War end forecasts color Washington outlook 1943
Washington buzzes with rosy predictions on an early end to the war. Vice President Wallace projects Germany collapse by Thanksgiving 1943 based on enemy data and Allied strain. Analysts warn against complacency while Congress frets over postwar plans and domestic reforms amid 1944 campaign pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Tucker
Avis
United Nations
Henry Agard Wallace
Germany
V.P
Reich
der Fuehrer
Japan
Tokyo
Russia
Orient
Congress
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Victory Plant
U.S.A
Sicily
Italy
Balkans
WINNING THE WAR INGENUITY PROMOTES SUPPLY SURGE
Albert Leman outlines how civilian goods shortages are being offset by wartime ingenuity. Merchants report strong overall retail sales while inventories rise and substitutes appear in five and ten cent shops. Parafin coatings, nylon reallocation, better shipping, and imported materials ease shortages amid war pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leman
Arthur Whiteside
WPB
New York
Dallas
Atlanta
Army
Sudan
Mediterranean
India
Buenos Aires
New World
Global War Effort and Nordic Plotline in War Voices
A wartime survey notes Allied supply chains reaching American factories as US technicians aid Africa and South American resource extraction. It cites Doenitz’s naval setbacks amid Danish resistance to a Nazi mother ship near Copenhagen and criticizes Japan’s Burma independence gambit and coercive tactics in Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Doenitz
Seven Seas
Friends
Liberty
New York
Copenhagen
Gestapo
Kirkwood Protests Ryder Cup Snub in Detroit
Golf trick shot artist Joe Kirkwood protested in Detroit after being dropped from the Ryder Cup challenge squad. Navy Lt Lawson Little filled in, and captain Walter Hagen refused his request for a serious singles role, saying Kirkwood could not beat him in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joe Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Navy
Lawson Little
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Three Top U S Officers Escape Ship Sinking in Solomons
Aug 9 report reveals Gen Millard F Harmon and Admirals R K Turner and T S Wilkinson narrowly escaped disaster when their vessel was torpedoed by a Japanese sub near Rendova island after landing operations. They were rescued by a destroyer and unharmed.
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U. S
South Pacific
Solomons
Millard F. Harmon
R. K. Turner
T. S. Wilkinson
Rendova Island
New Georgia
Rendova
Harmon
Wilkinson
Turner
William F. Halsey
Liquor Prices to Fall Under New OPA Rules
The Office of Price Administration announced Aug 29 reductions in liquor and wine prices due to new wholesale and retailer mark ups. The impact will vary by store and region with some upward adjustments where ceilings were followed. The Corsair aircraft with a 2000 horsepower engine is noted as a fast, deadly plane at 400 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Bauman
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Major League Leaders Fact Box
Ranking leaders across the leagues list Musial and Vaughan atop batting and runs, Nicholson and Herman lead RBIs, Sewell and Cooper top pitching. A stray science line notes a suction pump lifts water only 33 feet, while nature can lift to tree tops 350 feet.
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Musial
St. Louis
Herman
Brooklyn
Vaughan
Nicholson
Chicago
Vaughan Brooklyn
Musis
Russell Pittsburgh
New York
Gustine
Pittsburgh
Lowrey
Sewell
Cooper
Appling
Wakefield
Detroit
Vernon
Washington
Case
Etten
Johnson
Keitner
Cleveland
Lindell
York
Keller
Moses
Chandler
Grove
Allied Victory Outlook From Pacific Front MacArthur Says Japan on Defense
Allied headquarters report General Douglas MacArthur stating Japan has exhausted its concentrated attack and is now on the defensive. He credits decisive Allied advances across the Solomon Islands and New Guinea including Kolombangara, Vila, and Mubo, with notable naval and air success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Boni
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
South
MacArthur
Sanananda
Radio Schedule Feature from WSJS August 9 1948
Monday August 9 1948 WSJS list of daytime and evening programs includes Mirth and Madness Lonely Women Light of the World Watt's Funny Money Man News Perkins Songs of Romance Right to Happiness Alice Cornell Vortia Faces Life Sundown Variaties The Voice of Firestone Doctor LQ Charlie Barnet Orchestra The Esso Reporter Cavalcade of America The Dinning Sisters The Telephone Hour Vacation Serenade The Open Lier Helpmat Read of Life Luncheon Dance Mune and other daily slots with NBC and local listings.
