Washington drafts vast defense reorganization after election
The administration plans a major overhaul of defense leadership and powers if Roosevelt wins. A single wartime coordinator may replace the chairman role, with Don Nelson favored to head the defense commission. The move includes executive orders to prioritize contracts and move skilled labor between industries.
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PY Ashington
Roosevelt
Defense Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Willkie
Don Nelson
Leon Henderson
William S. Knudsen
John D. Biggers
Libby
Owens
Ford Glass Company
Commission
Advice From Mary Manners and Miss Manners Letters
A reader seeks guidance on regrets from youth and rejoining social life through church and old friends. Mary Manners encourages patience, forgiveness, and rebuilding impressions, while a grandmother and Winks advise honesty about why a party was missed to repair friendships.
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Miss Manners
Cloudy Thursday to light flight plans to Chicago
Seattle diary notes a cloudy morning with a light rain in the afternoon and clearing skies on Friday as the writer plans a trip to Chicago. The day includes writing letters at home, a democratic gathering, and a hospital visit to Anna’s friend Mrs. Stanley Donagh who is ill with pleurisy.
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Wash
Chicago
Anna
Stanley Donagh
Paris
Roosevelt Opinion on War Zones and Democratic Process
Eleanor Roosevelt describes postwar concerns about health in bombed areas and notes growing personal bitterness in political campaigns. She condemns egg throwing and other demonstrations of disapproval as harming orderly democratic processes. She mentions a Monday letter accusing her of egg-throwing at Willkie and reflects on the period after the war.
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Willkie
Departure Time Notice Dashes Short Farewell
The speaker describes spending time with friends and children before leaving at 5 p.m. This private note emphasizes final moments and farewell with loved ones.
British Food Aid Appeal Shifts to Funds for Rolling Kitchens
London reports Lord Woolton, Britain’s food minister, told Americans not to send food but to donate funds for rolling kitchens to feed residents in bombed areas. He said Britain is on rations to use shipping efficiently and that gifts of food are unnecessary.
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England
Air Corps
Poland
Hitler
London
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Lord Woolton
United States
Britain
Notice of Hearing on Stock Sale in Iowa Railway Case
In Linn County district court probate no 15793 a petition by First Trust and Savings Bank as executor of George A Raftis seeks authority to sell two Iowa Railway and Light Corporation stock certificates. Hearing is set for November 6 1940 at Cedar Rapids courthouse, when interested parties may appear and contest.
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Iowa
Linn County
George A. Raftis
Grorse
Rapuis
First Trust and Savings Bank
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Shonka
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