Wage boosts spark new cries over inflation fears
Washington debates the impact of proposed wage increases on inflation. Miners, railroaders and allied workers press for higher pay while critics attack the Little Steel Formula for using average hourly earnings not reflecting weekly earnings and overtime. Frances Perkins reports show hourly gains outpace weekly totals, yet living costs rise, leaving workers fearing worse conditions.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
White House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frances Perkin
Organized Labor
F.D.R
Britisher's War Is Churchill's War
The puzzle lists a set of crossword style clues with answers including After each usage after usage, half an em, the pair, merit, negative, soak flax, through, perish, French coin, grasp, meditated, addition sign, hen product plural, angry, box seat, foam, anger, grimace, thin, thin plate, kind of clot, cupola.
ARMY'S DINNER SET Answer to Previous Puzzle
Puzzle solution list includes clues with numbers and words across military themed hints. Answers yield a set of cross referenced terms such as sergeant, corporal, and other related items. The vertical and horizontal entries intersect to reveal the final dinner set theme and abbreviations.
Major League Leaders and Wartime Bureaucracy Scandal
The piece ties a broad critique of federal hiring flaws to a wartime drive for loyal workers. It cites Ram speck investigators alleging unqualified appointees slide into power, risking patronage networks that push easy money and little work, with numerous resignations and angry local letters as context. It also lists early 1940s baseball leaders in batting, runs, RBIs, and pitching for context.
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Ramspeck
Congress
Albert Leman
Radio Schedule Highlights War Era Programs Friday
Eastern war time program list for Friday August 13 features serials, dramas, kiddies shows, news, and music. Notable items include Portia Faces Life, Dick Tracy, The Jack Armstrong Serial, Archie Andrews, and Lone Ranger with multiple stations and time blocks across eastern and west coast networks.
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Portia
Life
Nobe
Dick Tracy
Cbhs
Black Hood
Just Plain
Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Biu-West
Cbs
Chick Carter
Farrell
Nbe
Archie Andrews
Cbbs
Hollywood
Quincy Howe
Orches
Tim Healy
Bvlu
Golden Gate Quartet
Nan Merriman
Jeri Sullavan
Fier
Bob Stanton
Lowell Thomas
Bia-Basle
Cbs Nepeat
Waring
Basle
Saludos Amigos
Cba
Fulton Lewis Jr
Rex Stout
Johnson
Cbs-Basice
Olga Coelho
Cbe
Dizie
Navy School of Music
Kaltenborn
Mr. Keen
Persons Tracer
Ebsa
cbs-Diste
Lucille Manners
Dr. Black
Dally
Blu Corntes Archer
Cal Tinney
Mbs
Blu
Dancing Music Creches
Meet Your Navy
Sherlock Holmes
Ur. Watson
Don Dunphy
Abe Lyman
John Vandercook
Biu
Bob Mank
Fis
Cedric Foster
Lulu
Johnny
Bill Stern
Nhbe
Bill Henry
Che Dancing Music Orches
Che
Nbs
Energy Of Churchill Brings Him To U.S. Again
Winston Churchill 69, gravely ill last spring, still drives Britain's war effort with relentless schedules. He travels Atlantic Charter meetings with Roosevelt and Anglo American leaders, rarely rests, and returns to command, painting and flying when possible. His days include a late sleep, a wake around eight, and long nights of state business and diplomacy.
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Tom Wolf
NEA
London
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
England
Britain
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Italy
No. 10 Downing Street
No. 10
Churchill
Mary Churchill
Frank Roosevelt
RAF
Casablanca
Corinthean Bagetelle
Chuchill
Nelson
U.S
Arry Hopkins
Nisei in U S Army Prove Crack Men at Camp Shelby
Privates Shigeo Fujioka and Jack Y Data among Japanese American combat volunteers who boosted war bond purchases totaling 101550 at Camp Shelby Mississippi. Col C W Pence urged investing bonds, others matched with sums from 1250 to 3000 dollars, reflecting discipline and intelligence.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Shigeo Fujioka
Jack Y. Data
Hawaii
Col
C. W. Pence
Hollywood
Fujioka
Data
Hattiesburg
Librar
Pershi Nakada
Engineers
Nakada
Oland D. Russell
Major Russell
Blood Pumping Machines Stun at Soviet Embassy Film
At a Washington reception at the Soviet embassy three American scientists were honored for their work. A disturbing film showed a dog revived after heart stoppage using an arterial brain blood pump, with other scenes illustrating artificial feeding and life-like responses. The demonstration framed as wartime science and collaboration.
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Washington
Academy of Sciences
Ussr
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California
Cann
Biltmore Tourney Enters Semi Finals
ASHEVILLE August 13 The Biltmore Forest invitation golf tournament semi finals pairings set with Medalist Frank Ford of Charleston facing Bob Crosland of Charlotte and Al Dowtin of Asheville meeting Albert Neal of Marion. Ford defeated his quarterfinal foe 2 and 1 yesterday.
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Asheville
Frank Ford
Charleston
S. C
Bob Crosland
Charlotte
al Dowtin
Albert Neal
Marion
Ford
Baseball Meeting At Y Tonight To Discuss City Championship
Baseball managers of first and second place teams from the Industrial and Municipal Leagues will meet in the Y.M.C.A. lobby tonight to discuss city championship plans. A best two out of three semifinal will pit Triangle against Melrose and Highland against Tomlinson, with winners advancing to a final series.
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Y.M.C.A
A. J. Simeon
Triangle
Melrose
Highland
Tomlinson
First international revolver shooting tourney held in Greenville
The 1900 revolver shooting tournament marked the first international event hosted in Greenville New Jersey with multiple nations competing for top honors and medals.
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Greenville, N. J
Sun-Earth Distance Averages About 92.9 Million Miles
The article notes the average sun Earth distance as 92 900 000 miles. This figure is used to describe Earth's orbital length and solar spacing in astronomical context.
Tory over Edwards in match at Caroleen event
Crosland eliminated Wever of St. Petersburg 4 and 3. Dowtin defeated Capt. Denmark of Savannah 6 and 4, and Neal won 1 up against George McAllisters of Spartanburg.
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Tory
Frank B. Edwards
Caroleen
Crosland
Body Wever
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dowtin
Joe Denmark
Savannah
Neal
George McAllisters
Spartanburg
Esso Radio Schedule Highlights Afternoon Programs
The listing outlines WSJS daytime shows including Luneneon Dance Music, The Esse Reporter, U S Marine Band, Lonneyne Women and other programs. It notes a mix of music, soap operas, news items, and later sports and wartime features with multiple time slots across the day.
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Esse
U. S. Marine Band
Carey Longmire
Lonely Women
Watts
Fancy Money Mae
Ma Perkins
Victory
Art Dixon's Gang
W. W. Chaplin
Alice Cornell
Portia
Beso
Memory Lane
Fred Waring
News of the World
Tropicans
Freedom
Tommy Riges
Betty
Esso
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