Food Outlook and Draft Politics Amid Wartime Strain
A wartime column foresees looming food scarcities with rationing on fats oils and luxury imports, while military needs dominate. It details a push for conscription of younger men, possible pressure on older workers, and the political maneuvering behind pay and allowances. It also notes postwar repair costs and funding issues for large New Deal projects facing moratoriums and limited revenues.
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Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jnwo
Harrisburg
San Francisco
Key West Highway
Uncle Sam
Toms, Dicks and Harrys
Promise and peril in Roosevelts warnings on synthetic lire
Albert N. Leman writes that Roosevelts optimistic forecast unsettled high officials in the Army Navy and War Production Board and served as a political reply to the Truman Committee while pressuring subordinates to act. He contrasts Japense tactics of surprise with Allied diplomacy caution.
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Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Truman Committee
Board of School Commissioners
High Point
Japan's secret timing and war prep amid global strains
The piece notes Japan choosing its own timing for strikes, expanding bases in Korea, and moving forces toward Siberia while warning about trust in the Mikado's rulers. It surveys vacation trends, travel outlooks, and wartime shifts impacting resorts, real estate, and Atlantic seaboard conditions. It highlights manpower programs at Barnard, Vassar, and other colleges aiding the war effort, plus looming cane sugar shortages and Caribbean disruptions signaling broader supply shifts and possible lend-lease needs.
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Japan
Soverything
Korea
Manchukuo
Rockies
Dude Ranch Belt
Colorado
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Alassachusetts
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic States
New York
Caribbean
Central America
Washington
Nassau
British Isles
United States
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Temp Engle Grammer
Eo Pinch
Greenville
Pinie Waliker - Vovcer Star
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Wal
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Sersey City
Yankees
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Pearl Harbor
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China
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Barnard College
Oth
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