Seniority clashes and war shipping power struggle loom in wartime policy
Washington reports reveal Stimson and Knox testifying behind closed doors on a 500 million loan to China while Senator Connally presses seniority. A tug of war pits army against maritime commission over control of war shipping, with General Gross pushing for land and sea transport supremacy, opposed by Lew Douglas and Somerville. Inflation fears, Baruch's warnings, farm prices versus labor incomes, and defense cooperation in Chicago also color the wartime policy scene.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Stimson
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Maritime Commission
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Harry Hopkins
Joe Eastman
General Gross
Army Transportation
Gross
General Somerville
New York
WPA
Somerville
White House
Lewis Douglas
Bernie Baruch
Leon Henderson
Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy Strikes Twice Across Wake and Marcus Islands
A double assault by a Pacific naval task force hit Wake Island and Marcus Island, with Tokyo ordering blackouts after Marcus. The attacks, linked to earlier Marshall and Gilbert Campaigns, were led by Vice Admiral W. F. Halsey.
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Wake Island
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Wake
Marcus
Pearl Harbor
W. F. Halsey
Turning Point Seen In Pacific War As Australia Hold
Australian and American airmen report near constant raids on New Guinea Solomons and New Britain with progress against Japanese air strength. Japan bombs Port Darwin and Port Moresby but effectiveness wanes. AVG Tiger Fliers strike Thai airfield at Chiang Mai destroying 40 planes on ground. squadron leader Jack Newkirk dies. Labor unions seek overtime waivers while Roosevelt backs Sunday holiday work limits.
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Philip Murray
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Tiger Fliers
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Thailand
Chiengmai
Jack Newkirk
Scarsdale
Burma
Losses and Warnings Mark Java Sea Battles Amid Domestic Scandals
Dispatches report Allied losses in the Java Sea while gains trickle in Sumatra as Curtin pledges aid and MacArthur vows to return. In Detroit a union dispute ends with Genevieve Lamp charged with conduct unbecoming a union member. Washington scrutinizes Jack and Heintz pay practices as managers cut profits and maintain worker bonuses.
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Genevieve Lamp
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Annapolis and Oberlin
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts visits to Annapolis Maryland and Oberlin Ohio. She describes speaking to women's groups and attending conferences on youth reform and war needs, meeting British embassy members in New York, and noting naval academy growth and the Kungsholm ship’s sale to the U.S. Maritime Commission.
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New York
New York City
Washington
New York Times
Benjamin Russell Hanby
Ohio
Nelly Gray
Cleveland
Mildred Jaster
Democratic National Committee
Howell
Oberlin
Ernest H. Wilkins
Oberlin College
U S Naval Offense Gains Momentum in South Pacific
Editorial notes wartime optimism as U S forces report renewed naval strikes against Japanese bases in the South Pacific and continued air assaults on Port Darwin while Allied forces push in New Guinea.
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U. S
South Pacific
Port Darwin
New Guinea
Mixed WWII Fronts: Brit and Chinese Hold North Burma
Chungking reports Chinese and British forces trying to maintain a united line in North Burma but briefly separated by a Japanese spearhead attack near Toungpoo. In New York, a radio relay carried a Berlin Japanese spokesman claim Japan may be on the defensive.
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U. S
India
Chungking
Burma
Toungpoo
New York
Berlin
Japan
Colonial girl cross stitch motifs pattern set
A lively description of a colonial girl busy through the week with cross stitch sun bonnets and hoop skirts, forming tea towel embroidery. The pattern includes two matching panholder motifs and fast running stitches with crosses, priced 15 cents as item 29404. Send your order to:
Raleigh Cigarettes Jingle Contest Offers 133 Prizes Weekly
Raleigh Cigarettes announce a weekly jingle contest in this paper with 133 prizes awarded each week. The advertisement notes liberal prizes and invites reader participation in the promotional event.
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