Postwar economics pressure more jobs and growth argues NAM pamphlet
A NAM pamphlet argues manufacturers support expanding business to create jobs and pay in the postwar era. It cites the share of direct hires and broad effects on the workforce, urging bold risk taking and economic reforms as inflation fades. The piece contrasts wartime prosperity with postwar realities and notes government attempts to curb risk through savings and social security provisions.
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Fic National Association of
Maniere
Ain
American Intry
Dustry
Draft 4Fs If They Leave Essential Jobs
Washington says the army will not draft men for limited service if they remain in war or war-supporting roles. Only those still found capable of limited service would be kept in 2-A(L) or 2-B(L). If such a man quits his essential job, he could be drafted for limited service.
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Tokyo
MacAr Sur
Philippines
Guad@canel
Germany
Howell
Tongessiman
Carl Vinson
W.reghie
Frank Sinatra
Roosevelt
James Marlow Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
Her
Army
Raft Boards
New York
Selective Service
Telephones At War And The Power Of Military Communication
A historical note on the telephone’s role in wars from the Spanish American War to modern conflicts. It highlights how telephones and related communications evolved from basic tools to essential war equipment and their impact on military operations.
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James Thrasher
America
Anil
Superfortress Raid on Nagoya Reported by Tokyo
Tokyo radio said about 70 B 29s from the Marianas raided Nagoya for two hours. The War Department released a communique noting the raid. Japanese claims of interception reported slight damage with no losses cited.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Marianas
Nagoya
Japan
Curtis Lemar
Thea
Tokyo Times
Formosa
Sakishima
Pescadore Islands
Pacific Fleet
OPA Agents Move to Seize Poultry for Armed Forces
C M Evans of the Dallas office of the War Food Administration announces the dispatch of special agents into sixteen border counties of Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma to ensure poultry reserved for the armed forces moves into the hands of authorized truckers and processors.
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OPA
Fayetteville
Ark
C. M. Evans
Dallas
Office
The
War Food Administration
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Visit to Field Hospital in South Pacific Affects This Correspondent
Red Hampson recounts harrowing experiences at Fua on the Drinimumor river in British New Guinea. He describes amputations, exhausted corpsmen, open eyes, and relentless jungle flies as troops endure near-front conditions with scarce nets and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Hospital
South Pacific
Red Hampson
Southwest Pacific
Jock
Fua
Drinimumor
British New Guinea
Air Force’s Greatest Kill Tracks German Vehicle Column
In a covert briefing from a trailer on the Western Front Ninth Air Force recounts how Thunderbolts pounded a German transport column fleeing Ardennes. Pilots Tate and Mackell helped locate the convoy and coordinate fighter-bomber strikes overrunning tanks trucks and halftracks.
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Walter Cronkite
Ninth Air Force
Western Front
Arizona
Ells E. Tate
Fairfield
N. D
Bernard B. Mackell
Pittsbr "Pa
A. Hill
Divison
Wes
Air Laison
Actical Air Force
Stephens
Zicer Hiram
Glendalel
Ariz
May Strip Wallace of Loan Power
A 19 man Senate committee opened a session to weigh Wallace for secretary of commerce amid opposition from Southern Democrats and Republicans. Senator George D. Aiken proposed splitting off loan agencies from the Commerce Department, leaving Wallace with routine duties only.
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Francis J. Kelly
Henry A. Place
Commerce Department
George D
Wallace
Senate
Hill
Alabama
Maybank
South Carolina
Bilbo
Mississippi
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
M. Wallace
George
Commerce
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Gold Bricks in Alabama Prove Brass Not Gold
In Eufaula Alabama residents chased a sensational claim of ten solid bricks of gold found by a field hand. After analysis by locals the consensus says the bricks contain some gold but are largely brass, leaving questions about who buried them and the cryptic symbols.
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Eufaula
Ala
William Shakespeare
Wisecracks and Patrolman Minnis Turn Traffic Message into Caution
AP News notes Lower Merion Patrolman Philip Minnis uses a public address system to deliver witty warnings with street safety puns. The aim is to curb jaywalking and risky driving by issuing memorable lines in traffic spots.
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Merion
Philip Minnis
Mae Cross
Girl Counts Bread Eaten Over Year in Indiana
Clara Ann Woodson, 42, of Indianapolis, claims she ate 3750 pieces of bread in 1944. The high school student says counting portions as slices is part of her hobby and notes that three biscuits count as one slice.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Clara Ann Woodson
Canal width sets naval beam limits
Reading from a period article the note mentions how the width of the Panama Canal dictates the beam of naval vessels and advises practical dress tips to prevent perspiration on print dresses along with saving fuel by turning off heat before roasts or baking finish.
