Knox reports on attack at Pearl Harbor
Unofficial Washington relief mixed with anger over lack of vigilance. Knox outlined ships lost or damaged and noted Japan’s surprise attack affected main fleet only lightly. navy suffered heavy casualties while Alaska and other facilities escaped. He urged a full presidential inquiry and highlighted brave, decisive action by crews amid strategic shock.
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Hawaii
Norway
China
Army
Hoover Urges Price Control in War Economy Debate
Hoover testifies as closing witness in House committee hearing on price control and rationing measures. He outlines aims to stabilize prices, curb hoarding, promote substitutes, and sustain essential production amid war. Senator Brown notes three main issues remain: admin structure, licensing provisions, and farm price ceilings. Also mentions 600,000 acres of virgin timber in the Gila Wilderness, New Mexico.
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Civilian Army Aids U S War Defense Plan
A passionate call to join New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in a civilian defense force spanning coastal regions from Maine to Washington. It describes volunteer air raid watchers using colored map disks, rapid communications, and staged blackout drills to deter potential bombings and support emergency services nationwide.
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Florida
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Defender
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Fair Enough Calls For National War Financing Critique
The speaker argues that initiation fees from workers in war support networks amount to about two million dollars with locals keeping most profits. He contends unions and craftsmen extracted large sums from men with limited options and suggests funds be redirected to the national treasury to fund planes. He notes industrial profits are taxed, limiting gains and boosting wartime efficiency, while inviting readers to critique if his view is mistaken.
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Carpenters
Electricians
Initiation Fees and War Profits in Union Talk
A writer claims deep knowledge of war job initiation and transfer fees and argues unions avoid taxes. He cites CSO unions praising modest initiation fees and condemning AFL unions as unfair. He calls for a patriotic, voluntary war profit donation to support the war effort, promising no extortion.
Wake Defenders Want More Japs Wake Defenders Want More Japs
Honolulu dispatch recounts a circulating story from Wake Island garrison requesting more Japanese troops after navy contact. The tale frames Wake as a strategic holdout in a shifting war era, while the piece also notes the notion of an ice age end and five major ice ages.
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Navy
Wake Island
U S Gains on Nipponese in Sinking Ships
US naval tally shows battleships, destroyers, and transports sunk or captured by Japan while Oklahoma and other vessels are damaged. The Donbass supplied 61 percent of Soviet coal in 1938 and nearly half of its steel, with coal and oil feeding plastics production.
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Shaw
Downes
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Oglala
Wake
Harrison
Oklahoma
Japan
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