Congress Pistol-Packin' Special Groups Warned
Justice Byrnes urges Congress to resist pressure from special groups as inflation threatens wartime effort. The editor cites wage and price disputes, subsidies, and political pressure while praising air force officers urging lawmakers to uphold general national interests. Former Senator Prentiss Brown is noted for opposing farm subsidy schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
Washington
Congress
Senate
Agriculture
Justice Byrnes
Air Force
United States
Legislative Branch
Clapper
Gresham
Broadway in Wartime Dec 7 1942 A712 retrospec
The piece recalls a 1941 Sunday on Broadway when Pearl Harbor changed entertainment. It notes departures to war service, USO shows, and wartime shifts in theater and radio. It tracks Broadway’s transformation through 1942 and into 1943, ending with a somber, hopeful wartime outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Evans
Judith Anderson
Chuck’ Ling
Gertrude Lawrence
Angel Street
Manhattan
Broad‘way
Uta Hagen
Jose Ferrer
Alfred Drake
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Broadway
Vvy
Times Square
Public Library
42Nd Street
America
Sardi
Ralph
Shubert
USO
Abe Lastvogel
Alaska
Ireland
Australia
England
Hollywood
Maxwell Anderson
St Mark
States' rights rally as postwar political issue resurfaces
A wartime era debate on states' rights returns to prominence on Capitol Hill. Southern Democrats block the soldier vote bill citing states' rights while Republicans back or oppose related measures on insurance, aviation, and federal taxation. The debate frames scrutiny of federal regulation versus state control as war winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Jefferson Va. Hamilton
Department of Justice
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Lea
We the Women Draft Of Men Proves Value Of WAC Aid
Ruth Millett argues that WAC recruiting lags despite wartime effort, noting 50 000 men needed extra due to 30 000 women not enlisting. The column links enlistment shortfall to more households disrupted and calls for broader support for women in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Ruth Millett
Wacs
Army
Sam
Comment on taxes reflects amid nation wide editorials
The piece critiques tax lists in Hand and Brule Counties detailing delinquent sums and dozens of names. It discusses how wealthier towns show heavier arrears, notes a Brule County town with 132 delinquents totaling 7088.85, and ponders social causes. It contrasts Iowa and southern tax approaches and urges repeal of unfair ole tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Brule
Soldiers In Africa Hear Shortages at Home Severe
Ernie Pyle reports from Algiers as soldiers abroad note food and supply shortages while at home costs rise and civilians question meals milk eggs and tobacco. He describes wartime strain, lingering comfort of war friendships, and mixed views on home front changes and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Ernie
Ernie Pyle
Allied
Algiers
America
Vay
Atlantic
Cairo
Washington
lFb
Tte French
Pentagon
FDH
Rationing Information Notice Unclear Text
The document fragment appears from the Office of Price Administration with references to rationing dates and good-through periods. It mentions December dates and an issued state or district number but the text is fragmentary and unreadable in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Guadalcanal
Tunisia
Stalingrad
United States
Broadway
State Door
Lynne Fontanne
Katharine Corneil
Helen Menken
Shixley Booth
Arlene Francis
Radio Row
Dinah Shore
Morton Downey
Ginny Simms
Kate Smith
Phil
Baker’s
Office of Price “Administration Peficala “waelTs
War era fuel rationing stamps schedule details
The document outlines period numbers for stamps tied to gasoline and fuel use in 1943 44. It lists stamps for 10 gallons per unit through January 4 1944 period one. period two stamps valid for one ae per unit through February 1. period three stamps valid for ten ae per unit through March 4. and gasoline stamps 9 in a book valid for three gallons through an unspecified date.
Lieutenant Bluffs to Win Nazi Surrender in War Story
Steinbeck recounts a World War II moment as a lone lieutenant advances with a white towel flag to demand German surrender. He faces eighty seven paratroopers and wary Luftwaffe engineers, while Allied guns and a cautious bluff loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steinbe
New York
Tribune, Inc
Jerrys
Jerry
Connor
Luftwaffe
Pecatan
Les
Othea
Criisers
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Ing
Pvt. G . Joe
Stork
Monte Carlo
el Morocco
G. I Joe
Germany
Emoun
Miller Gazette
Brule County
Leo Knoxville
Marion
Nile
Lowa
Conrest
Britain
Dick Hottelot
London
Fred Clayton
The
Red Cross
Italy
Morocco
Pigcott
Steinbeck
Obherleutnant
Converi
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