Ingle Becomes Tucson Chief of Police Amid Merit System Critique
Former Tucson personnel chief J Forrest Ingle is installed as chief after a rushed appointment. The newspaper ridicules the merit system, praises the spoils-era approach, and questions how foreign service experience relates to police leadership.
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J. Forrest Ingle
Tucson
Ingle
Martin
United States
England
Scotland
Czechoslovakia
America
British Isles
Fred Lee
Mr. Ingle
City Hall
The
Star
Arizona
Department of
Unadjusted People Defy Social Pressure and Moral Drift
The author argues against constant social adjustment to wartime norms and popular culture. They praise unadjusted individuals who feel anger toward wrong, reject lies, resist sin, and refuse to tolerate ignorance and debasing behavior amid pervasive propaganda and conformity.
Queer Doings at Washington Over Roosevelt Social Security Bill
Washington observers note Mr. Roosevelt did not veto the 1 and 1 per cent social security tax hike. A veto note was prepared by the social security board, but the president appeared moved to avoid another political fight. The piece highlights intra administration friction with Guffey and Pepper New Dealers opposing Roosevelt appointees at the State Department and questions their motives and loyalties amid wartime politics.
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Paul Mason Washington
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
James Byrnes
Congress
Stettinius
State Department
Joe Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
CIO
Pepper
Florida
New York
Churchill
Greece
Poland
Clayton
Ickes
Mr. Hull
League of Nations
AFL
Green
Rhode Island
Tunnels
Delaware
Democratic Senate
Guffey
Churchil
Cain
Scobie
Athens
White Hall
U. S
Ofl
Eisenholt
United
Stett
Greec
Allied
Elas
Othey
J Byrnes
Byrnes
Navy
State Stettinius
Cap Hill
Will Clayton
Jesse Jon
Wington
Army-Navy
Jesse Jones
Leo Crowley
Jimmy B
Clayton-Jones
The
Bell Syndicate
Absorb and Remember By Westhook Pegler
A satirical attack on unions and leaders including Joe Padway and Dan Tobin cites union constitutions to claim coercive rules. Pegler alleges compulsory life insurance, court bans, and boycott power, arguing political allies undermine American rights under Roosevelt era labor policy.
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Westhook Pegler
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Professor Weenie
Henry Wallace
Kaiser
Browne-Bioff
Padway
Musicians’ Union
Jimmy Petrillo
The
Teamsters
Old Dan Tobin
Roosevelt
Dan
Old Dan
Foulflusher
Tobin
Weenie
Wagner
Tammany Gang
Europe
King Features Syndicate
Willie Johnson Arraigned in Texas on Felony Charge
Willie Johnson, described as a frail, beaten man, was arraigned in a Texas district court on a felony charge. The court session opened with the clerk stating the prosecution as The state of Texas versus Willie Johnson, triggering an exclamatory remark from Johnson about the majority.
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Willie Johnson
Texas
State of Texas
Willie
Lloyd Gregory
Reader's Digest
Woman faints as son learns 1-A draft status
A jittery mother collapses in front of her child after he announces from kindergarten that he has been classified as 1-A for military induction, highlighting wartime draft tensions.
Dewey as Governor Faces Hypothetical Postwar Fallout
In Washington dispatch, the columnist argues Dewey would be lucky if elected and faced with a war-pressured public mood blaming Roosevelt’s defeat for stalled Europe, strained Allied unity, Greek unrest, Italian shortages, and war outcomes. The piece contemplates political continuity and Polish voting influence, suggesting Dewey stay in New York governance until 1948 if the war continues.
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Washington
Dewey
Europe
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Greece
Senate
Congress
White House
Italy
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Far East
Churchill Demands Probe and ICC Reforms in South
In Washington the interstate commerce commission faces removal of freight rate differentials harming Southern industry. Roosevelt may not reappoint two commissioners, with Mahaffie leaving January 1 and Alldredge possibly being reappointed. The White House seeks a fair-minded replacement. An article also notes a Stassen 48 boom beginning after New Year led by Dan Tobin's Teamsters to boost Stassen for 1946 Senate bid, aiming to blunt Henrik Shipstead.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
ICC
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce
Charles D. Mahaffie
Teamsters Union
Minnesota
Stassen
Stacs
Drew Pearson
Henrik Shipstead
Teamsters
Senate
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Dan Tobin
Fdr
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
William Starke Rosecrans
Gardina
California
USA
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Boilermaker’s Union
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