Grain shortages prompt fears of lean livestock season
Chicago reports a surge in demand for corn and other grains to feed livestock and support industry. Analysts note record harvests but drought-like consumption, with corn disappearance running into billions of bushels and carryover prospects for next year seen as dangerously low unless harvests improve.
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William Ferris Ihicago
Harvey Williams, Jr
LE Ef
Galvin
Statistioo
Washington’s war news realism boosts national resolve
In Wartime Washington column argues Washingtonians overreact to peacetime pursuits while national leaders push candor about war costs. It cites Italy surrender, Atlantic battles, and a new policy to curb premature peace optimism, urging restraint and clear military reporting.
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Washington
D. C
States
Potomac
Italy
Salerno
Office of Civilian Defense
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Navy
Knox
Atlantic
Marshall
State Departments
United States
Perha
Strike Slows Operations at Five Alabama Coal Mines
About 2,500 miners affected as five Alabama mines halt work after government returns mines to private ownership. A sixth mine idle in a local dispute. UMWA says workers refused due to lack of contract. Interior Secretary Ickes ends federal management under the Smith Connally Act.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John J. Hanratty
United Mine Workers of America
Interior
Ickes
UMW
Beating the Clock Divorce Simplified in Eastern Turkey
In eastern Turkey a Kurd can dissolve a marriage in under a minute by simply saying I divorce you three times. The rapid practice allows the spouse to be freed quickly without lengthy proceedings.
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Reno
Turkey
Nightlife Snippets Echo City Clubs and Gossipy Quips
Quick hits from city venues capture flirtatious banter and stage chatter. Winchell bills lure orchestras, while audiences at the Zanzibar Bertolotti’s and Eldorado trade jests about fame age and romance. Cafes and lounges echo with wry lines about love and aging.
Italian Navy Designed to Complement Royal Navy in Med
An Italian naval officer in Alexandria notes the Italian fleet was built to cooperate with Britain for Mediterranean control, not to fight. Mussolini shifted to align with Hitler, undermining the plan. The fleet remained a limited lake-like force, with bases exposed to Allied power, while some Italians still earned Allied respect for individual exploits.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Britain
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Hitler
Jingles For The Kids and Allied Metal Call
A wartime note urges scrap metal collection to aid Allied Mediterranean efforts. An escort near Alexandria reports friendships with Italian sailors who favored the Allies and would join if war resumed, praising mutual sympathy despite Fascist leadership.
Women win spelling bee against congressmen at Press Club
Four congresswomen outspelled four congressmen in an old fashioned spelling bee at the National Press Club hosted by Professor Rayburn. Gore and Mason fell on satellite and super sede while Clare Luce became the first woman to drop on the word. The author playwright argued for an s in ft and men added two t s in satellite.
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Washington
Rayburn
National Press Club
Gore
D-Tenn
Mason
R-Ill
Clare Luce
R-Conn
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Carmine di To
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Utah Ordnance Plant
Salt Lake City
Carrell Hatch
Paradise
Utah
Carrell
Jack Stinnett
Southern Dairies
Southern Dairies, Inc
National Dairy Products Corporation
NBC
RED Network
Winchell
Leon
Eddie
Bertolotti
Zanzibar
Eldorado
By Charles A. Grumich
Germany
Atte
Eee Colowe
Coats
Cannon
Leaksville
Conte
Ray
Ned
Oxfords
Scott” Tan School
Ladies
High Point, N. C
Ecru
Deal Blue Chambray
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