Congress recessed as war winds toward end
The article notes Congress paused until August 1 after a mixed wartime record. It praises passing the GL Bil of Rights and war-related funding while criticizing price control concessions on cotton. It calls for decisive action on postwar reconversion, government assets, and a quicker reconvening to avoid unpreparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Administration
Europe
Washington
Australia Turns Toward United States In War Strategy
The article cites Sir Keith Murdoch arguing Australia and New Zealand must shift to the United States financially and strategically as World War II unfolds. It notes Britain’s naval dominance faded after WWI and fears Britain's limited resources could not defend Australia against a Japanese threat, making US forces essential for survival.
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Australia
New Zealand
United States
Keith Murdock
Australisa
South Pacific Commonwealth
Japan
Britain
Royal Navy
Germany
Pacific bases and allied defense in postwar strategy
Blurdock argues Australia and New Zealand will rely on the United States Navy after World War II. He warns Japan or new aggressors could rise, urging securing Pacific bases now to deter future conflict and prevent weakened defense. He stresses Australia’s stake in the Pacific and the need to avoid reducing defense readiness.
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Australia
Japan
Britain
New Zealand
United States Navy
Pacific
Rise and Fall of German Air Power
The article argues German air power rose from 1936 to 1940 then declined after Britain and Japan were hit by rocket missiles. It notes Germany produced 66,000 planes in five years by 1940 versus 14,000 by the US, and US output surged to 9,000 monthly by 1943. It links the B 29 appearance to American power and the rocket bomb to German decline.
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England
Germany
United States
T. P. Wright
Aviation Resources Control Office
Hitler
Roland
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Britain
Heinie
Notes to a General on bans of books in the military
A critique of the Adjutant General’s order banning books with political propaganda aimed at federal elections. The writer argues the law suppresses thought, points to works by Beard and Kant, and warns that sacred texts and even classics like Gulliver’s Travels could be misinterpreted as political propaganda while urging broader caution about censorship.
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Adjutant General
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Republic
Charles T. Beard
Congress
Dr. Beard
Plato
Emmanuel Kant
Guliver
New Yorker
Alvin All
All Hitler and the destruction of thought by burning carriers
The passage argues that attempts to destroy ideas by burning books fail because removing thought-provoking material itself provokes thought. It claims that coercive censorship only increases thinking among soldiers, who are forced to confront ideas they are prevented from expressing.
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Hitler
A Sawdust Caesar Yet Silent Before Germany's Doom
The piece compares Hitler to a decaying Caesar as Allied forces crush Italy and Germany on multiple fronts. It notes Hitler's long silence while Goebbels amplifies propaganda and suggests Mussolini’s fall mirrors a waning vainglory, hinting at an eventual grim reckoning for the Nazi regime.
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Luftwaffe
Normandy
Usaf
Hitler
Rome
Italy
English’ Channel
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Goebbels
Churchill
Dupkirk
Reich
Mussolini
Caesar
The Bourbon Whisky Shortage and Corn Supply Crisis
The War Production Board may permit distillers a July August run of potable liquor, but corn shortages and livestock feed demand push Bourbon whisky down the priority list. Government data show April corn receipts well below the 1938-42 average, with hoarding intensifying scarcity. To ease the shortage, the U S plans imports from Argentina, totaling around 150 000 tons in July and up to 856 000 tons before the harvest, though this may still not justify domestic whisky production.
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War Production Board
Oerasion
Argentina
WFA
Thought for Thoughtless on Race to Move War Traffic
Newark News notes railroads faced labor and equipment shortages yet moved armed forces supplies to seaboards and civilian freight without major disruption. Passenger traffic strains rise with peak travel and summer casualties from France loom, prompting a Defense Transportation plea to avoid needless travel and buses as well as trains.
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Tt Hay
France
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Oby
Anonymous Letters From The Record Readers Question Taxi Speeds
A reader asks whether Troy taxi drivers hold special permits to exceed speed limits or if a tacit understanding with police allows it. Another letter critiques Pegler's June column about Mrs. Roosevelt and unions, calling for sincere reformers and questioning dismissive wit.
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Troy
Lcense
Bridge Avenue
River Street
Pegler
the Record
Mrs. Roosevelt
Victoria
Mrs.r
Ring of Justice
So Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler
A critical piece satirizes Roosevelt era concerns about economic policy and labor unions. It questions media portrayals of the Tobin family and Tobin-linked officials, noting high salaries within the Teamsters' statistical bureau and alleged economic inequality.
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Westbrook Pegler
Dewey Gathered as He Awaits a Big Week Ahead
A profile sketches Tom Dewey at Pawling New York amid rising polls and careful public appearances. It notes his photo guidance for reporters, training from experts, golfing high scores, a growing home expansion, church ties, and concerns about mansion patrols while detailing allies, critics, and political expectations ahead of a likely presidential run.
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Dewey
N. ¥. Daily News
Albany
Lowell Thomas
Richard Borden
New York University
George ‘Gallup
Gallup
Willkie
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Pawling
T. E D
Christ Church
Joe Pew
Hendall
Tom Dewey
New York
Philip BeCook
Tudge
Mr. Dewey
Dewey—Dewey
St. Matthew’s
St. Timothy's Church
New York City
Columbus
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Kiwanis Club
George White
la Guardis
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Jim
Naval Battle Turn in Pacific Signals Decisive Step Against Japan
Washington reports the June 18 engagement where over 330 Japanese planes were lost and virtually all the Japanese naval aviators from multiple carriers perished. American forces inflicted fatal blows on a carrier and damaged several warships, suggesting a turning point in the Pacific war.
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Washington
Japan
Names In the News And How to Pronounce There
Frank Colby explains pronunciations for place names in the Saint Sawver Cherbourg region and nearby areas. He covers Saint Sawver Le Vicomte Cutmont Villers Bocaze Pagan Asticton Bonin islands and related notes on nasalized vowels silent letters and accent guidance.
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Frank Colby
Saint Sawver
Cherbourg Peninsula
Saint
le Vicomte
iSauver
Vicomte
Cutmont
Tilly sur-Seulles
Villers-Bocaze
Bayeux
Villers
Bocage
Pagan
Island of Marianas
Guam
Marianas
Bonin Islands
Mirianas
Ogasawarajimes
Word Origins and Mortified Usage Clarified
A reader guidance piece discusses a triple meaning word with homophonic forms, noting uses from mud road to extreme sadness and shedding skin. It traces roots to Latin and French, explains mortified as humiliated and the literal death sense in mortality and mortuary terms.
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Taesieura
Wadhole
John
Budyan
Frank Colby
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