Protect The Peace and the Grocers' Guild Custom
A narrator recalls an induction banquet in London and the grocers' guild tradition of flanking to protect the cup of friendship. As peace talks loom among Allied nations, questions arise about shared sacrifice and a truly just postwar order. The piece weighs Willkie's ideas against Roosevelt's approach and warns of unprotected flanks at the table of peace.
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London
Grocers’ Guild
England
Lawrence of Arabia
Roosevelt I
Tomorrow's Jobs For Women
Eight women’s organizations totaling about 10 million members urge a postwar equal pay plank for both major parties. They argue women will bear greater financial responsibility after the war, though they do not seek to replace men in industry. the issue calls for careful planning to safeguard employment rights for all.
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Christian Science Monitor
House Votes Down Decision By David Lawrence
The House approves 283 to 54 a measure opposing the Supreme Court view on insurance and the Sherman Anti Trust Law. The vote signals congressional intent to exempt insurance from federal antitrust applications, aiming to avoid chaos in the industry. Senate action and a possible Roosevelt veto are discussed, with prospects of passage likely after recess.
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David Lawrence Washington
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Frankfurter
Jackson
Congress
McCormack
Ramspeck
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
House
Department of Justice
Political Planners Eye Short Cigar Advantage
From Chicago the Daily News notes that back-room strategists may seal two nominations with a compact after-dinner cigar, signaling behind the scenes maneuvering in party nominations.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Story of the Tobins and the Teamsters in a New Deal critique
Westbrook Pegler analyzes the Tobin family tied to the Teamsters, noting high salaries for Frank and Fred Tobin at ten thousand dollars a year, jobs in the union’s statistics bureau and legislative bureau, and others in the family involved in union work and insurance. The piece casts the Tobins as emblematic of economic inequality amid the Roosevelt era, urging readers to see loyalty to labor gains alongside profit motives.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Teamsters’ Union
Tobin
Dan Tobin
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Frank Tobin
Teamsters
Statistical
Frank
United States
International
Royal House of
U. S
Atlan
Labor
Fred
Joe
Fred Tobin
Teamster
Joey Tobin
Father
Matt Woll
Engravers’ Union
Labor League For Human Rights
Tobins
Ed Tobin
The Belated June Wedding.
A humorous look at wedding superstitions and rites from ancient times to modern days. It riffs on veils, rings, grooms, best men, honeymoons, and parental legends with playful, era-spanning quips and antique anecdotes.
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Bugs Baer
Salome
Godiva
Niagara Falls
Pearson's Picture of Dewey
In Chicago on June 26, Drew Pearson portrays Tom Dewey as poised and self-assured on the eve of a major political week. The piece details Dewey’s grooming by mentors, polling habits, public speaking lessons, and personalized routines at his Pawling farm, noting his family life, church ties, and past influences from figures like Medalie and Pecora.
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Drew Pearson
Chicago
Dewey
Kenneth Simpson
Tom Dewey
Pawling
N. Y
Hobdver
Lowell Thomas
Richard Borden
New York University
George Gallup
Gallup
Willkie
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Joe Pew
Sun Oil Company
Kendall
George Medalie
U. S
Hoover
Medalie
T.E.D
SEC
Continental Securities Corporation
Ireland Reflections From Ulster The Island’s Two Irelands
Major Mark Finley writes from Northern Ireland describing the six Ulster counties Armagh Antrim Down Londonderry Fermanagh Tyrone and a population around 1.3 million. He notes Eire as neutral, Ulster allied with the Allies, climate and farm life, small Ulster farms, and linen flax processing. (Continued Tuesday).
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Ireland
Mark Finley
United States Army Transportation Corps
Northern Ireland
Finley
The
Citizen
Los Angeles Times
Ulster
United States
America
Connecticut
Armagh
Antrim
Down
Londonderry
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Lo Angeles
Labrador
Eire
Midlands
Freddie Delivers Eggs Amid Household Work
A neighbor ordered a dozen eggs and Freddie brought a few in the morning. He explained that was all they had at the moment but would bring the rest as soon as possible. They are working on them now.
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Freddie
Freddi
Polite Rebuff in Paraded New Recruit
A tense exchange emerges as a new recruit is mocked while a Tyean officer snarls about a separate peace amid Wall Street Journal references. The fragment hints at political or military tensions without full context.
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Wall Street. Journal
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