The 20 Million Inflation War Centering in High Point
The editorial from the OPA Round-Up highlights the 20 million Americans facing rising prices while wages stay fixed. It lists dependents of service members, public employees, retirees, and welfare recipients as vulnerable to inflation and urges attendance at a Wednesday WAC rally to learn more.
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High Point
OPA
Betty Mathis
United States
Social Security Board
WACS
WAC
Lawrence Spivak
Mercury
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Stalin
Eden
Hull
Chermany
Italy
Pacific
Congress
Roosevelt
Labor Draft Debate Weighs Rights and War Needs
The piece argues for caution on labor draft proposals, noting both sides. Proponents favor directing civilians to war work if drafted, while opponents urge trying labor stabilization first. It cautions that drafting labor undermines democracy and should be used only when absolutely necessary.
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War Manpower Commission
Congress
The WAC Caravan Visit and a Wartime Garden Question
The piece discusses the Air WAC Caravan visit to High Point with a parade by WACs Maxwell Field Band and notes about women in military service and the draft debate. It critiques the 20 million victory gardens claim, questioning the figures and origin of the data, and ends with a skeptical remark about a classroom joke on cake versus soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAVES
WASPS
SPARS
High Point
WACS
Maxwell Field Band
WAC
Congress
United States
North Carolina
Armed Services
Victory Gardens
John K. Hutchens
Radio Proxy
Theatre Arts Monthly
Paley
CBS
Paul White
Mr. Paley
Oakland
Brooklyn
Lloyd Maddock
Esquire
Lefty Gomez
Max Baer
Poland
George Cree
Collier's
Pic
A. A. Brill
Voices on postwar plans and wartime measures
Readers and officials discuss postwar training and rationing, with concerns about Roosevelt’s health and the pace of reconstruction. Real estate notes from Snow Lumber Company, police work with the work or fight committee, and comments on future car design and inflation policies appear alongside quotes from Stanford and Willys-Overland figures.
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Ent
Snow Lumber Company
Wrenn, Commerce
Hamilton
Carter Dalton
Wrenn
Police Department
W. G. Friddle
Russians unleash new blitz tactics redefine modern warfare
Washington dispatch analyzes Soviet battle methods as a fast moving, mechanized assault system surpassing German tactics. Field Artillery Journal notes 4.5 million Russian troops in action, rapid penetration with concentrated artillery, multi point attacks, and evolving river and terrain strategies.
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Washington
France
Poland
Field Artillery Journal
Conrad Lanza
Dneiper
Kiev
Kremenchug
Nevel
Moscow
Latvia
Riga
Leningrad
Winchell On Broadway A Broad View Of The Stage
The column reviews recent Broadway nights including The Petrified Forest at the New Amsterdam with Barbara Joyce and John McQuade. It also discusses Outrageous Fortune Claudia and Old Acquaintance and notes mixed opinions from The Sun and other voices. It covers The North Star and The Dials debates, radio and press snippets, plus a Crosstalk on Congress and the Moscow declarations.
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42Nd St
New Amsterdam
Barbara Joyce
John McQuade
Rose Franken
Claudia
Elsie Ferguson
Margolo Gillmore
Margaret Hamilton
the Sun
Ward Morehouse
Jane Froman
Frances Faye
Jackie Gleason
Marty May
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Robert Thompson
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Associated Press
Metertn SD
N.Y. Otty
Lelington
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Editorial
Junior
Snider
S. J. Hill
Mrs. J. M. Shaw
J. R. Nixon
Grayson N. Afauver
Stanford University
Charleston
Harold Black
Delmar G. Roos
Willys-Overland Motors
Germany
George C. Marshall
Sir Stafford Cripps
Itish Air Minister
Paul Mallon
Hitler
North Star
Walter Huston
Anne Baxter
von Stroheim
Clausdia
Dorothy McGuire
Dimwit
Miriam Hopkins
Bette Davis
Princess O'Rourke
Vandenburg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional
Sen. Ball
Senate
Franco
Laurel
Quisling
W. L. Wilton
Sinclair Lewis
Eleanor Clarage
Private
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