Howard Upends City Personnel Director Debate
A Tucson Star column criticizes council factions and Phoenix experts over selecting a city personnel director. It lauds Howard for independent thinking, contrasts with five powerful council members, and predicts a costly, fragile outcome if he departs. The piece urges keeping Howard, noting his merit system experience with Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Phoenix
Howard
State of
Colorado
Carr
Tucson
Henderson Attacks Dies Committee Tone in New Deal Era
West coast columnist criticizes Leon Henderson price administrator and Roosevelt era ambivalence toward the Dies Committee. He argues Henderson fronts for Communists, questions Dies credibility, and warns of attempts to suppress the committee's investigative files after its term ends next spring.
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House of Representatives
Leon Henderson
Dies Committee
United States Congress
Josef Stalin
Martin Dies
Congress
Tom Tippett
Henderson
Dies
Tippett
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Mr. Henderson
New Deal
Department of Justice
FBI
CIO
Robert S. Allen
Weirton
Irving Olds
U. S. Steel
Ed Stettinius
Knudsen
Army, Navy and
Maritime Commission
Emory Land
Lindbergh
Land
Bethlehem
Eugene Grace
Grace
North Side Swimming Club Presses City on Drainage Plan
Members of the North Side Swimming Club met with the city council to seek actions on flood protection after prior devastation. Plans for a new drainage system were shown, but officials say sixty days more are needed for professional completion before a citizens committee grants final approval.
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North Side Swimming Club
Citizens’ Committee
North Side
Council
Navy abandons sword as symbol of surrender during war
The United States Navy will no longer equip officers with swords, keeping the sword belt as a vestige of tradition. The piece notes the steel will be conserved for weapons and contrasts modern uniforms with past regalia, reflecting on war's enduring brutality and pacifist prophecies.
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Lord Macaulay
United States Navy
Francis Drake
Isaiah
N. Y. Herald- Tribune
Thrift of forefathers powers American war machine
Editorial argues America can build the greatest war machine today because past savings funded factories railways ships and equipment. It warns that neglecting private savings or treating savings bonds as scraps could risk national progress and urges government policy to protect and grow productive capital.
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America
New York
Maritime Commissioners
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Notation "(APPLAUSE)" drops from House speeches says Detroit News
The Detroit News reports that the APPLAUSE marker no longer appears in House speeches in The Congressional Record. The change is noted as a minor shift in how applause cues are represented.
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Congressional
Detroit News
Rule of the Majority in Crisis Shocks Raleigh
The Raleigh News and Observer notes a national strain as 130 million feel endangered with 50 thousand shipbuilders quitting and 10 plasterers clashing with five carpenters, signaling a buoying yet unstable labor climate.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Baer Facts of Nonsense and Word Oddities
Arthur Baer presents a playful compilation of quirky definitions and humorous misdirections. It pairs silly terms with brief explanations and light wordplay, ending with a caustic quote about truth and error attributed to Bryant.
Roosevelt invites Queen Wilhelmina Churchill meet off Newfoundland
The wartime column notes Roosevelt sought Queen Wilhelmina of Holland to join him and Churchill near Newfoundland to press a united front against Japan. It outlines plans to invoke piracy laws against armed Japanese ships, and describes tensions with steel makers and maritime leaders over production boosts and supply priorities.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Winston Churchill
Newfoundland
England
Japan
Dutch East Indies
South Pacific
Singapore
Thailand
Australia
Indies
U. S. Navy
United States
Great Britain
News Behind the News on Roosevelt Churchill Meeting
Washington reports perturbed by inside news after the Roosevelt Churchill meeting. Budgenny leading 39 to 50 divisions trapped in Ukraine, risking a large Red Army pocket. Analysts doubt major strategic outcomes and foresee winter campaigns behind the Volga. The blackout press policy draws sharp criticism of censorship in wartime democracy.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Lord Halifax
Franklin
Beaverbrook
Lord
Lady Halifax
Franklin Roosevelt
Jimmy Roosevelt
Marine Corps
William Donovan
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Budgenny
Red Army
Ukraine
Russia
Reds
Urals
Volga River
Stalin
Volga
London
Ministry of Information
Boston
Navy
Knox
Colliers
Navy Department
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Westbrook Pegler
By Ding
Milton
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Baer
Henrys
South Africa
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Cullen Bryant
Bubbling Beaverbrook
Steel Showdown
OPM
Bethlehem Steel
Tom Girdler
Republic
Ernest Weir
Paul Mallon
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