Washington in turmoil over power lobby in wartime
The Truman committee probes the power group within the OPM power division noting they are paid by private utilities while serving government duties. A detailed salary report was demanded from J A Krug with 18 staff on dollar a year or private payrolls surpassing 250000 annually.
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Washington
D. C
Truman Committee
OPM
House Appropriations Committee
J. A. Krug
Krug
John Lord O'Brian
Corporation
Power Division
O'Brian
WOC
Iion
Donald Nelson
Nelson Rockefeller
Museum of Modern Art
Rockefeller
Jack Whitney
Latin America
South America
U. S. Steel
Greyhound Bus
General Electric
American Can Company
Eyes of the Navy
Uncle Sam
Macassar Victory and Price Controls Highlight Wartime Fronts
The report details the Macassar straits fighting as a major American Dutch victory trapping a Japanese convoy with heavy losses over six days. It also notes the passage of a price control bill with ceilings on 74 commodities and penalties for violations, plus U-boat actions and U.S. Navy efforts in the Atlantic.
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Macassar Straits
Java
Sumatra
United States
East Indies
South Pacific
North Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Luzon MacArthurs Fight
MacArthur reports reinforcement and air support as American P 40 fighters claimed to have downed Japanese bombers. PT boats operated in Subic Bay and near Corregidor while Japan's Luzon 300000 force pressed on Bataan front amid guerrilla harassment and supply line strain.
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MacArthur
Subic Bay
Corregidor
Luzon
Bataan
Rationing and Front News Mix Mark World War Struggles
The report notes sugar rationing to one pound weekly and controls on civilian comforts, with knitting and canned goods under scrutiny. It also covers Soviet counteroffensives around Moscow Mozhaisk and harsh frontline conditions where cold accelerates battlefield casualties.
Rural life and wartime rationing in a national conference
The piece recalls a dinner for extension service members hosted by Dr. Louise Stanley, with Miss McGeachy of the British embassy discussing rationing clothes to shift labor toward defense industries. It contrasts rural versus urban coping, notes Macy's Latin American fair in New York, a Henry Hudson hotel dance, and civilian defense activity including Miss Eloise Davison leaving OCD duties and Mayor LaGuardia's era.
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Louise Stanley
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Conference On Extension Services
Wyoming
Midwestern
Miss McGeachy
England
New York City
Eloise Davison
Dean James Landis
OCD
Cain
Tacoma
Wash
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Lose Heavily at Macassar in Allied Drive
Analysts note a heavy Japanese setback at Macassar as Dutch and U S forces join. The piece discusses a compromise price control passing and forecasts additional food rationing amid wartime measures.
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Macassar
U. S
Old Feud Goes On Cause Forgotten Between Snorings
In Norfolk, Great Snoring and Little Snoring maintain a long running unease despite peaceful exteriors. Shared rector Rev. L A Williams notes the feud persists across parish work and sport with Little Snoring raising 12800 for war weapons week versus 2800 by Great Snoring.
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Norfolk
England
Great Snoring
Little Snoring
L. A. Williams
A.R.P
Snoring
Sleeping Beauty to Wed the Vigilant Prince in Philadelphia
Ruth Stevenson 23 and her sweetheart Edward Carney plan marriage after she awoke from a three month coma following a Christmas Eve 1940 car crash. Doctors operated to relieve brain pressure and she regained consciousness by Easter.
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Philadelphia
Ruth Stevenson
Edward
Edward Carney
Ruth
Joe Is the Only Name This Prisoner Knows
MONTICELLO New York one prisoner at the county jail is known only as Joe. Sheriff Henry Borden used a Russian interpreter to learn the man’s full name, but the 74 year old could not recall it. He explained he had forgotten the rest of his name after years of being called Joe.
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Navy
Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
Army Quartermaster Corps
New York
E. B. Craney
Montana
Senator Wheeler
Red Cross
William
Hill
Colorado
Britain
Moscow
Ahzev
Smolensk
Red High Command
Red
Mozhaisk
Monticello
N. Y
Joe
Henry Borden
Please Be Calm Lady It Isn’t a Tank at All
A Beverly Hills caller warned of a Japanese tank near the high school. Police quickly responded to a reported armored vehicle, only to confront a town street sweeper that resembled one. The incident spurred frenzied calls before the misunderstanding was cleared.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Harlem Population Share by Ethnic Districts
New York City's Harlem district has 250000 Black residents making up 48 percent of the area population. Spanish Harlem holds 120000 people and Italian Harlem 150000, with Italian Harlem the most densely populated Manhattan section.
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Harlem
New York City
Manhattan
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