Critics Blur The Little Steel Pact And War Design
The piece surveys criticism of the Little Steel stabilization plan amid inflation fears and labor wage disputes. It notes Washington shifting blame to Congress, the Davis board stance, and possible wage ceilings. It also sketches postwar power designs among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, plus WPB praise for civilian manufacturing shifts and a humorous ghosts rents anecdote.
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MLB
Comte
John L. Lew
Famine on eggs and bread basket shift in wartime markets
The article notes an acute potential egg shortage amid wartime price controls and supply constraints. It explains how beef pork and lamb are diverted to wealthier districts and how wholesalers and retailers hold back for higher prices while housewives shift to high protein eggs. It also recounts French acts of valor and resistance as the Axis occupies Vichy France.
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OPA
Upstate
New York
Albert Leman
Atlantic Seaboard
Hamburg
Vichy- France
Laval
Mining Town Cracking Wide Open As Mines Start Cave in
A Pittston Pennsylvania mine cave in caused widespread ground subsidence in a residential area. Crevasses opened across lawns and streets, a 400000 high school building cracked, and about 150 homes were affected as 120 miners evacuated. Officials planned restitution talks with city leaders.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Saa H
Red Cross
Iton Street
Williams Street
Thomas J. Hennigan
John J. Reilly
Pittstown
Navy reports Lt Commander Francis E Jordon as POW
The Navy Department advised Mrs. T M Jordon that her son Lt Commander Francis E Jordon is a prisoner of war in the Philippine Islands. He was reported missing in action on May 9 1942.
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Tar Heel
Raleigh
Navy Department
T. M. Jordon
Francis E. Jordon
Philippine Islands
Leader bids farewell as 152nd Infantry fights to hold line
A French captain rallies his troops as detachments of the 152nd Infantry resist then fall to rifle fire and grenades. The commander orders the flag cut into ribbons and gifts a medal to each man. He urges comrades to return red with blood for France.
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Bocie
152Nd
France
Radio Schedule Summary for March 28 War Time Programs
Radio schedule lists March 28 Eastern War Time with two hour offset, featuring a full night of programs from 6 PM to 11 PM. Highlights include Jack Armstrong serials, Captain Midnight repeats, Fred Waring’s Time, The Metropolitan Opera, Easy Aces drama, Abbott and Costello, and Wings to Victory war drama, with various musical acts and news bulletins interleaved.
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Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Cbs
Nage Farrell
Captain Midnight
Shrednik
Newa
Frazier Hunt
Olga Coelho
Harry Wismer
Frank Sinatra
Cbs Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Indiana
Victor Borge
Close
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Nbe
Harry James & His
The
Johnson Family
Bob Burns
Variety
Jayne Cozzens
Metropolitan Opera
U.S.A
Biu
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs-West
Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Mr. Keen
Fanny Brice
F. Morgan
Earl Godwin
Blu Ransom Sherman
Sam
Gabriel Heatter
Leo Cherne
Rudy Vallee
Blu
Alfredo Antonini
Dale Carnegie
Raymond G. Swing
Bblu
U. S. Navy
Raymond Clapper
Gracie Fields
Blu Dance Orchestra
March of Time
Paul Schubert
Mary Small
Cbs Dance Music Orchestra
Nbc-East
Fred Waring
Nbc-Weat
War Production Board seeks method of halting absentees in factories
War Production Board director Wendell Lund notes absenteeism in U S war plants stems from housing, transport, and home duties, not mere funds. Examples from Los Angeles and Newport News show workers missing days for family care and fatigue. Local and national efforts push community cooperation, plant labor management committees, and positive in plant solutions such as flexible hours and late-store access.
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War Production Board
Washington
United States
Wendell Lund
Far Caaitipec
Mary Smith
Los Angeles
John Brown
Newport News
Charleston
W. Va
Newport
Brown
Sam
Lipton
War Manpower Commission
Hitler
Vegesack Raid Cripples Base Says Longfellow
United States Brig Gen Newton Longfellow reports the Vegesack raid crippled the base for a long period and calls the Ren nes March 3 strike the most devastating raid of its kind. He cites high altitude daylight bombing progress and a tally of raids and bomb tonnage through March 20.
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United States
Eighth Bomber Command
England
Vegesack
Newton Longfellow
Rennes
Longfellow
Ira C. Baker
Experia
Ras
France
Germany
Churchill cites growing UN sea power in Commons remarks
In London, March 25 Prime Minister Churchill said the United Nations now afloat possess substantially larger fleets than during the worst U boat period and that this improvement is continuing. He spoke in reply to Rear Admiral Beamish about German claims of sinking ships from an Atlantic convoy. Dorion, a James River settler in 1775, is noted as a white resident of South Dakota.
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Kremlin
Russia
United Kingdom
Hahe
Germany
Se- Army
Ogether
Hitler
Sta
Reich
Baltic
Balkans
London
Olland
Belgium
France
Spain
Ugal
Pacific
Churchill
United Nations
Ee of Commons
Jon Percy Beamish
Atlantic
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China
Ann Sothern
Red Skelton
Community Sing Novelty Act & News
Johnny Mack Brown and
Tex “Itter
Andy Clyde
Paramount
Milton Berle
Mary Grin Hughes
Rialto
Dorothy Bob Lamour Hope
Bing Crosby
Morocco
Wanderers OF the
Tom Keene
Mississippi
Gambler
Kent Taylor and
Frances Langford
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Hledy Lamarr, Walter Pidgen and
Frank Morgan
America
Baker
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Pierre Dorion
James River
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NBC
RED Network
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