Aren't We All? Referendum Fights in Local Annexation Debate
A Tucson opinion piece criticizes petitions in the Monterey and Ponderosa additions annexation dispute. It argues minority petitioners retain rights to circulate measures despite majority pressure and notes past referendums on utility acquisitions viewed by critics as dictatorial. The piece questions who truly bears the cost of any future election and declares consistency rare in political interests.
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Bunion
Monterey
Ponderosa
Phoenix
Yuma
Tucson
Monterey and Ponderosa
Monterey-Ponderosa
Supreme Court cancels Harry Bridges deportation order
The United States Supreme Court, in a 5 to 3 ruling, cancelled the seven year old deportation order against Harry Bridges of Australia. Bridges, a noted unionist, will remain in the United States as the court ends the long legal wrangle begun in 1942.
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Harry Bridges
United States Supreme Court
Bridges
Australia
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Fritz Kuhn
United States
Biddle
Hell
High Water
Union Buys Plant Could Educate On Industrial Relations
The Milwaukee Journal notes UAW CIO President R J Thomas plans to buy the Willow Run plant from the government after Henry Ford ceases bomber production. If real, the move could educate the nation on union management of a plant and responses to strikes and disobedience by workers.
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United Automobile Workers
CIO
R. J. Thomas
Willow Run
Henry Ford
Milwaukee Journal
The Will to Peace and the World Order
George E. Sokolsky argues that two rival paths shape postwar policy the triple alliance of Russia the United States and Great Britain and the San Francisco push for an international parliament. He cautions that peace must be pursued through forbearance and diplomacy rather than coercive power and notes small nations deficit in defense and independence concerns in a fragile new world order.
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Ofte
Triple Alliance
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Parliament of
Nations
Europe
San Francisco
Soviet Russia
Germany
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Australian Triumph Dinner From Cans Impress US Guests
United States Army procurement officers and Australian food authorities dined on a menu entirely from cans except bread, highlighting the wartime food collaboration. Col H B Hester hosted with Sir Stanton Hicks noting rapid Australian catering progress under US guidance, amid $100 million in annual food support to Allied forces.
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United States Army
United States
Southwest Pacific
Australia
H. B. Hester
Australian Army Catering
Stanton Hicks
Paul P. Logan
Washington
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Silent on 200000 Loan By Roosevelt Son
Westbrook Pegler reports on the 1945 syndicated piece alleging a 1939 loan of 200000 from John Hartford to Elliott Roosevelt and its 1941 settlement. The column accuses Roosevelt of improper conduct and calls for congressional inquiry to vindicate or condemn the president and family.
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Westbrook Pegler
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Hartford
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
RFC
Hartford
Department of Justice
Danville
Ill
Elliott
Mr. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Warm Springs
Jones
Congress
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Pecora
Ewing
William Sirovich
Sirovich
U. S. Grant
King Features Syndicate
Peace Parable from a 1945 King Features Column
The author mocks talkative politics and endless rhetoric, arguing for restraint and an armistice on verbosity. He compares European unity schemes to noisy ensembles of languages and laments loud broadcast agitation, urging decency and tolerance over heated public rhetoric.
Chinese War Situation Cites Jap Retreat Toward Yangtze
Paul Mallon reports that Japanese forces are retreating to the Yangtze river and Shanghai as Chinese forces attack around Hankow and Hong Kong. He notes supply disruption, air power gains by the Fourteenth Air Force, and strategic aims in Malaya and Borneo with a long Pacific front looming.
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Washington
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Tokyo
Manchuria
Hankow
Hong Kong
Malaya
South Asia
Burma
Fourteenth Air Force
Borneo
Pacific
Celebes
Java
Sumatra
Philippines
Japan
Brunei
Okinawa
Asia
King Features Syndicate
Washington Scene: Rep Gahagan Douglas Pushes Poll Tax Repeal
In Washington on June 18 Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas urged fellow lawmakers to vote for the repeal of the poll tax, stressing the bill regardless of support. The column also notes reader reactions to Eleanor Roosevelt and a playful misattribution involving a midwest paper.
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Gee
Washington
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Legal humor at Illinois bar exam proves his future
John Hay faced an oral examination before senior lawyers in Illinois. When asked how he would advise a client with a complex case, he replied he would seek a $25 retainer and tell the client to call back next morning. The examiners approved, and Hay passed.
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Illinois
John Hay
Hay
Christian Science Monitor
No Short Cut There Is No Substitute For Training
A quotation from Col. John Castles emphasizes that there is no replacement for training or quick readiness to face emergencies. He argues we cannot rely on rapid Army expansion in moments of crisis and urges sustained preparation.
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John
That’s All, Ho! Ship Enters New York Harbor Scene
A ship reaches New York harbor with the Statue of Liberty in view as silence falls on deck. A soldier at the rail calls across the water to a crew member, requesting to put the light down, claiming to be home.
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New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
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