strength. It cites Schwarze Korps on unmarried women and “neutral producers” touring Europe to prepare for postwar efforts. It links U S warnings and neutral nation travel to countering Nazi influence and urges vigilance against repeating past misjudgments.
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Germany
Minneapolis Star Journal
Schwarze Korps
Himmler
S. S
Office of War Information
Washington
Danzig
Sudetenland
Poland
Scandinavia
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Argentina
United Nations
Chamberlain
Pearé
America
A Lesson For You From Patton Case
The Louisville Times notes a Senate panel’s stance on Patton’s promotion and argues the Patton incident teaches a broader rule. It cites his act of attacking a soldier as unbecoming an officer and man and states he paid a hefty price in loss of self-control, suggesting consequences may exceed justified penalties.
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Louisville
Senate
George Patton
Patton
Edie White
Nelson Carter
Nelson
Sig Sautelle
Althotzh
West Troy
Cohoes
Pulse of the People Rex U S Bar Oshes
Readers submit anonymous letters to The Record Newspapers with signed or unsigned messages. The From a 1944 Corinth letter complains about Modern Literature and its profanity, urging better cultural virtues and beauty in writing, signed by GS. Green Island May 27 1944.
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Pulse of the People
Rex
U. S Bar
Oshes
Peddle
GS. P. Green Island
Forms Engulf Little Man In Government Paperwork
Quincy Adams, ex head of the Division of Small Business, reports firms struggle with countless orders and new rules. He notes 302 major and 7,080 local offices, where expertise is thin and accountants often draft approximate answers. Many small businessmen fear protests and blacklisting, while wage and price controls create penalties for innocently violated rules.
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Quincy Adams
Department of Commerce
Dun & Bradstreet
Emall
Washington
OPA
War Agency
War Plants Corporation
War Production Board
Ofice of Price Administration
Area War, Manpowers Commission
U.S
Bic
Adams
Regional
War Labor Board
Handbook English Q&A on tense and prepositions in examples
A reader debates grammar from a handbook. The answer confirms use of singular verbs with each one and explains correct prepositions in phrases like call forth and evoke, noting that from is preferred over to in the example about memories, and that Pere Marquette and New York Central each ordered 26 cars requires a singular verb.
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Warans
Pere Marquette
New York Central
White House Family Grows Closer As Boetttiger Returns
The Washington Roundup notes the White House hum around the return of Ansa Boettiger with her year-old son Johnny Jr and Major John Boettiger. Admiral Ross McIntire cited for calming influence as the First Lady and children also stay nearby. Roosevelt aims to keep the home front steady amid war pressures and political tensions in Congress.
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Ansa Boettiger
White House
Johnny Boettiger
John Boettiger
North Africa
Cady
Ross McIntire
Admiral Meintire
Anna
Teheran
Congress
Roosevelt
Blocked labor rift and war effort warning from U A W chief
R J Thomas international president of the United Automobile Workers urges strikers to return to work and warns unionism cannot survive if the war effort is hindered. He argues the major American conflict now is intra union power struggles, not management versus workers, in a piece reflecting on democracy and labor.
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Washington
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Thomas
America
War notes hint at major Soviet push toward Berlin this summer
The report outlines a broad Soviet offensive focusing on the Galati Gap and Danube corridor, with Moscow warning of a German strike in Iesi Romani as Allied planners eye Rome. Ploesti remains a critical oil hub and rail link, while allied and Russian forces weigh a major cross-channel operation under Eisenhower.
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Rome
Europe
Moscow
Iesi
Romani
Galati Gap
Danube Valley
Bucharest
Ploesti
Italy
Plossti
Galati
Siret
Prut
Romania
Poland
Carpathians
Pripet
Channel
Eisenhower
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