OWI Chief Davis Faces Senate Questioning In Secret Probe
War Information Director Elmer Davis held a public press conference then faced private Senate questions on OWI operations. Senators pressed for information, discussed the Battle Stations pamphlet errors, and questioned wartime propaganda methods. Davis cited 2600 staff and 140000 pamphlets, and noted no censorship power while the army would soon take over troop news distribution.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Senate
Frederick van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
OWI
Davis
Pat McCarran
D-New
Senators
Battle Stations
McCarran
Roosevelt
Hot Springs
Japan
WPB forecasts near seven thousand airplanes this month
Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said the United States will build close to 7,000 airplanes in April and even more in May and beyond. The figure marks a record, beating February’s 5,500 production total, with March showing gains but no exact count released. Nelson spoke at the 57th Annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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New York
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
United States
WPB
Nelson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Richard W Slocum
The
Philadelphia Bulletin
United Scrap Metal Drive
Raiders Trained in Jap Topography for Doolittle Raid
Domei News quotes Maj Gen Nahao Yahagi that Doolittle raid crews studied Japanese topography and national traits in Tokyo after bombing Tokyo and other cities on April 18. The group left San Francisco April 1 aboard the Hornet and included Lt. Stephen Jurika from the U S naval attaché office.
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San Francisco
Tokio
U. S
Domei
Nahao Yahagi
Army
Imperial Headquarters
Yahagi
Hornet
Doolittle
Stephen Jurika
Japan
War Bond Drive Appeals in War Time Message
A wartime notice urges readers to buy War Bonds to support the war effort. It emphasizes national unity and financial backing for the second front invasion.
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OWI “Fishbowl
Solons
House
House Appropriations Committee
John Taber
Len Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Mate Iu Tailors
Third Street
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Siegel's Jewelry and Loan Office
Ave. SE
Philco
Ren
RCA
Motorola
Standard Tire CO
1St Avenue
1St Street
DIAL
Stexe
Cos
Kladwell
2Nd Ave
Buy
Wncs
Rexall Drug Stores
First Avenue
Third Avenue
Paris
Liggett
Revlon Wonder
Lipastick
Revlon
Rexall
Arthur Murray
Serviceman’s
Gabardine Money
Victory
Pablum
Gerber's
Eventlo
Medici
Anusol Suppositories
Petrolagar
Alka Seltzer
Baume Bengue
Bromo Seltzer
Hind's
Gilette Blue Blades
Molle
Stag
Elmo
Ayers
Campus
S& Makeup
Hollywood
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