Behind the News on War Manpower and Capitol Hill
National Whirligig column surveys war manpower debates and political strains in Washington. McNutt’s War Manpower Commission faces practical limits as waivers and regional needs shape drafts. Henderson’s OPA clashes fuel a partisan grudge, while Roosevelt’s domestic reforms falter amid infighting. Hu Shih rises in prominence among foreign diplomats as Procope’s influence wanes.
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Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Army
Beta Theta Pi
Selective Service Act
Hershey
Leon Henderson
Capitol Hill
Fussin
Cussin
N Card
Leon
Honorabies
Parachute fabric shortage and wartime risk warned long ago
A Washington wartime analysis recalls a 15 month old proposal by New York silk importers to buy vast amounts of silk through Far Eastern agents. The White House rejected it to avoid aiding Tokyo. Now the scarcity is dire. Ersatz materials fail for parachute fabric. The piece also weighs strategic options in North Africa and the Middle East, with Auchinleck and Rommel scenarios and potential Allied moves to guard supply lines.
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Washington
Pacific
White House
Tokyo
United States
Orient
Middle East
Rommell
New York
Egypt
Auchinleck
Alexandria
Cairo
America
Sudan
Eritrea
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Persia
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Palestine
Ninth
Syria
Moses
Smugglers Tap Tankers As Eastern Gas Shortage Grows
The article describes a severe petroleum famine on the eastern seaboard. Farmers resort to illegal distribution schemes, siphoning fuel from tankers and delivering via night trucks, undermining law and order. Drivers profit, while buyers blame the government. Military strategists assess air power gains amid heavy bombing in Europe and warn at least ten thousand ships and personnel could be lost in prolonged conflict.
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Hudson
Seaboard
Law Anddance
Bremen
Essen
Rhineland
Thomases
Germany
Colognes
Greensboro Man Finds Relief in Dr Foster's L-K
A Greensboro resident M M Sheard credits Dr Foster's L K with easing years of acid indigestion constipation and nervous fatigue. He says after trying many medicines he finally regained weight sleep and vitality and recommends the medicine as the finest he ever saw with a 97 cent price at drug stores.
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Greensboro
DR. Foster
Foster
M. M. Sheard
Walnut St
Lars
Cross Appointed Assistant in Revenue Department
Raleigh July 3 Hathaway Cross was appointed paroles commissioner succeeding Edwin Gill who became revenue commissioner. Cross, Gill's assistant, was made assistant revenue commissioner with a 500 pound annual cut in salary. Governor Broughton granted a six month leave of absence to help Gill with department reorganization. during the leave William Dunn Jr. will fill Cross’s post. Garland Midgette will serve as assistant paroles commissioner and Cross will advise during the leave.
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Raleigh
Hathaway Cross
Edwin Gill
Gill
Cross
Broughton
Revenue Department
William Dunn, Jr
Paroles Commission
Garland Midgette
Form Committee Formed for Kitchen Fats Collection in Charlotte
Representatives from chain and independent grocery stores meat packers refiners bakers and other businesses met to form the state committee for kitchen fats collection. The plan calls housewives to gather grease and fats and sell to stores which will sell to packers and refiners.
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Charlotte
State Committee
T. B. Vogler
North Carolina Bureau For Industrial Conservation
Seattle man responds to vessel form with blunt offer
Dr Don Palmer grew irritated while completing a government questionnaire on his 30 foot pleasure craft. He noted the boat is nine years old and leaks in the seams with a lawn mower motor and then added a terse closing remark offering it to the finder if possible.
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Seattle
Don Palmer
Tomatoes Featured as Victory Food Special This Week
Guilford County official George W. Flutchens announces the first heavy tomato supply in local stores as a Victory Food Special. Merchants partner with Agricultural Marketing Administration to promote wartime eating while farmers produce record amounts to prevent waste and support a stronger America.
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George W. Flutchens
Guilford County Food Industry Committee
High Point
Agricultural Marketing Administration
America
Hutchens
Official U S Treasury War Bond Quotas for July
The North Carolina map shows county war bond quotas for July 1342 totaling 12,153,000. The nation targets one billion dollars monthly to fund war efforts, urging Americans to lend at least ten percent of income.
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U. S. Treasury
North Carolina
America
U.S. Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury
Tervo Tervo Tervo in Police Court
In Seattle a laborer called Terve Toivy appeared in police court on a minor charge. When asked his name he gave Terve. Asked for his first name he said Toiv, then clarified his last name as Tervo Tervo. He was released.
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Seattle
Wash
Terve
Toiv
Tervo
Tervo Tervo
Court Clerks Elect Hughes President At NC Convention
The Superior Court Clerks of North Carolina elected George R. Hughes of Trenton president at the 25th annual convention in Winston Salem. Frank S. Hall of Rutherfordton and Aconidas Hux of Halifax named first and second vice presidents. William E. Church of Winston Salem chosen secretary and treasurer. Next year the clerks will meet in Raleigh.
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Winston-Salem
Superior Court Clerks of
North Carolina
George R. Hughes
Trenton
Frank S. Hall
Rutherfordton
Aconidas Hux
Halifax
William E. Church
Raleigh
Japanese Claim Heavy Toll on Chinese Forces
Japanese Domei tally reports 17,031 Chinese soldiers killed and 7,505 captured over 50 days on the Chekiang Kiangsi front. Tokyo claims full control of the 450 mile railway from Hanchow to Nanchang, and says it seized munitions including 33 guns and 39 trench mortars.
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Tokyo
Domei
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Hancchow
Nanchang
Angsi
Raleigh Installs Blackout Dimmers on Traffic Lights
Raleigh purchases 300 blackout dimmers to place on city traffic lights. The metal shields have small cross cuts to allow a limited light through, aiming to reduce glare and light pollution in the capital city.
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Raleigh
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Hjalmer J. Procope
Finland
Hu Shih
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Roosevelt
Albert N. Leman
New York Metropolitan Area
Robert L. Scott
23Rd Pursuit Group
Famed
Flying Tigers
Mrk. M. M. Shepherd
Na Iegy
Warty
Carolina
Superior Court
Hughes
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
J . Atep
United Nations
Liberty Bell
Carilee’s
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