Picket Line Racketeering Exposed By Tobin Wu
The editorial cites Dan Tobin as Teamsters president admitting picket lines are grafts used by union grafters to force membership and fees. It notes Tobin's stance on government action and warns of federal reporting and coercion of workers, with references to Dave Beck and Biddle.
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the Teamsters’ Union
Dan Tobin
Brother Daniel
Dan’l
Brother Tobin
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
Pacific Northwest
Dave Beck
Brother Dan'l
Hercules of headlines Elmer Davis bids to steer postwar info
The piece profiles Elmer Davis named coordinator of government information agencies in Washington. It weighs his brevity and precision against the high task of shaping total wartime information, and debates whether General MacArthur should or will become a postwar president. It recalls past generals who dabbled in politics and warns against turning leadership into a prize.
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Stentor
Elmer Davis
Washington
Hercules
Davis
Calphurnia
Caesar
Cave of the Winds
H. von Kaltenborn
Hamlet
Yorick
Mr. Davis
Superman
Gallup
Douglas MacArthur
Washington Dispatch
MacArthur
Bataan
Wendell Willkie
Grant
Union
McClellan
Lincoln
Mexico
Dewey
Tar Baby metaphor in defense of Nelson amid Senate probes
The piece argues that U S Senate criticism of WPB chief Donald Nelson is misplaced and cites Uncle Remus Brer Rabbit fable to say Nelson delivered wartime results. It warns investigations will linger, and calls for future review only after security is won.
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U. S. Senate
Brer Rabbit
Uncle Remus
WPB
Donald Nelson
Itprose
Mr. Nelson
Senate
Tom Conally
Texas
Nelson
Laval name reads same both ways, now sinistrally used
Observation notes that the word Laval reads identically clockwise or counter-clockwise. New reports from Vichy hint Frenchmen are adopting sinistral spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Vichy
Babies as morale boosters in wartime travel
The author argues that babies provide morale during stress, noting millions of infants and their illiteracy as a wartime paradox. He describes seeing many infants traveling on trains to Washington and urges family unity, claiming babies help win the war and deserve equal consideration with soldiers.
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America
Washington, D. C
South
Washington
R. H. Markham
The
Christian Science Monitor
Baer Facts Opinionated Ode on OPA Stockings
A satirical column criticizes OPA guidance on stockings and washing habits, mocking wartime controls and suggesting spy recruitment. It cites Victor Hugo and Martin Yankee, ending with moral quotes about actions and reciprocity.
Ickes Reverses Himself In Wartime Policy Shifts
Washington reports suggest Defense and foreign policy shifts as sector reorganizations unfold. The article notes Beav erbrook's London visit misread Roosevelt stance on Soviet territory and describes Britain dropping territorial drafts for a twenty year defense pact. It also covers Ickes turning back from past positions and primaries results nationwide.
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Washington
Russia
Stalin
Lord Beaverbrook
Mr. Roosevelt
London
Molotoff
Beaverbrook
Anthony Eden
France Anti Nazi Sentiments Grow as U S Support Waves
In a wartime column the piece reports French resistance rising as convoys to Russia face ice pack limits and German bases in Trondheim. It notes British air raids on Renault and the Champs Elysee flag drop, plus U S policy critiques. It mentions Jacques and Clyde Ellis funding, Walter Winchell philanthropy, and Juan Trippe as a potential Navy aide.
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Russia
United Nations
France
Hitler
Washington
United States
U. S
Murmansk
Norway
Trondheim
England
State Department
U. S. State Department
North Africa
Britain
Renault Motor Plant
Champs Elysee
Donald Nelson
Truman
Senate
Clyde Ellis
Arkansas
Power Trust
Congress
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Lasser
Navy
Walter Winchell
Juan Trippe
Pan American Airways
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Francis Biddle
BY Ding
Brer Rabbit and the
Tar Baby
Milton
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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OPA
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Victor Hugo
Martin Yankee
Ickes
Paul Mallon
Aleutian
Chungking
China
Reds
War Production Board
Army
War and Navy Departments
FDR
Luther Patrick
Alabama
Maine
James Oliver
Iowa
Willkie
Illinois
Motor Freight Association
American Automobile Association
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