Summer Vacation Stays Home This Year Across Nation
The article notes a heat wave and a holiday clash with 30 day vacations for government workers. It says many Americans cannot reach National parks east and west of the Mississippi and New England resorts lose visitors while Atlantic coast and Pacific coast areas see weaker turnout. Millions stay home to spend time with friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi
New England
Atlantic City
Virginia Beach
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Washington
Canadian
California
Citizens Victory at Home Boosts War Effort and Economy
The Joint Committee on the Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures led by Senator Byrd reports that 1943 nonwar appropriations have been reduced by at least 1.31 billion dollars, freeing funds for essential war needs. It credits the American people for urging savings and calls for continued vigilance to curb government waste in support of victory and peace.
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Joint Committee
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Hitler
Hirohito
Byrd
Citizens Emergency Committee
Byrd Committee
Economic Highlights on Forced Savings Debate
Britain has had forced savings for over a year says Business Week Canada broke down and included it in the new budget Government seeks voluntary War Bond sales to absorb excess income Congress resists fearing votes Economists largely agree some forced saving will be adopted as national income soars to record wartime levels with widespread cash gains for lower income brackets.
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Britain
Business Week
Canada
Morgenthau
Unien
Inflation and forced savings loom in war economy
The piece argues inflation will rise without a production surge and suggests forced savings as a remedy, citing English practices and tax shifts. It notes black market growth for essentials, the need to remove money from trade to aid wartime needs, and calls for government reorganizational reforms to speed decision making.
Editorial notes on world war contrasts and ideals
The piece argues warfare advances in weapons contrast with stagnant moral progress. It notes radio and air power redefine conflict since 1914 but fails to advance noble ideals. Citing Wilson, America’s war aims are liberation, not profit, and peoples and provinces should not be treated as pawns in sovereignty games.
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Wilson
America
World War II aims and the Atlantic Charter quoted
The piece quotes Franklin D Roosevelt and the Atlantic Charter, urging a war for democracy, peace, and freedom worldwide. It notes past failures to achieve wartime objectives and calls voters to elect Congress members aligned with these ideals, warning against selfish, irresponsible leaders.
Week of the War Cuts Eastern Fuel Prices and Plans
Price Administrator Henderson announced a 2 percent cut in maximum gasoline prices for the 17 Eastern States and District of Columbia starting August 5, with small reductions in kerosene and distillates. The Defense Supplies Corporation to absorb extra transport costs. Roosevelt outlined fuel and meat shortages and urged conversion to coal. coal stocks rise but consumer stockpiles remain low. Authorities forecast lower gasoline demand for late summer and a need to prepare for potential shortages this fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
District of Columbia
Office of Price Administration
Office of Petroleum Coordinator
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Defense Supplies Corporation
Farm Income Rise and War Measures Mark 1942 Outlook
Farm cash income for the first half of 1942 reached 5 773 million, up from 4 012 million a year earlier, with crop income up 36 percent and livestock 48 percent higher. A record market volume is anticipated in late 1942, with total 1942 cash income likely over 14 600 million including government payments. The OPA warned of sugar supply difficulties from the Caribbean and ordered refiners not to ship to Indiana Illinois and Ohio until September 1. New rationing rules cover word processors and adult bicycles. War Bond sales in July totaled 900 900 000, the second-highest on record. The ODT will oversee bus allocations and push for a nationwide survey of rail and bus services. The WPB studies Kaiser's plan for 5 000 cargo planes. U S shipyards broke records in July with 71 vessels started, 299 cargo vessels and tankers built in seven months. China reports Allied air raids against Japanese positions, and four merchant ships were sunk by submarines. The Supreme Court upheld the Nazi saboteur military commission trial. The President signed measures creating the Navy Women’s Auxiliary Reserve and authorizing Civil Aviation Authority training. Selective Service schedules August inductions for some 1-B classified men.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Caribbean
OPA
Louisiana
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Treasury
Morgenthau
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Eastman
Public Service Commissions
Nelson
WPB
Henry Kaiser
Maritime Commission
