U S Navy Battles Japan as Allies Press Europe Fronts
U S and Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as German defenses stiffen on the Cotentin peninsula. Russian and Italian fronts see large operations. U S planes sink an enemy carrier and tankers near the Marians and Philippines. New veterans bill promises unemployment aid schooling loans and housing guarantees with parity price adjustments and extended OPA authority to 1945. Food stocks will be released after the war to avoid a 1919 like glut as military reserves and liberated populations are fed.
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Italy
M. Lee Marshall
War Food Administration
WFA
Marshall
Europe
Reconversion policy sparks split within War Production Board
War Production Board divisions emerge over allowing certain manufacturers to resume civilian output while others stay in war work. Nelson argues against delaying civilian production to avoid regimentation. Wilson counters that early civilian output could boost market gains for war contractors. Distillers face alcohol restrictions amid tight feeds as corn moves to government needs. grain diversion not to alcohol. District court rules patent rights should not be granted to hinder future inventors. suggests reform of patent office practices on subcombination claims.
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War Production Board
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WPB
Charles Wilson
Nelson
Wilson
War Food Administration
WFA
U. S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
P O W Strike Over Beet Field Pay Near Scotts Bluff Neb
German war prisoners refused to work in beet fields near Scotts Bluff Nebraska after pay shifted from 80 cents a day to 30 cents per quarter acre thinned. Lieut Col Clyde Dempster warned of disciplinary action if the strike continued. A commerce department report shows war plant employment falling by about 100,000 workers per month since years start while nonwar jobs stay steady.
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Scotts Bluff
Neb
Clyde Dempster
Department of Commerce
Congress Spends Less for First Time Since War
Congress will appropriate less than 100 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1, with Chairman Cannon estimating about 66 billion for the year and roughly 5 percent for items like financing the national debt. He says appropriations are past the hump and will trend downward despite war developments.
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Cannon
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Pearl Harbor
Congress
Release Trucks Help Harvest with Surplus Army Vehicles
Surplus used army trucks will be released to farmers and haulers through county AAA offices to aid this year's wheat harvest. Limited supply means only a small percentage will be allotted, based on the most critical need after AAA certification. Dealers will buy trucks from the U S Treasury regional office at appraised price and sell to farmers at or below OPA ceilings.
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Surplus Goods Overseas Disposal Urged by Advisory Panel
A government business advisory committee favors disposing of U S surplus overseas in foreign markets to maximize profit. It argues that restoring postwar production in devastated countries reduces relief needs and suggests tying low bids to purchase of new equipment from the United States.
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U. S
Washington Letters on War Peace Kellogg Stimson
Washington letter from a columnist addressing a lonely mother of two sons in WWII theaters. It recalls Kellogg’s 1928 pact to outlaw war and Henry Stimson’s bid to build a lasting peace, noting isolationist strains and Allied imperial motives. Includes brief mail bag items about radar, OSS secrecy, and access requirements.
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Kellogg
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China
Manchuria
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Dan T. Moore
Gordon Lange
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Donovan
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Cloak and
Things I Never Knew About the White House
The piece surveys the White House as a melting pot project with figures like L Enfant Hoban and contributors from 11 nations It notes the $50 prize for Hoban the sit down strike in 1800 the building’s changing name and Roosevelt’s order to engrave it on headers Washington’s view of the Federal ity and the White House as a living evolving symbol It also covers scandals thefts staff secrecy and the extensive security measures surrounding gifts and life at the Executive Mansion
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James Hoban
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Darryl F. Zanuck
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Edith Bolling Galt
Andrew Carnegie
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Fragmented Humorous Dialog Fragments From Daily Scribbles
Nonsensical string of names and lines about driving asked, a catty rival, a whispered confidant chat, and a joke about a cook and an electric refrigerator. Contains multiple characters including Mrs Lingsy Mr Testy Fannie Carrie and Fannie. The piece reads like a collage of dialogue snippets with several asks and humorous exchanges.
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