War Department checkup foreshadows danger to U S war effort
The piece warns that a growing civilian turnover among 13 million industrial workers threatens production as they quit to secure relocation nearer families. It cites resignations of federal officials, fears of overconfidence, and the need for sustained sacrifice to win the war. It contrasts Pacific and European fronts and discusses postwar plans and appeasement worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Uncle Sam
Churchill demands unconditional surrender in Commons speech
The article notes Winston Churchill reiterating unconditional surrender as a condition of ending the war, while critics abroad argue for less harsh terms to speed German capitulation. Diplomats discuss the phrase's spread in European chancelleries and shifts in postwar settlement ideas.
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Reich
Gestapo
United Nations
Berlin
Italy
Hem
Hawas
Albert Leman
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
General Grant
Lee
South
Union
Germany
Ration Rounds Update Across Foods Stamps and Gasoline
Ration rounds detail new validity of processed foods Blue A through Q8 and Meats and Fats Red As with token use, sugar stamps 30 31 remain five pounds. canning sugar stamp 40 five pounds until Feb 28 1945. Gasoline coupons A-10 now valid in four states with an August 8 expiry. Cars must note license number and state on all gasoline coupons issued by the ration board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R&s
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
Ration Board
Lost City Beneath London Revealed by Archaeologists
British archaeologists rally to catalog a buried early London city found only two to three feet under bombed basements. The site holds Roman and pre Roman remains, including a possible City Hall and early seaman dwellings, with traces of Queen Boadicea s sack noted in the ruins.
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Gerties
London
England
K. M. Kenyon
Council of the British Institue of Archaeology
Miss Kenyon
Boadicea
Sina
Auto maker ships 100000 trucks for war effort
An American auto manufacturer delivered 100000 military trucks to support war needs. The figure is seven times the number used in the Sicilian campaign, underscoring production scale and mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Seabees Honor Bedridden Boy As Mascot Victory News
Seabees in the Aleutians helped elect six year old Jimmy Carrick, confined to bed for five years due to a spinal ailment, as the Navy mascot in a world wide voting drive. proxy ballots were prepared on V mail forms from Camp Rousseau California and sent to Jimmy by 400 Construction Battalion men. Jimmy continues to dictate letters to service men around the world and keeps wearing the sailors uniform until his own Seabee uniform arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
INS
Jimmy Carrick
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Jimmy
Navy
Aleutians
New York Farmers Order Gas Cartridges To Combat Woodchucks
Ithaca report says 100000 calcium cyanide gas cartridges will be used in spring campaigns against wood chucks. William S. Heit of the Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the method will save farmers 6 to 10 million pounds of foodstuffs for human use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca, N. Y
INS
New York State
William S. Heit
Fish and Wildlife Service
State College of Agriculture
Man Hurls Eggs at Archbishop in Cathedral Outburst
Police identify the assailant as Frank Hahns, 52, who interrupted a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral by throwing two eggs at Archbishop Francis J. Spellman. The Archbishop was uninjured. Hahns was booked for disorderly conduct and sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation with a hearing set for June 7 in Yorkville court. He claimed he had been in Pilgrim State Hospital for three years and said he acted because he just felt that way and did not like something the Archbishop said.
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New York
Frank Hahns
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Francis J. Spellman
Bellevue Hospital
Raphael P. Koenig
Yorkville Court
Hahns
Koenig
Pilgrim
Munitions output behind schedule despite strong item totals
War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson said April munitions output was 3 percent below schedule and the 1944 target cut from 82 billion to just under 69 billion dollars. He noted most key items like aircraft and artillery were near or above pace, while Estonia’s status is touched in the historical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Tost
WPB
Workers, Boss And Union Affected By Veterans Reemployment
Selective Service interprets the 1940 act to grant veterans the right to return to their former jobs or ones with similar seniority and pay, even if it displaces a non veteran. Bosses face back pay, court costs, and potential damages if they delay reinstatement or fight claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Selective Service
U. S
Words of Wisdom Quiz on Food and Nuts
Questions ask about dressing loss in fowl percentage, top pecan and English walnut growing regions in the U S and what food adds lime to the body. The page quotes Carlyle and urges focusing on present tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Carlyle
Etiquette Tips On Graciously Receiving Gifts
A friendly reminder to thank a gift giver warmly even if the present isn’t exactly what you would have chosen. Express appreciation with sincere words and thoughtful gesture to honor the giver’s intent.