U. S
Stilwell
China
MacArthur
Amboina Island
Netherlands East Indies
Guadalcanal
Solomons
United Nations
Supreme Court
Armed Forces
Women’s Auxiliary Reserve
Navy
CAA
Army
Selective Service Headquarters
While Russia Fights We Must Front a United Front
Editorial urges concentrating on the Second Front question. It argues Americans and Britons should match Russian sacrifices, pressure leaders, and mobilize at home while Soviet forces press the Nazis in the East. It notes fourteen months of Soviet effort and the potential impact of a diversion to ease the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Roosevelt
United Nations
Russia
America
Britain
Hitler
War front notes on Britain and Russia in World War II
Christian Science Monitor comments on Britain and the base, Russia sustaining the fight against Nazi strength. It argues 9,000,000 Nazi troops require focus while a Middle East defense could be held with weaker forces, and Japan’s strong land forces are in Manchuria. It notes a blockade remains and occupied countries keep a form of second front, while Britain and America could favor a future second front offensive rather than total defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Russia
Middle East
Japan
Manchuria
America
Christian Science Monitor
Rubber problem finally sees coordinated U S action in 1942
Time says the war’s tightest shortage is rubber with Japan’s conquests. Five months after Pearl Harbor the U S government did little to build synthetic rubber. By mid July Donald Nelson took personal charge and Buna tire use begins. Farish of Standard Oil reports faster processes could add 34 million tires by end of 1943 and synthetic rubber may outperform natural rubber, though motorists must conserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Japan
Donald Nelson
4Th Corps
W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Farish
Extravagance and War Economy Demand Shared Burden
Dr Henry M Winston Brown University urges citizens and government to curb waste and non essential spending to sustain the war effort. He notes unafforded inflation risks and calls for consistent policies, reduced non war expenditures, and possible enforced savings as taxes and war bonds rise. Government must cut non war costs if the public insists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Winston
Brown University
William Allen White Influences Editors and Book Club
William Allen White, Em oria Gazette figure, steers national editorials and Book of the Month Club choices. He campaigns for War Bonds via a July issue article, while his son Bill White gains recognition with a book selection for October distribution. White’s telegrams from Emporia amuse and inform fellow editors active in national literary circles.
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Edwin Seaver
Robin McKown
William Allen White
Emporia
Emoria Gazette
Kansas
Saturday Evening Post
Harry Sherman
White
Bill White
New York
Book and writers highlight in club telegrams and notices
A club telegram praises a son’s writing from Henry Seidel Canby Dorothy Canfield and Christopher Morley noting a chosen book by W L White. The piece also recalls William Allen White and his 1909 novel A Certain Rich Man. Provincetown memories are shared by Mary Heaton Vorse and locals as she adapts to island life. Burman reports on Free French aid in Africa with quizzical local remarks about quinine tablets.
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Bill
Emporia
Henry Seidel Canby
Dorothy Canfield
Christopher Morley
W. L. White
Wiliam Allen White
Mary Heaton Vorse
Provincetown
Cape
Nantucket
Martha’s Vineyard
Africa
Ben Lucien Burman
Congo
Ben Lucian Burman
Mississippi
Brazzaville
Petain
Vichy
Local Social Roundup Notes Visits and Travels
Ridgely Mrs Ray Frampton and daughter visit relatives in Analine Village. Many locals host guests from Wilmington, Philadelphia, and nearby towns. Army drafts and travel, plus weekend visits to Rehoboth, Salisbury, and Easton, fill the social calendar.
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Ray Frampton
Analine Village
Harford Porter
Lay Beaven
Solomon's
G. Francis Beaven
Melvin Leonard
Delia Friedel
Chincoteague
Mabel Spence
Greensboro
Mary Robinson
Cupid
Francis J. Hensel
Frank Hensel
Wilmington
Earl Finney
Frank Flounders
Clarence Wooden
Grace Mitchell
William Long
Billie
Frankford
Del
Emma Jackson
William Raleigh
Atlantic City
Newton Forney
Lancaster
Adam Holsinger
Irma Nichols
Philadelphia
Susie Barrett
Edwin Eaton
C. H. Rawlings
Annapolis
Rob Smith
Pattie
Helen Saulsbury
Rehoboth
Eva Stoops
Easton
Calvin Covington
Ohio
Clinton Guthrie Jr
Sonny Walker
Kenton
Boone Jarrell
Salisbury
Alice Ringgold
Barbara Lane
Timber War Damage Insurance Offered for Timber
University of Maryland extension service notes timber of merchantable size can be insured against enemy action and counteraction by the War Damage Corporation, a unit of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The 15 cent per $100 rate requires 100 percent coinsurance, with minimum $3 premium, and indemnity based on insured value versus full property value. Applications via private insurers.
