Current Comment on Price Control and Farm Policy
The piece argues that President Roosevelt controls legislation via veto or acceptance and notes price controls may fail to curb rising costs. It discusses Senate farm price liberalization, the farmer as scapegoat, and potential delays from a secretary of agriculture veto. It concludes the president can resolve clashes by firing officials, directing policy.
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Middle West
Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
White House
Roosevelt
President moves to centralize defense control in Nelson
The President advocates placing control of the rearmament effort under Nelson, a move critics have demanded for months. Nelson’s capability to lead the defense production drive will be tested as speed is urged to boost wartime output. A daylight saving bill also advances, expected to save fuel and power, easing wartime demands on families.
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Id Nelson
Wither Nelson
Defense Production
Defense
Igen
Qaogentamge
Yanks Sink Jap Ships In Indies Beat Off 2 Attacks
Gen Douglas MacArthur's troops repelled two Japanese assaults on Batan and Corregidor while U S warplanes sank two enemy fighters near Tarakan in the Dutch East Indies. Mindanao and Jolo show Japan creating advance bases for Indies and Malaya.
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Indies
Batan
War Department
United States
Dutch East Indies
Tarakan
Borneo
Luzon
MacArthur
Tobruk
Dutch Forces Strike Foe in Several Areas
Allied Far East command chief General Sir Archibald Wavell arrived in the Dutch East Indies and led counter blows against Japanese invasion forces. Dutch land forces on the Sarawak frontier in British Borneo killed 18 Japanese with one Dutch casualty. In Celebes hand to hand fighting near Lake Tondano was reported. A Dutch flying boat bombed a Japanese air base in the southern Philippines, possibly Davao. Tarakan defenses were destroyed before the Japanese arrived, including airbase buildings and a jetty.
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Archibald P. Wavell
Far East Command
Dutch East Indies
Wavell
George H. Brett
United States Army Air Corps
Netherlands Indies Army
Sarawak
British Borneo
Iun
Minahassa
Celebes
Lake Tondano
Menado
Tarakan
Dutch Indies Air Force
Philippines
Philippine
Davao
Mindanao
Manila
Dutch Indies
Balikpapen
Oir
Dutch Borneo
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
London
Sourabhava
Java
Netherlands Indies
Nelson Named Defense Czar Sweeping Shakeup Planned
President Roosevelt designated Donald M. Nelson as head of the nation’s war production and procurement machinery. He pledged to reshape defenses to speed material for victory and to replace the current priorities board with a new executive order created body under his direction. Nelson will oversee all production agencies with power equivalent to Britain’s minister of supply, directing the entire program.
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Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
OPM
Hitler
Nelson
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Mundt rails against tire rationing and freedom
The speaker argues that rationing tires harms one of the four freedoms and mocks the idea that travel distances justify limits. He compares past freedoms to present religious influence and vows not to concede that freedom is fading due to rubber shortages.
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Karl Mundt
South Dakota
America
Bond sales and shortages spark mass psychology hints
The author argues against hinting at a bond shortage to spur defense bond purchases. They warn it could backfire with bootlegging, cornering supply, and speculative schemes, predicting resourceful traders and housewives would exploit any shortage by storing or hiding bonds.
Civilian Defense Shift to War Dept Questioned
Washington AP say Senate house conferees agreed to keep civilian defense in the Office of Civilian Defense but cap OCD funding at 100 million dollars. LaGuardia faced choices between remaining mayor or leading civilian defense, outlining options to congress including staying on, returning to New York, or repeating past wartime path.
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Washington
Senate House
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Piorelio H LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
House
Congress
Pinger
Air Corps
Eight Injured in Blast at Aircraft Plant
An industrial explosion at the Pratt and Whitney division of United Aircraft in East Hartford Connecticut injures eight workers and halts output in three departments. Plant officials report no sabotage and classify the blast as an industrial accident.
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East Hartford
Pennsylvania Dailies Boost Prices Across State
The AP reports that seven to eleven Pennsylvania daily newspapers raised subscription rates by about 25 cents in the past year to cover wartime costs. William N. Hardy of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association says war coverage, higher payrolls and taxes drove the increases and that most papers did not lose circulation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William N. Hardy
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Hardy
New Line 90 Miles North of Singapore
British jungle fighters defend an 80 mile front 90 miles north of Singapore as demolition engineers destroy tunnels bridges and roads to slow Japanese advances. The Far East HQ reports a withdrawal from a line north of Seremban with British forces falling back toward the neck of the peninsula.
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Singapore
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Seremban
Negri Sembilan
Malacca Strait
South China Sea
Torrential storm aids Imperial forces as fast action looms
In Singapore a tropical storm halted northern offensive moves as a strong Australian force mobilizes and empire planes shadow Japanese fleets across southern Malaya. The deluge disrupted travel, delaying operations but buying time for defense near the Johore boundary as fighting nears renewed.
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Harold Guard
Singapore
Imperial Army
Malaya
Johore
Axis Ship Loss At Million Tons
London AP report quotes the authoritative Press Association naval expert estimating Axis shipping losses at 5,000,900 tons since the war began. The figure is based on observers reports and admiralty and Royal Air Force communiques.