Birthday Horoscope Snapshot for a Quick-Tempered Mind
A birthday today signals a quick temper and a tendency to dominate. You will be sorry when emotions rise but enjoy literature and witty company. Youth helps. safeguard health, especially nerves. a born child may be erratic yet clever and capable, with success tied to personal affairs.
Fowl weight drops after removal of inedible parts
The text notes that removing feet, head, bones and inedible parts reduces a fowl’s weight by 15 to 20 percent. It also lists states growing pecans and walnuts, with California having the largest walnut plantings. Milk is cited as the chief food for lime.
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Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
California
Gripsholm Sails Belfast Repatriation Voyage
The Gripsholm sailed from Belfast carrying thousands of American and Canadian soldiers repatriated from German prison camps. It discharged British Army repatriates and 11 Canadians needing hospital attention on its voyage back to the United States.
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Gripsholm
Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
Behind the Scenes and the Hollywood Links
Hollywood gossip notes reunite the team of Jackson Clayton and Durante after 1930 for comedy work overseas. Jimmie Durante plans a tour after Ziegfeld Follies. News bits mention Ella Raines, Paulette Goddard, Lieut Burgess Meredith, Ensign Frankie Thomas, Lucky Anderson, and Victor Saville in auto collision notes.
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Harrison Carroll
King Vestores Syndicate
Hollywood
Jackson
Clayton
Durante
Jimmie Durante
M-I-M
Jimmie
Lou Clayton
Eddie Jackson
Santa Monica
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
Paulette
Meredith
Frankie Thomas
New York
Conover
Lucky Anderson
Victor Saville
Columbia
Oleg Cassini
Housing Shortage Drive Shifts as Star Sells Home
Gene Tierney lists her house for sale amid housing shortage coverage. A director Lloyd Bacon recalls bumping into a manatee while afloat off Florida. Society notes include the marriage of Martha Outlaw to Lieut. Henry Edwards Huntington and mentions Ava Gardner and George Raft in film gossip.
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Gene Tierney
Lloyd Bacon
Floreida
Martha Outlaw
Henry Edwards Huntington
Columbia
German Propaganda Uses Swing Music On Air
London reports German invasion propaganda features a swing program titled D Day Calling. The hour long broadcast included When D Day Comes played to When Shadows Fall. A master of ceremonies with a midwestern accent addressed American troops and a crude blackface skit by Midge and Mitch drew sharp criticism. A male crooner sobbed through Poor Old Joe to Old Black Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fred W. Kaltenback
Starch Trick Cuts Wrinkles on Cotton Slip Covers
A guidance note suggests lightly starching cotton slip covers used on vanity dressers during laundering to keep them fresh longer and reduce wrinkles.
Frustrated Stamp Talk and Ancestral Shrewdness In Town
Frances Faye relates two Viennese postal workers debating stamp portraits of Hitler and their sticking problem. Anne Baxter jokes about Russian naval officers visiting the Guest in the House set and asks her to sign as Frank Lloyd Wright’s granddaughter, which she does.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Faye
Hitler
Anne Baxter
Anne
Frank Lloyd Wright
Toni Leland-St. Johns seeks annulment after quick divorce
Toni Leland-St. Johns plans to file for annulment against Rod Cameron claiming the final divorce decree was not entered. Milton Golden, her attorney, says the action rests on that procedural point. Eva Gabor reports a rose thorn infection in her bandaged right hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Toni Leland-St. Johns
Rod Cameron
Tia Juana
Milton Golden
Eva Gabor
Eric Staceys
Warner
Red Skelton
Georgia Davis
Bonnie Baker
Charley Foy
Mexico City
Lien
Bob Drake
Fay McKenzie
Lymans
Puerto Rico
K. T. Stevens
Bill Colby
Clover Club
Paul Small
Tony de Marco
Sally
Carte-Blanche
Thieves Take Cash Leave Ale Cheese at Deli
Morris Warchowski reports a theft at his Cleveland delicatessen where $300 in cash and $250 in checks were taken from the ice box. The intruder took no cheese or ale. only cash and checks disappeared.
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Cleveland
Morris Warchowski
Warchowski
BC Believes Quick Relief for Headache and Neuralgia
The text touts BC formula ingredients as quickly absorbed for fast relief from headaches neuralgic pains and muscular aches. It advises keeping a small package handy and to use as directed while consulting a physician if pains persist.
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