Desperation as War Oil Plan Sparks Policy Delays
Washington debate over petroleum policy slows war effort as Ickes favors a price boost and Brown seeks subsidies. Officials face cost disputes, political risk, and delayed action. Vinson weighs final choice, while exploration and production expansion stalls.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Administration
Harold L. Ickes
Prentiss M. Brown
Interior
Michigan
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Army
Price Administration
Mr. Ickes
Brown
Canada
Ickes
Wildcatters Dropping As Oil Harvest Shrinks
The piece notes dwindling oil discovery activity as Harold’s forecast for 1943 drops from 4500 to 3100 digs. It discusses funding limits, reduced tapping, and the impact on future fuel supply amid wartime needs. The fragment also touches on public relations missteps and government lumber industry criticism.
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Harold
Pentagon fuel lines show wartime oil demand outpacing supply
A Washington report shows a Gulf Coast fleet of 15 Navy tankers loading quickly, revealing how wartime oil needs outpace civilian supply. It details 1.2 to 1.8 million barrels daily demand, limits on planning due to secrecy, and the shift to Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines sending fuels to the East Coast. The piece notes ongoing shortages for civilians and that military needs will prevail.
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Glenn Neville
Central Press
Washington
Navy
Gulf Coast
New York
Gulf Port
Army
Longview
Tex
Norris City
Philadelphia
New York Harbor
Houston
United States
Timber substitutes and war efforts amid jungle defense
The piece notes scarce high grade timber in the United States for aircraft uses and wartime substitutes like Noble fir and hemlock, with large forests in Olympic National Park. It discusses the difficult logistics of mountain transport, weather harassments aiding Allied pilots, and Japanese supply lines in New Guinea and Burma, including meteorological foreknowledge aiding air operations.
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Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Longvielw
Washington
United States
Sitka
Longview
Alaska
Axmen
Washington Mills
Weyerhaeuser
New Guinea
MacArthur
Burma
America
Indian Weather Bureau
RAF
U.S
General Bissell
Lampens
Hirohito
Lord Mounthbatten
Health guidance for high blood pressure management
Health advice notes that there is no cure for high blood pressure and emphasizes long term management. Weight reduction, rest, and relaxation are advised, while drugs play a limited role. Cautions on alcohol and tobacco use are given along with vacation time for general well being. A Q and A outlines blood donor eligibility and disqualifications based on age health history and recent procedures.
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D. C
Britain trains key men for postwar export work
The text notes Britain selecting and training key personnel for export service after the war and highlighting how London profits from Argentina through English agents knowing customers' habits. It discusses Lend-Lease, wartime contracts, and shifts in U.S. firms toward overseas markets, revealing opportunities to assess foreign demand and raise awareness of American goods abroad.
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London
Argentina
United States
Betz Upset Tops Tennis Tourney
Marchetta Ruth Donnelly an unseeded Venice player defeated Pauline Betz the national women's champion 6-4 6-4 in the Pacific Southwest championships quarterfinals at the Los Angeles Tennis Club Also Francisco Segura of Ecuador beat Robert Forbes 6-3 6-2 in the men's singles Regular lubrication of an automobile is advised to prevent wear and breakdowns.
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Los Angeles
Marchetta Ruth Donnelly
Venice
Calif
Pauline Betz
Miss Donnelly
Los Angeles Tennis Club
Francisco Pancho Segura
Ecuador
Robert Forbes
Palo Alto
Woe For Nips is Planned At Pacific Base
The 7th Air Force School trains aerial gunners to high standards, with graduates called the college of Samurai extermination. It claims two-thirds of the Wake Island kills credited to U.S. gunners, and features practical courses using Sperry sights, ball turrets, and the Waller trainer. A B-17 and a B-24 mark the hangar as reminders of past actions.
