Iceland to vote on republic referendum in May
Icelanders will hold a popular referendum between May 20 and 23 on establishing a republican government. All four major Icelandic parties favor severing Danish ties, signaling postwar Europe shifts and possible long-term economic realignment with Britain or the United States.
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Christian
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Iceland
Great Britain
United States
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Norway
Christian X
Oslo
Balkans
Postwar death by own action risks and hopes for reform
Dr. Harry Freeman warns American Psychiatric Association members that postwar suicide rates are likely to rise after World War II, despite a record low 12 per 100,000. He cites wartime declines and postwar loss of life interest, urging victors to foster justice and humane policies to reverse the trend.
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Harry Freeman
American Psychiatric Association
Germany
Japan
Alexander's Strategy at El Alamein Described by Paul Mallon
A May 19 dispatch notes General Alexander chose a night attack at El Alamein to surprise the Gustav line. The plan used coordinated artillery, mine clearance, and infantry to disrupt defenses while limiting public comms. It highlights Liri valley spearhead, Cassino fighting, and German air weakness amid broader Allied offensives.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Gustav Line
Alexander
el Alamein
Egypt
United Nations
Liri River
Cassino
Rome
Liri
Cassino- Rome
Gustav
Anzio
Crimea
King Features Syndicate
History's grim joke on Betio Island coastal guns
The piece notes British markings on seized Singapore guns now fixed on Betio's reef coast. On November 20 U S forces attacked Tarawa lagoon from behind, destroying the guns that still pointed at the sea while Japanese gunners hid in dugouts.
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Betio Island
Japan
Singapore
Betio
Tarawa Lagoon
Belio
Boettiger Conversion Emphasized by Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues John Boettiger, once Chicago Tribune editor and son-in-law to President Franklin Roosevelt, shifted his political stance after marrying Anna Roosevelt. Pegler claims Boettiger warned against the New Deal before joining Seattle Hearst papers and later adopting pro New Deal views while tied to Hearst.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Chicago
Boettger
Tribune
Roosevelts
Anna
Boettiger
Hearst
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
White House
John
Chicago Tribune
Hugh Johnson
Brain Trust
Land
Treasury
United States
Robert R. McCormick
Mr. Hearst
McCormick
New Deal
Seattle
Newspaper Guild
Dave Beck
Teamsters’ Union
Northwest
Beck
Dan Tobin
The Dirty Glissando Bee and the Art of Sarcasm
A reflective piece explores campaign rhetoric and sharp satire through history. It traces vivid lines of invective from John Randolph to George Ade, noting how denunciation can become praise and ending with a self styled epitaph about haunting a house.
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John Randolph
Henry Clay
Disraeli
Gladstone
George Ade
Ade
Bill
King Features
I Want You Ma Honey and misread names in print
A historical note recalls May Irwin’s song read as I Want You Mahoney and a reviewer mistaking Julius Caesar for Jabez Carson, highlighting errors and near-corrections in old newspaper culture.
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May Irwin
Ma Honey
Mahoney
Jabez Carson
Julius Caesar
It Happen Here It Did In Washington Gossip
Republican National Committee uses a Montgomery Ward incident tale with photos of Sewell Avery and Berlin scenes to claim It Did Happen Here. The column notes Dies family politics and other Washington chatter on candidates, votes, and party maneuvers.
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Dre Washington
Republican National Committee
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Berlin
Ecsidens Thiehe Velt
Martin Dies
Texas
Congress
Dies
Woodrow Wilson
Martin
Junior
Cio-Afl
J. M. Combs
Sam Rayburn
Dies Committee
Chaif
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Dewey
Hurley
Near East
Roosevelt
Hull
Senate
Oxford
The Forgotten Factor in Washington’s Invasion of Spirit
Washington news reports two parallel campaigns urging spiritual influence in daily life. The Washington Federation of Churches sponsors noonday evangelism with leaders like Dr. Glenn Clark and Dr. E Stanley Jones, while the moral rearmament movement stages a three act play in a theater for senators, justices, and business and military leaders to stress industrial teamwork and shared moral responsibility.
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National Capital
Committee On Evangelism
Washington Federation of Churches
Glenn Clark
E. Stanley Jones
Abraham Vereide
Seattle
National
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Truman
Missouri
Wadsworth
New York
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
Dale Reed
CIO
Pacific Coast
George A. Eastman
Los Angeles Chamber of Com
Constitution Hall
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