Air power, Farm Security aid, and war logistics shift
Washington reports expanding air forces crews nearing sufficiency and pilots moving from open market to transport command. FSA gains favor due to southern congressmen, with renewed funding and program approvals. Bombsights lose priority in Pacific tree top bombing, while Pentagon entrance checks widen bureaucratic reach as war aims press on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Secretary of War
Air Forces
Army
Transport Command
Army Transport Command
Army Air Forces
Washington
Farm Security Administration
Rexy Lugwell
Capitol Hill
Frank Hancock
Harold Cooley
North Carolina
Hancock
Congress
Congressman Cooley
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
U. S
Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Bob
Ar ban George MacDonald sells Roney Plaza Hotel
The speaker notes that George MacDonald sold the Roney Plaza Hotel and contrasts Palm Beach with Miami Beach as representing the social register versus the cash register. The remark appears as a reflective aside about local high society and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacDonald
Roney Plaza Hotel
Palm Beach
Miami Beach
Nightlife quips and science talk in lighthearted notes
A Coast Guardsman flirtatiously uses 77B to steer conversation with a hostess at the Newspaper Guild Canteen, while Mrs Albert Einstein tours Mt Wilson observatory and jokes about her husband's envelope sketches as they ponder the universe’s shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Guild
Albert Einstein
Astronomical Observatory
Mt. Wilson
Military leaders debate forward staffing in combat zones
A Major relays a Yale tale of General Giraud and Lt. Gen. Clark choosing staff HQ locations near front lines. Clark favors proximity, Giraud counters with a line beside the action. Clark notes Giraud’s two captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Giraud
Clark
War Budget 100 Billion Requested as War Spreads
President Roosevelt asks Congress for 100 billion dollars to fund the war through June 1945 and names plans for demobilization, tax increases, public works, and expanded social security. Senate and House debate labor draft, tax measures, and social security funding as wartime costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Allied Air Forces Hit German Plants and Piraeus
U S bombers protected by 500 escorts attacked German factories in southwestern Germany and the Greek port of Piraeus near Athens. The raid caused a record loss of 64 planes as weather hindered ground movement while U S infantry pressed toward Cassino in Italy, seizing hill positions to dominate the town on the Cassino plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Germany
Piraeus
Athens
Aegean Sea
Balkans
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Russian advances in prewar Poland press the Nazis
Gen Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian army pushes deeper into prewar Poland while other Red units press Nazis along the Russian front. Dnieper area attacks whittle German lines, as Poland's government in exile considers redrawn eastern borders giving Russia White Russia and Ukraine, with Poland receiving Eastern Prussia in return. Separately, prohibition hearings open on a 1 percent alcohol limit bill led by Ida B Wise Smith with Dry advocates urging liquor restrictions and war plant protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai Vatutin
Poland
Dnieper
Vatutin
House
Joseph Bryson
S. C
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
U S Troops Press Fronts in New Britain and New Guinea
U S soldiers battle through jungle defenses in New Britain while other units push south toward Australian forces along the New Guinea coast. Liberator bombers raid Marshall Islands as airdromes and ships in coral islets suffer heavy strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New Britain
New Guinea
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Ocean
Orient
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Doughboys
Roosevelt backs 34 000 mile U S highway network plan
President Roosevelt endorses a national interregional highway committee's years study urging construction and improvement of 34000 miles of roads. The plan aims to employ about 2,000,000 workers, costing roughly 750 million dollars annually, to connect all parts of the nation with a system tied to existing federal aid routes. Costs would be shared by local, state, and federal agencies, with rapid action requested to acquire land and draft plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
U. S
Fats and Oils Output Rises for 1943-44 in the U S
Fat and oils production in the United States for 1943-44 is expected to reach about 11.2 million pounds, surpassing last year’s 10.6 million. Soybean output is forecast at 187 million bushels, peanuts 2.5 million pounds, and cottonseed 5.5 million tons, with lard declines likely lowering 1944-45 totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Europe
Strange Letter Ties Hopkins to Willkie Plot
