WPB Seeks Unity With Labor Invitation to AFL CIO
Donald Nelson invited the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations to submit names for two War Production Board posts. Observers note rising hope for labor capital cooperation to run the war economy, despite skepticism about labor capacity and background politics.
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VNU Service
H Street
Washington
LD. C
Donald Nelson
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrie Organizaors
Hawiyver
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Gomission
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Cem
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We Labor Department
War Gabor Board
Gas mask production and war bond appeal
Civilian gas masks will be produced at 2,500,000 monthly. War bonds urged as 1942 edition profiles the educated American soldier. White selectees in two years show high school or some college training. Christmas parcels overseas must be mailed by November 1. Italian press notes streetcars to deliver food to retailers to save motor fuel. The purpose for saving autos is not stated.
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Clark Gable
Clark
Miami Beach
Army
Corporal Gable
Gable
Allied air blows hit Jap held New Guinea airports
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes heavy toll on Japanese airfields in New Guinea as Allied air power targets key airstrips. Nelson warns wartime production may dip, with U S to regulate truck and taxi operations. Editorial reflects wartime policy stance.
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New Guinea
Nelson
U. S
German and Russian forces clash around Stalingrad amid renewed offensives
Reports say German air raids target Volga shipping and communications toward Astrakhan as German troops push southwest of Stalingrad. The Red Army claims a defensive stand on the western bank of the Don south of Voronezh while the Caucasus shows limited Axis gains amid winter snows.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Red
Don River
Voronezh
Volkhov
Leningrad
Raids From Stratosphere Reach Britain In New Weapon Flight
London reveals Germany has daylight bombing using substratosphere bombers with super charged Diesel motors. Aircraft include modified Junkers 86 P with pressure cabins, Heinkel 177s with eight ton loads, and Focke Wulf 19s. Planes strike at 40 000 feet, evading British Spitfires.
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Germany
England
London
Great Britain
Britain
Production Cot Warns of Cuts and Enforced Layoffs
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson warned the nation that victory is at stake and that civilian material use must be cut. He said shifts in material allotment will enforce layoffs as production rebalances to win the war, with civilian goods reduced and war materials redirected.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Morgenthau Defends Voluntary War Bond Program
Secretary Morgenthau rejects claims that voluntary war bond sales are a failure and says reliance on voluntary lending will continue. He spoke after a press conference defending volunteers nationwide and noting ongoing war financing needs. Eastman announced government controls placing certificates of war necessity on 5,000,000 trucks, 154,000 buses, and 40,000 taxicabs with tire checks every 60 days or 5,000 miles.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Pacific Front Advances in New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Allied air and ground offensives press Japanese bases in New Guinea with Lae and Salamaua attacked. 17 tons of bombs hit Lae installations and two bombers destroyed on the ground. In the Owen Stanley range fighting remains patrol only 40 miles north of Port Moresby. Guadalcanal and Tulagi receive continued American and Australian air and supply support amid sporadic Japanese bombing and no large invasions since August 24-25.
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New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Solomons
United States
Australia
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
U. S
Wartime adjustments spark mixed policy moves abroad
Morgenthau reveals new nickel composition replacing nickel with copper and silver. A Brazilian central autonomous authority will be created to tighten control of the war effort. Navy Secretary Knox approves Clinton Oklahoma as the site for an 8 million dollar naval aviation training base. Verney Harrop is fined 100 dollars after the wartime board discovers his dog William aged 6 was listed for rationing.
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Morgenthau
United States
NAVY
Clinton, Okla
Knox
Verney Harrap
Toronto
Ont
Cinema and war gossip in a noisy wartime column
A sweeping wartime film and media notes column reviews recent movies and newsreels. It highlights Wake Island and Across the Pacific, praises Goebbels era rhetoric, and comments on celebrities like Clark Gable and Rex Stout while quipping on censorship and propaganda with a brisk, opinionated tone.
Orchestral member joins service as others follow Rudy Vallee
Reports say eleven musicians from Rudy Vallee's orchestra will enlist, with petitions circulating in sporting circles seeking 10 000 signatures for Ernie Haas the former boxer serving twenty years for killing a Nazi attache to join Canadian Commandos He is described as Canuck James True a Washington publicist who has touted fascist views opens offices in Midtown Manhattan.
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Rudy Vallee
Ernie Haas
James True
Washington
Hag
Manhattan
Excellent Opportunity for Auto Mechanics
Job offer for auto mechanics with improved kneeling equipment and better working conditions. Libera] guaranteed salary. Apply by phone or write Grant E. Mayo at Studebaker Distributors, 168 South Main, Salt Lake, LA.
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Grant E. Mayo
Stude~ Baker Distributors
Speed of Forest Fires and Other Rapid Flows
The report notes forest fires moving at five miles per hour lava at fifty miles per hour and clouds reaching speeds exceeding one hundred miles per hour.
Best Day For All If Everyone Does Their Best
Henry Ford urges universal effort urging each person to strive for peak performance for a single day. The quote highlights collective gain from individual exertion and shared responsibility.
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Henry Ford
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