National Whirligig news behind the news continued
In a continuing examination the piece discusses looming famine due to metal shortages, wartime allocations, and shifts in industry. It notes rail and transit bottlenecks, planned defense housing with plastics, and the broader impact on consumer goods and daily life. It also covers New York political intrigue affecting Roosevelt era leadership and public scrutiny of high earners.
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America
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Airy Corps
Merchant Marine
Fire losses soar as 1941 becomes 1945 scale risk
New York editor Albert N. Leman argues that public fire losses may exceed half a billion dollars this year, driven by factory wiring hazards, equipment unfamiliarity, and lax preventive campaigns. He warns that insurance firms could fail without government aid and highlights Japan’s war prisoner brutality and Allied air raids shaping a broader wartime danger landscape.
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Albert N. Leman
Army
War Bonds Pledge Urges 10 Percent Income Support
The appeal calls on citizens to lend the government money for the war by pledging at least ten percent of their income to War Bonds for national and personal welfare as thousands of soldiers sacrifice their lives for the country.
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United States
Red Cross Enrolls 40,000 Per Day for First Aid Training
Amid wartime urgency the American Red Cross reports about 40,000 people enroll daily in first aid courses. Over 50,000 instructors are active nationwide with physicians volunteering to expand the corps. Some 3,000 highway aid stations and mobile units are ready to provide emergency care if evacuations become necessary.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Highway First
Richard Harris
Ginria Thackaberry
Four Die In Crash At Flying School
A military trainer plane from the army flying school in Columbus Mississippi crashed during a routine training flight, killing instructor Second Lt. Jasper Wenedy Larkin, 21, of Palatka Florida, and three cadets William K. Anderson 27 from Kent Ohio N B Boulware of Orlando Florida and Frank H. Britton 23 a University of Richmond graduate.
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Columbus
Miss
Army Flying School
Jasper Wenedy Larkin
Palatka
William K. Anderson
Kent
Ohio
N. B. Boulware
Orlando
Fla
Frank H. Britton
University of Richmond
Brenda Frazier Turns 21 and Receives Large Inheritance
New York reports Brenda Frazier, now 21, gains 3.9 million dollars in cash and a life interest in 2.5 million while turning from socialite to a philanthropist. She previously drew crowds at night spots and now supports Navy Relief through contributions.
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New York
Brenda Frazier
Elanor
Brenda
John
Shipurecek
Kelly
Navy Relief
Proud of Uncle Sam Soldier Poem by Keston Roach
A patriotic verse extols Uncle Sam as fair to all service members from top brass to recruits. The speaker, Keston Roach of the U.S. WL Sew Haven, declares pride in being a soldier of the sea and loyal to liberty.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Tov
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Uncle Sam Hineelf
Tao
Toant
Tan
Pus Keston Roach
U.S. WL
Sewhaven
Ensign Gay's vivid account of Pearl Harbor battle
Ensign George M. Gay, shot down on the first day of the battle, recounts witnessing Japanese carrier fires and torpedo hits from afloat safety under a cushion. He, wounded, saw Kaga class carriers crippled as American planes struck from the air and sea.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
George M. Gay
Chester W. Nimité
Navy
Houston
Tex
Gay
Gays
Maine
Ito
Unis
Texas oil heir Gay survives crash prior to aviation path
Gay, a one-year-old Texas oil operator’s son and Texas A&M graduate, endured a shipwreck after emergency repairs in a rubber lifeboat. He slept briefly aboard after rescue by a navy patrol plane, which found numerous Japanese life rafts and oil patches in the area. His father recalls two prior army rejections due to heart concerns before eventual acceptance and aviation training in Florida.
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Gay
Texas
Texas A. & M
G. H. Gay, Sr
Florida
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