Willkie role debated as lease lend powers loom
Washington column argues about Wendell Willkie and the lease lend bill. It critiques presidential authority to deploy U S resources abroad and warns that temporary powers tend to extend beyond the limit, reshaping policy and defense.
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Wendell Willkie
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Mr. Willkie
New Automatic Direction Finding Device for Airplane Position
A new automatic direction finding radio receiver, developed under J. P. Cunningham of United Air Lines, records plane location at ground stations with over 99 percent bearing accuracy. Two or more stations triangulate the position, then transmit it to pilots. Salt Lake City hosts the first station with plans for about 20 systems coast to coast.
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William Keller
Western Newspaper Union
Chicago
J. P. Cunningham
United Air Lines
Cunningham
Sandretto
Radio Laboratory
Army
Navy
United
United States
Low Income in US Housing Projects Revealed
Washington report shows nearly half of families in US Housing Authority low rent projects earn 2.50 dollars or less per day covering food rent and clothes. A survey of 12 000 tenant families finds 47.8 percent under 899 dollars annually and 2.6 percent under 400. Only 7 percent reach 100 dollars monthly in high cost areas. Nathan Straus heads USHA and notes widespread hardship.
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Washington
United States Housing Authority
USHA
Nathan Straus
Gyp Trade Schools Peddle Defense Training Amid Scams
A Northwestern National Life Insurance report warns that counterfeit trade schools, dubbed gyp schools, spring up to promise defense job placements with major aircraft firms. It cautions overselling, undertraining, and guarantees, urging buyers to verify graduates, training quality, and sponsor finances before paying down.
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Minneapolis
United States
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
California
Chambers of Commerce
11 000 Tax Bills Loom in 1941 State Legislatures
Chicago report quotes Mrs Melville Mucklestone head of the National Consumers Tax Commission predicting about 60 000 bills will be introduced in 43 state legislatures meeting in 1941 She says no fewer than 11 000 will be tax bills and if trends hold more than 1 800 may be enacted averaging 43 per state
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Chicago
Melville Mucklestone
National Consumers Tax Commission
Scientific Research Increases in Petroleum Industry
Pittsburgh report notes a 539 percent expansion in eleven years, with Mellon Institute’s Dr. William A. Hamer citing growth in research and output. Last year gasoline production reached about 26 billion gallons, with potential to exceed 40 billion gallons soon. Aviation fuels with octane ratings over 100 are produced and may be used in contracts.
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Pittsburgh
William A. Hamer
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
American Chemical Society
Hamer
Blood Tests For Cause and Cure of Cancer
Dr James W Barton reports on blood tests for cancer detection and monitoring. Studies cited from Dr W E Ogden and Dr O S Gruner show patterns that distinguish cancer in blood with about 90 percent accuracy in proven cases, while treated patients may yield negative results and repeat positive readings warrant careful watching.
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W. E. Ogden
Toronto
O. S. Gruner
Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
Gruner
Royal Victoria Hospital
Iodine Powder For Chronic Ear Discharge Treatment
Dr M D Lederman reviews two decades of using iodine powder in the middle ear to dry chronic suppuration. A 1 percent iodine powder is blown into the ear after cleansing, repeated daily or weekly until dryness. if needed a 2 percent mix is used. Avoid ear irrigation. alcohol can aid drying. lasts until discharge ceases.
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M. D. Lederman
Lederman
Sulzberger
Passenger Falls From Westbound Train In Sand Heap
A westbound express train passed a wayside station when a door opened and a passenger fell out landing on sand. He was shaken but not seriously hurt. The conductor checked his ticket and allowed the trip to continue saying the ticket permits a break in the journey.
Shadows of Mind and Body Across the Day
A meditation on how memory and psyche shadow life from dawn to dusk, comparing mental and physical forms. The passage suggests that morning thoughts recede, noon brings active denial, and evening shadows lengthen behind us as life progresses.
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Longfellow
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