Gas Rationing Looms As Rubber Shortage Hits War Drive
A Panhandle government observer notes gasoline quotas may begin after July. He cites rubber conservation as the main motive, cites Texas drivers and fast speeds as wasteful, and warns of reduced civilian travel and luxury train cuts. A rural Arkansas letter and various wartime notes add local color on shortages and social attitudes.
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Texas
Western
Seaboard
Washington
Panhandle
Plains of
Sea Insurance Getting Rocky
The House appropriations committee approved a 210 million boost for the marine and war risk insurance fund citing ongoing losses. It warned the fund could be liable for more than one ship per day and noted American flag vessel losses exceed those of the entire first war period. The report said private insurers cannot cover such risks at viable rates, leaving government insurance to enable shipping to continue.
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Pierre Laval
Mildred H. McAfee
Wellesley College
Harvard
Yankee
Lynn
Mass
Peabody
Bonnot
Canada
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Flares Up In Libyan Desert
British communiques report weekend fighting in the eastern Libyan desert with land and air operations. RAF bombers attacked Axis targets at Benghazi Mekli Semali and Tengeder while patrols dispersed enemy tanks and vehicles across a wide southern sector.
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Cairo
RAF
Benghazi
Mekili
Semali
Tengeder
General
Furniture Company To Make Gliders
Porterfield Aircraft Corp sells all stock to Ward Furniture Co of Fort Smith Arkansas to manufacture gliders for the Army Air Forces. First glider flight test occurred last Friday at Wright Field Dayton Ohio. test results not yet available. Ward plant covers 230000 square feet with about 500000 worth of woodworking equipment.
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Kansas City
U.P
Edward FE. Porterfield, Jr
Porterfield Aircraft Corporation
Ward Furniture Company
Fort Smith
Ark
Army Air Forces
Furniture Company
Army
Porterfield Corporation
Porterfield
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
E Ward
Night Clubbers Buy War Bonds at Chicago Show
In Chicago a group of 689 patrons spent a total of 1.25 million dollars on government war bonds for a free dinner and show at a top night club. The fundraiser required tables of ten to purchase at least 10 000 in bonds.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Naturalized Citizens Forgotten Guests in St. Louis
In St Louis on May 18 two hundred elderly naturalized citizens waited outside nearly an hour in bad weather after a cancellation notice for an I Am An American Day program failed to reach them. The mishap follows last minute notice three hours prior.
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ST. Louis
Markets and Kansas City Livestock Report May 18
Dow Jones and market figures lead the page with a Merrill Lynch chart while Kansas City livestock reports list hogs, cattle, calves and sheep activity. Hogs sell 13.85 to 14.00 with steady to lower tones. fed steers and yearlings show mixed but steady trends. sheep demand remains active with lambs above 15.00 at times. Financial notes show liquidating fund offerings around 1.27.
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Kansas City
Boland Dies of Heart Attack in Scranton
Rep. Patrick J. Boland Democratic House whip dies at 62 after a heart attack at his Scranton home early today. He was completing his sixth House term and seeking renomination in Pennsylvania's upcoming primary.
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Scranton
U.P
Patrick J. Boland
Boland
Pennsylvania
Heavy steam equipment restricted to war agencies
Washington reports production sale and delivery of heavy power steam equipment limited to war agencies lend lease United Nations and military priority purchase orders. Ottawa dispatch notes China ready to bomb Japanese cities awaiting planes stated by Major General T H Shen commander of Chinese air forces in the United States.
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Washington
Lendlease
United Nations
Japan
Ottawa
China
T. H. Shen
United States
Housing Bill Passed to Expand War Housing Program
The Senate approved legislation boosting the National Housing Administration Insurance Authority by 500 million dollars to back 150000 new war worker homes. The bill allows larger loans with up to 25 year repayment and raises mortgage limits across one to four family homes.
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Washington
National Housing Administration Insurance Authority
Senate
Brazil Moves Toward War Footing Under Dutra Decree
President Getulio Vargas authorized War Minister Enrico Gaspar Dutra to call up all reserve army officers for active duty and to increase reserves and open enlistments. Several reserve classes have already begun training as Brazil shifts toward war footing.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
Brazil
Dutra
Maritime Commission to Launch 30 Ships Friday
Washington May 18 A great mass launching of 30 merchant vessels Friday will inaugurate the two ships a day production program of the Maritime Commission. The program calls for the building of about 2 300 vessels totaling 23 000 000 deadweight tons this year and next.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Music Hath Charms Except in Idaho
In Idaho Falls on May 18 a church group protested Sunday dancing at a local hall. A dance with a nationally known band began at 12:01 AM after a sheriff’s report explains that a concert caused the earlier commotion from 9:30 to midnight.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Air Raid May Catch Texas City Napping
Port Arthur residents risk late warning in air raid if attack reaches Beaumont line remains unused and locked in an empty courthouse office delaying any alert.
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Texas City
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Restrictions continued through wartime rationing measures
The document lists ongoing wartime controls from February to March, noting shifts to war production, petroleum rationing, reduced paper use, prompt for travelers to use bags, and public transport crowding. It details lowered butter rations, hats banned, use of ersatz cigar wrappers, truck gardening surveys, steel bottle permits, and guidance for economical seed use.
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Berlin
Breslau
Hesse
Food Ministry
Germany
Timeline of Nazi wartime austerity measures
A chronological list detailing broad wartime controls from March to May including rationing of pots and pots, agricultural campaigns, warnings to profiteers, plant driven directives, suspension of farm hands rest, revocation of building permits, leather to wood shoe substitution, medicinal herb collection, milk limits for the elderly, shortened civil service vacations, and the creation of a munitions production council led by Robert Ley.
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Goebbels
Mminister of
Robert Ley
World War II naval details and fate of ships named
The report describes anti aircraft armament aboard ships with torpedo tubes and hangars amidships. It notes the Bluecher sunk by mines in Oslo Fjord after Norwegian forts halted it on April 9, 1940 during the invasion of Norway. It also mentions the Luetzow believed sold to Russia before the Soviet invasion, and British reconnaissance photos showing the Prinz Eugen damaged after a submarine torpedoing.
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Oslo
Germany
Norway
Luetzow
Jane's
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Army recruiting dogs and training standards drive enlistment
The piece describes how enlisted dogs must be trained not to attack and how only trained dogs are wanted by the armed services. It notes that mongrels are excluded even if clever and that enlisted dogs will be cared for and returned after the war.
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Ellis
Zaretta
Armed Services
Rover
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