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London
Authoritative Press Association
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Hawkeye Downs Offered for State Fair Use
William Rinderknecht of the All-Iowa Fair Association announced that Hawkeye Downs near Des Moines could host the 1942 Iowa state fair if the state fairgrounds are occupied by the U S Army. He telegrammed Lloyd Cunningham noting the All-Iowa fair would proceed regardless of acceptance and would be held earlier to avoid conflict.
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Hawkeye Downs
State Fair Board
Lowra
William Rinderknecht
All-Iowa Fair Association
Rinderknecht
Lloyd Cunningham
Iowa State Fair Board
U. S. Army
Cunningham
Army
United States
Dr Charles A Anderson Named Coe College President
Dr Charles A Anderson of Greenville Tennessee was chosen president of Coe College by the board of trustees at a special meeting in Cedar Rapids. Anderson is 52 and may assume next summer after Tusculum College’s commencement. Dr C Harve Geiger will remain acting president in the interim.
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Charles A. Anderson
Tusculum College
Greenville
Tenn
Coe College
Coe Board of Trustees
Arthur Poe
Dr. Anderson
Anderson
Coe
Tusculum
Poe
C. Harve Geiger
Mo Ee
H. M. Gage
Wood College
St. Charles
Gage
Geiger
University of Oe
Presbyterian Beach
Maplewood
N. J
New Jersey
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Secret Navy Chief Sees German Unrest Stories as Lies
Secretary Knox said tales of German unrest were false and designed to weaken U S resolve. He dismissed a German rout in Russia, noted King controls warship operations, and explained shifts in naval leadership. He also cited Hawaiian racial demographics amid wartime concerns.
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Washlgton
Knox
Germany
America
Russia
United States
Ernest J. King
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Washington
Stark
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Fire Rages Through Delaware Oil Plant
A major fire swept the Nesday refinery and branch in Claymont Delaware with officials reporting a number of casualties. The blaze spread quickly and threatened nearby plants in the area.
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Delaware
Claymont, del
Texas Company
Nesday
Will Prohibit Civilian Radio Output Shortly
The Office of Production Management plans to stop all civilian radio production within a couple of months and impose new controls on private home construction. An order from OPM's civilian supply division would limit metal for private homes. no new restriction on defense housing. Existing 57 million radio sets in private hands and dealer stocks are noted.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
Priorities Division
Henderson
Autos collide on icy Mt Vernon Ave injuring four
Four persons sustained minor injuries at 4 50 p m Tuesday after two cars collided on Mt Vernon avenue SE between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets in Cedar Rapids. John A Liercke and Flossie M Hover were the drivers, Liercke from Clarence 42 and Hover of 1648 B avenue NE. Hover reportedly skidded on the icy pavement after pulling out to pass another car. Both vehicles suffered considerable damage.
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Mt. Vernon Avenue
John A. Liercke
Clarence
Flossie M Hover
Liercke
Miss Hover
Mr. Liercke
Postponement of Auto Tax Stamp Sales Ordered
Des Moines AP Ed H. Birmingham the federal collector ordered to delay all motor vehicle stamp sales until January 27 no reason given The order came from Secretary Morgenthau via telegram to Commissioner Hel vering Birmingham noted stamps had not yet been placed for sale at the internal revenue office but sale began at the Des Moines post office with Miss Edith Johnson expecting stamp availability statewide Thursday
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Des Moines
Ed H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Birmingham
Internal Revenue Office
Edith Johnson
Iowa
Price control bill blamed for inflation by Henderson
Washington dispatch reports Price Administrator Henderson declared the amended senate bill on price control would cause national death by own action through inflation. Burma bulletin notes land and air reinforcements for Burma's defense have arrived with more on the way, announced officially Wednesday.
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Washington
Henderson
Senate
Rangoon
Burma
Lower Temperature Readings Expected for Cedar Rapids
Forecast calls for fair and colder weather in Cedar Rapids and vicinity this afternoon and tonight with a low around 12 degrees. Streets stayed mostly slick after freezing temps late Tuesday. readings dropped to 28 at 2 pm Wednesday with a red line at 36 by 7 pm and 25 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapide
Tuesae
Mercury
Suara
Pair and colder weather forecast for Iowa in midweek
Des Moines reports predict chilly temperatures and a drop in wind chills for Wednesday afternoon and night across most of Iowa with subfreezing lows not expected to return to the severe levels seen earlier in January.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Will Release 600,000 Cars For Purchase
Washington officials outlined a plan to increase car rationing by dealers from 614000 to 674000 new cars under a wartime system. The plan includes freezing 130000 to 140000 cars for a year to build a stockpile and guiding allocation via 5000 local councils based on need. A maximum price would use formula A, combining list price, tax, transport, and a 5 percent surcharge.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Special House
Guerrilla forces claim control of large Yugoslav mountain area
Report from London says Yugoslav guerrilla armies have regained control of at least 19,000 square miles of mountain territory in Yugoslavia and are issuing passports in Serbia. The BBC and AP coverage indicate continued guerrilla activity and governance in the region.
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London
Yugoslavia
Eah
Serbia
W. A
BBC
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