The Victualling Function And The OPA Crisis
The piece criticizes the OPA under Leon Henderson and Prentiss Brown for weak management in price controls. It argues Congress will reform by vesting victualling with order and authority, citing Bill Jeffers as practical know how and urging decisive action to protect daily bread amid the food and price muddle.
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Jeffersize
OPA
Leon Henderson
Prentiss Brown
Henderson
Brown
Bill Jeffers
Jeffers
House Agricultural Committee
Distinction or Punishment for Antisocial Strikes
The piece argues military service is an honorable distinction and not a punishment for anti social acts like coal strike participation. It notes the army can grant citizenship to aliens, who may convert alien status to citizenship, while urging deportation for those traitorously disaffected. It frames Draft policy under President Roosevelt as enabling rapid citizenship through service.
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United States Army
Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Congress
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Representative McCormack
House
San Juan Day Faith and Rainfall Provokes Debate
The article notes mixed views on San Juan's Day rainfall and tradition among Mexican American communities. Some watchers use precise timekeeping to doubt the ritual, while others emphasize broader festival days and anticipation. The overcast sky on June 24 morning leads the author to affirm rain, arguing tradition can bend with interpretation. Noah’s flood is cited as a parallel to challenge fixed predictions.
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San Juan
The President's Veto by David Lawrence
Washington reports President Roosevelt backs away from a strike prohibition amid wartime production concerns. The piece questions the move as harmful to the armed forces and criticizes advisers and lawmakers, urging Congress to override the veto and defend the home front.
China's Rice Bowl Lands in Japanese Path
Excerpted from a National Geographic Society Bulletin the Hunan and Hupeh provinces known as China’s rice bowl lie in the Yangtze corridor now facing a Japanese offensive. The article notes vast farming, intensive labor, and high population density with fields producing for centuries, while quips from Detroit News and Buffalo News frame patriotism and sharing garden tools.
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Hunan
Hupeh
China
Yangtze
Texas
United States
National Geographic Society
Roosevelt policy shift sparks Detroit riot critique
Westby argues President Roosevelt backed unlawful insurrection during the Detroit protests tied to CIO sit downs. He cites fear, bloodshed, and government failure, claiming leaders were rewarded and public terror spread, with citizens fearing loss of jobs or life.
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Westby
New York
Detroit
Roosevelt
CIO
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Michigan
United States
Insecticide Front By Arthur Baer Promotes War Garden Club
An opinion piece by Arthur Baer celebrates women forming war gardens and marching to town. It extols homegrown food for wartime morale and humorously laments pests like Japanese beetles and potato bugs, urging readers to join the Old Colonial War Gardens outdoors.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Lincoln quote on hope and justice from John Hay history
The passage reflects John Hay’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln as envisioning a future of absolute justice and peace. It notes Lincoln’s faith in God’s timing, his inclusive charity toward all people, and a patient, expansive mindset like nature itself.
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Lincoln
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Pranksters in Congress Trick Calls From Faked Identities
Washington dispatch recounts a hoax era where a caller impersonates figures like Claude Wickard to lure lawmakers to meetings. Brent Spence dismisses a Wickard call, then discovers the secretary had attempted contact, prompting embarrassment and bystander curiosity.
Takes Two Sides To Make Riot By Paul Mallon
Washington discussion on race riots along with the wartime context. Officials lecture both sides about law and order while the causes remain disputed. The piece notes media bias and urges temperate leadership from both Negro and white communities.
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Paul Mallon Washingon
Beaumont
Los Angeles
Detroit
Mobile
Washington
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Tucson
A Daily Citizen
Associated Press
United Press Association
THE
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Attar of God
Thomas Jefferson
By David Lawrence
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
War Labor Board
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Detroit News
Buffalo News
King Features
Carlisle
Drew Pearson
Donald Nelson
Anti-Saloon League
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Claude Wickard
Spence
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt Hotel
Wickard
Congressman Spence
Marvin Jones
Agriculture Committee of the House
Jones
Brent
Vinson
J. B.hutson
Commodity Credit
Hutson
John Bankhead
Alabama
George Aiken
Vermont
Walter George
Georgia
Aiken
United Features
Newark
Mahatma Ghandi
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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