Propaganda By Timing and the Wilson Film Debate
A War Department Morale Services panel may bar Darryl Zanuck's Wilson biopic from military venues for potential voter influence violations under the Soldier Voting Act. Critics note timing with postwar issues and New Deal rhetoric, while concerns focus on distortions, poetic license, and the risk of military political manipulation.
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Morale Services Division
War Department
Darryl Zanuck
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
New Deal
Ballyhoo
Jefferson
Enterprise
Army Board
Congress
Post Invasion Peak Ties Strikes to War Effort
A Philadelphia judge notes the interstate impact of the national transport strike and its effect on wartime preparation. The piece describes post invasion peak worker totals, home front production links, and public vigilance during electoral season as military needs continue. It ends with a note on a youth slated for West Point who has already fought in France since D Day.
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Philadelphia
War Labor Board
West Point
France
Organization Usually Wins By Paul Mallon
Analysis of recent primary results shows internal fights and organization decide outcomes rather than broad public interest. The piece notes defeats of Clark, Smith, Holman, and other anti internationalists, plus the role of Dewey and Hannegan in campaign organization. It emphasizes turnover signals voters weigh competence and staying on the job in the Senate.
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Rufus Holman
Oregon
Clark
Idaho
Reynolds
North Carolina
Holman
Missouri
Nye
Gillette
Iowa
Gurney
South Dakota
Tobey
New Hampshire
Ham Fish
Caraway
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hannegan
Senate Chamber
Senate
King Features Syndicate
Ground Troops Rise In War Roles And Reputation
A historical discussion notes the shift from infantry to ground forces including marines artillery and tanks. It traces term origins from infant and knightly service while acknowledging the evolving image of soldiers as capable multi threat combatants rather than mere foot soldiers.
Antique Hat Sparks Debate Over Value Versus Bedspread
A remark from the Altamont Times contrasts valuing a ten year old hat at ten cents with paying two hundred dollars for a century old bedspread, highlighting shifting worth in antiques.
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Altamont Times
Sick Of Getting Improved By Westbrook Pegler
A Westbrook Pegler column narrates a factory worker’s wartime wage and housing saga. Government price and rent controls, pay raises, and occupancy rules collide, leaving the worker with a net loss and renewed skepticism about wartime “improvement.”
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Old Sam
Sam
Always Blowing Bubbles and a Soap Opera of Politics
A satirical piece critiques national elections and party rituals as protests and feeble action. It mocks the Electoral College, party unity shows, and ceremonial politicking, comparing them to stale soap and old laundry, with humorous historical allusions.
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Bugs Raer
League Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
United States
James Montgomery Flagg
Kid Hogan
King Features
War Department Must Explain by David Lawrence
Washington August 11 The piece questions wartime efficiency and criticizes the War Department for restricting soldier reading by banning certain magazines and newspapers from camp stores. It argues the policy favors Roosevelt and argues for free distribution of Bona fide publications to troops overseas and at home.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Taft
Dewey
Dr. Goebbels
Nazi Germany
WPB Split Again Sparks Battle Over Peacetime Conversion
Washington dispatch details a split within the War Production Board over peacetime conversion. Irving Kaplan and W. Lewis Bassie resigned after a progress report predicting ample wartime supply was pulled back, revealing tensions among Byrnes Nelson Somervell and Wilson about manpower and future civilian production.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
War Production Board
Irving Kaplan
W. Lewis Bassie
U. S
WPB
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
United States
General Somervell
Byrnes
General Electric
Charley Wilson
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Henry Ford
B&&k
Kilgore
West Virginia
Senate
United Feature Syndicate
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Bennett Clark
National
St. Louis
Woodrowe Wilson
Cotton Ed Smith
Olin Johnson
OPA
Democracy
CPA
West Sound
Russia Express
David Lawrence
Cer
Tain
Navy
Navy Department
Army
Paul McNutt
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