Government by muddling in Washington faults wartime management
Expert assessment portrays a breakdown across Roosevelt administration WPB Army Navy and domestic offices with chaotic control inflation fears and bureaucratic inefficiency. Critics say price ceilings misread and that Congress business interests and trick schemes hinder unified leadership risking a costly war turnaround.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPB
Army
Navy
Bureau of Industrial Materials
Congress
New Deal
Tapioca From Nebraska and Cork From California Grow
The piece argues wartime substitution with sorghum producing tapioca rivaling Java derived product and California plans to grow cork trees. It frames Axis-held supply lines as vulnerable while praising American science expanding domestic substitutes and boosting opportunities for workers amid the war economy.
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Far East
United States
Middle West
Cork
Java
Nebraska
Axis
California
South
Wasteful Procrastination on Rubber Aid Spurs Tire Waste
Officials delay a rubber program while thousands of tires could be recapped and extended by about 10,000 miles. Car owners, unable to obtain new tires, are forced to use worn tires until they fail, leading to unnecessary scrap as carcasses deteriorate. Washington action is urged to rejuvenate tires and prevent needless waste.
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Washington
Nelson under fire as WPB battles raw material shortages
Raymond Clapper assesses how War Production Board chair Donald Nelson faces a critical test as raw material shortages threaten war production. He cites need for firmer top-down leadership, stricter inventories, and direct allocation changes to prevent plant idling and potential reorganization.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Somervell
Army Services of Supply
WPB
Walt Disney cast iron deer gift shocks quirky war guild
Peter Edson recalls the Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers once vowed to preserve cast iron animal life in America. Disney's donation of two cast iron deer to a war scrap drive unsettles the group and prompts whimsical reflections on wartime patriotism and a ghostwritten typewriter’s memoir.
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America
Walt Disney
Ring Lardner
G.O.F.P.O.P
Chet Shafer
Three Rivers
Mich
Roosevelt
White House
Public Forum Letter Voices WPA Relief Critique in Athens
Citizens urge fair treatment for WPA and NYA workers amid outreach from W P A men traveling from Perry County to Long Run Road. They cite rides, wages, rain days, and rising red ink, calling for policy action and urging letters to Taft Jenkins Hunter and WPA officials in Washington with signatures Chester Sanborn John Southard George Bibbeman.
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the Messenger
Perry Co
W. Va
Long Run Road
Clarks Chapel Methodist Church
WPA
NYA
Athens County
All American Organization
Robert A. Taft
Thomas A. Jenkins
Howard O. Hunter
Walker Johnson
Bidg
Washington, D. C
Chester Sanborn
John Southard
George Bibbeman
Athens
Millfield Group Outing and Local Notices In Ohio
Millfield Group members of the Christian Endeavor Society enjoyed a Saturday outing to Old Man's Cave, Rock House and Cantwell Cliffs with Roy Sayers driving. The column lists attendees and mentions local church events, road resurfacing on State Route 13, and various visits and marriages, including F. C. Crabtree and Mrs. Rebecca Tracy wed in Gallipolis.
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Millfield
Christian Endeavor Society of the Concord Church
Old Man's Cave
Rock House
Cantwell Cliffs
Roy Sayers
Edward Weiss
Cecil Antle
Harold
Dean
Jean Tryon
Verna
Wilma
Imogene Wemmer
Whanitta
Vern
Miles Wolfe
Annette
Ida
Grant Shook
Chesterhill
Charles Vincent
Shook
Vina Bond
Parkersburg
Jane Tryon
F. C. Crabtree
Rebecca Tracy
Gallipolis
West Millfield
Bridgewater Mine
Bailey Run
John Owens
John L. Lewis
Roger
Athens
Max Woodard
Lizzie Byron
Columbus
Maggie Keirns
Amesville
Harvey Russell
Glouster
Bruce Russell
Mary Civille
Dayton
Gabriel Guerra
L. D. Muzio
Lawrence Rutter
Cambridge
Carlos
Sand Ridge
Albert Skinner
Sam McClelland
Greens Run
Leona Boudinot
Concord
Margie Howard
Trimble
Genevieve Wemmer
Ardeth Boudinot
Dorothy Howard
Sons of
Joe Morgan
Jack Cline
Chenauncey
Alice Carr
Athens County News Snapshot From 1956 Poultry Tour and Local Events
Athens area notes include the Ohio Poultry Tour itinerary across several towns August 22 to 25. Obituary records Fred Porter of Athens County dies at Grosvenor Street home. Local items report travel, church events, youth races, and the formation of the Athens County Republican Executive Committee with members listed.
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Fred Porter
Athens County
Grosvenor St
Athens
Herb J. Parker
John J. Woolley
James E. Woodworth
Republican Executive Committee
John Finsterwald
Fred R. Bougher
Lew Jones
Hal Murphy
F. W Bush
Dave Johnson
Frank Kempton
SS. Danford
A. J. Crawford
F. A. Danford
Harry Richards
M. M. LeFever
Link Payton
Peter Barrows
Harry Kelley
Martin Ohlinger
McCune
C. H. Bartlett
Amos Mallon
Porter Sweazey
Oliver Lovell
J. W. Lax
A. A. Campbell
Hire Dephine Eichel as Union Furnace commercial teacher
Logan Miss Dephine Eichel of Logan has been conditionally hired as the commercial teacher for Union Furnace School for the coming year. The contract depends on securing release from Bradnor School in Wood County where she is under contract. One vacancy for athletic coach remains. if not filled, Superintendent D O Davis will handle the duties.
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Logan
Dephine Eichel
Union Furnace
Board of Education
Eichel
Bradnor
Wood County
D. O. Davis
Kirktown Fight Ends Castro Gang Leader's Reign
Penny and Jim Vickers rally townspeople to oust Castro in Kirktown. A peaceful march leads to a trap at Castro's back room, where Bud Walsh and allies round up the gang.Jim sustains injuries in a brutal fight but wins as the Castro faction is driven out.
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Penny
Castro
Kirktown
Bud Walsh
Eim
Jim
Bud
Central Avenue
Cigs
Clifton Brief Personal and Social Notes
Clifton residents share visits and travels across several towns. Lucy Sleeth visited her sister in Oak Hill while families from Columbus Lancaster and Charleston spent weekends with relatives. Numerous cousins and friends attended gatherings and a Beech Hill 4-H Camp week.
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Clifton
Lucy Sleeth
Ernest McCoy
Oak Hill
Weaton
Lessie Sleeth
Hilda Roush
Peggy Fox
Charles Cartwright
Lester van Metre
Clarice Blake
Beech Hill
Ralph Stewart
Parkersburg
Kate Harrison
Mildred Compson
Columbus
Ed Compson
Marvin Barker
Charleston
Myrtle Barker
Donald Peck
Harrold Stevens
Lancaster
Ohio
Edna Peck
Chillicothe
Ernest Henry
Blanche Compson
Norma Jean
Ernest
Artist Smith
Billy
Chareleston
Eva Marie Young
Robert Compson
Point Pleasant
Wilma Newell
Andy Stewart
Edna Moore
Walter Moore
Olivie Sweeney
Denver Smoot
New Haven
K. Y. Plank
South Charleston
Lessie
Guy Sleeth Huntington
Clarissa Harless
Sleeth
Middleport
Lester Wooley
Julie Ann
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