Distillers Warn Against Lifting Sugar Rationing
New York report warns lifting sugar rationing could trigger a revival of liquor bootlegging as shortages persist. Distillers H Martinsen and Robert Barry say illicit operations and refilling bottled liquor pose major economic and public risk amid ongoing enforcement and supply pressures.
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New York
Chicago
H. Martinsen
Robert Barry
Barry
West Central
South Central
North Central
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries
United States
Army spreads news to troops with 700 camp papers abroad
The Army maintains more than 700 camp newspapers at home and overseas to inform troops. Publications include Yank and local editions in Iran, Egypt, India, Australia, and beyond, plus daily radio news summaries and illustrated maps for campaigns from Sicily to Tunisia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Home Front
Eisenhower
Palerno
Sicily
Army
New Delhi
Breat
Australia
Midnight Sun
Alaska
White Falcon
Iceland
Yank
Army Weekly
New York
Iran
Egypt
India
Hawaii
Panama
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
London
Greenland
Bermuda
Newfoundland
the Stars and Stripes
England
Cairo
Algiers
Oran
Casablanca
North Africa
Italy
Great American
Teheran
Aters
Tunisia
New Guinea Forecast Is Always Rain
Lieutenant John Glasgow, a 25 year old Pittsburgher in Papua New Guinea, declares weather prediction impossible by traditional methods. He teams with local natives and bushmen to create new forecasts from fragmented conversations and past weather disasters.
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New Guinea
Papua
INS
John Glasgow
Napoleon
Moscow
Glasgow
John G
Russians Give Not Lend For War Purchases
Henry C. Cassidy argues Russians donated vast sums for the Red Army and that Americans should match by buying War Bonds. He notes Russians gave without expectation of return and contrasts that with U.S. wartime lending, urging more public bond purchases to speed victory.
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Henry Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Henry C. Cassidy
Joseph Stalin
United States of America
Legion leaders urge all-out effort for victory on war and future
Roane Waring national commander and Paul V. McNutt war manpower commissioner told the opening session of the American Legion silver anniversary convention that the United Nations win requires full American strength. They urged recommitment to wartime duties and planning for postwar America while stressing every able body must join the effort, from mines to factories to the front.
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Omaha
Roane Waring
American Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Legion
America
United Nations
Waring
McNutt
George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Berlin
Tokyo
State Department in Wartime Reorganization Debate
The piece analyzes how the State department lagged behind wartime needs and contemplates Hull’s ability to absorb new agencies and talent. It contrasts Hull with Sumner Welles and notes the push to reconfigure foreign affairs leadership to meet global duties. It also mentions Congress’ stance on trimming deadwood and rebuilding the department. A lighter item follows about American soldiers praising New Guinea women.
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Washington
Department of State
State Department
White House
Navy
Roosevelt
Board of Economic Warfare
Inter-American Affairs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
OWL
Hull
Sumner Welles
Groton
Harvard
Welles
Congress
Badoglio Urges Italians to Fight With Allies
Allied reports broadcast from North Africa quote Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio calling on Italians to join the British and Americans against Germany and the Mussolini faction. The speech, delivered via Radio Italiana on Sept 16, was released through Allied channels to emphasize alignment with the Allies.
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North Africa
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Radio Italiana
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Japan
Ration Roundup Details for Stamp Validity and Goods
The notice lists expiration dates and validity for ration stamps on meats butter and processed foods with blue yellow brown stamps. It explains book 1 stamp 14 sugar five pounds through October with stamps 15 and 16 for five pounds each. Gasoline coupons vary by region and expire dates. The Shakespeare Memorial Library in Birmingham receives foreign language books from British bodies, totaling volumes in 26 languages in one year.
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Associated Press
East
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Shakespeare Memorial
Birmingham
England
The Aristocratic Angora Cat Sheba and Her Ruthless Night
A vivid portrait of Sheba the cat, described as aristocratic with a long pale gold coat and yellow eyes. The piece details her nocturnal hunting behavior, prey, and peculiar feeding habit of eating only heads, as she stalks rabbits quail rats and gophers around a garden, returning to the kitchen for meals before resuming slaughter.
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Sheba
Sheba the Cat
Redent
Early ground cannoneers used fixed bombards in old warfare
In early artillery, fixed ground cannon forms could not be aimed and were fired once daily. They were loaded at night and used stones as shot, illustrating primitive siege technology and limited mobility.
Ancestor of machine firearm scarce Chinese crossbow
A historical note describes an ancestor to modern firearms as a Chinese crossbow developed before 1600. It held two arrows in the stock with two grooves allowing simultaneous firing. The weapon reportedly saw use up to the Sino-Japanese War of 1895.
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Dog Thomas
Manchester
Dog Army
Hooper Thomas
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Army At Home
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George Zielke
Eric Knight
Great Britain
Dutch Guiana
Marion Hargrove
Hargrove
Chungking
China
Irin Shaw
Jaffa
Special Service Division
F. H. Osborn
E. L. Munson, Jr
West Point
Munson
John B. Stanley
Jack Stinnett
Ladies
Salt Lake City
Pfc
Edward W. Lewis
South Pacific
Moskins Clothing Company
North Main St
Spubsarsay
de Hnee
Wachovia
Southeastern Textile, Paper, Tobacco
Asheville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Coporigei Rand
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U.S
King Features Syndicate
International News Service
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