Behind the News on War Effort and Leaders
A continued analysis on postwar thrifty habits, Kaiser’s rise in mass production, MacArthur’s public grievances, and wartime morale as government officials, generals, and industrialists shape America’s path to becoming the arsenal of democracy while politics, labor, and global fronts intertwine. The piece notes thrift trends, Kaiser’s prominence, MacArthur’s blunt view of battlefield support, and a push to keep morale high with music amid Petrillo’s refusals.
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Douglas A. MacArthur
Australia
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London
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Petrillo
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Navy
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United States
Frankfurter ruling sparks real estate wage hour clash
New York editorials warn that Justice Frankfurter’s decision classifies building workers and others in clothing factories as engaged in interstate commerce, broadening federal wage hour reach. The move threatens rent costs, labor disputes, and state rights while prompting calls to revise the law.
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Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
New York
South
Memphis
Washington
Harvard
Congress
McKenney on Bridge Strategy and Tactics
This week discusses strategy and tactics in bridge. West opens four diamonds, dummy plays jack forcing ace, East returns trump, dummy wins with jack, declarer proceeds to cash his winners.
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Dummy
East
Declarer
Trump lead would have saved the hand in bridge game
In a bridge analysis West blames himself for not guessing a club opening that could have set up the King of diamonds earlier. The critique centers on a missed trump lead to protect spades, with three low trumps left and East able to win and continue, leading to a difficult declarer path. Separately the U S Treasury estimates about 140 million dollars from the July 1 stamp tax.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Fedral
Federel
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Nhimbself
King of Diamonds
South
North
Ice breakers key to naval supply routes in ice filled seas
In wartime operations Americas troops occupy Iceland and Navy relies on northern routes to transport supplies to Russia. Ice breakers, armored ships with powerful engines, crush ice floes to keep lanes open and ensure naval mobility.
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Americas
Iceland
Russia
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