Washington's new defense program reshapes politics and policy
Washington observers see a clash as defense needs push New Deal reformers back while industry leaders gain influence. The Walsh Healy act minimum wage debate and hours limits spark controversy as war pressures test cabinet harmony and Roosevelt's third term prospects amid Europe’s conflict.
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Strange Facts From Wartime Collier's Notes
Odd wartime curiosities include German destroyers firing torpedoes via mouth blown triggers and the gunner’s limited role. An accounting machine on the market has 55,000 parts and 75 miles of wire. Food consumption rises about 20 percent as recruits grow hungrier from activity. A new Shinto mass in Japan sends priests to wave sacred branches after air crashes.
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Dead Sea Life Sparks War Effort on Its Banks
British chemists engineers and laborers swarm the Dead Sea banks seeking potash magnesium caustic soda bromine and aluminum once sourced from Germany Russia and Poland. The lake lies 1,286 feet below sea level and fuels a war machine with essential chemicals.
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