The Men Must Be Found for Our Armed Forces
Urgent manpower needs are stressed by Maj. Gen. Hershey and Secretary Knox. Draft officials must identify 240000 of 1000000 needed by July 1 from deferred workers and 250000 from pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Navy seeks 500000 more. age limits and exemptions face tightening, with a push to prioritize younger, combat-ready troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Hershey
Knox
Navy
Army
Four American Authors Die Reflecting Shifting Epochs
The deaths of Joseph C. Lincoln Irvin Cobb Col John W Thompson Jr and Hendrik Van Loon mark a transition between eras in American letters. Lincoln 74 Cobb 62 Thompson 51 Van Loon 62 left legacies rooted in Cape Cod frontier humor military history and concise historical capsules.
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Joseph C. Lincoln
Cape Cod
Irvin
Cobb
Mark Twain
Judge Priest
Paducah
Col
John W. Thompson, Jr
Hendrik van Loon
Holland
America
Portrait of a Passing Era Through Notable Figures
The passage reflects on a group who achieved fame and modest wealth, noting that their writings will likely outlive their creators. It emphasizes they symbolize advancing epochs and remain representative of their times.
Finland and Moscow Terms Split Over War Fate
Stockholm dispatches, while noting a Finnish Parliament vote of confidence, signal pessimism about accepting Moscow's armistice. Acceptance offers survival. rejection risks Soviet absorption, with U.S. stance led by Hull urging reconsideration before Moscow’s deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Hitler
America
Hull
Asis
Reich
Soviet Union
Rumor Roundup on Russian, Russian Probing Motives
A1 broadcasts and press chatter across Istanbul Berlin Cairo Capetown Reuters Swiss Swedish sources discuss German and British views on Russian rumors. Turkish editors and Turkish operators stir moves to oust Foreign Minister Menemenclioglu while linetype workers resist. Travelers report rumors from Berlin offset by counterclaims, with sly hawkish one liners about news misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Berlin
Russia
Cairo
Capetown
Reuters
Reuter
London
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Turkey
Menemencloglu
Switzerland
Goodbye to Income Tax Returns
A Washington plan promises simplification of the income tax system after the war. It envisions that about 30 million of 50 million individual filers may be freed from filing, with a single rate structure and refunds for overpayments. The plan keeps progressivity, but merges the three existing taxes and ends separate victory and normal tax calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
National Capital
Congress
Treasury
Cleanup Week Aims To Turn Backyard Scraps Into Success
In many backyards this season visible raw material promises a successful Cleanup Week. The effort centers on gathering yard debris and waste to improve neighborhoods and environment during the designated blitz.
Stalin Recognizes Badoglio Government Reflects Pragmatic Diplomacy
The Baltimore Sun notes Soviet Russia formally recognizes Marshal Badoglio and the Italian government, earning praise for steady policy. It argues emotional liberals misread diplomacy, as Moscow seeks access to liberated Italy and maintains focus on strategic aims despite reservations.
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Mr. Stalin
Badoglio
Baltimore Sun
Soviet
Russia
Marshal Badoglio
Europe
State Department
Italy
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Denials That Proved True Haunt Washington Merry-Go-Round
The column revisits numerous historical denials by top officials, from Hull to Stimson, noting how many statements labeled as denials later proved accurate. It catalogs notable cases across 1936 to 1943, showing how secrecy and politics shaped public trust and credibility in wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
Russia
Stalin
Hull
State Department
Stimson
Patton
Army
St. Louis
Senator Lundeen
George Sylvester Vierick
Wheeler
Bennett Clark
Senate
Lundeen
Vierick
Louisiana
Teche
Seymour Weiss
J. M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Justice Byrnes
Navy
Elk Hills
Knox
White House
Early
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Steve Early
Charlottesville
Jack Dempsey
Alvin Wirtz
Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Ickies
Wirtz
Demfsey
Franco Spain
Thomas Hamilton
USNR
Dan Tobin
James Forrestal
Lord Fauntleroy
Welles
Argentina
Foreign policy letter questions U S role in war
A reader letter from March 14 1944 criticizes Roosevelt administration and US diplomacy arguing for a return to Christian constitutional values and questioning economic pressure and allied strategy. The writer cites Poland Russia Britain and London Moscow Washington diplomacy and calls for ethical leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Western Hemisphere
Finland
Poland
Moscow
War News: Red Army Breaks Bug Line Threatening Dniester
Moscow reports a major Russian breakthrough across the central Bug line pushing southwest toward the Dniester. Soviet spearheads drive through fortified terrain near Lyakhovoe threatening Slobodka, severing the Odessa Warsaw trunk rail and risking a larger Nazi collapse in Ukraine and potential advance into Bessarabia and Romania.
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Russia
Dniester
Moscow
Italy
Bug River
Red Army
Bug Line
Odessa
Warsaw
Ingulets Triangle
Ukraine
Hitler
Stalingrad
Bug
trans-Bug
Dniester River
Lyakhovoe
Red
Slobodka
Odessa-Warsaw
Rumania
Bessarabia
Names In the News on Kwajalein and Pacific Fleet
The letter argues the third syllable of Kwajalein is pronounced lin as in pin and fin, citing Pearl Harbor naval officers. It critiques alternate spellings KWADJELIIN and Marianas pronunciations for Mary Annas, Mah-ree-AH'nahss, and insists on Tinian as Tee-nee-AHN with Saipan syllabication sy-PAHR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwajalein
Lean
Lane
Pearl Harbor
Kwah-Juhlin
Rand McNally J
Atoll
Kwadjeliin
Marianas
Mary Annas
Tinian
Island of the Marianas
Saipan
Ancient Coinage: Fair Weights, Gods, and Kings in History
A column traces ancient coin practices from Greek and Roman times, noting fair weights and religious imagery on obverse designs. It highlights Pompey’s shift to rulers’ likenesses, the tradition of rulers appearing on later coins, and the decline of Roman coin quality as civilization waned. It concludes with reader Q&A on values and authenticity of various coins.
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Pompey the Great
Lincoln
Indian Head
California
K. M
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