Maxwell Eyes South America for Nazi War Trade Cut
General Russell L. Maxwell leads the Office of Export Control as a new committee tracks Nazi penetration fears. He aims to speed essential goods to South America, balancing postwar trade concerns with wartime needs, while avoiding trade disruption.
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New York
Washington
Department of Economic Warfare
Office of Export Control
Russell L. Maxwell
Maxwell
Service
South America
Ordnance Department of the Army
Minois
West Point
Secretary of War
Army
Food and funds in wartime headlines and policy
Food shipments under lend lease to Britain are described as essential to sustain war effort alongside arms. The article lists seven weeks of purchases including cheese, eggs, canned fish, flour, and fortified foods, with agencies involved in management. It also covers freezing Chinese funds, bootleg gasoline worries, a Virginia election candidacy, and Roosevelt's promotion of the booklet America as a creed summary.
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Britain
U S
England
Atlantic
Iendiease Food Program
Surplus Marketing Administration
US Public Health Service
British Manistry of Health
The
Anglo-American Food Purchasing Committee
Japan
China
State Department
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Shanghai
Roosevelt
Lauchlin Currie
Chiang Kai-shek
State Hull
Hull
Currie
White House
South Pacific
Francis Miller
Miuitant New Dealer
Virginia
Muller
Old Guard
Len Harry Byrd
America
David Cushman Doyle
Swaffer Dismisses V for Victory as Baby Business
British critic Ann en Swaffer argues the V for Victory symbol is vacillation and calls for a production minister and a plan led by a decisive mind. He notes his 1937 visit and witty remark about Americans learning manners from books and charm by mail order.
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Annen Swaffer
Swaffer
America
Crochet and Knit Items Lead Back-to-School Wardrobes
Cherie Nicholas urges dorm students to craft crochet and knit pieces for fall fashion. Items include sailor hats, pompadour calots, toreador hats, multi color crochet caps, a red white and blue knitted sweater, and crocheted dresses with pockets and appliques, all showcased as campus chic.
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Western Newspaper Union
Wool lace coat heralds cape influenced autumn fashion
The article presents a black wool lace coat as ideal for early autumn. Designer Armand Scardapane creates a striking cape influenced model. The coat demonstrates fabric like versatility and signals a coming vogue in cape and wool lace fabrics.
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Armand Scardapane
Silhouette Changes in Fall Fashion Step Forward
Fashion show notes reveal drastic shifts toward easy lines and flexible movement. Dolman like sleeves, broad shoulders via shoulder pads, and rounded forms redefine silhouettes. Skirts show fullness and tiered effects with attention to peplums tunics and pleated styles.
Green Veils Bring Fresh Spring Hat Style
A bright green veil or veil styled hat evokes summer chic. Veiling with verdant green fabric adds a fresh, fashionable accent to flowery toques and sailor hats alike.
Draft of wartime speech extols army unity and Vernon decline
The piece argues the draft breaks class barriers by mixing rich and poor youth in basic training, fostering lasting friendships and civic unity. It cites Vernon Iowa’s rise and fall as a cautionary tale of centralized shopping harming local communities, then notes U.S. trade power and egg pricing complexity in a global market.
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Vernon
Iowa
America
First Aid Ailing House and Home Fixes
Whirlpool of home repair questions cover chipped enamel patches for sinks, wallpapering over bead board ceilings with felt, reviving dull walnut furniture, sweating porch corners, spray paints for vacuums, and making white paint with guidance from a expert.
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Consolidated Features
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S. America
Machiavelli
Gladley
Pauline Gowan
Flying Corps
Robert Gowan
RAF
Imperial Airways
Womens Air Arm
Washington, D. C
Canada
Ickes
Buffalo
Detroit
Merry
By Cherie Nicholas
Wright
Wester
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Jason
U. S
Roger 8. Whitman
Roger B. Whitman
WNU
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