Campaign Oratory and Allied War Aims in Churchill Speech
The piece argues Churchill used campaign oratory to shape foreign policy signals to Spain and Turkey, hinting at mercenary expectations. It notes his gesture toward Franco and Turkey as strategic bait while suggesting the review could foreshadow wartime plans and alignments with the United States and Latin American publics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Turkey
Spain
Franco
United States
Western Hemisphere
Monroe
Ankara
Baksheesh
Willkie
The Bus Ride Reflections on a War Era Strike
A narrator recalls a morning bus ride after reading about Adamczyk’s strike of 1900 unionized penicillin workers. He describes "Mom" returning from a night shift at Southern Pacific, tired yet dignified in soiled overalls. The piece juxtaposes weary labor with patriotic pride and notes rising strikes amid looming war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamczyk
Southside
Southern Pacific
U. S
Eisenhower Calls on Occupied Europe People for Help
The general urges occupied European peoples to support the Allied effort, stressing that their aid is essential to victory and the success of planned operations. He expresses confidence in their courage and contribution to the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occupied Europe
General Eisenhower
Adam Powell
Congress
Henry Kaiser
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Navy
Jerry
Jesse Jones
What Really Happened At Tehran In Roosevelt Plan
Washington reports a leading weekly magazine claims Roosevelt drafted a world peace plan and timetable. The piece, attributed to ghost writer Forrest Davis, outlines a July start to European steps and a UN general assembly with limited powers, aiming to influence the 1944 campaign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tehran
Forrest Davis
Churchill
Stalin
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Davis
Europe
General Assembly
United Nations
Supreme Court to Hear Indicted Labor Leader Fay Case
New York May 27 An indictment against Joe Fay vice president of the Operating Engineers union accuses him of extorting 405000 from contractors on the Delaware aqueduct project. Fay seeks transfer to the Supreme Court arguing for better opportunity to influence jurors and avoid prejudice.
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Westbrook
Fay
Court of General Sessions
Denis O'Leary Cohalan
Supreme Court
New York County
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Washington
Organized Labor
Frank S. Hogan
Cohalan
Labor
New York
Westchester County
Aqueduct
Sold Papers Then By Bugs Baer and the Capitol Echoes
A memoir recalls selling papers in the 1890s through major events such as Coxey’s Army march from Massillon to Washington and the sinking of the Maine. It notes murder sensationalism by Dr Holmes, the McKinley assassination, and a Mayor Ashbridge buying papers, all shaping a lifelong paper route.
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Bugs Baer
Jake Coxey
Capitol Steps
Coxey
Massillon
Washington
Carnegie Hall
Bulletin
Telegraph
Item
Call and
the Star
Dr. Holmes
Doc
Mugdins
Fifteenth
Columbia
Maine
President McKinley
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Philly
Mayor Ashbridge
King Features
Peace talk calculus and election stakes in Roosevelt era
The passage weighs negotiating peace with a fragile president against delaying until after an election. It questions whether concluding peace before election day would undercut Roosevelt’s re election justification and how the campaign distills to essential elements.
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Messrs
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
King Features Syndicate
Eisenhower orders open Allied centers and price cuts for troops
General Eisenhower mandates that American Red Cross entertainment centers be open to all Allied troops in Western Europe and that prices be reduced to meet the British Tommy’s pay. The move aims to ease tensions between American and British forces and foster better cooperation amid invasion preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Red Cross
England
American Red Cross
New Zealand
Europe
New York
Harlem
Sarah Pelham Speaks
GOP
New 20Th
Mrs. Speaks
Adam Clayton Powell
Ace
New York City
Dowager Seeks Seat For Cherry Orchard Matinee
A thin dowager in a Persian lamb approached the National Theater box office to request a single seat for the Saturday matinee of The Cherry Orchard. She asked to sit not too close to the stage, adding that she had already seen it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Eater
The
New Yorker
Dangerous Legislation on Radio News Commentators
Washington reports a proposed senate bill to bar news commentators on advertiser sponsored radio programs. Senator Wheeler argues licensing powers justify regulation, while critics warn of constitutional conflicts and dangers to free speech and press independence.
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David la Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Justice Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Ple
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Mom” and
Mr. Adamczyk
Paul Mallon
International Organization
Hull
Chicago
Stimson
Knox
General Assembly of the United Nations
Picayune
Charles Michelson
Hannegan
Mr. R
Texas
Si Casady
McAllen
Tex
Monitor
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Pearson
McKellar
United Feat. Synd., Inc
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