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Me Perkins
Ant Dissoms Gang
W. W. Chaplin
Alice Cornell
Vortia
Kace
Shrednich
Fred Warings
News of the World
The
Dinning Sisters
Memo Todney
Cavalcade of America
the Voice of Firestone
Charlie Barnet Orchestra
Esso
Piedmont Farm
Robert
Jona
Betty Brown
Isabel Shaffer
Radio Schedule for War Week Evening Lineup
List of radio programs for Monday August 9 with Eastern War Time adjustments. Includes News, musicals, serials, drama, comments, sports bits, and variety shows across CBS NBC and mbs networks. Program blocks feature The Coast Guard Dance Band I Love a Mystery Lone Ranger Blondie Jazz, with Arthur Thompson etc.
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Farrell
Archie Andrews
Cbs
Shrednik
Blu Quincy Howe
Blu
Dancing Music Orchestra
Nbe
Dack Armstrong
Jeri Sullavan
Dbs
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Ln-Basic World News
Fred Waring
Nbc Basic
Coast Guard
Cs Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jack Smith
The
Johnson Family
Dinning Sisters
Cbs-East
Cbs-West
Army Air Forces
Kaltenborn
the Cavalcade of America
Nbe News
Parks and Warren
Cbs -Jal Tinney
Lum
Abner
Leo Cherne
Alfred Wallenstein
Nero Wolf
Gabriel Heatter
Nboe
Frank Sinatra
Nick Carter
Harry Wismer
Raymond Cram
Biu Screen Guild Players & Guests
Raymond Clapper
Lulu
Johnny
Biu
Alec Templeton
Morgan Show
Guy Lombardo
Cbs-East Brondle
Nbc-West
Newa
Nbc
London
Salt Lake Boy's Chicago Trip Ends After Long Fourth Adventure
Pvt. Fred E. Howard recalls his son Douglas, 12, who rode trains and biked hitchhiking cash from selling papers to reach Chicago. The boy says the train pulled out unexpectedly during his fourth long journey. Three tons of steel comprise one heavy bomber.
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Salt Lake City
Fred E. Howard
Salt Lake Army Air Base
Douglas
Chicago
Fleet Learns War Tricks In Pacific Waters While Waiting TO Attack Japs
In the South Pacific Admiral Halsey’s force conducts continuous war games learning new sea warfare tactics and sharpening old ones while watching for Japanese submarines and planes. The drills aim to keep crews ready for immediate action as U S forces push back the Japanese in the Solomon Islands area and Coral Sea theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck Sea
Huon Gulf
New Guinea
Wau
Salamaua
Mubo
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
Solomons
Soerabaja
Dutch East Indies
New Georgia
Santa Isabel Islands
Vellagulf
Vital
MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
Munda
Kolombangara Island
Vila
Kape Harbor
Halsey
William F. Halsey, Jr
Kolombangara
United States
Kula Gulf
Fifth Air Force
Fleet
Pacific
Rembert James
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Alaska- Hawaii-Panama
Admiral Halsey
Solomon Islands
Coral Sea
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Mitiorual
Naval Aviation
Frank Knox
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Joint Staff
Artemus L. Gates
White House
Fairplan’s
Cool Theatres
Alenis Smith
Steadhurst
Cowboy
Manhattan
Robert Paige
Frances Langford
Leon Errol
Walter Catlett
Robert Taylor
Aere
Charles Laughton
Rialto
Comedy - News
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O'Shea
Arnold
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Maxton Army Air Base
Maxton
Laurenburg
N. C
Africa
South America
Burma
Ba Maw
Great Britain
Whitehall
John Bull
Major League
Bone
New Ireland
Rekata Bay
Santa Ishbe Island
McCluer Gulf
Dutch New Guinea
WSJS
NEA Service
Rhoda Lloid
Cove
Oregio
Barnacles
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