Charter for peace backed by arms and global harmony debate
President Truman approves a charter for peace emphasizing enforcement of peace by force and a security council backed by the Big Five. The piece argues nations must accept harmonious discussion under penalties to maintain international security and justice. It also previews debate in the senate and contrasts New Dealers with Tories in shaping postwar order.
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Truman
Senate of the
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Charter For Peace
Security Council
Roosevelt
Britain
Winston Churchill
Big Five
International School
San Francisco
Vinegar Joe Stilwell to command tenth army in field
General Stilwell known as Vinegar Joe refuses desk duties and prefers field command. His new assignment to lead the tenth army signals plans for larger operations beyond Okinawa, with the choice coming from General MacArthur rather than higher Army leadership.
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Stilwell
Washington
Vinegar Joe
Tenth Army
Okinawa
General MacArthur
Bond selling folly in St Louis air shows
The St Louis Post Dispatch condemns three Sunday air shows used to promote war bonds. It questions gasoline waste and motor depreciation costs, arguing bond sales should remain strictly a business of personal savings and inflation protection.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Nimitz to Expand Tenth Army and Retain Marine Corps
The Christian Science Monitor reports Admiral Nimitz plans to enlarge the tenth army for large-scale land campaigns and may keep the third marine amphibious corps under his command for future ship to shore operations, mainly naval in scope.
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Admiral Nimitz
Tenth Army
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Christian Science Monitor
Complete Revision For Labor Relations Bill Debated
Westbrook Pegler argues the senate labor relations bill admits the Wagner act’s faults and seeks to curb bosses and unions. He cites public interest, worker abuses, and calls for constitutional rights protection while criticizing union leaders and court rulings.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Senate
Hatch
New Mexico
Burton
Ohio
Ball
Minnesota
Labor Relations Board
Omnibus Service
Labor Committee
Michigan
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Jimmy Petrillo
Boston
Massachusetts
Labor Administration
United States Supreme Court
King Features Syndicate
Bringing Back Vaudeville By Arthur Bugs Baer
Humorist Arthur Baer riffs on reviving vaudeville after wartime shocks. He jokes about showcasing Mussolini, Hitler, and other figures in bizarre acts, imagining a chaotic variety show with gags like Shickelgruber on a big wheel and a sinking Maine exhibit.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Mussolini
Shickelgruber
Maine
Jesse James
Jesse
Hollywood Picture Company
Benito
Adolf
Quisling
Togo
King Features
Not As Simple As That by David Le
General Eisenhower calls for a single defense department but insists unity is complex. Congress should convene a joint committee after the war to expose inter service blunders and ensure accountability. Air power, land and sea forces need integrated coordination rather than separate forces.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Department of National Defense
War
Navy
Congress
Senate
House
America
Pearl Harbor
Doolittle
Department of Defense
Army
Air Force
Naval
MacArthur
Nimitz
Surplus Board Offices Packed as Shoots for Hearses Sold
Washington scene notes the war surplus property board runs a vast merchandizing operation with cramped offices and furniture saved from purchase. They sell horse drawn hearses as part of disposal, while Brig. Gen. Ralph H. Tate sustains an injury from a beaver board incident at the Pentagon.
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Geo
King Features Syndicate
Washington
War Surplus Property Board
Poetic quarrel over Bill McBride and trolley car art
In a crowded exchange a Dixon remark by General Tate about Italy contrasts with disputes over a trolley poem attributed to Archibald MacLeish. Eager commenters mock the poem and its political satire, while a humorous cartoon shift is hinted amid references to public notices and wartime life.
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Archibald MacLeish
Capital Transit Company
Bill McBride
Archie
E. Cleve Giddings
MacLeish
Margaret M. Galatha
Powhattan St
Alexandria
Mr. MacLeish
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Cucson Daily Citizen
George E. Sokolsky
Petrillo
International Ladies Garment Workers
David Dubinsky
King Features Syndicate, Inc
David le
Royal Air Force
Marine Corps
U. S. Navy
U. S
Washington Scene
Ralph H. Tate
Russell Bruce
Pentagon
Fifteenth Army Group
General Tate
Dixon
Tate
Italy
Federal Register
Sailor
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