Genial gesture proposal would expand voting rights for armed service members
The legislature considers a constitutional amendment to allow all residents serving in the armed forces to vote in the upcoming election. It would lower or remove age requirements, risking a clash with universal suffrage principles and potentially disenfranchising peers of the same age who lack military service.
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Nowage
Frank Merriwell
Burma
Marines
U. S
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Women in War Work Criticized as Too Glamorous
A former dress designer turned war worker criticizes American women for looking terrible as men go to war and the rest age or falter. Dr Edith Summerskill argues too much sex appeal hinders top war production and urges focus on economic freedom, while acknowledging British dowdiness.
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Edith Summerskill
Parliament
World peace urged by crowds in bleachers
Mr. Ely Culbertson visits to advocate organized world peace as a public debate and rally, arguing that peace must be demanded by the many in mass gatherings. He links bridge and chess as signs of keen intellect guiding the plan, urging collective action for a peaceful world.
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Ely Culbertson
House of Bridge
Bridge
Anxious Months of 1944 Loom in Allied War Plan
A Washington analysis forecasts a summer to autumn phase of World War II with multiple Allied offensives across Europe. It stresses coordinated air and ground campaigns, widespread landings, and the need to disrupt Nazi supply lines while weather and public mood weigh on U S policy as invasion plans unfold.
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Washington
Mar
Europe
Balkans
Hitler
European
Tunis
Bizerte
South Pacific
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Senator Langer Acknowledges Roosevelt’s Legacy
Indiana Senator Langer praised President Roosevelt as one of the greatest men to sit in the White House while commenting on Mrs. Roosevelt and her activities. He framed his remark as a critique of her traipsing.
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Langer
Ind
President Roosevelt
White House
Swiss guard fires at presumed strange animal crossing border
A Swiss frontier guard shot at what he described as a strange animal attempting to cross into Switzerland. One theory suggests it was a German scapegoat, while the background note from the Milwaukee Journal mentions a child with a home lesson and a radio kept nearby for possible breaking geography news.
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Switzerland
Milwaukee Journal
Parachutes and a Navy of Patents Fuel Scandals
Drew Pearson reports eight paratroopers drowned due to two handed parachute releases and compares British single point systems. He links deaths to patent battles and procurement, then outlines a sweeping overhaul of military intelligence and a volatile struggle for the Republican Senate leadership with Vandenberg and Bridges as leading contenders.
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Drew Pearson
West Palm Beach
Fila
Camp Mackall
N. C
U. S
England
Newton Longfellow
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Washington
Irvin Air Chute Company
Buffalo
N. Y
RAF
Canada
Army
Pearl Harbor
Jack McCloy
Clayton L. Bissell
George Schwarzwalder
Budget Bureau
Air Intelligence
Air Force
Martin S. Scanlon
Robert L. Walsh
Hume Peabody
Edgar Sorenson
Clayton Bissell
Michigan
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Senate
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
George Wilson
Iowa
Harlan Bushfield
South Dakota
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Alben Barkley
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Jet Propulsion in Aircraft Could Shape Postwar Air Travel
Business Week envisions jet propulsion as a postwar future for air travel with five to six hour transcontinental routes and intercapital links. The idea integrates with rotorcraft projects, suggesting small jets in helicopter blades as a logical power source.
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Business Week
Censor notes shield mail from all three countries in Madrid
United States, British, and Spanish censors all disclaim responsibility for letter mutilation in Madrid. Despite the warnings the letters arrived in perfect condition, suggesting effective preservation of correspondence. The Associated Press Dispatch reports the curious censorship stance.
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Madrid
United States
Associated Press Dispatch
Taller by Built Up Shoes Delights New York Nightlife
In a humorous column a runt narrator buys built up shoes to gain an inch of height. He notes reactions from friends and stars like Frances Faye and Zero Mostel, visits Romany Marie’s and La Martinique, and observes how taller status affects interactions with waiters, critics, and crowds.
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New York
U. S
George Raft
Rudy Vallee
Frank Sinatra
Joseph Burger
Builder-Upper
Third Avenue
Svodolia
Burton Rascoe
Lucius Beebe
Zero Mostel
Zero
Greenwich Village
Oronzo
la Martinique
Frances Faye
Henry Nadell
Tommy Raye
Miss Faye
Burger
Hollywood
Treasury bond drive lands criticism as reports stumble
Washington officials faced heat after the fourth war loan drive, with a projected $14 billion goal, ending at about $16.5 billion. Reporting delays and a shift away from “joy riders” caused confusion, as actual daily sales lagged by weeks and small investor impact was debated.
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Treasury
Bause
War Bond Drives Show Surging Front with Final Figures
Final figures indicate war bond sales rose across four drives from 725 million in September 1942 to surpass a 3 000 million quota for small and moderate investors in the fourth drive. The War Bond Division faces criticism over reporting delays and promises revisions if daily totals remain unfixed after March 15 income taxes.
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Treasury
T. R. Gamble
Ury
Quote from Richard Jefferies on ideas and freedom
A reflective line urging readers to push beyond current thoughts. It links idea generation with the remission of centuries of bondage. The quote emphasizes imagination as liberating and essential to progress.
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Richard Jefferies
Pilgrim Remembrance Quoted by John Bunyan
A reflective saying attributed to John Bunyan on sleep and wakefulness, memory and direction for pilgrims. The paraphrased aphorism contrasts those who sleep amid wakefulness with those who remember their purpose, urging contemplation of spiritual journey.
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John Bunyan
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