Shipyards Under Pressure Hit New War Production Goals
The article notes U S shipyards met 1942 43 targets delivering 8 090 800 deadweight tons plus vessels for the armed services and eyed 19 000 000 20 000 000 ton goals for 1943 while warning of intensified German U boat threats along the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts risking millions of tons of shipping.
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Hollywood
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
United Nations
Old World
Hitler
Atlantic
Caribbean
Pearl Harbor
Trade powers clash as Hull veto fight heats up in Congress
In Washington the Hull reciprocal trade powers renewal meets party battles over a proposed 60 day congressional veto on tariff rates. The fight mirrors broader war turbulence as invasion plans in Europe and air dominance shape expectations for swift victory and policy control.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mr. Hull
Senate
Hull
Tale of Russian Atrocities
Dorothy Thompson casts doubt on Nazi claims of finding a three year old common grave in Smolensk with Polish officers. She cites medical experts on decay, questions clay preservation theory, and argues the tale serves Nazi aims rather than Russian ruthlessness.
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Dorothy Thompson
Smolensk
Sian
Bellevue Morgue
van der Lubbe
Reichstag
Communist Party
Today's Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
Readers tackled a mixed crossword with a 1 to 63 clue set across horizontal and vertical entries. The puzzle lists definitions for terms from familiar songs to geographic and scientific terms, with some entries referencing language and measurement. The grid includes common crossword themes and a lines of clues that hint at a wide range of knowledge.
Dark Jungles Tale Unfolds With Allison and Barry in Guatemala
Allison Topping travels to Puerto Barrios to run her father's chicle plantation in Guatemala. Barry Fielding, a mining engineer, warns and taunts as Renaldo, the attorney, guides them. The scene shifts to a hot coastal veranda where jungle life and tension rise.
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Allison Topping
Guatemala
Barry Fielding
Puerto Barros
Allison
Barry
Renaldo
Miss Topping
Puerto Barrios
Renaldo Bag
Tropic Promenade with Glamour Girl and Renaldo’s Plans
Barry and Allison tour a tropical town after a day with Renaldo arranging meals and fruit. Renaldo admits guides fear trespassing Quiche territory, offering to arrange local guides or accompany them to a plantation.
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Allison
Renaldo
Barry
Yank Tackles Tank With a Pistol
Wartime reminiscence from Ernie Pyle on Lieut. Leonard Bessman a Milwaukee lawyer captured in North Africa. Narrates Lennie’s bravery humor and humane outlook amid combat and a unit’s experiences near El Guettar and Tunis.
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Lieut
Leonard Bessman
Milwaukee
Bessman
Count Fleet wins Kentucky Derby amid Nazi intrigue tale
The piece centers Count Fleet’s Derby victory with over $60,000 for owner Mrs. John D. Hertz and Johnny Longden’s $6,000 ride. It also details an alleged Nazi plot involving Alfred Edward Frauenfeld, a so-called cultural emissary later eyed by Hitler as a Washington executive.
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Count Fleet
John D. Hertz
Johnny Longden
Longden
Churchill Downs
Johnny
New York
England
Canada
Fleet
America
Nazi appointee Frauenfeld eyed by Hitler as Gauleiter
Alfred Edward Frauenfeld, a little known figure in the Third Reich, is described as one of Hitler's most disappointed appointees after being groomed under orders to become Gauleiter. The piece cites his low public profile among Americans.
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Lennie Bessman
Lennie
Ackack
el Guettar
Tunis
Fritz Wiedemman
San Francisco
Hitler
United State
Frauenfeld
Alfred Edward Frauenfeld
Herr Frauenfeld
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Goebbels
America
Fuehrer
Washington
United States
N Nvng
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Third Reich
Democracy and sacrifice urged by Henry Wallace
Vice President Henry Wallace warns that bloodshed and strength used to concentrate riches in a few could destroy democracy. He says such sacrifices would be in vain if wealth remains in the hands of the privileged while the people suffer poverty.
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Henry Wallace
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