Propaganda Battles in World War II Mocked by Allied Views
A wartime article analyzes Hitler propagandist efforts in the United States and Germany. It argues English and American unity defeats plans to sow distrust, praising RAF actions and Allied resolve while noting German censorship and falsehoods at home.
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Hitler
England
Cologne
Essen
United States
Morder
RAF
France
Norway
Stalin
Germany
Berlin
War Agencies Shrink as War Mobilization Shifts Aid
Washington D C. The House votes to end the CCC and reduce the WPA and NYA as unemployment wanes and labor shifts to war work. The NYA may stay to train youths for skilled war production, while CCC camps close, with workers redirected to farms. A Wartime Food Committee reviews U N needs and domestic supplies. The agriculture department faces storage and processing bottlenecks despite record crop prospects and rising farm output.
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NYA
CCC
Department of Agriculture
United Nations
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Wickard
All United
Igs
Farm leaders seek mailed tomato contract survey
Farmers report a surge in tomato acreage in the county but only about one fifth contracted to canners. Many say they have not received written contracts and must approach canners to obtain one. County leaders urge the agent to mail surveys to determine planted vs contracted acreage and potential market gaps.
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Charles Fuller
State War Board
House Passes Draft Bill To Protect Homes
The House approved a dependents allowance bill for enlisted service members February legislation sets compulsory deductions from lower paid service members to support wives and children while broader family dependents may receive voluntary payments. The act specifies pay scales and timing, with dependents allowances to take effect June 1 and first payments by November 1.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Coast Guard
Cambridge Shipbuilders Begin Four Army Cargo Ships
Cambridge Shipbuilders Inc moves to construct four cargo passenger ships for the U S Army Quartermaster Corps. George L Broffe confirms ten month completion with first vessel in five months. Expansion includes more yard space and new launch methods.
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Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
George L. Broffe
Washington
Broffe
Cambridge Manufacturing Company
Mar. Broffe
Mr. Rroffe
Army
Navy
Candlelight Service at Calvary Church June 21
A candlelight service is set for Calvary Methodist Church on Sunday June 21 at 7 45 P M. Directed by Leon F Jones the event will feature pipe organ orchestra music singing and recitations with more than one hundred large candles and festive decorations.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Leon F. Jones
Farmers Urged to Inspect Tomato Plants
County Agent urges local growers to inspect tomato plants regularly due to the crop’s importance in the war food effort.
Why America Russia Are Now War Allies
A columnist argues the United States and Russia can ally against a common foe while opposing Communism at home. It cites mutual respect for sovereign choices, distinguishes foreign policy from domestic politics, and stresses shared effort in a dangerous war.
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America
Russia
United States
Europe
Stalin
O. K
Africa
Earth
Dutch East Indies
Halland
Britain
France
Jall
Auto Travel In State Shows Steady Decline
Traffic on Maryland roads declined last month with a photoelectric meter on a highway showing a drop of over 41 percent from May of last year. Mechanical checkers at sixteen points counted 1,312,080 vehicles, compared with 1,847,062 in May 1941, for an average monthly decrease of 28.96 percent, according to George N. Lewis, manager of the State Roads Commission traffic division.
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Maryland
George N. Lewis
Raffic
State Roads Commission
Sinth rescue ship launched at local yard
The sixth rescue boat built by Cambridge Ship Builders Inc for the U S Army was launched Wednesday morning the P 85 slid overboard around 830 AM marking the second Side-Wise launch There are three more boats to be launched before work begins on the passenger cargo ships to be built at this yard No ceremony accompanied the launch Wednesday morning
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Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc
United States Army
Thich
OPA Uses Old Seminary Building As Cambridge Office
The Old Seminary at Academy and Market Streets becomes the Eastern Shore Office of Price Administration headquarters in Cambridge. Colonel Albanus Phillips and W Grason Winterbottom lead remodeling to create a modern office with landscaping planned for the harbor side. the move adds about twenty five families to Cambridge and will house county rationing boards and wartime agencies.
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Albanus Phillips
W. Grason Winterbottom
Seminary
Academy and
Market Streets
Price Administration
Cambridge
OPA
Cambridge Harbor
Market
Academy Sts
Board of Education
Colonel Phillips
Philips Wardware Company
Stamm Lloday
House Ways and Means Shelves Income Limit Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee shelved the Administration’s $25,000 income limit while approving a plan to establish inventory reserves. The panel aims to have the bill ready by July 4, citing public hearings, potential delays, and past tax disputes. Some expect Treasury resubmission on the Senate side during tax program talks.
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House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Vem
N. C
House Committee
Congress
Treasury
Senate
Finance Committee
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Tere
Indies
Washington, D. C
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WPB
Civilian Conservation Corps
WPA
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Office of Price Administration
Tomato
University of Maryland Extension Service
Bureau of Entomology and
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Talbot County Farm Bureau Cooperative
Boston
Troth Kemp’s
Trappe
Aron Samis
Cordova
Bud Shorter
St. Michaels
University of Maryland
George S. Langford
Lansford
Cecil
Kent
Baltimore County
Queen Anne’s
Harford
Prince George’s County Club
Roosevelt
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Charles Wagner
American Oil Company
American Building
Baltimore
Rubber Reserve Company
RFC
USO
Army Relief
Navy Relief
American Red Cross
Human Guinea Pig Club
U. S. Army Subsistence Laboratory
Chicago Quartermaster Depot
Calvary Church
Communist Party
SINTH
Coral Sea
Col
A. W. Snyder
Air Force
Ellington Field
Texas
Snyder
Old Seminary
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