Governor Dewey and the Poll Tax Debate
A critical letter argues Governor Dewey should not prescribe federal policy on poll taxes. It states Dewey rightly opposes the tax but cannot intervene in Senate debates. reflects constitutional limits on state power and warns federal action could worsen racial tensions and harm the colored community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dewey
United States Senate
White
Senate
United States
Congress
South
Sir. White
New York
New Draft Orders Confuse and Delays Inductions
The article criticizes General Hershey's draft updates as unclear and repeatedly changed, causing widespread confusion among men 26 to 45 about deferments and obligations. It argues past reversals were driven by bureaucratic inefficiency and political pressure, not wartime need, and questions how long the new policy will endure.
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Msj
Lewis B. Hershey
General Hershey
Congress
Otto
Draft calls and draft age shift spark public unease
The article notes sudden calls for 30 inductees and home departures for those inducted in the last six months. It cites Miss Dorothy M. Plishbottom, Congresswoman from Podubk Third District, proposing immediate conscription and release of able bodied men under 25, with criticism of bureaucratic policy shifts. The piece laments public impatience with frequent pronouncements and urges quiet until counts can be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M. Plishbottom
Podubk
McGilicuddy
Gas House Administration
Flexible Postwar Rationing And Price Controls Debate
Public debate grows on how far rationing and price fixing should extend after hostilities end. Critics warn against prolonged controls and bureaucracy while urging plans for a return to free markets as civilian production and military reserves expand.
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Office of Price Administration
Japan Still Strong In World War II Opinion Piece
The article argues Japan remains strong despite losses, citing railroads captured in China and Japanese advances in Burma and China. It notes limited Allied air support for Japan’s opponents, questions long term strength, and warns against underestimating Japan as American forces regroup for future battles.
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Japan
Pacific
Burma
China
Tokyo
Imphal
Mountbatten
India
Meny
Stilveil
MacArthur
New Guinea
Nimitz
Asia
Murray and Labor Wages Debate Amid War-Time Policy Calls
Philip Murray urges annual incomes to replace feast and famine cycles but warns unions and leaders risk building false hopes if they overlook that production creates income and laws cannot. He warns against eight hour day with ten hour pay and tax take home pay shifts while labor must share wartime and postwar duties to keep industry at work.
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Philip Murray
Unign
Rankard
Murray
Isber
Tsber
Burning of Books Echoes of Nazi Era in 1933 Germany
Eleven years ago this week Nazi students in German towns burned books and pamphlets including works by Heine Voltaire Einstein Mann Keller and Wells. The fires symbolized a climate of censorship and intimidation that aimed to suppress freedom and intellectual life. New fires in Germany today signal forces aimed at destroying Naziism and threaten to affect Europe and beyond.
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Baltimore
Sun
Horst Wessel
Heinrich Heine
Voltaire
Spinoza
Albert Einstein
Thomas Mann
Henri Barbusse
Arnold Zweig
Helen Keller
Stephen Vincent Benet
Sinclair Lewis
Pearl Buck
Carl Sandburg
H. G. Wells
Serr Goebbels
Germany
Europe
Pacific
Wisdom leads to happiness through selflessness, not pursuit
An essay in the Rochester Times-Union contrasts happiness with wisdom, noting happiness rises when one forgets self and helps others. It argues wisdom and unselfishness outweigh happiness in value, urging focus on others and worthwhile causes to discover true contentment.
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Rochester Times-Union
Utthin
Village Green legends and players rise from park history
The Record recounts the qth Street park once known as the Village Green, naming ball players who started there including Briody, King, Pen Held, Flynn, McKeon, Abrams, Rafter, Hanrahan, Peartree, LaBelle, Barkley, Wilson, Anson, Smith, Gifford, Devlin, Toby, Hagan, and notes a 1796 Presbyterian church on the greens.
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Olf Haymakers
Lansingburg
Jack Rafter
Tatcher
Troy
Bill
Red) Hanrahan
Albany
New York
Montreal
Pop Anson
Chicago
Alex Smith
Jonn Gifford
Gifford
Greenwich
James
Toby) Devtin
St. Louis Browns
William
Dash) Hagan
Hansas City
Kan
James H. Malloy
Story of Three War Contractors
Three Washington meeting war contractors ends with cocktails and a bill around 30 dollars. Each cites tax brackets and costs to claim the dinner only costs 15, 2.50, or 3 dollars in profit via cost plus contracts. The piece then shifts to Cordell Hull’s golf and croquet, a North American oil project, and liquor policies for officers overseas.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Florida
Palm Beach
Tennessean
Canada
Alaska
Senate
Truman Committee
Roosevelt Press Relations and White House Conference Tone
Roosevelt press conferences in the early days mix banter with sharp critiques of reporters and reveal a shifting dynamic between the president and the press corps. Elizabeth May Craig and others challenged statements about the Ward case while Roosevelts own playful yet pointed remarks drew reactions from reporters and observers.
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Mr. Hoover
Mr Roosevelt
Fauntleroy
White House
West
Press Tooma
Supremea Court
Bim
Roosevelt
Press. Corps
Press conference exposes tension in nation over Ward case
The Roosevelt press briefing on the Montgomery Ward case reflects a strained mood in Washington. The President appeared defensive amid sharp criticism from the press, faulting reporters for not printing all facts while critics question his handling and the broader wartime policy debates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Perons
Ward
Lzabor
Congress
Pronunciation Questions From Kansas City to Fort Wayne
Saturday miscellany presents reader inquiries on word and letter pronunciations. Topics include progress versus progress pronunciation, letter Yt-P, the symbol W, marital versus martial pronunciation, the title Mrs. and its origin, and requests for a pamphlet on public speaking with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Kansas City
S. AE
Clarasvile
P. L
Lial
Martial
Fort Wayne
L. Answter
Frank Colby
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Denys Wortman
An Warren
Duke
Ree O
Pan
LA Writers of Communications
Record
Desmond
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas C. Desmond
Newburg
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York City
Upstate
Union College
IM Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York State Historical Association
New York State
Dewey George A. Yaeger Liberty
the Record
Earmestlyj
Bend
May U
Howver
Virgin Island
Virgin Islands Co. Diauillery
Eisenhower
Patton
U. S
Jean
Fair
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Wao
Elizabeth May Craig
Maine
Roosevel
Montgomery, Ward
Jase
New York Times
Craig
Vitetim
Spirit of Gaiety
Dies Committee
FL BL
David Lawrence
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