Fate of Free Enterprise Rests With Small Business
In Washington a cabinet member urges postwar study to preserve free enterprise by shifting small business toward war production. William Sheperdson of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce explains how 35 percent of small firms could convert, while 60 to 65 percent face precarious futures without aid.
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HW Street
Washington
D. C
United States
United States Department of Commerce
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Department of Commerce
William Sheperdson
Liberty Street
New York
Burgeau
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington, D.C
Congress
Sheperdson
America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercce
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Central Authority
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Mr. Sheperdson
Ganius
Censorship and Allied Aid to Australia During War Efforts
The piece notes restrained reporting on American aid to Australia for defense against Japan. It cites delayed public knowledge, from Yates McDaniel and foreign correspondents, of troop arrivals and convoy movements. It discusses shipping losses, rising insurance, and the challenge of achieving a 3,000,000 ton annual merchant marine amid conflicting figures.
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Australia
Yates McDaniel
Perth
London Daily Mail
Chicago Sun
Britain
United States
Hitler
Atlantic
East
U. S
Jap Successes in Java Sea Battle Attributed to Numbers
Editor notes that Java Sea engagements favor Japanese forces due to numerical superiority. Allied shipping losses are offset by increased shipyard output and boosted wartime production, reflecting ongoing strategic pressure and industrial response.
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Java Sea
MacArthur Named Supreme Commander for United Nations
General Douglas MacArthur is appointed supreme commander of all United Nations forces in Australia. He transfers headquarters from the Philippines to Australia by order of President Roosevelt and takes the post at the request of the Australian government. His promotion reflects his defense of the Bataan peninsula.
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Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
MacArthur
Philippines
Rooseveltt
Bataan
World War II Era Highlights From London to Washington
London reports Hitler offered a world empire to Axis allies if victorious. India and parts of the Middle East and East Africa believed offered. Italy’s stake unclear. In Washington the WPB bans making fala machines and ironers after May 15. In Detroit the American Legion considers urging Roosevelt to oust Hull Stim son Knox and Perkins from his cabinet. The Duchess of Kent, wife of King George's younger brother, expects a third child.
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Hitler
India
Middle East
East Africa
Italy
Washington
WPB
Detroit
Michigan Department of the American Legion
Roosevelt
Hull
Stimson, Knox and Perkins
Duchess of Kent
George
Marina
Greece
Etiquette for Young Modern 7 Hay Boorish Manners
An 82 page guide offers simple etiquette rules for men and girls at dances movies games and dating. It covers manners during social events and entertainments and includes a note on pelting problems. Readers are invited to send their orders.
Thames River Location and Language Puzzles
Answers cover a Connecticut Thames River, hobble-de-hoy as a youth, the line from Hamlet Act 1, a chanson as a song, a five foot tall horse equals fifteen hands, ascorbic acid being Vitamin C with 4 percent, Easter date by the computus method, and ordnance versus ordinance distinctions in military versus law.
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United States
Thames
Connecticut
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