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C. F. Winslow
University of Maryland Extension Service
War Damage Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Winslow
Local Visitors Called At Town Homes
Mrs. S. S. Sennett and grandson Jackie Waterson of Linwood Pa. visit Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Sennett near town. Mrs. Hilda Christopher of Federalsburg calls on Mrs. Wallace Keys. Mr. Clarence Hoey of Camden N J visits Mrs. Wilbert Callaway. Miss Louise Gray guests with Mrs. Benson Allen at Hobbs.
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S. S. Sennett
Jackie Waterson
Linwood
Clarence A. Sennett
Town
Hilda Christopher
Federalsburg
Wallace Keys
Clarence Hoey
Camden
N. J
Wilbert Callaway
Louise Gray
Benson Allen
Hobbs
W heat price and local wedding and obituaries
Twenty five years ago crop values are listed with wheat from 1.70 to 2.15 and corn at 2.30 while two hogs owned by W A Alford were killed by heat. A notable wedding occurs at St Thomas Aquinas Church Brooklyn between Mary Gertrude Willoughby and Lewis Elbert Smith. The entries cover community deaths, including William Richardson Griffith and William E Greenley, and Grace Marshall, a girl rescued from confinement, with details of family ties and subsequent care.
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W. A. Alford
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Gertrude
Francis T. Willoughby
Lewis Elbert Smith
Columbus
Father Donahue
Willoughby
Drake College
New York City
Smith
Oklahoma
John Kenny
Frank Booth
Washington
Mabel Voshell
Denton
Harry S. Clark
Tuckahoe Neck
Lynne Stevens
Winfield Nichols
Armory
Baltimore
J. Boon Dukes
Happy
Texas
William Richardson Griffith
Caroline County
Charles A. Griffith
William P. Richardson
J. O. Bradenbaugh
Griffith
William E. Greenley
Messrs. Krabill
Beer
Helsby
Greenley
Church of the Brethren
Maryland
Jones
Delmar
Del
W. R. Straughn
Mansfield Normal School
J. I. Straughn Jrs
Blanche Straughn
Roland Park
Grace Marshall
Movie Talk Sons of The Pioneers at Dentonia Theatre
Republic screens Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers on Saturday August 8 at the Dentonia Theatre. Maris Wrixon leads, Gabby Hayes features in a comic role. cast includes Bradley Page Hal Taliaferro Forrest Taylor and the Sons of the Pioneers. Beery and Marjorie Main star in Jackass Mail at Dentonia Theatre Monday Tuesday August 10 11 with Beery delivering pratfalls as Main runs a frontier dance hall and drives the stagecoach with gold shipments.
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Sons of the Pioneers
Republic
Roy Rogers
Dentonia Theatre
Maris Wrixon
George
Gabby” Hayes
Bradley Page
Hal Taliaferro
Forrest Taylor
Beery
Marjorie Main
Wallace Beery
Old West Comes To Life In In Old California At Dentonia
Repub lic's deluxe action drama In Old California stars John Wayne and Binnie Barnes with Albert Dekker and Dick Farell. Juke Girl, an Ann Sheridan vehicle, runs August 13 and 14 at Dentonia Theatre with Sheridan Reagan and Whorf in a turbulent romance and social clash on screen.
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Beery
Republic
Old California
Dentonia Theatre
John Wayne
Binnie Barnes
Albert Dekker
Dick Fareell
Edgar Kennedy
Patsy Elly
Ann Sheridan
Dentonia
Ronald Reagan
Richard Whorf
Sheridan
Reagan
Whorf
Slats Diary Of Oliver N Warren A Week In Ant Emmys
Sunday notes visit to Ant Emmys locals say the town is hospitable with three regional hospitals. Monday recalls Indians in a teepee pre civilization and whiskey. Tuesday fears wage cuts as jobs shift but Pa vows to keep working. Wednesday wonders who Esan is, ponders old fables or Friday islander. Thursday relic chats about George Washington cherry seed and Jefferson pen. Friday hopes for a lemonade stand job then declines after cost of grooming. Saturday details Blisters and Jane, jokes and flirtations.
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Ant Emmys
Emmy
Ant Emmy
Esan
Sum Fokes
Geo
Jane
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Oliver N, Warren
Nisi
J. Virgil Moore
Eliza J. Brooks
Orphans’ Court
Real Estate Proceedings
J. Redden
Carlton V. West
Register of Wills
Auditor's Order
Cora Todd
Circuit Court
Wayne A. Cawley
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C. Wesley Towers
Et al
William C. Ross
Caroling County
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