Wallace Plans Postwar Loan Insurance Proposal
Rep. Spence will urge House hearings on a bill to back federal guarantees for loans to businesses, covering up to 90 percent of losses. The plan, tied to postwar reconversion, mirrors wartime V Loan financing and aims to shield lenders while not harming private banks. Senator Taft is noted in the Senate Banking discussions.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve
Wallace
Commerce
Banking
Baruch-Hancock
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Movement to pare down monetary powers sparks debate
A congressional push to curb executive monetary authority surfaced as officials proposed attaching amendments to emergency banking measures. Eccles backed options to issue non reserve federal notes and treasury greenbacks, while Wallace touted a 60 million job plan tied to private credit, risking concerns of socializing credit. Rep Wolcott warned the plan could widen government backing of bank loans.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Eccles
Taft
Wallace
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Secretary
Federal Housing Administration
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
New WAC Recruiter Arrives in High Point
Sgt Gene Starlin from Bellplain Georgia arrives in High Point to assume assistant recruiting duties. She transferred from Winston-Salem where she worked in recruiting since March 1944 and has 27 months in the WAC. Marilyn Hazelbaker leaves High Point for Winston-Salem. Mabel Miller also transfers to Rockingham Alabama.
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Petite
WAC
Bellplain
High Point
Set
Nee
Men Esrmy Corps
Winston-Salem
Camp Davis
Sgt
Starlin
Marilyn Hazelbaker
Cpl
Mabel Miller
Rockingham
Ala
Britain Pushes for Bigger Role in Pacific War
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt and Churchill in Alexandria finalizing plans for Britain to take a larger fighting and policymaking role against Japan. Churchill vows to throw everything at the Japs once defeat comes, while leadership debates seek greater British voice in strategy amid a U.S. driven Pacific war.
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Arrow
Japan
Washington
Britain
Roosevelt-Churchill
Pacific
Roosevelt
Yalta
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Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Atta
Farouk
Egypt
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Saudi Arabia
Haile
Russia
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Senater Spart
Asia
None faster None surer None better aspirin ad
An advertisement touts Saint Joseph Aspirin as highly effective with claims of purity and superior performance. The copy promises 100 tablet supply at a price and urges immediate demand. It emphasizes reliability and medical efficacy for headaches and pain relief.
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St. Ee
Color Blind Painter Battles Palette Mixups in Boeing Sketches
Hale E. Landry, Boeing instructor and pastel landscape painter, is color blind and relies on special lenses. He recalls moments when forgetting them led to blue cows and red hay, and a portrait with green lips, prompting amused remarks about modern art.
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Seattle
Wash
Hale E. Landry
Boeing
Calcutta Dinner Highlights Cornelians Expatriate Links
Eleven former University students attended a dinner at the United Services Club in Calcutta hosted by Leonard Elmhurst Class of 1921. Elmhurst, sent by the British government, advised Bengal province on food production during his India assignment.
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Calcutta
India
Roosevelt seeks De Gaulle meeting after Yalta talk
The article notes President Roosevelt aims to meet General de Gaulle in Paris to discuss mutual interests after the Yalta conference. De Gaulle declined official business, saying ministers advised against travel, leaving Roosevelt disappointed at missing a direct discussion on wartime issues and postwar plans.
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Burma
New Guinea
Britain
Asian Indies
Japan
China
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Jefferson Caffery
Paris
France
United States
Yalta
Would King Cole Be Merry With Stomach Ulcer Pains
A fragmented ad style item suggests stomach ulcers heartburn and related pains. It touts Udga and a promise of value with a 25 cent box and a promotional double your money offer at Manns and drug stores. The readable fragments indicate a promotional health claim aimed at general readers.
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King Cole
Old Cole
Mann's
Fireman Pension Bill Approved Sparks Boise Fare
News from Boise reports the legislature approved a fireman pension bill. A fireman stationed outside the senate called the central station which relayed the tidbits to sub stations via emergency channels as city crews prepared for the change.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
Sta
Tion
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