Washington New Selectees Signal Army Buildup
The Army plans massive manpower growth following the February 16 registration for men 21 to 44 and big orders for lumber and nails to expand cantonments. It will broaden 1-A standards, call many 1-B and 2-A registrants, and expect fall inductions from older age groups. A feature on William Van Antwerp Kemp highlights his anti red tape successes in Ordnance, including getting a British-expert back to the U.S. swiftly via the State Department. The piece ends noting Martin Dies’s reaction to a new topic.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
U. S
Army
William van Antwerp Kemp
Kemp
England
State Department
Army Ordnance
Martin
President outlines world strategy amid war urgency
Analysis notes President sketches broad world strategy as Japan threatens key Australian island outposts. Nelson accelerates U S war production while editor reminds readers opinions reflect the analyst, not the paper, in this Western Newspaper Union release.
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President
Australia
Nelson
U. S
Western Newspaper Union
Blueprint of World Battle Outlined by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt described a global blueprint of wartime effort with allied cooperation across production transport and troop placement. He noted progress strengthening Pacific forces as Japanese moves intensified in New Guinea Burma and the Philippines while Mindanao resistance continued amidst communication delays. Meanwhile Congress weighed Truman and Vinson profit reports as it contemplates wartime profit controls.
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Roosevelt
London
Bermuda
United Nations
Singapore
East Indies
Philippines
Seven Seas
Britain
Pacific
Hubertus van Mook
Netherlands Indies
Dr. van Mook
New Guinea
Solomon Island
Burma
Japan
Australia
Solomon Islands
Myawaddie
Burmese Panhandle
Wavell
Tavoy
Panhandle
Moulmein
Rangoon
MacArthur
Washington
Mindanao
Davao
Luzon
Bataan Peninsula
OPM Dies and Nelson Forms New War Production Board
The OPM ends under pressure as Donald Nelson replaces it with a streamlined War Production Board. Nelson leads a reorganization creating five divisions with former OPM leaders, naming Ernest Kanzler as automobile production czar while Knudsen takes charge of speeding factory output for Army procurement.
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OPM
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Donald Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Airization
SPAB
Leon Henderson
Hillman
Stacy May
Progress
Knudsen
Ernest Kanzler
Automobile Production
Intensified Sub Attacks and Key Naval Actions Noted
Allied defenses amid intensified submarine warfare along the U S East Coast face secretive yet active naval countermeasures as Japanese cruiser sinks are reported. Lieutenant Bulkeley earns hero status for a bold Bay of Subic Bay strike while supply ships fall to enemy action. Sugar shortages loom amid stalled price control bills and farm relief conflicts.
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United States
Navy Department
Navy
President
Japan
Bulkeley
Bay of Olongapo
Colin Kelly
Jolo
House
Senate
White House
Wickard
Public duty and wartime youth guidance in 1940s OCD column
In a Parent’s Magazine piece and Office of Civilian Defense notes, public duty towards children is urged. It highlights the four freedoms, the role of the Children's Bureau and OCD, and community support for wartime youth programs. It covers the Victory Book Drive, 4-H cooperation, aides for the blind, and Save the Children efforts to repurpose desks and provide shoes and clothing to needy students.
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Parent's Magazine
Children’s Bureau
McNutt
Office of Civilian Defense
Defense
United States
Fight For Freedom Inc
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Agriculture Department Extension
OCD
Althea Warren
Los Angeles Public Library
U.S.O
Empire State Building
New York City
New York Association For the Blind
Save the Children
Save the Children Fund
Mixed wartime notes from Bern Paris Batavia and London
German rationing reduces men to three cigarettes per day with women receiving no tobacco. A German soldier was killed outside a Paris nightclub and a witness girl was forced to identify the shooter. The Dutch confess loss of Minahassa in Celebes as NEI setbacks rise. In London plans to revive scorched Soviet Russia areas proceed with Sir John Russell named advisor to aid production with Allied help.
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Bern
Vichy
Paris
London
Russia
Red Army
Sir John Russell
Alert for Opportunities
A motivational excerpt warns that waiting for chances breeds danger and invisibility to opportunity. It urges constant effort and alertness, noting that energy and inclination for hard work reveal chances to the proactive worker.
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O. S. Marden
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Vinson
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Batavia
Minahassa
Celebes
N.E.I
Texas
Supreme Lodge Spist
Payerttevilie
Tex
A. J. Wood
Harper, Texas
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Helpful Cripples
Adlerika
Nina
Dorothy
Gladys
Bacon
Lydia Pinkham
Voltaire
Mir
Dean
Doan
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