Kimmel pamphlet questions state power and freedom in wartime
Davenport resident Joseph Kimmel publishes a short booklet critiquing government wartime controls as socialist and communist danger. He warns of state planning endangering private property, middle class, and individual rights, urging a return to founding principles. The piece includes a lengthy excerpt outlining feared outcomes and a birthday notice for George Bernard Wheelan.
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Davenport
Joseph . Kimmel
Kimmel
Isasily
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Congress
Short Shots and Quips From a War Era Page
A jumble of jokes and wry observations from wartime humor about taxes, trust, and daily life. Pithy lines touch on money, sanity tests, old jokes, and marriage quirks, ending with a fragment about an efficiency expert.
Problems of Lasting Peace chapter excerpt
The sixteenth installment of The Problems of Lasting Peace presents updated reflections by Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson. It outlines postwar stability concerns and diplomatic challenges facing the United States and allied nations.
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Herbert Hoover
Hugh Gibson
United States
Poland
Belgium
Brazil
Foundations for a World Peace Institution Foreseen
The text argues for a regional, cooperative approach to global peace. It cites the 1943 Congressional Resolution and Moscow Declaration, notes League of Nations failings, and urges regional councils as the basis for a future world organization to prevent aggression and preserve peace.
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United States
Senate
Britain
Russia
China
League of Nations
League
Europe
Asia
Western Hemisphere
South
Central America
Near East
Far East
Organization For
Inefficient Office Banter and a Soup Spill
A humorous scene features a remark about efficiency experts and gendered nags. A bishop attends a banquet where a waiter spills hot soup in his lap. the clergyman asks for a layman to say something fitting. The era emphasizes frugality with a slogan: Use it up Wear it out Make it do Without.
Office Threat Sparks Long-Running Industry Banter
Industry Smith quips about tenure as Jones reveals he has worked there since threats of dismissal were made. The exchange hints at workplace pressures and job security dynamics in a terse, dialogic style.
Brazil's Rare Sands Hold World Mineral Treasures
Brazil hosts the world's largest monazitic sands on its shores and river banks. These sands yield thorium, cerium and other rare minerals used in chemical industries. Lithium derived from these minerals serves as a catalyst in armament material manufacture.
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Brazil
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I Promise
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There She IS
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