Electorate urged to vote as polls forecast changed congress
The piece surveys pre election polling and public indifference to foreign policy, price controls, and turnout. It argues democracy suffers without high voter engagement, suggests registration fees, and notes Arizona union pressure to register. It also contests smear tactics used against George Sokolsky and allied freedom advocates.
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Congress
Gallup
United States News
Paris
Commerce Wallace
Truman
United States
Arizona
George Sokolsky
America
Rupert Hughes
Gerald L. K. Smith
Merwin K. Hart
Hitler
Franco
Stalin
Norman Thomas
Dorothy Thompson
Isaac Don Levine
Eugene Lyons
Trotzky
Tehran
Yalta
Moscow
OPA
Huey Long
Russia
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Shrimp Consumption Surpasses Lobster in U S
The Christian Science Monitor notes Americans eat about ten times as much shrimp as lobster and cites lobster priced around four dollars per pound as a factor.
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Christian Science Monitor
Nations bar Some neutral states from UN members
A Punch quote notes some neutral countries are refused UN membership and must stay neutral at peace. The piece contrasts this with a cartoonish wish for an ideal home where buffalo roam and meat is ever available, attributed to St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Punch
United Nations
Christian Science Monitor
St Louis Post- Dispatch
Norwalk Teachers Strike Settled with Makeup Time
The Norwalk Conn teachers strike ends but lost time must be made up during the school year. Students remark on the outcome with a brisk, pragmatic outlook.
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Norwalk
Conn
Brubaker
The
New Yorker
Citizenship a Precious Gift Amid Naturalization Debates
Westbrook Pegler argues naturalized Americans blur lines of loyalty, citing cases from Europe and Yugoslavia. He contrasts U S law with British practice, noting no legal distinction between native and naturalized citizens and warning about conflicting national claims on allegiance.
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New York
Westbrook Pegler
United States
State Department
Yugoslavia
Tito
Germany
Hitler
Europe
British Isles
British Empire
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Essentiality Of Criticism By Arthur Bugs Beer
The piece argues critics are not inherently failed authors and that constructive critique requires eggshells. It praises rough reporting in criticism and recalls Alan Dale as a harsh yet often accurate dramatic critic whose last writing was a failed piece deemed mene mene tekel apharsin.
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Arthur “Bugs
Alan Dale
Dale
Dexter
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Mr. Nunan
Kathryn
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Dan Bolich
Brooklyn
Bolich
Mr. Nunanj
Moscow Propagandists At Work in U S Elections
Washington reports Russian propaganda offices abroad showing keen interest in U S congressional races. Moscow broadcasts attack both parties and praise CIO PAC, while denouncing U S foreign policy and pressuring for troop withdrawal in China. The piece notes potential impact on CIO PAC endorsements and labor union politics.
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Washington
United States
Cio-Pac
Vandenberg
Michigan
Henry Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Moscow
Russia
Ciopac
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Congress
American Federation of Labor
America
CIO
Surprise FBI agent party amid picket line chaos
George Vik of the FBI celebrated a birthday in Washington at the Wardman Park while a picket line blocked service and guests, including Mary Vik and noted attendees, defied the strike with a lively if unruly reception. The event featured improvised catering, bold banter, and references to J Edgar Hoover.
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Washington
George Vik
FBI
Vik
Wardman Park
CIO
American Legion
Florence Bergman
Dutch Bergman
Dorothy Maloney
William Power Maloney
Bergman
Cool as a cucumber in face of 27 000 bombers
An army observer recalls being asked if he was nervous during an air raid. He replies he was cool as a cucumber, but admits concern when reporting that 27 000 bombers were approaching at eighteen feet, highlighting the absurdity of distress in extreme danger.
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New Guinea
Little Loraine Leaves Home After Parent Pressure
Cranky Little Loraine obeys her mother by packing hat coat and doll and walking out. A neighbor offers a place if she behaves, but Loraine counters that she could stay home if she wanted to behave. The brief vignette shows a child testing boundaries and humorously asserts independence.
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Loraine
Magazine Digest
Mystery novels with fuel purchase flood Hollywood stations
Hollywood service stations offer a mystery novel with every five gallons of gasoline as rationing nostalgia returns. The program mirrors past shortages and attracts customers with a reader promotion tied to fuel purchases.
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Hollywood
Christian Science Monitor
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American Writers’ Association
Cain
Detroit News
Boston Globe
Phooty
David Lawrence
China
Moscow Radio
Mr. Vik
Austine Cassini
Japan
Porpoise
Bar Harbor
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