War Power Tumbles into Policy Debates Across Washington
A U S wartime column notes President Truman relies on emergency powers to impose a broad decree amid skeptical lawyers. It critiques War Production Board and Congress for weak oversight, and argues for closer scrutiny of civilian supply management and resource allocation trends during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. McNutt
Supreme Court
Congress
Biddle
Indiana
William Green
Philip Murray
Albert Leman
Washington
Senate
Office of
North African
New Guinea
William Jeffers
Ration Changes and Reminders From Five-Week Period
Five week ration updates list dried fruits free of coupons and new fuel oil claim options. Gasoline book No. 5 covers three gallons March to July in NC while stamps D to L have varied expiry dates. Also notes shoe stamp 17, stoves, sugar No.12, and typewriter rental rules with recalls and certificates. Includes Mauritania governance from St. Louis Senegal and a trivia note: humming birds cannot walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL OU
North Carolina
Rationing Guide for Bicycles and Canned Goods
Rationing rules allow employed or volunteering individuals to obtain bicycle certificates from local boards and provide bicycles to students in need. Canned goods, juices, soups, dried beans and peas fall under a point system. planting uses permit purchase of dried beans and peas without stamps. Coffee stamp No 23 covers one pound of coffee for a period.
National Youth Setup Grinds Out Quota Of Skilled Workers
Winston-Salem NYA machine shop trains teens and adults in lathes mills and welding. By April 24 the program has produced 150 workers for defense industries, with trainees earning 24 dollars a month and eight hours daily over twelve weeks. Instructors include W. W. Wagner and H. H. Walker. The project supports city services and state agencies while enabling graduates to find jobs in Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore or Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Ito
W.P.B
Army
Navy
U.S.A
WPB
Mars
Nelsonians
War Production Board
Winston-Salem
National Youth Administration
Schol
NYA
Baghdad
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore
Newport News
W. W. Wagner
H. H. Walker
Lonnie Price
W. L. Davis
State Highway Department
Caviar Labels and Russian Town Names Explained
Questions cover caviar labeling laws and the meaning of grad in Russian town names. Imported caviar is salted roe from sturgeon, other fish eggs labeled by species. In gin rummy a box equals twenty points. Grad means city as in Stalingrad.
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Russia
United States
Stalingrad
Stalin City
Leningrad
Lenin City
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By Ray Tucker
Truman Committee
Captor Hill Rvers
Samuel Untermeyer
Tom Walsh
James A. Hiram W. Johnson
Ferdinand Pecora
House
Der
Mauritania
St. Louis
Senegal
G. H. Macomber
Adolf
Los Angeles
Coats
Val
Jlarilee
Muauhs
Uncle Sam
Tuis
Dred
Dom
High Point
Guilford County
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