Luncheon talk with Ike and the King on Montgomery
Londoners pass along a joke about King George VI and General Eisenhower discussing Bernard Montgomery at a luncheon. Eisenhower quips that Montgomery is a great genius but might be trying to take his job, prompting a wary smile from the King.
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William A. Lydgate
Gallupoll
America
Germany
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Churchill
England
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Labor
Churchil
Congressmen to London trip amid wartime bipartisanship
Six U S congressmen from both parties travel to London on British planes to inspect post blitz damage and visit France. The first pairs include James Richards and Karl Mundt, followed by Brooks Hays with Walter Judd, then Walt Horan with Chet Holifield. The trip aims to minimize inter party strife and assist peace conference efforts while the embassy notes past exchanges with American scientists and educators.
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New York
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Bruilish
British City People Swell Farm Labor For Harvest Aid
English city residents evacuated London to rural areas to help reap wheat, flax and other crops as doodlebugs disrupt cities. Farmers increase mechanization, wages rise, and farm structures adapt. Britain moves toward self sufficiency with expanded plowings and crop production, while wartime planning and farm surveys guide efficient farming and land use.
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Essex
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Hitler
Hollywood Roundup Brims with Star Power and Snippets
A sprawling survey rounds up film gossip from Hollywoods A listers to radio stars. Joan Fontaine shines in Frenchmans Creek with talk of her poised performance while Ginger Rogers Lana Turner and Van Johnson lead Weekend at the Waldorf. Candid notes on Pat Kane Laure Haile Gary Cooper and Dinah Shore appear alongside production quirks and industry trivia.
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Joan
Metro
Britain mobilizes farm labor with new housing and pools
Vigorous measures in Britain aim to keep and draw farm laborers back to agriculture. Encouragements for workers who left the industry, use of conscientious directors to bolster labor supply, and the creation of labor gangs and pools for drainage and harvesting. Special hostels built by the ministry to house mobile laborers.
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Britain
Ministry of Works
Deferment System Replaces War-Time Occupation Schedule
wartime policy shift replaces the travel based occupation roster with a personal deferment system. Agricultural workers apply via district manpower boards, which handle all deferment applications under the new scheme enacted in January 1942.
Farm Hands deferment scheme for farm workers
A joint scheme by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Labour and National Service uses county war agricultural executive committees to manage deferments. Men over 25 who are bona fide farm workers remain in the industry. those under 25 face individual examination to determine key worker status and potential indefinite deferment.
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Minister of Agriculture
Allen
England
London
Britain
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County War Agricultural Executive Committees
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