Increase Seen In Production By War Leaders
Washington May 20 A 25 percent rise in output from existing plants was forecast as leaders backed the War Production Board plan to slow new factory expansions to speed immediate weapon delivery. Senators warned of protests from communities losing plant contracts while noting possible 30 percent gains in some aircraft factories if raw materials flow, as the Federal Works Administration reviews 1,400 projects to halt nonessential war work.
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Jack Bell
Washington
War Production Board
van Nuys
D-Ind
George
D-Ga
Pepper
Dfla
Federal Works Administration
Traffic Group To Meet Friday Night
The High Point traffic club will be discussed at a Dutch supper at the Sheraton Hotel at 7 30 Friday night. W W Raper of American Trucking Corp chairs the committee studying the group. About thirty persons are expected to attend. Truck line representatives will discuss local traffic problems and wartime regulations and restrictions.
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High Point
Sheraton Hotel
W. W. Raper
American Trucking Corporation
War food administrative unit predicted in Washington
Washington officials predicted today the creation of a war food administrative body within the near future. It was unclear whether the agency would be independent or part of the Agriculture Department, the War Production Board, or another department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
War Production Board
Auto Industry Still Lagging
Kansas City May 2021 J H Dutch Kindelberger North American Aviation president said automakers have taken 16 months to start and have not produced a single complete subassembly. He told journalists on the production for victory tour that auto makers mostly assemble parts sent by airplane producers and urged mass production soon on a scale unseen. He warned autos are crude compared with airplanes and require precision.
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Kansas
CIPY
Dutch) Kindelberger
North American Aviation
National Association of Manufacturers
Air raid alert heard in New York as blue alarm sounds
Major General Follett Bradley announced a blue alarm for the New York area at 11 06 am with an all clear at 11 23 am A practice alert was also sounded at 11 03 am as the first interceptor command ordered radio stations off air NBC WEAF was off the air for 23 minutes Mayor La Guardia said the city was ready and would be ready at any time Arthur W Wallander the mayor's chief of staff for defense arrived at city hall after the signal.
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New York
Follett Bradley
Airforce
Eastern Defense Command
NBC
WEAF
Army Information Service
F. H. la Guardia
Arthur W. Wallander
Defense
City Hall
Publication Hearings Challenge Seditious Content in Weekly X-Ray
Asher, editor of The X-Ray from Muncie Indiana, appears before three assistant Postmasters General defending his right to mail a weekly. He claims articles cited against him were drawn from congressional records and other newspapers, insisting some wording differed but the content was not his. He asserts the material printed was not Axis propaganda and labels some statements as traitorism rather than seditious.
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Washington
Asher
Muncie
Ind
Post Offici
Walker
Axis
Raiders Strike Assam Rail Links in Japanese Raids
Japanese broadcasts report raids on Badarpur and Silchar in Assam targeting railway stations warehouses and trains along the India Chungking line. Bombers flew from Burma and hit key infrastructure as retreating troops were moved. No dim-out orders yet in Wilmington with local rules enforcing oceanfront light restrictions.
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Tokyo
Badarpur
Silchar
India - Chungking
Assam
Domei
Burma
Badaipur
Calcutta
Wilmington
ePr
Cit
J. G. Wallace
Sheriff's Office
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High Point Traffic Club
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First Interceptor Command
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Mege Coo
Dorothy Gray
Cologne
SECON
Thrift
Andy Juige
Kamp Kards
Ecru
Midsang Zee
Flarllee
Pheer
Heegs
Hank
Elizabeth Arden
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