Meet New OPA Boss Who Never Met FDR Before
An outline of Chester Bowles becoming OPA administrator after Prentiss Brown, noting his west wing visit, party affiliation, and Brown’s resignation. Also mentions Bowles’ quick impact and his Republican background.
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OPA
FDR
Chester Bowles
Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
Roosevelt
White House
Senator Brown
Brown
Bowles
Washington
Germany
Red Cross
War Department
Japan
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Chaplain Taggart Praises Prayer At Frontline Front
CORAL GABLES FLA Army Chaplain William C. Taggart, a silver star recipient for bravery, credits prayer with quick answers under fire. He describes leading a hospital train evacuation, aiding wounded sailors aboard a Dutch freighter, and saving lives during the Pacific campaign before Melbourne. He later wrote of his wartime experiences.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Army Airport Hospital
William C. Taggart
Taggart
Hell
Pearl Harbor
Wichita Falls
Tex
Philippines
Australia
Java
Houston
Marblehead
Djokpacarta
Abbekerk
Melbourne
Weather and Reclamation Leaders Highlight Page
Weather data shows temperature and precipitation figures with past year comparisons and daily sun timing. South Dakota forecast calls for warmer conditions in the east and mild changes in the west. Head of the Reclamation Group in Denver reports Harry E. Polk elected as director, with calls for a uniform water act across 17 reclamation states to protect water rights.
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South Dakota
Huron
Heads Reclamation Group
Denver
Psi
Williston
N. D
National Reclamation ‘Association
My Fighting Congregation Praised By Army Chaplains
Christopher Cross's My Fighting Congregation is praised by William R. Arnold as a mirror of efforts to comfort troops. Interdenominational leaders credit it with expanding understanding among faiths. The chaplain recalls Navy sailors aided by prayer and a near miss when a transport crashed, saved by timely home prayers from Abilene, Texas.
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Christopher Cross
William R. Arnold
Army
Navy
Abilene
Tex
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Peter Edson
Huronite
Washington Correspondent
United States Navy
United States
War Department Price Adjustment Board
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Casitas
Aan & Moe
Northwest Finance Co
NEA
Gart
19Th
United States Air Forces
Hi Low Pe
OX Bismarck
Chicago
Des Moines
City
5. D
Airport
Fransas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Neb
Pittsburgh
P. Watertown
Pierre
Lemmon
Mobridge
Chadron
Sioux City
Valentine
Sheridan
Wyo
Miles City
Mon
Yankton
Mitchell
Madison
Sioux Falls
Brookings
Rapid Cityay
Spearfish
Philip
Aberdeen
Enna
Bam
Rom
Oald USA Phosphate
Perritor
Acturing Furriers
Eilers
Tunis
Algiers
Osborn’s Fine
Osborn
Verg
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Koplow Bros., Inc
Perugo
Alpagora
O’coats
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