Headless Tucson needs a capable leader and reform
The piece claims Tucson is a headless city with a detached mayor and indifferent city management. It argues Mayor Janstad is ineffectual, City Manager Seeley is away at war, Acting Manager Martin is reactive to a partisan council, and Vice Mayor Joe Niemann wields power without full accountability. It calls for a competent graft-free replacement for 1200 dollars annually.
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Tucson
Henry Jaastad
Jaastad
Janstad
Chicago
Jersey City
George Seeley
Martin
Joe Niemann
Southern Pacific Railway
Joe
Borgia
Hatless talkers in wartime humor lampooned
The Milwaukee Journal quotes a London Telegraph poem about hat scarcity during wartime. The verse jokes that wearing no hat prevents talking through it, while noting the logic flaw and tagging habitual hat talkers as persistent chatterers amid wartime inconveniences.
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London Telegraph
Milwaukee Journal
Roosevelt seen likely to seek a fifth term in 1948
Washington analysis argues President Roosevelt will run again barring illness. It notes widespread talk of a fifth term, Henry Wallace as potential alternate, and the need for a strong Democratic organization to counter Republican Dewey and fund raising ahead of conventions. It critiques press coverage and campaign dynamics.
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Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Henry Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Wallace
Gallup
Congress
Dewey
C.I.U
C.I.C.P.A.C
They Also Serve
They recognize volunteer ration board workers as unsung war heroes who toil daily without pay, facing crowds and ringing complaints from coupon seekers, while a note from Memphis Commercial Appeal highlights their deserving service amid rationing.
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Memphis
How Communists Behaved By Westbrook Pegler
Pegler contrasts French Communist conduct during France fall with Allied figures like Rene De Chambrun. He cites Shirer’s diary and claims Moscow guided strikes and sabotage, condemning the Popular Front and urging distrust of Communists and allied politicians. The piece highlights Traitors and amnesty discussions tied to Maurice Thorez and De Gaulle.
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New York
Russia
France
Belgium
Italy
Greece
Union Movement
Political Action Committee
The
CIO
Berlin
William Shirer
Europe
Shirer
Stalin
Germany
Poland
Moscow
Hitler
Communist Party
Rene Chambrun
Rene de Chambrun
Lafayette
Pierre Laval
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Franklin D. Roosevelt
de Chambrun
Cubt
Maginot Line
United States
Popular Front
Rene
North Sea
Switzerland
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Sumner Welles
de Gaulle
Paris
Bronx
Roosevelt
King Features Syndicate
Four Chaplains of Dorchester Receive Posthumous DSC
The four chaplains, Protestant Catholic and Jewish, gave away all life jackets to soldiers on the Dorchester, praying together as the ship sank. The Army has awarded them the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously, honoring their selfless sacrifice.
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Dorchester
Army
Christian Science Monitor
Chiang Kai-Shek tea party to stop gossip
A St. Louis Post Dispatch note reports Chiang Kai-shek hosted a tea party aimed at curbing gossip, a gesture seen as signaling a public effort to quell rumors.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
Czars of Purity and the Baseball Czar Debate
An essay argues czars are figures of virtue who must be honest, devout, humorous, and knowledgeable about baseball to hold public trust. The piece names Jim Farley as a potential baseball czar and reflects on past U S diplomacy errors and the state department’s favoritism and career promotions in the 1920s and 1940s.
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United States
Judge Landis
Will Hays
Toots Shor’s
Jim Farley
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Frank B. Kellogg
Joe G
Pala
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Rockefeller and Grew in Latin America Focus
A discussion on Nelson Rockefeller and Joseph C. Grew within the State Department. It notes Rockefeller’s past actions over accommodations for Black staff and Latin American visitors, Rockefeller’s Latin America policy ties to Standard Oil, and Grew’s tenure and clashes with Mexico and Nicaragua amid U S diplomacy.
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Washington
London
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Florida
Rockefeller
Miami
Nelson
Standard Oil
Uncle Sam
Latin America
Grey
Grizzled
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Grew
FDR
Groton
Harvard
Boston Cadots
J. P. Morgans
Manchuria
India
Turkey
Japan
Roosevelt
Joe
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Green
Kellogg
Nicaragua
Mexico
Borah
State Department
Adolfo Diaz
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Good Shepherds
Czars
George E. Sokolsky
American Company
Coolidge
Appo
Henry L. Stimson
Department
Stim
Dwight Morrow
Grewn
U. S
Hugh Wilson
J. Jer Wright
le Harrison
E Mac F. Hinkle
Gene
W Gren
Decid
Office
P Relations
W Hinkle
Hinkle
George Moses
Hampshire
White House
Steve
Edwards
Georgia
Charl Dawes
Drew Pearson
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