Dewey backs active world peace alliance with Britain and Russia
Governor Dewey urges permanent military cooperation with Great Britain and supports an international framework including Russia and China to preserve world peace. He contrasts this stance with isolationist voices in the Republican Party and calls for active participation in postwar world order.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Great Britain
Russia
China
Dewey
Taft
Bricker
American Bar Association
League of Nations
Republican Party
United States
Grea Britain
al League of Nations
British Commonwealth of Nations
Cooper
World trade alliance plan linked to production control
A former critic discusses freedom from want and the tension with international money control. He warns that an international capital flow committee could limit production and cites the World Trade Alliance plan as aiming to balance production across nations and firms to match global demand, labeling it a form of trust.
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Jo Maynard Beynes
Harry D. White
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Plan for a World Debt Commission Sparks Global Cartel Fears
The passage attacks a proposed central world debt and money commission within a broader cartel system. It argues such a body would regulate finance between nations, enabling promoters and risk capital to avoid competition while preserving only freedom from want tied to monopoly profits. It likens this to a revived scheme associated with Dr. Schacht’s Berlin era.
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Ins
Debt and Money Commission
Sireacs
Dr. Schacht
Berlin
Churchill urges common Anglo American unity after war
Premier Winston Churchill, in Cambridge, accepts Harvard's Doctor of Laws and pushes a postwar alliance of Britain and the United States. He envisions a shared conception of right and freedom, a common tongue, and possible future citizenship across the two nations, with Russia and China as partners. He argues a League of Nations failed before and hopes for a workable peace through Anglo American unity.
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Winston Churchill
Cambridge
Harvard University
Churchill
Europe
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Dewey
Mackinac Island
Bei
Russia
China
Japan
Washington
Britain
League of Nations
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Unpopular views on leadership from a 1942 poll
A National Opinion Research Center survey from March 1942 shows farmers, executives, factory workers, and labor leaders being asked about their support for the war effort. Farmers and workers report high confidence in themselves. labor leaders show lower ratings, revealing tensions between groups during wartime.
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National Opinion Research Center
Operatty of
Denver
Pressien
Public mood on union leaders amid war effort
Survey data shows only 3 percent believe union leaders are doing all they can to win the war while 76 percent say executives are going all out for war. Analysts say the findings, though imperfect, should mortify labor leaders and push for less agitation and more cooperation.
Denmark Resistance Undaunted By Occupation Despite Victory
The piece argues Denmark’s military defeat by Germany marks a moral triumph for Danish resolve. It notes King Christian X’s captivity, government suppression, and a liquidated defense while praising continued resistance through strikes and sabotage. It forecasts ongoing opposition aiding the Allied effort. It also comments on Italy’s capitulations and humorous observations about California wine and Quebec.
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Denmark
Hitler
Germany
Christian X
Sorgenfri Castle
Hermann von Hannecken
Berlin
Berlin as Axis War Machine Center Highlighted
The piece argues Berlin is Europe’s foremost German war production hub with 2,000,000 workers in German arms output, leading in electrical engineering, locomotives, range finders, bombsights, and aircraft. It notes Berlin’s status as a major railway hub and stresses the military target is Berlin itself.
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Minneapolis Star .Ournal
Berlin
Rome
Europe
Ruhr
Germany
Duisburg
London
Coventry
Rotterdam
Warsaw
Campaign posters and street filth spark Troy letter
Readers urge removing pre election pole posters and curb litter to beautify Troy. Letters cite war paper shortages and lingering placards, calling for cleaner streets and fewer signs. A newcomer also complains about street waste and spitting fines.
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Troy
Kharkov Rises From War Ravages After Four Battles
Kharkov, once home to a million, now hosts about 250,000 as reconstruction begins under mayor Selivanov after four battles and brutal occupation. He reports 40 to 75 percent housing destruction, ruined factories, thousands deadly deaths, and new social services as rail links resume and bread is distributed.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Kharkov
Soviet Russia
Ukraine
Dzerzhinsky Square
Sumsk Street
Alexander Ignatievich Selivanovy
Red
Selivanov
Red Army
Germany
Russia
Alexei Tolatov
State Commission On Atrocities
Kharkov-Kupyansk
Kharkov-Moscow
Pronunciation Notes On Museums Lyceum And Poem
A reader sermonizes on correct word stresses for museum lyceum epicurean and poem with phonetic guidance. The piece explains Greek origins for museum and the muses and urges proper accenting of epicures and related terms. It includes a promotional invitation for a pamphlet on word origins.
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Museum
America
Calliope
Clio
Erato
Euterpe
Melpomene
Polymnia
Terpsichors
Thalia
Urania
Frank Colby
Diplomatic reform urged to win lasting world peace
Washington columnist Drew Pearson argues the United States has failed to lead for peace since 1918 and 1930, blaming inertia and old European diplomacy. He praises wartime efficiency and calls for streamlined foreign policy, stronger funds, and more capable staff at the State Department to shape a durable peace. He lauds naval and military innovations and notes internal cabinet divisions on policy reform.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Wilson
Stimson
State Department
ABC
United States of America
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
European
Old World
Europe
Near East
Latin America
War Department
Navy
Thomas Jefferson
Philadelphia
Secretary of State
Cordell Hull
War News Hints at Italian Pursuit of Separate Peace
Berlin signals strong support for a potential Italian peace by evacuating parts of Calabria and retreating northward. Reports from DNB and Allied capitals note minimal resistance to invasion, with Rome radio seeking guarantees of 1919 frontiers. Roosevelt and Churchill remain in close contact and ready to act on peace offers, though Allies likely demand unconditional surrender.
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Berlin
Italan Boot
Trom Lower Calabria
DNB
Washington
Marshal Badoglio
Rome
United States
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen CHICAGO LIFE
A stray bullet shattered Leonard Roren’s living room window as he stretched by the radio in Chicago. Police say the shot was fired by boys aiming at birds, narrowly missing his head by a minute.
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Chicago Life
Chicago
Leonard Roren
Polica
Tfef
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OPA
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Pulse of the People
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Columbus
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