Crop threat and unemployment reach crisis in New York area
A New York crop danger prompts a warning that a $59 million fruit and vegetable harvest may rot unless workers are found. Separately, New York City needle trades show rising unemployment, with four thousand field hands needed and ninety thousand garment workers jobless. Opinions from Oswaldo Aranha and Rev. Stewart W. Herman appear amid the broader defense and peace discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
New York City
United States Employment Service
New York
Mrs Murdock Takes A Case In A Quarreling Evening
Perry Clarke unsettles a married social circle as Ward and Delia argue after meeting him while Joyce Murdock recalls a past South American trouble. Murdock, a Courier-Herald photographer, faces pressure from Hester Losada during a tense night at home and after the theater.
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Perry Clarke
Joyce Murdock
Clarke
Hester
Ward Allen
Ward
Delia
Quarrel
South America
Della
Hester Losada
Dee
Joyce
Hugo
Murdock
Freeze the wage price level, White House hints policy shift
The piece traces talks of a possible wage price freeze, noting Roosevelt era echoes and Henderson's freezing ideas. It details congressional reluctance, farm bloc demands for higher prices, and labor calls for wage increases, with broader political self interest shaping the debate. It also covers WPB personnel ties to Wall Street, the rubber scrap campaign's mixed results, and a radio stumble on defining Roosevelt freedoms.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Mallon
Leon Henderson
Congress
Henderson
Farm Bloc
Morgenthau
Congressional
Petroleum War Industry Council
Moon Is Down excerpt shows occupying forces threaten coal mine
In Steinbeck's scene Colonel Lanser presses Mayor Orden to force miners to work. A rebel is executed, sabotage grows, and Lt Tonder voices frustration for home and a girl as officers clash with locals and plan coercive coal quotas. Captain Loft reports mine troubles and proposes hunger leverage.
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Colonel Lanser
Orden
Lanser
Lieutenant Tonder
Tonder
Hunter
Prackle
Captain Loft
Loft
WAAC Women Stir Washington Rumors and Banter
In Washington chatter the WAACs spark jokes and bets as officers discuss training and romance in a casual tone. Public figures like Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby loom over the talk while Navy auxiliaries face naming debates. Women doodle patterns at a conference table as questions rise about khaki uniforms.
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Margaret Kernodle
Wide World
Washington — Capital
13Th Street
Pennyslvania Avenue
WAAC
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Oveta Culp
Ed Wynn reflects on humor and vaudeville’s glow
In S J Woolf's New York Times Magazine profile, Ed Wynn talks about humor as a serious craft, his misfortunes, and his ritual of constant preparation. He recalls past work, favorite roles, and his belief in humor as a national relief, noting vaudeville's dimout and return.
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S. J. Woolf
New York Times Magazine
Simon
Congressional Record
Flo Ziegfeld
Wynn
Pagliacci
Ed Wynn
Secon
Wilson
Keith Albee
White House
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Amarillo
Texas
Mareha
Amarillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Sixth
Ore
Gene I Howe
News and Business Department
John McCarty
United States
Oswaldo Aranha
Stewart W. Herman
Berlin
George Harmon Coxe
Hestor Joyee Murdock
Kent Murdock
Jayce
Courier-Herald
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Sidney Weinberg
Goldman-Sachs
Wall Street
WPB
Cliff Hill
Guaranty Trust Company
Ed. Locke
Chase National Bank
Arthur Bunker
Lehman Brothers
James S. Knowlson
Stewart Warner
Arthur Newhill
Talon, Inc
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Rosenwald Foundation
Weineberg
West
Pacific Coast
Mr. Roosevelt
John Steinbeck
Joseph
Des Moines
Waacs
Navy Auxiliary
Navy
WAADS
Whistler
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