Rubber Czar Jeffers Defends Gas Rationing Stance in Hearings
Washington reports Rubber Administrator Bill Jeffers testified to a House Interstate Commerce subcommittee that efforts to block nationwide gas rationing would fail. He said his job follows the Baruch plan to keep rubber supplies flowing for war industries, and he defended Henderson despite questions about cooperation. The piece notes Darlan's controversial cooperation and Milltown New Jersey's tin can exchange program as wartime morale and efficiency efforts.
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Jeffers
Bill Jeffers
House Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Rubber Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Hatton Sumners
Texas
Washington
Milltown
N. J
New York City
LaGuardia
New Brunswick
Millville
South
Jersey
Wickard Named National Food Administrator in WW II Plan
President Roosevelt appoints Claude R. Wickard as national food administrator with control over production processing and distribution for U S civilians military and allies. He will consult WPB and OPA leaders on price policy and use of foodstuffs and coordinate rationing and allocation with military heads.
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Roosevelt
Claude R. Wickard
United Nations
Wickard
U. S
Donald Nelson
WPB
Leon Henderson
OPA
Herbert Hoover
Department of Agriculture
War Production Board
Board of Economic Warfare
Weekly News Analysis: Draft Rule and FDR Pause
Manpower Commission sets draft rules as FDR halts all service enlistments. Wickard named to direct U S food program. New front threatens Axis in Libya. Editorial note: opinions are analysts’ not the paper’s.
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Manpower Commission
FDR
Wickard
U. S
New Front
Libya
Western Newspaper Union
No Hibernation as Russians Counterattacked on Fronts
The Russian campaign shifted from a hoped winter lull to wide counterattacks by Hitler’s forces. In one week, the Russians say they destroyed 192 German planes and repulsed counterattacks while pushing winter operations into the Caucasus and Stalingrad regions with heavy German losses and thousands taken prisoner.
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Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Tunisia
First Army
Libya
Sahara Desert
Tunis
Morocco
Henri Giraud
Algeria- Tripolitania
Djanet
Algeria
Fort Lamy
French Equatorial Africa
Bizerte
Enlistments Halted by FDR as War Manpower Plan Expands
President Roosevelt suspended army and navy enrollments and shifted selective service to the War Manpower Commission. The order bars physically fit men from enlisting, expands McNutt's power to assign civilian roles, and retains Hershey as director under new oversight. Also, induction for men 38 and older is halted while discharges are planned for some older service members.
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Roosevelt
Army
Navy
War Manpower Commission
Marine Corps
War Department
Paul V. McNutt
Armed Services
Director of Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
McNutt
Eleanor Roosevelt Reflects On War Work And China
In Hyde Park and Washington Eleanor Roosevelt discusses wartime roles for women, honors Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and stresses cooperative international goals. She highlights home based war work, including knitting and cooking for troops, and notes Christmas plans amid press engagements.
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China
Chiang
Washington
Hyde Park
Esther Tufty
National Democratic Club
War economy curtails ice cream production for butter
War Production Board orders a roughly twenty percent cut in ice cream manufacturing during December and January to divert supplies to butter. London brokers raise bets on war duration with some wagering it ends by June 1943. German Reich directs that all freight cars in Norway be shipped to Germany amid rolling stock shortages. Germany reports a submarine capable of speeds to overtake most fast merchant ships.
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War Production Board
London
Norway
Germany
Reich
Christmas in America A Melting Pot Of Traditions
An essay traces Christmas origins from Saturnalia to Christian feast, noting December 25th solstice timing, early martyrdoms, and adoption by Constantine. It urges national observance with halls decked, trees lit, carols sung, and churches solemnizing Christ’s Day for all people.
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America
Constantine
Bethlehem
Yule Candy a Must For Kiddies and Sweet Tooth Remedy
Christmas candy dominates children's minds after large meals and the season. A simple chocolate fudge recipe is provided with steps and temperatures. If time or skill is lacking, stores offer ready made candy for last week of the year. A light note suggests a Good Fairy guards children and adults from stomach distress, implying doctors would be busy otherwise.
Christmas in Nassau Blends English and American Traditions
In Nassau, Bahamas, Christmas resembles the United States in many ways but unfolds outdoors in tropical warmth. Children wish for sun suits and water skis, while adults mix English and American customs, creating a distinct festive atmosphere just a short hop from Miami.
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Nassau
Bahamas
United States
Miami
Fla
Bolt of Lightning Strikes No 9 Green At Logansport
A lightning bolt disrupted the Logansport city golf course near the No 9 green. Night Watchman Bruce Llewellen reports the bolt hurled him from a chair 150 feet away and scorched an old walnut tree while damaging the ground around the hole.
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Night
Bruce Llewellen
House That Friendship Built: Sleepy Ohio Cottage Gifted by Union Workers
In Painesville Ohio Franklin Waite a drafted construction worker planned a home of about $500 value built by fellow painters and carpenters after hours. For a week 12 painters and 50 carpenters labored at dusk in a Grove near town donating beer and sandwiches. After completion Waite ailing in service cried with gratitude at the white cottage gifted by his colleagues.
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Painesville
Ohio
Ohio City
Empire State Building
Radio City
Franklin Waite
Friendship
Waite
Speedy Race Horse Breaks Away To Overtake Plugs
Black Rain, the feature winner at the Colorado state fair, escaped from an automobile trailer near Montrose, Colorado. He leaped onto the trailer, broke the rope, and dashed after two older horses running along U S Highway 50. The mare caught him after a one mile chase once the owner intervened.
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Montrose
Calif
Black Rain
Western Slope
Hour's Occupation Cost Would Keep 500 Families
Washington. The Fighting French delegation said the German occupation costs Vichy 300 million francs a day. They claimed that one hour of occupation could support 500 French families for a year and fund 20,000 unskilled workers, 2,500 workers homes, 80 miles of railway, or 150 locomotives.
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Washington
Vichy
France
Boy seeks rubber boots for scrap drive recall
GREAT FALLS Montana a boy pleads for a certificate to buy hip length rubber boots after turning in his dad's fishing boots in a scrap drive the rationing clerk refuses noting the cost. TOLEDO Ohio Harry Wolfe gets 90 days in the workhouse after a window peep leads to a mayoral court appearance.
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Peeper
Toledo
Harry Wolfe
Homer A. Ramey
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