A World War II Update On Invasion Preparations And Food Policies
Western Newspaper Union reports Allied bombing of German defenses as invasion looms in Europe. Soviets mobilize in eastern Poland while Romanians resist Red thrusts on the Dniester. U S price controls and subsidies reshape hogs and dairy amid corn buybacks. OPA to cut hog ceiling prices. WFA announces dairy subsidy rates for 11 months to stabilize feeds. Civil reserves plan for May include large butter and creamery supplies. ice cream output to rise with butterfat mix and controlled points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazi Europe
U. S
Britain
Poland
Romania
Dniester
Europe
Atlantic Wall
OPA
Allied push nears Philippines after Hollandia victory
U S bombers stay within 1400 miles of the Philippines as Doughboys seize three Hollandia airfields in northern New Guinea. MacArthur says the victory blocks 140,000 Japanese, while Allied forces tighten a supply arc toward China via Burma. Hollandia fall speeds up MacArthur’s return vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Philippines
Hollandia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
India
Bengal-Assam
Ing
Joseph Stilwell
China
Burma
U.S
Solomons
MacArthur
Floods halt field work and rail shipments nationwide
Floods and heavy rain impede field work and rail transport across the country. In the Midwest farm activity lags with oats mostly unsown in Iowa and corn soybeans planned in Illinois. Wheat belts need sun while the southeast fears potato crop damage. produce shipments stalled along the Mississippi basin and concerns rise about crop diversions to trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Iowa
Illinois
Great Plains
Mississippi River
Surplus Goods Disposal Plan Outlined by Agencies
Federal officials report a plan to handle future disposal of surplus war materials. Five agencies plus 12 business experts would advise and each agency would set its own sale policy. War Food Administration to sell food, Treasury buyers textiles, RFC land and factories, Maritime Commission ships, and War Department munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maritime Commission
War Department
Knox Dies Quietly as Navy Chief and Publisher
Secretary of the Navy since 1940 Frank Knox died of a heart attack in Washington at 70. A newspaper publisher and 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate, Knox led a fleet that grew to over 4,000 ships and 25,000 planes during wartime. Also noted is Tony Mullane, baseball veteran from Chicago at 85, known for ambidextrous pitching and a career with St Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Frank Knox
Washington
D. C
153Rd Artillery
Tony Muilane
Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Cincinnati Reds
St. Paul
Washington War Promotions Clash in Senate Battle
Washington races over permanent wartime promotions for generals Somervell and Patton as the army presses on Capitol Hill. Senate panel and subcommittee moves collide with prior anti promotion stance while Wainwright’s name lingers as a related urgency. Draft chiefs Hershey and McNutt face sharp criticism in a separate grilling over chaotic orders and labor draft policy. The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach becomes a mystery hospital project with Littell’s report tangled in legal moves. Wedemeyer’s New Delhi posting draws sharp irony as a top strategist awaits assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Somervell
Patton
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Pershing
Francis E. Warren
Army
Capitol Hill
Samswell
Bob Reynolds
Military Affairs Committee
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Warren Austin
Vermont
General Wainwright
Japan
War Department
Breakers Hotel
Palm Beach
Biddle
Truman Committee
Norman Littell
Littell
Florida East Coast Railroad
Rudolph Halley
Halley
Justice Department
Nightlife musings and film notes from a bustling club
A fragmented column surveys a night club scene with celebrities and regulars amid clattering dishes and murmurs. It weaves in film reviews for The Magic Lanterns and The Networks, plus anecdotes about radio writers like Norman Corwin and Sophie Tucker’s forthcoming autobiography.
Also Mentioned on This Page
WFA
Western Newspaper Union
Lalysta
St. Louis
Peoria
WIA
Italy
Pacific
Frederick C. Lincoln
Migratory Birds
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lincoln
Edward G. Seubert
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Ralph W. Gallagher
New Jersey
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
CIO
WLB
Ward’s
Ward
W.C. Taylor
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Avery
Donald Nelson
Robert Patterson
Quebec
Quebseas Service
Rene Chalout
Russia
Chalout
Canada
Hershey
Lewis B. Hershey
Manpower
Paul McNutt
House Military Affairs Committee
Hershey-McNutt
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Ranking Committee
Republican
Ewing Thomason
Texas
John M. Costello
California
Leslie Arends
Forest Harness
Thomason
A. C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Sandburg
Wedemeyer
Germany
Yodel
Hollywood
Buffalo Bill
Joel McCrea
Linda Darnell
Maureen O’hara
Nelson Eddy
Paul Lukas
Fred Allen
Stooges
Norman Corwin
John Kieran
The
Intelligentsia
Herald Tribune
Moscow
Paul Porter
George Jean Nathan
Curetain
Paul
Sophie Tucker
Doubleday-Doran
London
Pam
Aisling
Overseas Press Club
Midtown
Crosbys
Sinatras
Shores
Albert de Bru
Choo Choo Johnson
Lucius Beebe
Cafy du Bois
Lucius
Choo Choo Beebe
Jerry Wald
Jerry
Little Palm Club
Christopher Columbus
Begoodrich
Beilana
Yowa
U.S. Navy
Slate
Bremers
Lowa City
Lowa
Hardware, Drug and Grocey
Turdeer Oid
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