Overbuying War China Dishes Prompt Senate Probe
Federal procurement records reveal army surplus plates, 50 000 from Jersey City, later sold at 12 4 cents each, while navy bought 30 000 at 17 4/5 cents. Treasury disposal sold 187 000 plates at 8 cents amid debates on surplus property after the war. Congressman Patman urges reform to prevent waste. The piece warns of massive future surplus including land, autos, and clothing.
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Heaven
Horatio
Congressional Committee On Small Business
House of Representatives
Wright Patman
Texas
Army, Navy
Procurement Division of the Treasury
Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
Patman
Shenango Pottery Company
War Department
Jersey City Quartermaster Corps
Army
Treasury Procurement Division
Treasury
Baker Sales Company
Bowery Street
New York City
Navy Department
South
Navy
Army Salvage Company
Marine Junk Company
What Government Will Allies Support After the War
The piece surveys postwar political outcomes as Allied and Russian advances reshape borders and governance in Europe. It notes Washington avoiding dramatic policy on Russia Poland borders while Congress debates a soldier voting bill and US aid to flood control. It discusses military matériel shifts to aluminum, munitions cutbacks, and farm price parity reform plans.
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Europe
Poland
Bessarabia
Red Arms
Baltic States
Finland
Russia
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
France
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Eee
War Department
To Agriculture Department
Department
Air war pace could doom Luftwaffe says Palmer
Col. Frederick Palmer argues Allied air forces deter Luftwaffe through relentless bombing and fighter strength. He notes no secret weapon can win the war without sustained air superiority and predicts victory if the current air offensive continues into spring.
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Luftwaffe
Washington
Germany
France
Lend-Lease
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Dawn in India Heralds Major East Force Against Japan
Lord Wavell says the mighty force forming in India is the largest ever assembled in the East for an offensive against Japan. The dawn coming up over southeast Asia is from India, not outer China, with thunder expected to reach Tokyo from the left.
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New York World-Telegram
Lord Wavell
India
Japan
Kipling
Asia
China
Tokyo
Taxi Bonanza Prewar Trends Boost Cab Business
Before Pearl Harbor taxis carried 1.2 passengers per trip, now about 3.3. Companies report nearly tripled business with fewer miles, vehicles and staff.
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Pearl Harbor
Propaganda Front Berlin Weeps Over Polish Frontier Propaganda
The article analyzes Nazi Germany's propaganda on the Polish eastern frontier and Moscow's 1920 Curzon line offer. It argues Berlin aims to split Allies, incite domestic tensions in Britain and the United States, and sway Polish Americans to influence U.S. elections.
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Nazi Germany
Goebbels
Berlin
United States
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Moscow
Silesia
East Prussia
Russia
Pond
Great Britain
America
London
Washington
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Joe Stalin
Europe
National Committee
Dr. Goebbels
Britain
British Isles
Fred Kaltenbach
Iowa
Teheran
Milwaukee
Notable Cedar Rapids Pioneer John M May Dies at 90
Major John M May longtime Cedar Rapids citizen dies at his home on May's Island January nineteen at age ninety. He served as a staff officer under two New York governors and was a bold savvy real estate operator. The Gazette notes his gift of ten lots for manufacturing sites and churches.
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John M. May
Cedar Rapids
May’s Island
New York
Best to Look Before You Leap in Multiple Languages
The quip parodies international warnings with misfired metaphors about Bulgaria Turkey and a Turk. It mocks overconfidence and misapplied aid with a fable about a Turkish farmer and a cow, ending with a fatal twist from a tail flick.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Born Century Too Soon
The Detroit News notes a savant’s forecast that future humans may live 125 years raising social security concerns about a 60 year allowance.
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The
Detroit News
Curtain of Secrecy Lifts on Rocket Warfare Roles
In three years the major powers have fielded nearly a dozen rocket weapons from bazookas to six barreled mortars. Rockets offer lighter arms, massed fire, and high velocity potential, but suffer from inaccuracy and variable charges. Germany Britain Russia and the Soviet Union expand rocket research and field tests amid secrecy lifting.
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Leonard Engel
Infantry Journal
Europe
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht
Red Army
Stalingrad
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