Browder and Bridges Controversy Sparks National Debate
A columnist condemns the Browder commutation and Bridges deportation in a call for unity against communism. He argues the administration acknowledges communist hostility to the U.S. and predicts legal delays, potential international deals, and ongoing political risk while noting Browder’s wife remains safely in Yonkers.
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Earl Browder
Biddle
Harry Bridges
Immigration Appeals Board
Bridges
Mr. Biddle
Communist Party
United States
Browder
It's Still Our Move by War Secretary Stimson War Review
In a reflection on Japan's favorable position after Tokyo bombing, the author rebuts Stimson's warning trend and argues that American resolve must translate into a military gain. The piece cites a Tokyo broadcast photo of Wainwright surrendering at Corregidor as propaganda aimed at Buenos Aires and stresses that true justice comes through strategic victory over Japan.
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Stimson
Tokyo
Buenos Aires
Wainwright
Homma
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Java
Corregidor
Burma
Japan
Patterson
Ickes
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Eastman
Leon Henderson
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Mortuary decorum and the theater of death across ages
The piece reflects on how great figures like Daniel Webster and John Barrymore faced death with dignity and artistry. It contrasts private mortuary decorum with modern war deaths, praising genuine courage over performance. It notes Death as a role without script and lauds soldiers' final sacrifices as supreme theater.
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Daniel Webster
John Barrymore
John Drew
It's bloody marvelous says commoner on Cologne raids
A commoner calls the raids on Cologne and Essen bloody marvelous, a vivid wartime reaction captured amid reports of Allied operations. The remark echoes public sentiment about wartime bombings and advances in northern Europe.
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Cologne
Essen
Ickes Defends Congress Amid War Time Pressure
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes urges restraint in criticizing Congress and defends its essential role in wartime governance. He cites Chief Justice Stone on checks and balances and notes recent Democratic tensions over price control appointments. The Associated Press report mentions Henderson and patronage threats, framing Ickes' stance as protective rather than acquiescent.
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Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Boston
Stone
The
New Republic
Union For World Democracy
Ickes
Associated Press
Roosevelt
New Deal
Leon Henderson
Price Control Agency
Henderson
Editorial Roundtable on Paul Douglas and Civic Duty
The piece notes Paul Douglas, age fifty, enlisting as a US Marine reservist after losing the Democratic Senate nomination in Illinois. It highlights his Chicago alderman bid and critique of local machine politics while praising citizen participation for democracy. Also cited are citizens uniting across lines to support production and defense for America to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago
United States
Illinois
Douglas
Chicago
Machine Administration
Kelly-Nash
Kansas City Star
America
Dallas Morning News
Nine Tire Conservation Rules Issued by OEM
The Office for Emergency Management releases nine tire conservation rules, condensed into a general guideline. The advisory urges strict, careful use of tires as if no further supplies will arrive.
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Office For Emergency Management
New York Sun
Baer Here: Laughers in Radio Ads and a Union
Arthur Baer critiques radio program laughter as manufactured by commercial pluggers. He notes identical midnight and early broadcasts with laugh tracks and questions who profits from the laughs and the sixty four dollars. He jokes about a Laugher-Upper Union and mocks both performers and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musician’s Union
Call for Single Authority in War Gas and Rubber Control
Washington reporters argue that centralized, sole responsibility is the cure for muddled war policy. The Truman committee faulted division of authority among OPM, Rubber Reserve, RFC, and others for rubber and gas planning failures. Defenders warn until nations forge a single-line command, rubber stocks and tire production remain delayed.
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Washington
Congress
Donald Nelson
Truman Committee
Jesse Jones
War Production Board
Henderson
War Department
Ickes
OPM
Rubber Reserve Corporation
RFC
Stettinius Advisory Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nelson
Roosevelt
FDR
National Inventors Council
Brazil
Buta
Thurman Arnold Crashes War Dept Monopolies Row
Washington notes a domestic clash between War Secretary Stimson and anti trust chief Thurman Arnold over prosecuting big firms in war material monopolies. Arnold won a publicized victory when GE withdrew objections, and Glassford’s return to service as colonel tops a family promotion gag.
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Drew Pearson
Thurman Arnold
War Department
Glassford
Washington
Kharkov
Burma
Kinhwa
War Stimson
Germany
Stimson
White House
Hitler
Roosevelt
Biddle
Arnold
U.S
Robert S. Allen
Sylvania
General Electric
Allan Gullion
Pelham D
Happy) Glassford
Arizona
United States
Happy
Army of the
James E. Fechet
Air Corps
Fechet
O. K
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Bugs" Baer
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