Economic warfare harming German war effort
Peter Edson explains how British and American economic and psychological warfare, aided by strategic bombing, aim to throttle German production and manpower. From ball bearings to synthetic fuel, chrome, textiles, and mining targets, the combined pressure seeks to strain Germany’s labor pool and supply chains while war continues.
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Dingle Mackintosh Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Washington
SKF
Germany
Schweinfurt
Sweden
Stanton Griffis
Romania
Ploesti
Norway
Turkey
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Reconversion problem a step toward civilian production
S Burton Heath argues government plans to allow a limited number of firms to obtain materials and prototype civilian products as reconversion begins. He warns that choosing which plants shift to civilian output will affect efficiency, and suggests a British style scheme to release outputs without manufacturers gaining market advantage.
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Great Britain
Ickes Pipeline Plan Faces Financial and Strategic Risk
Editorial cautions that private financing of an Arabian pipeline under government mortgage risks long term costs and foreign entanglements. It urges reconsidering Alaska oil development and suggests global oil allotment talks with Britain and Russia could secure fair world shares. The note also mentions aviation bearing materials as a broader concern.
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Ickes
Treasury
Great Britain
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Alaska
Abolish Electoral College to curb manipulation
The piece argues the electoral college is an anachronism with dangerous potentialities. It advocates constitutional amendment or compromise to ensure the popular will is not defeated by elite trickery and suggests eliminating the electoral college would quickly reduce the Solid South's one sided vote.
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George Norris
Congress
Solid South
Licensing radio news and ethics code proposal debate
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado backs a bill to license commercially sponsored newscasters and force a code of ethics, arguing free radio speech is impossible. He is urged to extend licensing to congressional speakers as a public business delay is common. Car tires underinflation may cut life by 20 to 26 percent. inflating every 2000 miles can extend life by up to 26 percent.
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Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Senator Johnson
Congress
Gerald Ye
North Dakota
Senate Appropriations Committee
Union
Wyoming
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Minnesota
Nye
Appropriations Committee
Parachute policy split with Navy debated in Congress
Life Magazine and Major General Echols testified on quick-release parachute policy, favoring single point releases for Army air forces while Navy clung to older three-point systems. Testimony highlighted water operations, cost concerns, and procurement shifts amid political heat.
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Washington
Life Magazine
U.S
O. P. Echols
Army Air Forces
House Appropriations Committee
Representative Case
South Dakota
Echols
Navy
Gen. Echols
Rep. Case
Jon
Gen. Fehels
Soap seals tire valve for temporary leak fix
A slow tire leak caused by a valve that won’t close can be repaired by removing the valve from the stem and applying soft soap to the rubber insert and plug. If the valve isn’t too worn, the soap may form an airtight seal and stop the leak.
Ancient Polybolos weapon forged by Dionysius in Sicily
A fragment notes that the forerunner of the modern machine gun was the Polybolos, built by Dionysius the Tyrant in Sicily around 400 B.C. It fired a sequence of arrows.
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Ashe
Dionysius
Sicily
Price Control Amendment Expands OPA Powers In Court
Washington reports that Congress passed an amendment to OPA price controls awaiting Roosevelt's signature, broadening OPA's triple damages and adding the right to sue for damages when customers are overcharged by retailers. It shifts penalties, requires wilful violation proof, and may prompt more trials and larger trial attorney staff for OPA.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Roosevelt
Father's Day Bond Drive and OPA Price Restitution Rules
The piece notes Father’s Day bond buying for Fifth War Loan and explains OPA powers to sue overcharges. A retailer overcharging a housewife can trigger triple damages, with judge fines up to $50 per case if willful violation is found, potentially totaling large sums if many customers sued.
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OPA
Brazil Latin relations worsen in wartime talk
Dr Hernano Tayates of Sao Paolo says Latin American ties with the United States have steadily deteriorated in recent months, a view echoed by Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles. Nicholas Murray Butler predicts America will emerge unscathed from the war.
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U. S
Latin America
Hull
Oswaldo Aranha
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
United States
Hernano Tayates
Sao Paolo
America
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia U
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