Truman committee to blast WPB in forthcoming report
The Truman committee will issue a blistering report criticizing WPB for war production lapses granting $1-a-year open contracts. It targets Philip Reed of General Electric, Donald Nelson, and others, and questions the management of the production division and possible transfer to the War Department.
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Board of General, Electric
WRB
Reed
Pearson
Truman Committee
WPB
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Truman
White Reed
W.¥. Harrison
A. T
Harrison
War Department
Brehon Somervell
SOS
Cilian
Ronsevelt
Somervell
Harrison Lon
Morrison
S. T. Henry
McGraw-Hill
Robert Wolf
Weyerhauser Lumber Corporation
War in the Air Wins the War Says Air Power
Commentary asserts air superiority will decide the war as massive bomber and fighter production, oceanic battles in the Pacific, and Allied air operations over Germany shift momentum. Emphasizes aircraft factories, air freighters, and fast surface craft as future warfare, with Axis defeat seen as inevitable through air power.
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Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Oahu
Germany
Axis
Has-Been Col Bartlett Resumes Service At Sparrow Point Yard
Col Harry G Bartlett, retired seven years, seeks work as a material checker at Bethlehem Steel Sparrow Point yard. He earns 70 cents an hour and gains a chance to serve his country again, proving has-beens are those willing to start from the bottom.
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Harry G. Bartlett
Sparrow Point
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Let Us Bring Army War Show To Laidley Field
The Kanawha County Relief Fund committee should push to host the U S Army War Show at Laidley Field to raise funds for the Army Emergency Relief. The display would feature 1500 soldiers simulating bombings battles air and ground actions and camouflage operations to stir pride and aid in funding a 112,200 county relief budget.
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Kanawha County
Laidley Field
Weinlanders
Kanawha
Imagined Marseilles Dockers Weigh General Strike Against Vichy
A fragmentary wartime exchange imagines Marseilles dock workers planning a general strike to block shipments from North Africa to Germany. The dialogue critiques Vichy and debates whether revolting against Petain, Laval, or the government preserves Allied contact, amid Admiral Leahy’s remarks.
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Marseilles
Africa
Germany
Pal
Vichy
Leshy
Washington
America
Petain
Hitler
Sars Leahy
Laval
Admiral Leahy
The Fighting Race Poem and Its Backstory
The Brighter Side notes readers’ long reread of The Fighting Race a poem about Kelly and the Burkes and other figures tied to the Rangoon Maine sinking, with Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke as its author. It recalls Clark’s Park Row circle and his Dublin birth, and promises to reprint the piece in a future column.
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OS Angeles
Kelly
Bull
Shea
Rangos Maine
Havana Harbor
Kellys
Burkes
O'Hares
O'Donnells
Ritten
Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clark
New York
Irvin S. Cobe
Stuart H. Lake
Park Row
Bence Casseres
Cobb
Stuart Lake
James Gordon Bennett
Herald
Tie
Clarke
Lipton
Perry's
the World Building
Martin Green
Frank Ward O'Malley
Laka
Don Marquis
Paul Thompson
Ben de Casseres
Dublin University
Lake of Clarke
Agreement Needed on Scrap Rubber Drive Urges Clear Rationing
Washington June 16 The scrap rubber drive gains momentum through Secretary Ickes urging public cooperation to quantify how much salvage is available. He notes the need for clear justification of restrictions, cites Molotov coverage, and argues government must coordinate messaging to reduce public skepticism and ensure wartime support.
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Ashington
Ickes
Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
WPB
Tull
Molotov
Blair House
State Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventerrth Street
Washington
Moscow
Est
White House
Simple street marker idea split over old names
Reader Gavette proposes numbered street markers with the old street names carved in concrete for memorial value. Presley W Mortis notes coal miners in Wyoming county see national defense as needed for defense plants but question road funding misuse and how workers reach jobs amid muddy roads and tax burdens.
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Gavette
Presley W.mortis
Wyoming County
Tax policy views and Axis alliance context in wartime analysis
The article discusses public budgeting and tax tolerance in Montclair New Jersey with a postcard poll showing support for services over tax cuts. It then analyzes Axis alliance dynamics Germany Japan and US Britain Russia in wartime strategy, noting independent national interests and possible timing of actions regarding Russia and Europe.
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Tojo
Japan
Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
United Nations
Asia
Path
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Weatherman Pegler Attacks Union Powers And Spying
Weathrow Pegler denounces federal protection for unions with private taxing powers and private laws. He claims unions leak insider misconduct and assist prosecutions, while accusing La Follette of possible investigations. He asserts he exchanges information with employers to counter predatory unions and cites CIO groups as dangerous.
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Isbor
Robert M. la Follette
Senate
la Follette
Mike Quik
Transport Workers’ Union
The
CIO
Moscow
CIO Communications Union
Telei
Espiotags
Natta reminiscences and wartime quips recalled in drift
The fragment recalls Oriental subjects and jokes about the Corsl Sea Midway and Doolittle with a Thackeray quip. It mentions flyers changing lines and a wartime mindset, reflecting humorous banter and memory of strategic moments.
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Corsl Sea
Midway
Doolittle
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