War as usual cry after Brewster contract loss
Peter Edson analyzes the push to keep war production alive after Navy cancels Brewster contract. He outlines two reconversion paths: a government planning agency or free enterprise with minimal restrictions. He warns labor and business groups pressuring for control could delay peacetime recovery and burden taxpayers.
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Navy
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Pearl Harbor
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, Manpower
WPRB
Germany
WPB
Connecticut
Kansas
California
Portland
Senate
Truman Committee
Good Idea Anyway Says Tax Rates Must Be Lower Postwar
Burton Heath and Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee argue postwar income tax cuts are essential to prevent crushing business activity. They estimate a 300 billion dollar national debt with yearly interest and amortization totaling about 15.5 billion, plus ongoing military and reconstruction costs. The piece discusses balancing a 20 billion annual budget with current income near 150 billion and the need to reduce tax receipts as war spending recedes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Uncle Sam Wants Your Inventions for War Needs
The OWI National Inventors Council pamphlet lists 36 problems for military use from odorless agents to fog and dust control. It urges citizen tinkers to submit practical ideas to aid Army and Navy efforts, noting many may be misguided yet many remain capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
OWI
National Inventors Council
Department of Commerce
Army
Navy
Kennedy's Error in UMW War of Public Opinion
Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers, accuses press, federal agencies and Congress of discrediting its president John Llewellyn Lewis. He argues the miners themselves, led by Rosa Lewis, harmed national welfare by striking against the war effort, risking shortages of coal and materiel crucial to soldiers and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kennedy
The
United Mine Workers
Congress
John Llewellyn Lewis
Kennedy
Rosa Lewis
Irish Bread and Home Ties Return from Italy Front
A war correspondent reflects on soldiers and nurses returning from the Italian front seeking simple comforts of home. They long for family, motherhood, sweet treats, and the sense of belonging that home provides amid privation. The piece also touches on domestic concerns like car upholstery and rubber cushions.
Dewey studied foreign affairs and Army Navy plans
The piece portrays Tom Dewey's liberal education for the presidency through meetings with Commander Walter Gale Ebert and exposure to foreign affairs. It notes a misstatement about Brazil and Spanish language, plus reflections on Nye’s North Dakota primary challenge and Nye’s former crusading stance. It also mentions Navy public relations chief Leland Lovette and Raymond Willett’s ascent.
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Jewsy Crank
Brixal
Nye
North Dakota
Washington
Tom Dewey
Army
Navy
Walter Gale Ebert
Cara Ebert
West Virginia
Ebert
Albany
Dewey
Harry Luce
Time, Life and Fortune
Dewey Studios
Sale of
New York
Palestine
Oscar Correia
Brazil
Latin America
Caribbean
U. S
Correia
Wren
Chicago
Congress
Gerald Nye
Asher Burdick
West
Main Street
Heroe
Electric Boat
U. S Navy
Roosevelt
Northwest Prairies
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel King
Senate
Bill Langer
Phil Campbell
Kansas
Virginia
Campbell
Ole Virginny
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Leland Lovette
Anr Lst
Raymond F. Willett
Holyoke
Mass
Levette
LSTS
Lavette
Wil Jett
New American Navy Skipper’s Bold Start Ends In Collision
Delayed dispatch reports a new U S Navy skipper rushing a ship into action causing a collision after ordering full speed ahead then full speed astern. The Royal Air Force trains captains to coordinate merchant shipping with air patrols to view convoys from above for better joint operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VU. S. Navy
Britain
Breen
Royal Air Force
Fragmented World War II quotes mingle in dubious mix
A muddled montage cites Winston Churchill, Ohio figures, Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Oliver Lyttleton, and Staff Sgt. Frank R. Patrovic. The passage blends alleged speeches and attributions, lacking coherent context or verifiable sourcing.
Question and Answer Quiz on World War II Facts
A reader quiz asks where Garapan is and it explains Saipan Island in the Pacific as the administrative center of the Marianas. It notes Cuba imposes fines for not voting, from 50 cents to 500 dollars. It defines arachnology as the study of spiders and records the Normandie burning on February 9 1942 at her pier.
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Garapan
Saipan Island
Marianas
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BO Senetnees
National Advertising
Delisser, Inc. Ui
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Michigan Avenue
Chestnut 8
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Penna
Rete
Pontotiica
Indiana
Pannsylvania
the Indians Evening Gasette
Burton Heath
Idea Market
Amerean Automobile Association
John L. Lewis
Rae
Cthe Daily Washington
Drew Pearson
RAF
van Dusen
American Airways
Jonn A. Moroso
sRp
Mal Boyle
U. S. War Bonds
They
Say
Winston Churthil
Ohio Supreme Court
Jugs Tien Carl V. Waynandt
America
Oliver Lyttleton
Frank R. Patrovic
Bougainville
Cuba
Normandie
Claudianus
J. S. Raub
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