America at war! (1941–) – Part 3

Chinese actress to star in monologue for club

Story is said to have been woven about life of Mme. Kai-shek

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Willkie offers 6-point plan for farmers

Opens his campaign for primary aid

Richland Center, Wisconsin (UP) – (March 18)
Wendell Willkie, opening a three-week campaign for Republican votes in Wisconsin and Nebraska, said tonight he was sure a majority of farmers were convinced “that a change of national administration is… overdue.”

Addressing several delegations of farmers prior to Wisconsin’s April 4 primary in which he hopes to demonstrate his strength as a candidate for the Republican 1944 presidential nomination, Mr. Willkie decried administration farm policies and outlined six “specific policies for desperately-needed farm production.”

For “the quickest winning of the war and for the soundest building of the future,” Mr. Willkie made these suggestions for “this year.”

  • A manpower policy which “simply must not be permitted to strip our farm below the irreducible minimum of strength and skill.”

  • A speeding of war machinery production so machinery now wearing out can be replaced “before it is too late.”

  • “A workable policy for the fair distribution of food…”

  • “Food policies that take account not only of production but also of marketing…”

  • “Policies based on real horse sense in pricing for production.”

  • “Complete elimination of partisan political scheming from the farm-producing agencies of government.”

In his “beyond victory” program for the “building of economic foundations of prosperity and peace,” Mr. Willkie said:

Thirty markets are a No. 1 need for the wellbeing of the farmer.

He added:

The second need of agriculture is for decent prices.

200 kept at bay as Marine dies

Heroic efforts made to rescue a pal
By Sgt. Gerald A. Waindel, USMC combat correspondent

Meet Hyman Abramovich – the Nazis did and regret it

Major from Australia led British in blunting Anzio spearhead
By John Lardner, North American Newspaper Alliance

Editorial: ‘As thousands cheer’

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Editorial: Do-nothing party?

Failure of the Senate Republicans to select a permanent leader is not so important in itself as it is in indicating a state of mind.

Aside from espousing an occasional easy-to-climb-aboard issue which seems popular at the moment, the Republican membership of both houses of Congress has shown a remarkable ability to evade decisions and positive action. Faced with political opportunity inasmuch as natural reaction against a too-old administration is running in its favor, and Democratic-controlled domestic policies are inept and fumbling, the GOP nevertheless seems determined to play it the cautious way, the indecisive way.

As Thomas L. Stokes pointed out the other day, the only conspicuous example of forthright expression and plain speaking in Republican ranks is furnished by Wendell Willkie, who is campaigning frankly for the Presidency. Do the other spokesman for his party imagine, in the light of recent byelection results, that this is just naturally a Republican year, and all they have to do is sit tight and win?

If so, they’re in for a rude awakening. The country may be willing and ready to change from what it has to something better. But there’s no reason for thinking it’s in the mood to change to a do-nothing party to run the war and win the peace. That’s the only alternative, so far.

Editorial: Too many committees

Editorial: Hull clears the air

Perkins: No ‘one big happy family’

By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent

Paulus: Mrs. Lindbergh’s new book scores

It’s really feminine and emotional
By John Paulus


Hansen: Literary skyline changed

Regrets passing of trio of authors
By Harry Hansen

Beauties from Texas reveal it’s no Lone Star State

Charmers who hail from there take over movie studios – Ann tells why

Foster: Eddie picks big shots

They are extras in his new movie
By Ernest Foster


Busy man!

Fields plays four roles in film

Wallace urges U.S. to lease war plants

Wants factories to go to small producers

Pirates sure of Colman for season

Frisch plans regular job for Canadian
By Dick Fortune

Conzelman: Baseball ain’t seen nothin’ yet

By Harry Grayson

Trautman urges sports memorials


Bitsy broadcasts news for soldiers

Editorial hits withholding of tragedy news

Politics charged by Rochester publisher

Cobb’s widow gets bulk of estate

Völkischer Beobachter (March 20, 1944)

Und am Ende grinst der Bolschewismus…
Die süditalienische Todesspur plutokratischer Versprechen

Hunger und Typhus dezimieren die ausgeplünderte Bevölkerung

98 anglo-amerikanische Terrorbomber vernichtet –
Vergebliche Feindangriffe am ukrainischen Bug