War’s burden and public spirit in wartime American life
The Troy Record editorial argues most Americans accept wartime sacrifices with resilience while criticizing bureaucratic inefficiency. It contrasts a hopeful majority with a restless minority focused on self-interest and amusement, urging efficient federal administration to reduce complaints and ease wartime measures.
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Washington
City Hall Park
First Ward
Division Street
First
Second Streets
Troy
Merchants of Death Press Economic Sanctions After War
The article argues for postwar penalties on neutral firms aiding Hitler, labeling them economic criminals to be banned from trade. It lists aims to blacklist those who aided the Axis and warns that those who stayed clean should not face unfair competition in postwar markets. It claims United Nations lists and broad punitive measures will deter future breaches of neutrality.
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Hitler
United States
United Nations
Himmler
Goering
Goebbels
Assistenig
Axis Swat
Specter of German Pressure Pushes Neutral Firms Toward Surrender
The piece warns thousands of borderland firms in European neutral countries facing rising German pressure as invasion approaches. It notes some theorists dream of a miraculous transformation and a world reshaped by war and peace, while cautioning against fantasies of victory or quick abolition of safeguards.
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Germany
Kuisht in Armor or Barnacle on Progress?
A long discussion of Sewell Avery and government intervention in private industry. The piece weighs Avery as either a protector of liberty or a barrier to progress, praising his courage while noting the controversy it stirs amid wartime policy and economic controls.
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Ware
I Selitices
Aes
Andes
Orde Igtass Board
Avery Seed
United States
OPA
Hzbility
Mc Avery
WLB
Rome
Savonarole
Dames
Joan of Arc
Joan Brown
Ossawatomie
Orinvisle
Avery
Hg Socie
Florida
Troy
Sewell Avery
Ship of Progress
Banner of Liberation
Feeding the Forces of Reaction in a Striking America
Analysis of widespread strikes by American workers and unions, noting large numbers on strike and costly effects on production. Critics warn the strikes push public opinion toward unwise reaction, risking social progress and broader harm. Some management actions labeled unfair, but the overall trend is a rising, blind reaction threatening gains of the past decade.
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A. F
Gedor
Taber
Union Taber
Fland
Labor Strikes and American Views on War Time Turmoil
The piece argues that daily union strikes in the United States show little hardship compared to Britain's wartime strains. It condemns labor disruptions while lamenting how liberal Americans seem to empower reactionary forces, potentially jeopardizing postwar social progress and the victory abroad.
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Britain
Ishor
De Gaulle Critics Britain and U S Over Free French Role
The Trax Record questions General de Gaulle's stance as he presses for direct cooperation with America and permanent alliance while warning against equating his Free French Committee with France's government. It argues France may need Allied supervision during invasion and warns against a blank check for civil administration in liberated areas.
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Oace
Charles de Gaulle
Tunis
de Gaulle
London
America
Russia
France
Great Britain
Britain
Free French Committee
United States
Soviet Union
Trax
Free French
Quiet Please Uuea Press Students Promote No Spee Weex
Current comment from Prostond High School students urging editorial support for a No Speech Week. The piece argues reducing noise calms conflict and waste motion, noting aircraft engines and bombs amplify warlike sound but civilian noise also irritates. Proctor students undertake a challenging but worthy assignment to cut noise.
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Uuea
Prostond
Proctor
Anonymity and duty clash over wartime acts
Letter writers defend anonymity in The Record while condemning actions by Avery and Lewis as harming national unity and war production. The missives urge focus on the war effort, warn against personal aggrandizement, and call on historians to judge the Avery Lewises matter in context of victory over Hitler and Tojo.
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Avery and Lewis
Record
Avery
Congress
Lewis
Lewises
Allied estimates mark Russian push toward Galati gap amid Rom oil loss
War analysts report first official Allied damage estimates in Romania and the Danube region. They say a Russian breakthrough through the Galati gap could coincide with an Allied invasion from the west, as German oil supplies from Romania dwindle and air strikes disrupt Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria rail and road links. Berlin anticipates a retreat to regroup near Sevastopol, with operations in Iasi and Tiraspol following.
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Romania
Estikan
Galati
Danube Valley
Europe
Siret River
Carpathian
Ploesti Cil
Ira €. Eaker
Mediterranean
Saitter
Ploesti
Gap
Délubian
Hungary
Bulgaria
Berlin
Sevastopol
Budapest
Bucharest
Huy
Russiga-Asied
Anied
Balkans
Yal
Galafi
Eaker
Iasi
Tiraspol
Moscow
Deranged man held after threats to McNutt at office
A mentally deranged man described by police held yesterday after threatening to assassinate Paul McNutt, head of manpower, at the Social Security Building. He also threatened Treasury Secretary Morgen thau Jr in 1942 and demanded gasoline for a trip to Baltimore, leaving Washington by auto with a revolver found in his car. arraignment for insanity commitment planned.
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Washington
Uph
Paul Ve
Treman
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthaw, Jr
McNutt
Commissioner's
Afth
WMC
Baltimore
McNutting
Virginia
California Key to Dewey Victory in 17-Electoral-Voids Plan
Washington observers say Dewey could win with 17 electoral votes spare if California flips, relying on the Far West while New York and the Middle West shift. California figures as the pivotal state, with Warren’s popularity and past Democratic strength shaping expectations. The note adds intrigue about Bob Kenny and a potential Chicago convention role as political realignments unfold. The piece also covers the sedition trial presided by Chief Justice Esther and the courtroom antics of defendants, contrasted with the judge's patient management.
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Washington
Dewey
California
South
Utah
Middle West
Vania
New York
Californis
Hiram
Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Charles ‘Evans Hughes
Hifany Johnson
Roosevelt
Det
Republicus Warren
FDR
Tgura Hobas Warren
Streket
Warren
Far West
Marshall
Bob Kenny
Chicago
Fld.r
Edward C. Esther
Ushrty
S. Hrazen
Eicher
Charles B. Hudson
Omaha
Nebraska
Jones
Counroom
America
Hitler
Munich
Americas
Readers Corner on Pronunciation and Language Queries
A letter column from Sewickley and others discusses pronunciation umbrel la archaisms and and or usage with humorous examples. Readers request guidance on how to pronounce umbrella and note curious phrases and language quirks.
Washington Defies War Labor Board with Union Strike Talk
The piece rails at government attempts to punish labor unions by seizing plants and forcing union leadership into government management. It argues the administration fears labor votos, cites Sewell Avery and Montgomery Ward, and questions legal authority while calling for lawful power to address union cases without seizing offices.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Saare
Department of Justice
Congress
Ward
Cosea
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Stone
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