Hitler as a Megalomaniac Case Study in War Loss
The piece argues Hitler’s downfall proves Germany lost the war due to state and leadership fault. It quotes von Paulus and Churchill to frame Hitler as a potential lunatic or master demagogue. It suggests a psychiatric study could illuminate the German problem and warns about observing a captured leader.
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Friedrich von Paulus
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Hitler Frankenstein
Churchill
United Nations
Tweed Radioman George Ray Tweed Remains Rich On Guam Tale
The Guam escape survivor George Ray Tweed, a U.S. Navy radioman, spoke of his large wartime pay, noting only that it was a big amount. He reflected that his 31 months hunted life could inspire a book or even a ghostwritten fortune, comparing sensitive imagination to resilience in isolation.
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George Ray Tweed
U.S.N
Guam
U. S
Tweed
Churchill
Standard of California
Texas Company
United States
Middle East
Russia
Pacific
International Commission
Tehran
Moscow
King Features Syndicate
Bremerton Navy Yard
FDR
Adak Island
Alaska
Navy
Adak
Roosevelt
White House
Tom Blake
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
Miller
Nebraska
Marthur
Capitol
Senator Russell
Georgia
Senate
Pup
Colorado
Arthur Wimmell
GOP
Chenoweth
North Dakota
Hattiesburg
Miss
Rocky Railroad
United Feature Syn., Inc
Holiday mix up at San Francisco court with Biddle
A court clerk misidentified Francis Biddle as Abdul Gunney during a San Francisco federal proceeding. The U S Attorney General, on a West Coast tour, revealed himself by mistake while the judge and bailiff played along. The note adds a side remark about Gov. Osborn being missing in northeastern Arizona.
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United States
Abdul Gunney
Mike Roche
U. S. District Court
San Francisco
Abdul
U. S
Francis Biddle
Salt River honeydew shipments total 950 cars this year
Salt River Valley shipments of honeydew melons reached 950 cars this year. The statistician remains focused on broader wartime concerns, not deterred from studying many other varieties.
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Salt River Valley
Oil Cartel Renunciation Faces Uncertain Postwar Fate
Washington essay critiques the Anglo American oil accord. It notes remaining questions on quotas, international commission powers, and timing. The piece highlights Saudi reserves, empire preferences, and broader postwar aims while warning outcomes depend on future government decisions.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Ralph Davies
California Standard
Ickes
Royal Dutch Shell
International Oil Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Lord Beaverbrook
His Students In High Places By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues Felix Frankfurter's influence remains through Harvard pupils in government. He notes underground Communist activity, references the Bisbee 1920 case and Judge Pattee's law of necessity charge, and cites Laski as a controversial figure connected to Frankfurter.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Frankfurter
Congress
Communist Party of the
United States
International Communist Party
Revolutionary Movement
Moscow
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Bisbee
Roosevelt
Harry E. Wootton
Samuel L. Pattee
Pattee
Wootton
One Big Happy Family Memories From a Political Convention
A humorous reminiscence describes a chaotic scene at a Chicago convention where a leader extols unity while crowds clash for a banner and a woman faints. The narrator recalls a sprawling clan of seventeen, noisy solstices, and comic misadventures with family dynamics and daily life.
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Rne
Chicago
Zoo
Niagarra Falls
Ella
King Features
Four Power Conference views from Dewey and Roosevelt clash
Washington dispatch analyzes Governor Dewey and President Roosevelt positions on a postwar four power framework. It notes Dewey favors open scrutiny yet fears four nation dominance, while Roosevelt seeks a universal organization with a limited transition. The piece argues bipartisan unity aids ratification and world peace plans.
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Washington
Dewey
Great Britain
Russia
United States
China
Universitl
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Hull
General Organization
Department of State
Congress of the
Europe
Asia
Court admonition echoes in warning on marital control
A magistrate advised a man to rise with fixed determination to force his wife to accept him as head of the household, warning of consequences. The Royal Arcade Bulletin notes the stark domestic control suggestion and the potential fallout from such insistence.
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Royal Arcanum Bulletin
FDR and the Censors Collected Hard Talk on War Board
Drew Pearson reports on Donald Nelson pressuring SKF head William Batt to resign from the War Production Board or SKF over Swedish ball bearing ties to Germany. The piece covers censorship issues around Adak Island references and notes ongoing limits on publishing ship details from FDR’s Bremerton trip, with political jabs and local color.
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Washington
WPB
Donald Nelson
William Batt
SKF
War Production Board
Germany
Batt
Nelson
Philadelphia
Sears Roebuck
Sweden
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
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T.R
IWW
Catholic Worker
Catholic Worker Movement
Harold Laski
Arthur Sheehan
Boston
Fordhall
Laski
Sheehan
David K. Niles
Massachusetts
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