War records and city reforms amid Civil Service survey
A Civil Service survey shows turnover near 50 percent in key posts as many staff join the armed forces or federal service. Cities like Louisville and Wichita have reorganized police and administrative structures to offset losses. The Army’s land figures are corrected from 12 million acres to 6 million purchased or leased, a figure still larger than several states.
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Police Department
Wichita
War Department
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Problem of the Wire Cage Chapter 18
Brenda and Hugh observe garden illumination as Gideon Fell arrives with an amiable air. Inspector Gates questions Mr Rowland while six figures gather at the tennis court ready for a confrontation with Hadley’s circle.
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Gideon Fell
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Father Christmas
Gates
Inspector Gates
Dr. Young
Hadley
The Flaw in a Revealing Story Unmasked
John Dickson Carr sketches a tense scene where Brenda and Hugh argue over a key inconsistency in a tale. They debate shoe sizes, weight, and alibis as Kitty's motives and Frank's death loom, concluding a likely misdirection hinges on footwear and relationships.
Allied Victory in Southern Tunisia
Dorothy Thompson argues the Mareth Line defeat shows modern war is won by mobile armies rather than fortifications. She notes British breach and flanking move, German focus on materiel, and the North Africa campaign as prep for a broader European invasion with strategic aims through the Mediterranean and Near East.
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Dorothy Thompson
Mareth Line
Eighth Army
Mannerheim Line
Finland
Maginot Line
France
Thompsois
Mareth
Europe
Dieppe
Rommel
Dietmar
Germany
Mediterranan
Napoleon
Ludendorff
Mediterranean
Near East
Malta
Cape of Good Hope
North Africa
Gustav Siegfried Eins
Russia
Marshal von Mannstein
Tunisia
Lewis exposes gaps in wage policy amid mining price clash
The piece critiques John L. Lewis for linking miners wage demands to FOA price controls and War Labor Board defiance. It argues the remedy is OCR A price enforcement and possible subsidies, not a strike, stressing miners hardship and need for direct government action.
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John L. Lewis
Appalachian Joint Conference
War Labor Board
Office of Price Administra
America
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
OPA
Mrs Harvey Seeks Husbands Return From Africa
In North Africa Ernie Pyle narrates how Mrs Sara Harvey of Nashville asked him to locate her husband in England and urge a quick finish to the war. Sergt Benson Harvey, a radio man, is found near a palm shaded camp with a photo of his wife back home. The piece notes family veterans, interwoven stories of four Harvey brothers serving overseas, and pilot aid kits devised by Sgt Burt Thompson. It closes with soldierly resentment toward home strikes and the longing to speed the end of the war.
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Sara Harvey
Nashville
Tenn
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Sergeant Harvey
Tennessee
Maj
Robert Harvey
Africa
James
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Frank
Sergi
Burt Thompson
Cleveland
Air Forces
Sergt. Thompson
Thompson
States
Florida
American soldiers and WAAC bring swift romance to London club
An American WAAC visits the London Red Cross Club and describes clash of courtship styles. An 18 year old English stenographer recounts meeting Eddie a talkative American corporal, his bold lines and dancing, and the lesson that many US soldiers use flattery as a line rather than real intent.
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WAAC
States
London
British Isles
Ministry of Supply
Eddie
New Jersey
Dot
Manners Quiz on Tipping Etiquette and Doorman Duty
A reader presents a five question etiquette test on tipping. Answers: 10 percent is fair. recipients should say thank you. tips should be unobtrusive. bell boys merit more for heavier loads. doorman tipping is not required. The piece ends with a biblical verse and a brief moral note.
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Horizontal and vertical crossword clues listed with numbers for a puzzle solution. Includes references for leader of the House of Representatives and multiple theme entries across the grid.
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