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Panama Canal
St Vith Falls as Allies Break German Ardennes Hold
U S First Army tank patrols smashed into St Vith, last major German bastion in the Ardennes, after air attacks forced retreat. 7th Armored Division led by Brig. Gen. Hasbrouch seized the communications hub a month after Von Rundstedt captured it. Allies push toward Haguenau, Strassburg area. Germans retreat toward the Modr with heavy losses and prisoner captures.
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James M. Long
Paris
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
Ardennes Salient
7Th Armored Division
Robert W. Hasbrouch
von Rundstedt
Bulge
E. D. Ball
Ardennes
Third Army
Vianden
Roer River
Heinsberg
U. S. Ith
Alsace
Supreme Headquarters
Bitche
Haguenau
Berlin
Strasbourg
7Th Army
Haguenau Forest
Kroon
Reichshoffen
Woerth
Wiederproeen
Wieerth
Froschweiler
Alexander M. Patch
First Army
Gambsheim
Kilstett
Bitche Salient
Soviet Push toward Poznan and Berlin Fronts Rapid
London dispatches report Marshal Zhukov's mobile forces breaching hedgehog defenses near Poznan as Soviet offensives press toward Berlin. Moscow says right wing near Bydgoszcz and Oder river advances threaten German rail hubs while East Prussia and Silesia see heavy pressure from two Red Armies.
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Robert Musel
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Poznan
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Oscow
Wehme
Poland
Moscow Radio
Zhukov
Bydgosczc
Baltic
Marshal Stalin
Oder
Silesia
East Prussia
Namslau
Ols
Breslau
Henry Ford's Minerva Strain Car Ownership Noted
Henry Ford once owned an imported Minerva as his personal car. The first Harvard College scholarship fund was donated in 1643 by Lady Mowlson of London.
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Henry Ford
Minerva
Harvard College
Lady Mowlson of
London
Three Day Notice to Wed May Be New Law
House Judiciary Committee A held public hearing on a proposed three day notice of intention to wed. Two marriage bills were sent back without recommendation due to fault features prompting striking of a stipulation requiring both parties to appear and mail notice to guardians or rents. Health certificate requirement provoked doubt over legislative acceptance. Senate action was anticipated on a police department reorganization bill transferring authority from the police commission to the governor.
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House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Police Commission
American Officer Blocks Belgian Road With Cows
American officer uses cows as a roadblock to halt a German tiger tank approaching his position. A bazooka team then knocks the tank out, while stories recount foxhole dangers and a Brooklyn soldier who captures a German pistol after a brief skirmish.
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Hal Boyle
U. S. First Army
Een
Sidney
P- Dane
Dane
Yanks Close On Clark Field in Luzon Advance
General MacArthur's Luzon forces advance toward Clark Field as 14th Army Corps and the 37th and 40th Divisions push from Capas to Santa Monica and La Paz. Beightler and Brush's units march toward Manila, while MacArthur reveals battle‑hardened veterans from Guadalcanal to Bougainville in the invasion force.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
Big Clark Field
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Army Corps
Morday
Pampanga Province
Clarkfield
Bougainville
New Britain
Capas
Santa Monica Ay
Tarlac
la Paz
Griswold
Lingayen Gulf
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
App Brush
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Salomons
Guadalcanal
Bouinville
New Guinea
Leyte
Phillippines
Leyte Ault
Arkansans Wounded in World War II War Dept Release
The War Department lists 26 Arkansans wounded in action in a release naming 1,728 U S soldiers. Names span Mediterranean and European theaters including Bishop Bland, Lt. Robert M. Derderyn, Pvt. Anis R. Barnett, Pic. James E. Beaman, Pvt. Robert J. McKay Jr, Pvt. Elmer L. Owen, Pvt. Sartor J. Smith, Pvt. James W. Ward, Pvt. James FE White, and others from Fort Smith, Monticello, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Benton, and Saint Joe. The report covers events in January.
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Washington
Arkansans
Bishop Bland
Robert M. Derderyn
Fort Smith
Anis R. Barnett
Monticells
Pic
James E. Beaman
Moark
Pfc
Gean Blair
Boenee
Bradford
Elmer L. Owen
Guy F. Peel
Enola
Husson W. Scrape
Jonees Bore
Sartor “J. Smith
Cornine Pic
Rey W. Sense Bdeneen
Willie F. Tarvin
Benton
Charlie L. Tearg
Bist Springs
James W. Ward
Peach Orchard
James FE. White
Saint Joe
Jesse C. Wilder
Gardan
Goats Destroy Pasture For Marines On Saipan Mission
An AP Newsfeatures piece recalls Pacific base life where Goats devastate pasture and hay on Saipan forcing Marines to restore the land. Veterans recount missions through rugged terrain, cold mists, and supply challenges as they work to reclaim the island’s grazing areas.
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Pacific
Saipan
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