Reconstruction of Germany After World War II Challenge
Homer Metz in Christian Science Monitor argues the European recovery will require immense effort and resources. He cites 68,000 men for 70 years to rebuild bombed German homes, enormous material needs, and vast costs potentially reaching hundreds of billions, with global taxation implications.
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Germany
Europe
Mr. Churchill
Everest
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Belgium
Jan Christiaan Smutts
Newton
Mass
Homer Metz
Christian Science Monitor
Opium Habit Reported Among Japanese Army Units
Washington reports hints from Tokyo that some Japanese troops may be addicted to opium introduced in conquered areas. Army observers say opium addiction could be used to weaken populations and notes Nipponese profits and efforts to find a cure amid hardships of war.
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Washington
Tokyo
China
Nippon
Domei
West
Pacific
Republican Caravan Tale Sparks Caution in Nebraska
The 1942 GOP caravan in Nebraska features Bill Johnson, a statewide attorney general candidate, as he campaigns door to door. In one farmyard visit a mother asks who the visitor is and jokes about bringing the cow inside if he is a politician. Senator Wherry credits the moment to political nerves.
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Nebraska
Bill Johnson
Mary
Senator Wherry
Looking Ahead by George S Benson President Harding College
The piece extols 1944 U S freedom and free enterprise as key to wartime success. It contrasts American liberty with dictatorial rule, praises pioneer forebears, and asserts preparedness comes from open competition and educated citizens in a free economy.
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George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy, Achaneas
United States
America
Hitler
German condemned man marched under Russian guard in rain
A German prisoner faced execution as Russian soldiers led him through cold rain. He complained of the weather, and a soldier retorted that they too must march back, underscoring the grim mood of the scene.
Roger Q Evans for Flotorial Representative
A wartime appeal urging readers to buy government bonds and conserve and produce resources on the home front to support troops abroad and ensure supplies for allies during the ongoing global conflict.
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Roger Q. Evans
Veterans plea for voters to support rep for Grayson County
A World War I veteran and his wife write from Grayson County urging help for re election to the state House. They cite family service, prior victory margins, and a focus on health laws to curb diseased cattle sold for meat, claiming injunctions with the Attorney General have curbed the practice.
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Grayson
Collin Counties
Grayson County
Fort Worth
Texas
Attorney General's Department
Condemnation Citation in Grayson County Texas 1944
The State of Texas issues citation to George H Perkins and wife and J E Williams and wife unknown residence. Defendants must appear by July 10, 1944 in Grayson County Court Sherman Texas. suit No 13018 details land described 0.73 acres plus right of way. Clerk H Grady Thompson issues.
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State OF
Texas
George H. Perkins
Perkins
J. E. Williams
Williams
A. D
Grayson County
City of
Sherman
State of Texas
J. E. Streeper
University School
M. E. Munson
W. B. Munson
Roa
H. Grady Thompson
O. L. Jones
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright
Bensons
U. S
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
Total
Madders Denison
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