Mass Trials and the Nuernberg Legacy in War Guilt
A column criticizes mass executions of Nazi leaders, arguing trials must be individual. It questions war guilt, cites Nuernberg's unclear verdicts, and warns about applying the standard to other leaders and states, including Stalin, Tito, and UN implications.
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George E. Sokolsky
Nuernberg
Versailles
Lausanne
Ruhr
Saar
Soviet Russia
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Azores
Singapore
Roosevelt
Churchill
Gestapo
Goering
Himmler
Tito
Stalin
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Extraordinary Washington report stirs Punch over state power
A London dispatch relays Punch’s note on a Washington rumor about a columnist document. It discusses state police power, constitutional limits, and a cited Southern District Court ruling guiding Arizona electors for the November vote on a civil rights amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Punch
Washington
State Department
United States
Southern Federal District Court
Arizona
A Hideous Mockery By Westbrook Pegler
New York October 7 1946 King Features Syndicate Pegler denounces the Wagner Act as a tool of oppression and a cause of economic collapse claiming it strips workers of true rights by forcing association with private clubs and attacks the Constitution and commerce power. He urges Senator Wagner to reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Pegler
New York
Ku Klux Klan
Senator Wagner
Germany
United States
Wagner
Congress
George Spelvin
GI Joe
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Russia
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee
King Features Syndicate
Advice to Mr Truman on restoring public faith in leadership
The Boston Globe urges recapturing public trust in the Truman administration to speak with national authority at home and abroad. It calls for strengthening the cabinet with able, representative men and elevating the tone of the president’s entourage to meet the nation’s needs. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch adds a sharp line wishing for a change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Byrnes
Congress
Boston Globe
Shortage In Midst Of Plenty By Paul Mallon
Washington observes sugar scarcity amid abundance as Cuban and domestic crops rise, but allocations to Britain, UNRRA, and other nations drain US supplies. Industry committees push for rewrites while consumers face near empty hands until the next Cuban harvest arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Midwest
United States
Pacific
Wallace
Britain
France
Belgium
Norway
Switzerland
Finland
UNRRA
Netherlands
Washington Scene Highlights Harsh Realities of Finishing Projects
Washington columnist George D. notes the blunt truth of business life as Floyd Akers laments unfinished ventures and brass couplings delays. The piece blends satire with anecdotes about meat price tensions and a barroom romance sparked by District of Columbia rent issues.
Community Builds Veteran a Free Home in Houston
A war blinded veteran Jim Sanders received a debt free, fully furnished home donated by Houston residents. Contractor George Marquette Jr led volunteers to construct it as cash gifts poured in, replacing eviction fears with a symbol of communal generosity and gratitude.
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Jim Sanders
Jim
George Marquette, Jr
Houston
Houston Post
Printer Defies Edict With Hark the Herald Angels Sing
A printer violating a Herald naming rule published a Christmas program announcement reading Hark the Herald Angels Sing, illustrating strict editorial directions during James Gordon Bennett Jr.'s leadership of the New York Herald and the paper's typographic caution.
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The
Monroe
Florida
American Federation of Labor
Osborn
Organized Labor
Tampa
AFL
Norris-LaGuardia
National Labor Relations Act
MR. Truman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Paul Mallon
George D
Floyd Akers
Curly Caminita
Joseph Danzansky
Chicago
National Association of Nonslaughtering Meat Processors and Wholesalers
OPA
Robert F. Cogswell
District of Columbia
National Press Club
Academy of Fine Arts
Mark Foote
Foote
Mr. Cogswell
Mr. Foote
Ed Talty
Ft. Meade
Mr. Talty
Talty
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