National Whirligi News Behind the News Dispatch
National War materials flow to Japan remains unembargoed by the United States or Britain. Diplomats seek differences without war while a diplomatic stalemate persists. Britain cites fuel needs and Pacific investments as reasons for restraint. Bevin forms an advisory production committee signaling wartime strain.
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Thailand
Indo-China
United States
Great Britain
Japan
State Department
South America
War
Navy
Far East
Roosevelt
Britain
England
London
Silk industry震 halted by government stop order
Local silk men reacted to a stop order from the Office of Production Management that freezes raw silk stocks to conserve supply for defense needs. The move, tied to wartime trade restrictions with Japan, would force mills to suspend processing and may delay any swift increase in rayon or synthetic fiber production. Prominent producer J. E. Millis warned that officials gave no hint of such drastic action.
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Ini
Pacific
J. E. Millis
Adams- Millis Corporation
National Hosiery Manufacturers Association
Washington
Japan
North Carolina Silk Mills Face Closure Over Fiber Rationing
Northern and southern textile regions brace as a federal rationing order targets thrown silk and synthetic fiber production. Officials warn thousands in North Carolina hosiery mills could lose work, with state agencies preparing employment and relief steps while awaiting government guidance on substitutes and plant shutdowns.
Victory V Inspires Ghost Army to Sabotage Nazi War Effort
NEA Service reports a British inspired Victory V campaign fueling a vast underground network across occupied Europe. Poles, Czechs, Norwegians and Dutch sabotage troop trains, derail lines, and torch targets in France and beyond, while parachutists aid operations and Communists join the resistance. The piece cites Warsaw hospital shortages and mass arrests as Nazis pay a heavy price in Russia.
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Silk supply fears ripple through mills and jobs
Melrose mill manager W E Mitchell said thrown silk stocks would last only a week or ten days and a substitute would depend on throwster access. Adams Millis noted a similar brief supply while U S officials discuss a joint management labor government committee to boost textile self-sufficiency using rayon and cotton yarn. Affected workers exceed 100,000 across hosiery and fabric goods, with imports from Japan totaling over 100 million dollars in value annually. Consumers urged not to hoard or pay premium prices for stockings while officials warn against self raids on supply.
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Washington
Rieve
Emil Rieve
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Knear
Frank Wineskie
Diamond
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W. E. Mitchell
Mitchell
Millis
Adams-Millis
Tryon
Cio
Sidney Hillman
United States
Japan
Harriett Elliott
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Workforce unions approve July wage pact in Washington
The council and government negotiating committees reached an agreement on July 22 establishing a universal time and one half overtime rate for Saturdays Sundays and holidays. The council ratified the agreement yesterday. AFL Gulf Coast Metal Trades District Council meets in Tampa to consider ratifying a stabilizing shipyard labor pact for Gulf Coast yards.
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Washington
AFL
Gulf Coast Metal Trades District Council
Tampa
Fla
Gulf Coast
Japan Embargo Tightens As War Supplies Cut Off
Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell directs export controls to bar aviation fuel and certain raw stocks to all but Allied nations and Western Hemisphere allies. Licenses for aviation gasoline exports to Japan end since July 26, 1940, while Japan remains a large purchaser of other fuels, and China seeks a broader oil embargo. Weather notes follow with Clint Ball’s heat laden hens showing nine on an egg.
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Japan
Western Hemisphere
British Empire
Russia
China
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Indo-China
Sumner Welles
South Pacific
United States
Burma Road
Shipyard unions threaten strike over new contract
On the east coast the CSO shipbuilders union executive board voiced dissatisfaction with a new contract proposed by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newark. The union claims 14,000 of the 17,000 shipyard workers are members and warns a strike vote may be needed. Meanwhile 255 union electricians returned to jobs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a $70 million expansion proceeds, but about 8,000 remain on strike in New York City to pressure Consolidated Edison to hire 600 union workers for a new power house.
