Burgess urges contracting work to boost Arizona farming output
In a speech to vocational teachers Dean Paul S. Burgess of the University of Arizona warns of a severe farm machinery shortage due to hoarding while repair parts rise. He proposes using customs work to cut costs, urges action by the Secretary of Agriculture to coordinate districts and accelerate production, stressing food for war needs and economy.
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Paul S. Burgess
University of Arizona
College of Agriculture
Burgess
Arizona
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Wickard
Dean Burgess
Treasury
Doughton
Coughton
Disputed Dispatches Spark Union Pressure Across Papers
The author recounts union and guild efforts to suppress his antiwar dispatches from Stars and Stripes and other papers. He cites threats of boycotts, censorship, and investigations, noting alleged Communist fronts and labor racketeering. The piece argues workers are awakening to union coercion and political manipulation during wartime.
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New York Newspaper Guild
Stars and Stripes
George C. Marshall
Guild
United States
Brown
Communist Party
Providence
Mussolini
Duce
CIO Council
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Department of Justice
la Follette Committee
Senate
William J. Gross
Gross
Parke Kreach
Rates: Home Delivered in Tucson and Mail Options
Rates listed for Tucson home delivery 15c per week outside 1ic per week by mail 7.50 per year 65c per month payable in advance Telephone 2400 for all departments Jefferson quote about tyranny over the mind of man is included.
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Tucson
God
Thomas Jefferson
Call for IQ and temperamental tests for congressional candidates
A political columnist argues Arizona voters should require congressional hopefuls to prove mental fitness through IQ and psychometric testing. The piece questions candidates' temperaments, criticizes current Congress, and suggests tests be filed with petitions for public review, acknowledging civil liberty concerns but prioritizing practical reform.
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Armed Services
Congress
Arizona
Fifty Percent Gas Saving Plan Proposed in Fireside Chat
The author argues for a nationwide fifty percent reduction in gas consumption to solve rationing and tire saving issues. They urge coordinated action, carpooling, careful driving, and mindful travel to Phoenix, with reminders of Pearl Harbor and optimism that Washington will accept the plan after the White House address.
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Washington
White House
Arizona
Phoenix
Pearl Harbor
Von Stroheim Seeks Nazi Role To Aid World Peace
Hollywood notes Eric von Stroheim declares it his patriotic duty to portray a vicious Nazi on screen. He recalls making audiences hate the enemy in the last war and hopes to again in Arsenic and Old Lace, arguing a stark moral duty to help deter Nazism for a safer world.
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Eric von Stroheim
Hollywood
Vienna
Imperial and Royal Military Academy
Wiener-Neustadt
United States
Samson
Editorial Round Table and Notable Quotations
A collection of brief quotes attributed to Milton and others. The items reflect on knowledge, saving money, national debt, and a humorous note about a neighborhood dog choosing a puppy from a kennel.
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Milton
Baer Facts Rating The Boosters In Radio Commerce
Arthur Baer rates radio boosters by product and persona praising Mineral Wool Tasty Flotsam and Jetsam Granulated Griping Greepies Toasted Terra Cotta and Corrugated Cookies. He favors slick talkers and catchy pitches noting sales appeal and entertaining delivery. He anticipates autumn return and broadcasts continue.
Fireside chat urged to explain gas rationing and rubber shortage
Washington column reports White House advisers urged President Roosevelt to address the nation in a fireside chat to clarify gas rationing tied to a critical rubber shortage. Leon Henderson urged leadership as rubber reserves and war needs loom in Congress. Morgenthau and House Ways and Means members clash over timing and delay in tax bill preparation.
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House Committee
Bart Morgenthau
Washington
White House
Donald Nelson
Leon Henderson
Archie MacLeish
War Patterson
U. S
Atlantic Seaboard
Congress
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert Doughton
Doughton
Treasury
North Carolina
Post-War Policing and Treaties Under scrutiny
Paul Mallon argues treaties did not prevent aggression by Japan Germany or Italy and urges a strong armed force over a universal police group. He notes reliance on League of Nations failed and stresses realism backed by a robust military.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Japan
Pacific Islands
Far East
Germany
Italy
Russia
France
League of Nations
Britain
Hitler
Rhineland
United States
Any Association of Nations
U.S. Army
Navy
Fortune
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League
Manchuria
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Ohio
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AFL
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Mother Russia
Biddle
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Detroit News
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
BAER
Spieler
Booster
F.D.R
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
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