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7Th Airforce
Mitsubishi
7Th Air Force School
M.I.T
Johns Hopkins
College of Samurai
Wake Island
Wake
Truman H. Landon
Carlinville
Central Pacific
Sperry
Draft Delay Considered for Fathers Draft
Senate military committee weighs a 30 day postponement for father draftees while selective service rechecks deferments. Leaders expect a vote late in the week with Wheeler seeking to advance the bill and Taft proposing age priority for induction.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Bridges
R-Nh
Wheeler
D-Mont
F. H. Laguardia
New York City
Bernard M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Marshall
King
Taft
Ohio
George
D-Ga
Neyland Predicts Football Boom After the War
In Dallas Col. Bob Neyland, Army division engineer and Tennessee football coach with 117 victories and 12 losses, predicts college football will boom after the war. He says stadiums will need rebuilding to hold larger crowds and that fans this year will enjoy greater thrills due to uncertain play and more daring younger players.
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Dallas
Bob Neyland
Neyland
United States Army
Tennessee
Descriptive Classroom Inside Wrecked B-24 Belly
A fragment describes a wrecked B 24 belly repurposed as a classroom. It serves student gunners learning to handle a 50 caliber gun and to practice loading bombs, framed as a back to back training scene in a confined space.
Curiosity Sparks Army Beer Behavior Findings
Sam Abernethy says curiosity yields facts and the government followed the rumors about soldiers drinking. The study found soldiers are well behaved, with more than half drinking only beer and nothing stronger. It also notes that selling 3.2 beer in Army camps may contribute to temperance.
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Sam Abernethy
Sam
Radio Schedule and Program Corrections for Monday Times
The document lists a dense radio programming slate for Monday September 20 with multiple time slots from 5:45 PM to 11:45 PM. It notes changes and late corrections by networks, including news, serials, dramas, music, and sports segments across networks CBS NBC and blue networks, featuring programs such as Front Page Farrell Archie Andrews Kiddies Sket War News The Ed Sullivan Show Lone Ranger The Cavalcade of America Information Please and more with various hosts, serials, and guest performances.
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Farrell Seri
Archie Andrews
Shreda
de Quincy Howe
Cba
Tim Healy
Dick Thomas
Nan Merriman
Orches
Nbe
Jack Armstrong
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomas
Blu-Bworld
Waring
Nbe-U
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The
Switch
Cbs
Fulton Jewis, Jr
Cbc
Johnson Family
Dinning Sisters
bin Kiondle-Dagwood
Cbs the Army Air
Tram Sit
hKaltenborn
the Cavalcade of America
Nbe News Broadcasting Time
Parks and Warren
Dbs
Sam Baker
Lum
Leo Cherne
Alfred Wallenstein
Nero Wolf
Biu
Cbs Basic
Voorhees
Radio Theater
Gabriel Heatter
Nick Carter
Harry Wismer
Raymond Gram
Blu
Screen Guild Players
Raymond Clapper
Sunny Sylar
Johnny Morgan
Tiny Lombardo
Blondie Dagwood
Cbs Weat
Paul Schubert
Dancing Tunes
Fred Waring
Nbc-West
London
Radio
Kai-Shek Calls For Cooperation In All-Front Offensive
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, making his first public appearance as president of China, urged Allied cooperation in an all front offensive and said the Italian fleet surrender determines Japan's doom. He linked China's war to Europe and pledged to continue until Manchuria is recovered and northeast liberty is restored.
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Elmer Davis
Lowell Mellett
Archibald MacLeish
War Information Board
Washington
Capitol Hill
Ottawa
Burton K. Wheeler
Mackenzie King
F.D.R
District of Columbia
King
Albert Leman
WPB
Sitka Spruce Hall
Uncle Sam
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Mediterranean
Far East
Nles
Manchuria
Chiane
Radio Program Schedule Collapses Into Fragmented List
A scrambled old time radio schedule shows programs across day hours with scattered names like News and The Open Over Helpmate Retty Brown, plus disjoint phrases such as head of Life frame and Morte. The fragmentary OCR yields a chaotic, unreadable lineup.
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Carolina Revelite
Robert St. John
Retty Brown
Shatter
Luntheen
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