Cabinet Conceptions and Roosevelts Troubled Team
The piece contrasts two cabinet visions a patronage reservoir vs a supreme advisory body. It critiques Roosevelt era appointees Morgenthau Perkins and Ickes as political picks with limited finance or advisory impact, noting Hull Stimson Knox and others as competent. It argues future cabinets should shed personal ties and build merit.
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Adams
Interior Department
Interior
Dlocs
Vier
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Nance
Miss Perkins
Hull
Army
Navy
Stimson
Knox
Forrestal
Iie
Pwolle
Zoid
Siqie
John Foster Dulles
Chinese Forces Recapture Foochow and Key Corridor
Chinese troops retake Foochow on the Yangtze and push to disrupt the Japanese supply corridor toward Indo China Burma and Malaya. Analysts note a long quiet period ended as Chinese armies reconstitute and train with American officer guidance boosting weapons production.
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China
Foochow
Yangtze River
Burma
Donald Nelson
China on verge of major recovery after wartime strains
The article argues China showed signs of recovery as munitions flow via the Hump and Stilwell Road bolster operations. It notes territorial gains, retaken Foochow and key ports Wenchow Rumoy Swatow, and suggests Formosa may be targeted next. It contends a weakened Japanese lifeline aids Allied plans in China and beyond.
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Stilwell
China
Misary
Arrogaet Wehrmacht
Oh Chin
Foochow
Wen’ Chow
Rumoy
Swatow
Ezeh
Formosa
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Elections in Britain and Canada Leaders face wartime elections in Ottawa and London
Premier Mackenzie King weighs dissolution as Canada nears a wartime vote while Prime Minister Churchill seeks a fall election in Britain. Labor factions push for power, allies brace for outcomes, and Americans back the existing governments as they urge nations to decide their own futures without external meddling.
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Mackenzie King
Canada
Britain
Labor Party
Churchill
Roosevelt
King
Beli
Croup
Russia
Tito's Trieste gamble ends with withdrawal and talk
The article notes Tito's failed bid to seize Trieste and nearby Austrian territory, followed by hints of negotiation with Yugoslavia and the Allies. It emphasizes upholding agreements and condemns forceful expansion, calling for peaceful, lawful settlement at the peace conference and in future world conduct.
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Marshal Tito
Trieste
Austria
Yugoslavia
Waly
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Hitler
Hirohito
Mussolini
United States
Great Britain
France
Holland
Tito
Lilienthal finally confirmed as TVA head amid Senate split
The Senate approved President Truman’s nomination of David Lilienthal for a nine year TVA chairmanship amid opposition from Tennessee's McKellar and Stewart. Critics fear TVA overreach and lack of fiscal accountability, urging no repeat of Lilienthal era pitfalls while praising its vast public investment.
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Truzoan
David
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Truman
Democratic Party
Kenneth D. MckKellar
Tennessee
Air Truman
Stewart
South
Washington
Lilien
Roosevelt
T.V. A
Missouri River
St. Lawrence River
TV. A
Public Letters and Infirmities in The Record Columns
Readers request anonymity for letters while The Record notes the right to edit and limit publication. Letters cover aircraft cabin space questions, art copyright concerns, Vermont marriage rules, and photography schooling within Troy Albany area with replies from editors.
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Pee UR Par Glico
Writers of Communications
Record
Plesse
Tae Record
Troy
Albany
Kenneth Vitalics
United States Delegation at San Francisco Conference
Washington opinion surveys the San Francisco meeting, praising Edward Stettinius and John Foster Dulles for guiding policy. It notes pressure on Secretary of State, hints at Byrnes as successor, and argues for keeping Stettinius with a capable undersecretary to handle European and Asian affairs.
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Washington
San Francis
United States
Truman
Jon
Edward Stettinius
Joné
San Francisco
Vendenderz
Michigan
Harbin Stassen
Minnesota
Connally
Texas
Dalles
John Foster Dulles
Stettinius
Durles
Disles
Department of State
State Department
James F. Byrnes
Stellinius
Sr. Dulles
Mr. Grew
Wibe
Stalin
Churchill
Connalis
Vandenberg
X. Dulles
Mr. Truman
Stassen
Falsey
Nelson Rockefeller
Nith
Pegler attacks in Labor News editorial misleads workers
In a Worcester Labor News piece dated April 5 1940 Freeman Saltus is named as editor. The editorial accuses Pegler of harming labor unity by smearing unions and cites alleged graft and incompetence among leaders including William Green Joe Padway Biiff Browne and Nelson Rockefeller. The writer boasts about exposing these claims and criticizes omissions and alignment with anti labor factions.
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American Federation of Labor
The
Labor News
Worcester
Mass
William Green
Joe Padway
Freeman BM
Saltus
Labor -News of
Labor
Labor Movement
Pegler
Heaven
Pester
Bioff
Controversy Over German Prison Labor in Postwar Rebuild
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson questions using German prison labor in rebuilding Russia and France until war crime convictions. Ed Pauley, Morgenthau aides, and agencies clash over policy amid Yalta assurances and potential blanket indictments of Nazi groups. Flight carrier Franklin incident and wartime film disposal also noted.
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Washington
Russia
France
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
United States
Jackson
U.S
Ed Pauley
Rusia
Sackson
Ameriea
Routan
Gestapo
S35
Pany
PauLey
Secr
Will Clayton
Army
Navy
FEA
Morgenthalr
Yalta
Roosevelt
Justice Jackson
Begin the Beguine origin discussed by Cole Porter
Readers seek meaning of Beguine in Cole Porter's Begin the Beguine. The article recounts Porter's note on the dance and the French Beguine, its pronunciation bay-GEEN, and a viewer theory about Martinique influences. It also mentions timing from Paris and Kaizdahi-ana.
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Cole Porter
Low Countries
Porter
Paris
Martinique
Seine
New Guinea
Cote Porter
Frank Colby
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Wessermann
New York
Rochester
By David Lawrence
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Union
Pezier
George Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical
Browne
Pegier
Jinea
Ont
Vike
Salius
Merry-Go Round
Pearson
Europe
Franklix
Franktin
Franklin
Santa Fe
Astoria
U.S. Office of Transportation
Francis Myers
Pennsylvania
Harry Ingles
By Frank Colby
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