Shortage relief promises dim as war drags on assets
The article details ongoing shortages across goods and services with limited wartime relief anticipated. It notes depleted munitions, scarce tires, oil, sugar, coal, and clothing, plus transportation constraints and a delayed return to normalcy. It forecasts continued near home confinement, high-priority access, and only slow improvements, with gasoline, tires, and essential goods unlikely to meet demand soon.
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Peville Anid
Argentina
ODT
John L. Lewis
Washington
Pormel
Big Three Meeting Hopes Grow For Roosevelt Churchill Stalin
The article argues for a tripartite conference among Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to bridge tensions between allied powers. It stresses openness, shared objectives, and personal contact as paths to clearer views, urging London or Washington as a setting and noting political economies over domestic methods shape decisions.
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Framan
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Quetl
San Francisco
Russia
Germany
Roosevelt
Staf
Churenik
House of Commons
Marshai
Stalin
London
Washington
Doenitz as Teuton Leader in Allied Postwar Plans
A column argues Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz seeks recognition as Germany’s ruler and postwar government power, while courting clemency and avoiding execution. It likens his tactics to Goering’s and warns Allied courts will punish Nazi leaders, keeping them isolated from broadcast comments until trials.
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Karl Doenitz
Germany
Niee
Doenitz
Sven
Brsie
Hitler
Bis
Deenitz
Trs
Goering
Mes
Are We in Danger Of Militarism
In the May Harper's Magazine, Washington writer Joan Fischer argues the Army seeks to extend influence during the war period, dictating contracts and idle hopes to control civilian life. The piece notes entanglements with government, the phase of reconversion, and calls for civilian-led procurement while warning against militaristic drift.
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Harper's
Joan Fischer
Washington
Fischer
Mr. Fischer
Fischerrustrates
Bate
Army
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
China
Charles B. Wilson
WPB
Mead
Democracy and the military's servant role warned
A reader cautions against attempts to impose non-democratic governance in the final months, arguing that in a democracy the military serves the people, not the rulers. The piece emphasizes the military as a servant, not a master, of the nation.
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Maser
Churchill speech underscores resolve to aid Japan war effort
The Buffalo News reports Prime Minister Churchill in a Sunday broadcast pledging continued British support with the United States in the war against Japan. He warns that victory over Germany must not dull resolve, signals tensions with Eire, and stresses that the San Francisco charter must protect freedom and not empower the strong. The piece notes his veiled reference to continuing leadership amid potential electoral politics and praises his stature as a wartime leader.
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Buffalo News
Germany
Churchill
Japan
United States
Mr. Churchill
de Valera
Irish Free State
Britain
Eire
San Francisco
Europe
Churchil
Desmonds Judges Amendment Probed by New York Senator
In a letter to The Record Senator Thomas C Desmond argues for a constitutional amendment to remove judges for cause or disability. He cites the Williamson plan and outlines how various New York courts could act through the Court of Appeals or appellate divisions. The editor notes this could precede a special session or 1956 term to secure ratification.
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Desmond
Harold R. Medina
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
3Fedina
Williamson
Senate
Assembly
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Court of General Sessions
City Court
City of New York
Court of Appeals
Department
City of
Peace
Police
Assembly Rules Committee
Thomas C. Desmond
Newburg
Yalta Handicaps and Roaming Ambassadors in Postwar Policy
The piece argues President Truman may meet Stalin and Churchill only if a meeting occurs in Britain or the United States. It notes Yalta’s handicaps, debate over personal diplomacy, and the idea of roving ambassadors like Wilson’s House and Roosevelt’s Hopkins as potential flexible tools in postwar diplomacy.
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Russia
United States
State Department
Uncle Sam
Stalin
Washington
Great Britain
Red
Yalta
Poland
Sam
San Francisco
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churellil
Britain
S ‘ ‘Yfarshal
Musting
Roosevelt
Department of State
Wilson
House
Harry Hopkins
Nhwice
Leore
Byrnes
James F. Bevnss
Europe
Siettimius
London
Molotov language gaps and Eden in San Francisco
West Coast dispatch discusses Molotov's English, U.S. diplomacy, and possible presidential envoy choices amid Yalta reflections. It notes James Byrnes and James Bevinss as potential European negotiators, with Eden, Mussolini, and hotel dynamics in San Francisco shaping early Cold War diplomacy.
Washington Merry-Go-Round looks at postwar diplomacy
Drew Pearson sketches a quiet push to invite Frante ex-Premier Edouard Herriot to the United States perhaps via Harvard to bolster France relations amid de Gaulle state department tensions. He notes political figures, potential trials, and shifts in American policy and cabinet thoughts as the world moves past the war.
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Washington
Frante
Edoperd
Herriot
USA
Harvard
France
Roosevelt
England
Eed Hobland
Barech
Barney Baruch
Truman
War
Navy
Treasury Departments
Office of
War Mobilizer
Barney
Barack
Hennegan
Philippines
Tydings
Insular Affairs Committee
Fred Osborn
Army
Special Services Division
Paris
Portugal
Germany
Anfes
U. S. State Department
Vandenberg
Chenaman
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Understanding Pyrrhic Victory and Portmanteau Wards
A Pyrrhic victory is won at ruinous cost as illustrated by Pyrrhus 231 B C defeat of Rome. Portmanteau wards are blended words coined from parts of two or more terms as seen in Jabberwocky and modern slang.
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Pyrrhus
Epirus
Greece
B.C
Herclea
Tawis Carroll
Gotby
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