Who's News This Week in War Effort Figures and Profiles
Maj. Ruth Cheney Streeter becomes director of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve and hunts 19,000 recruits while balancing aviation milestones. Norman M. Littell, assistant attorney general for wartime land deals, flags savings and big stakes in government housing and shipyard needs. Budget director Harold Dewey Smith, a ex Kansas and Michigan official, maps wartime administrative history and estimates costs at over a billion dollars weekly with one in 102 on federal payroll.
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Army hit kits promised with top song lyrics for soldiers
Experts say singing soldiers will receive monthly army hit kits featuring six top songs chosen by a committee led by Fred Waring with members including Mark Warnen Lanny Ross and Jimmy Dorsey. The report also notes film and radio casting updates and industry labor.
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Algerian Governor General Peyrouton Takes Office
The appointment of Marcel Peyrouton as governor general of Algeria by High Commissioner Henri Giraud caused a stir until United Nations sanctions approved it. The new governor general sits at his desk with aide J. Fabregoule behind him, executing duties of office.
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Building A Peaceful World
President urges Americans to treat all people as individuals not as members of race or creed. He cites freedom from fear and needs of all to shape a peaceful world, hopes for UN cooperation, Britain gratitude, and slow, steady relationship building for lasting peace.
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