Senate study urged on axis overrun country relief plan
Senator Gillette Iowa Democrat urged a speedy Senate investigation into a proposed international food relief system with Britain Sweden and Switzerland. The plan would differ from United Nations relief and ask how the United States could spare food, shipping space and delivery, and whether relief would aid axis subjects or lift European blockades.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Greece
Europe
Induction of Fathers and War Labor Shifts Scrutinized
Officials warned that most fathers may be drafted under selective service while maintaining defense output. McNutt and Hershey outlined planned inductions, industrial labor needs, and farm labor stability through mid-1944, noting a shrinking pool for service and the shift of personnel to munitions, aircraft, and shipbuilding.
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Hershey
Armed Services
McNutt
McNutt and
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
Louisiana
Mirais
Sippi
Raid reports and submarine losses on Pacific fronts annotated
Fragmented lines describe fires in Bougainville near Buin and raids on Kiska by Areu Army Liberator heavy bombers and Warhawk fighters. Bomb hits hit main camps and airfields as fighters sank harbor barges. Navy lists United States subs Arati and Grampus with crews of about 60 each missing after patrols.
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Bougainville
Navy
United States
Armati
Grampus
Senator Urges Aid to War-Torn Areas as Food Flows
Iowa Senator warned that many will die before liberation unless relief continues. He noted Greece has received food for months under supervision of Sweden, Switzerland, and the Red Cross, a setup the State Department says works satisfactorily and without benefiting Germany. Former President Hoover may be called as a witness. Swedish ships could be used to move food if agreements are reached.
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Iowa
Greece
International Red Cross
State Department
Hoover
Belgium
Gillette
Bahia orders victory gardens on army camps in Brazil
The regional military command in Bahia has ordered planting of victory gardens on nonmilitary portions of all army camps. Each camp must designate a corporal to attend meetings of the nearest agricultural class run by the Brazilian Aid Legion, a war relief group.
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Bahia
Brazil
Brazilian Aid Legion
Allies Capture Sicily Sky War Reaches Linosa Surrender
Allied air forces report heavy bombing of Catania and Pantelleria after a week of raids. Linosa surrenders with minimal resistance as Pantelleria and Lampedusa fell, while Milo Castelvetrano and Bocca di Falco airfields suffered mass airfield damage.
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Allied
Northwest Africa
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Linosa
Algiers
Reuters
London
Isle of
Malta
Middle East Air Command
Cairo
Milo
Castelvetrano
Bocca di Falco
Marzamimi
Comisco
WPB faces inflation hedge and civilian supply balance
WPB officials say some agencies inflated needs to hedge the paring, with a little inflation likely. Nelson reports 1942 civilian production at record levels, 85 percent above 1940, while 1939 is exceeded in many areas. only 1942 may dip below 1939 in some goods. Optimism remains on a 1,000,000 ton steel expansion for Q3 to boost arming while protecting civilian allocations.
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WPB
Requirements Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
Perez Denied Contests From Piret Pages Two Officials
In a fluid court action Perez asks dismissal of Blaize suit and contest. George M. Wallace, newly allied with Governor Jones, appears as associate counsel for Blaize with Richard Dowling. They request disregarding Perez intervention claiming Deputy Dauterive lost his status upon the sheriff's death. Fontenot and Hayes attorneys argue Dauterive not fully qualified as sheriff until June 14, 1940. Perez contends the sheriff vacancy should be filled by a special election since the late Dauterive died with over a year remaining in the term.
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Blaize
George M. Wallace
Jones
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Richard Dowling
New Orleans
Wallace
Herget
Perez
Dauterive
Flaquemines
John B Smullin
Fontenot
Fred J. Heintz
Covington
Hayes
Mine Strike Bill Targeting Lewis Sparks Senate Debate
Legislators debated a government plant mine bill aimed at Lewis and his United Mine Workers. AFL and CIO spokesmen planned to appeal to the president to veto the measure as his ten day window to act loomed. Lewis offered no comment amid attacks on strike-led mining tactics while the War Labor Board weighed portal-to-portal pay changes set for a midweek decision.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress
War Labor Board
R A F Bombers Score Victories Over Channel Coast
United States air force fighters destroyed five planes in forays over the French channel coast. The German radio claimed Nazi airmen raided Plymouth Saturday night and left five fires burning in the city. Four German raiders were shot down Saturday night, the British said.
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Catania
Messina
Sicily
Pantelleria
United States Air Force
French Channel
Plymouth
Kids Turn Jeeps to Aid Farmers in Candler NC
In Candler North Carolina farmers face labor shortages as JEEPS mobilize Junior Emergency Everyday Production-Picking Services. Organized by J Howard Sparks at Candler high school, the program enlists school children to boost food production amid a record crop push.
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Candler
N. C
J. Howard Sparks
Candler High School
French War Leaders Split Amid Deadlock Over Defenses
Reports from London say De Gaulle and rivals press for a path to national defense while the committee stalls over leadership. British press blame De Gaulle for stubbornness and urge unity with Americans to win the war. Concurrently, U.S. and other nations debate New Deal era reforms and labor laws amid global tensions.
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Giraud
de Gaulle
Andre Philip
Rene Massagli
London
Yorkshire Post
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Daily Sketch
Tires
National Committee
Colorado Labor Reform Tightens Picketing Tactics
Editorial flags Colorado’s new labor law as a reform that curbs coercion by pickets and unions while warning it may clash with the Wagner Act. It notes compulsory incorporation, liability for damages, fee limits, strike referendum, and political fund bans, arguing some provisions could oppress unions yet may endure if partially invalidated.
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Colorado
Budget Bureau clashes with state agencies over merit system control
A congressional committee criticized Budget Bureau oversight as harassing to state agencies and drafted a ban on withholding funds for a merit-based federal state program. The bill totals 73,293,524 below last year’s appropriations, with major cuts to the federal security agency, vocational education, aid to dependent children, and public health, while preserving prenatal and infant care guidance publications and extending maternity care funds to families of enlisted men.
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Federal Security Agency
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
War Maenpower Commission
Public Health Service
Divisien of Labor Standards
Office of Education
Bureau of Program Requirements
War Manpower Commission
Commanitiog Seid
Bureau of Jawer Statistics
Alm
WMC
Commission
Deaths Seymour J Evans and Julian M Ray in Monroe area
Seymour Jake Evans, formerly of Monroe, died at his Forest Hill Alabama home after a stroke. Survived by wife and four children, body sent to Allegan Michigan for interment. Julian M Ray, age 6, died in Oklahoma City, to be interred in Monroe, no arrangements yet. Also notes Pulitzer School of Journalism opened in 1912 at Columbia University.
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Seymour Jake Evans
Monroe
Forest Hill
Ala
A. L. Berard
Worcester Mass
Joyce Evans
Kalamazoo Mich
Jack Evans
Kalamazoo, Mich
Herbert A. Spies
Allegan, Mich
Julian M. Ray
Oklahoma City
Edna Ray
Frank Jones
el Reno
Okla
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia University
New York
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