Truman’s Universal Training Urged By Compton Panel
The nine member civilian commission led by Karl Compton calls for compulsory military training for up to 950000 youths annually to strengthen national defense. It argues current forces are inadequate and that training can blend education with service, offering college and technical pathways during early military schooling.
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Truman
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Commission
Congress
West Point
Annapolis
Compton
Germany's Underground by George E Sokolsky
A review of Allen W Dulles OSS account Germany's Underground praising anti Nazi Germans who resisted Hitler and noting their risks and sacrifices Even in a police state like Nazi Germany liberty remained a goal for both civilians and military figures including Rommel and Goerdeler The piece argues freedom over security and comments on postwar reconstruction and reeducation challenges.
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Allen W. Dulles
OSS
Germany
Hitler
Dulles
MacMillan
Rommel
von Kluge
Nazi Germany
Japan
Soviets Oppose Freedom Measures at UN Subcommission
A UN subcommission voted 9 to 1 to study eliminating peacetime censorship of news at next year’s conference on freedom of information. It also backed protection for foreign correspondents to curb arbitrary expulsions, though the Soviet Union opposed both proposals.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
Milwaukee Journal
A Whopping Vacation Year Promises Record Summer Spending
Commerce statisticians forecast Americans will spend six to ten billion dollars on vacations this summer. More than a third of the population will visit a beach or pool, 18 million swimsuits will be sold, and department stores expect women to spend over a quarter of a billion on sportswear. The season is dubbed the vacationist summer on record.
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Department of Commerce
Voice of America Congress Should Respect Global Hearing
A World Telegram quote argues that Congress must speak in a way that earns respectful hearing for Americans worldwide, stressing the impact of U S rhetoric on international reception.
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Voice of America
Congress
New York World Telegram
Opium Co built fortune tied to Westbrook Pegler opium tale
New York columnist outlines alleged opium smuggling links of Warren Delano and James Roosevelt, tracing the Delano and Roosevelt families to Consolidation Coal with nonunion mines. He cites 19th century letters, labor strikes, and company practices, weighing historic wealth against labor conflicts and profits.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Fdr
Warren Delano
Canton
China
Shanghai
Great Pegler Memorial Library
Russell and Co
Delano
W. P. Pierce
Petrie
Chinchew Bay
Chinchew
Cumsingnoon
Malwa
Woosung
Messrs. Russell and Co
Amoy
Hong Kong
Patua
Patna
Roosevelt
National Maritime Union
Gracetown
Wintondale
John L. Lewis
Frederick Delano
James Roosevelt
Franklin
Consolidation Coal Company
Sara Roosevelt
Franklin and
Eleanor
Cumberland
Knights of Labor
Federation of Miners and Laborers
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Maryland
Europe
Union Mines
Life and Times of the Pretzel
A compact history notes pretzels date to the early Christian era in Italy where they symbolized prayer and were named from Latin pretiola. Goths carried them to Germany, now called bretzels, with U.S. output around 80 million pounds annually and Pennsylvania leading production.
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Italy
Germany
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ernest R. Abrams
Expediency vs Principle in Labor Bill Reassessment
Washington June 3 The analysis of the labor management relations bill by the joint House Senate committee finds the measure weakened from the Senate version. It enlarges the National Labor Relations Board power over employers while allowing unions broad admission terms, with civil suits replacing strong penalties for unfair bargaining. The piece argues Truman may veto a bill that preserves union leverage at the expense of employer rights, warning of a larger battle over union dominance in America.
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Washington
Joint Conference Committee
House
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
America
White House pressure over wartime film probes freedom in 1940s
Washington columnist recalls near totalitarian control during World War II, detailing how the White House allegedly pressured Warner Bros to produce a Communist propaganda film. The piece cites figures like Roosevelt, Wheeler, Taft, Dies, and Davies, and discusses government overreach, censorship, and reputational ruin in 1942.
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Geo Washington
White House
Washington
Congress
Judiciary
Office of War Information
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fdr
Stalin
Trotsky
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Taft
James A. Farley
New York State
Democratic Committee
Martin Dies
House Committee On un-Americanism
Jack Warner
Warner Bros
Warner
No Cause for Souvenirs in Laundry Exchange
A customer insists he is not a celebrity during a laundry dispute, prompting the manager’s puzzled response in what reads as a brief, clipped exchange likely from a 20th century clipping. The piece captures a small, human moment in a service setting.
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Christian’ Science Monitor
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George E. Sokolsky
Himmler
Beck
Goerdeler
Moltke
Leuschner
Stauffenberg
Goethe
Schiller
Mozart
Beethoven
Karl Marx
Ferdinand Lassalle
England
King Features, Syndicate, Inc
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David Lawrence
Washington Scene
Moscow
Russia
Joseph E. Davies
Davies
John W. Thompson
Air Transport Association
Falls Church
Virginia Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
C. F. Joyner Jr
John W. M. Thompson
Richmond
Western State Hospital
Norfolk
Thompson
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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