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Hicle
CSO
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of
Rearmy
S.J
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York City
Consolidated Edison Company
Officers Sent To Philippines
The army high command ordered 25 officers to the Philippines to bolster the Far East forces. Four field artillery officers including three lieutenant colonels and one major sail September 18, while three more field artillery officers and 18 coast artillery officers sail about August 30.
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Washington
Army High Command
Philippines
United States Army
Far East
War Department
San Francisco
Department
Winston officer killed and another slashed in Winston-Salem
Police investigated the fatal shooting of Officer G. L. Royal and the knife attack on Officer Paul Blackburn in Winston-Salem as authorities detained several Black residents in the Negro district. No names released. Officials said the investigation was ongoing. Also notes peaches for soldiers in Atlanta with Fourth Corps Area urging broader use of bumper crop to aid wartime meals.
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G. L. Royal
Paul Blackburn
Pegge Pee
Atlanta
Sam
Fourth Corps
John P. Smith
Pight-Stare Ara Vese
House Ways and Means Rejects Roosevelt Tax Proposals
Washington August 20 1944 Chairman Doughton announced the House Ways and Means Committee rejected three Roosevelt tax suggestions for the last minute changes in the 3.429 billion dollar tax bill including a proposal for broadening income tax exemptions and other relief ideas.
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Doughton
N-Nc
Thay
House Whags and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Towering
Belgians Demonstrate Against Nazi Masters
On Belgium Independence Day July 24 protests spread across occupied Belgium with street fighting in Brussels and other cities. Demonstrators marched in boulevards, shouted at Nazis and Belgian fifth columnists while authorities criticized police for failing to disperse crowds and protect Belgian fascist elements.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Journalist Praise From Northwestern Head At Baptist Conference
Dr Kenneth E Olson head of Northwestern Medill School of Journalism praised the American press and its foreign correspondents at the South Wide Baptist Editorial Conference in Ridgecrest saying American readers know more of what is going on than people in any other nation and that Americans get both sides of the story. Dr Hight C Moore who directed the conference began his 25th year with the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board yesterday. Please make the necessary changes or substitutions in menus to enable utilization of this unusually low-cost frater.
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Ridgecrest
Kenneth E. Olson
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
American Press
Olson
South Wide Baptist
Hight C. Moore
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Vichy Statement on French Indochina Bases and Security
Vichy States rejects the explanation and reiterates that there is no threat from Japan unless it stems from expansionist aims. It warns that turning over bases and territorial rights to a power with aggression could affect American security. France plans to allow foreign troops into its empire to occupy bases and prepare actions within French territory. The note recalls France’s earlier stance on Syria, resisting British defense operations there.
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France
Syria
Reich Controv Rspon Sums From Vyazma Front Heads East
In the Vyazma area about 130 miles from Moscow an unofficial German tally claims 82000 Russians were taken prisoner from last Saturday to today. German news agency DNB notes four towns Evel Novorzhev Smolensk and Zhitomir are cited as battle sectors and long controlled by Germans.
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Moscow
DNB
Evel
Novorzhev
Smolensk
Zhitomir
No long road stretches planned under road bill
Washington Aug. 2 The 230 million dollars authorized by Congress for defense highways does not anticipate new long highway stretches. The Bureau of Public Roads says the funds will be used mainly for access roads to military and naval reservations and industrial sites, plus bridge strengthening and widening of road surfaces in key areas.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Remedy for salty soup and mosquito bite tips
A reader suggests slicing a raw potato into salty soup and boiling briefly to remove excess salt, then removing the potato for reuse. Another tip notes some people react to mosquito bites and recommends rubbing the affected skin with wet soap to ease irritation.
Which city is farther east New York City or Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is farther east. Maurice Ravel is best known for Bolero. The composer is linked to The mise and a baptism is attributed to John the Baptist. A neophyte is a new convert beginning, with unclear preceding context.
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Rio de Janeiro
Maurice Ravel
Jesus
Inhn the Baptist
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