C Nelson Sparks testified before a Washington grand jury and produced a letter he says shows Franklin D. Hopkins advised Wendell Willkie. Sparks, Akron mayor and Gannett campaign manager, published the letter claiming Hopkins promised to sway Willkie support. Hopkins denied forgery and asked the FBI to probe the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hopkins
Bethseda Naval Hospital
Nelson Sparks
Washington, D. C
Wendell Willkie
Akron
Ohio
Willkie
Frank Gannett
Sparks
Hopkins
Texas
FBI
Nazi Prisoners at Concordia Kill Themselves After Court
In Concordia Kansas a Nazi war prison camp reported that Capt. Felix Tropschuh hanged himself after a self appointed German court tried him for anti Hitler talk and a plot to escape. Franz Kettner, 39, also took his own life fearing violence over his belief in a free Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Kan
Felix Tropschuh
Tropschuh
Franz Kettner
Austria
READY FOR VETS Expansion of VA facilities and funds
The veterans administration expands to serve wartime soldiers with hospital beds rising to 300000 from 80000 six months ago and a restructured financial department to handle immense disbursements. It continues pensions for a War of 1812 militiaman widow and 81 Mexican war veteran widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Administration
Essary
Preventing Cannibalism in Flocks
Agricultural guidance notes cannibalism among young chicks and pullets, caused by toe picking, feather pecking, overcrowding, and care lapses. Remedies include individual isolation, anti pick ointments, adjusted salt in mash, protective devices, beak tipping, and feeding high fiber rations to reduce feather picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Newton
W. S. Asmundson
U. of California
Western Washington Experiment Station
Will Rogers on Russia 1927 Shirts and Know-How
Will Rogers comments on Russia in 1927 noting Russians wear shirts outside their pants and that a nation failing to tuck in its shirt-tail will not progress. He claims unique insight yet admits he knows little about Russia compared with others who write about it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Bureau
Cordell Hull
State Department
John L. Lewis
Florida
Harold Ickes
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Jesse Jones
War Department
Pentagon
Sullivan
Waterloo
Iowa
Juneau
Washington
Navy
Chicago
Mom
Will Rogers
Russia
Air Corps officer balks at extra pay for flying time
Raymond Paige relays a London tip about a senior Air Corps officer who objected to higher pay for flight time. He snapped at a Texas pilot, arguing unity in the war, while the Texan retorted that two desks seldom crash head on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Paige
London
Air Corps
Texas
Theater chorus of Pittsburgh crowds recalls three sisters reception
The piece notes Katharine Cornell in Three Sisters facing a muffled dialogue as stage managers respond with wit. It compares a recent Blithe Spirit run, recalls a troupe’s pre opening show for wounded soldiers, and Clifton Webb’s quip about audiences turning from alive to dead. It also mentions Van Boven at the Palace and a warning about opening matinee crowds in North Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Variety
Pittsburgh
Katharine Cornell
Miss Cornell
Clifton Webb
van Boven
Broadway
North Adams
Mass
Broadway agent recalls hiring a rat tier assistant
An autobiography quote presents a Broadway booking agent known for a rodent past explaining why he hired an assistant described as rat tier. The agent says the assistant is the heel he used to be, implying a shared rough origin and growth.
Congress Debates Wartime Budget and Draft Issue
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Congress weighing labor draft, FDR seeks a 100 billion wartime budget, and the House weighs a pro prohibition bill. Red Army advances in Poland as war pressure intensifies across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Red Army
Poland
FDR
House Group
Pickle Demand and Chinch Bug Threat Almanac
Wartime reports show high demand for pickles from military and civilian buyers. Nationwide stockpiles are 10 million bushels below last year. In corn belt, chinch bugs loom larger next season due to dry fall weather and mild winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Pickle Packers Association
Chicago
Corn
Civilian Goods Hold Back Steel
The War Production Board keeps its ban on using steel in 646 civilian items. Exceptions require better substitutes. The board cites army and navy needs and fears shortages of coal, petroleum, lumber, packaging paper and transport could outpace war requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Monnett Declares Corn Capital Status In Illinois Trade Error
A typographical error by the CPA at Monnett Missouri population 4099 elevated the town to corn capital of the U S A. Corn top set at 1.16 for Chicago stood at 119 in Monnett enabling 25 carloads or about 2,000,000 bushels to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPA
Monnett
Chicago
Agricultural Notes on Milk Color
The natural color of milk arises from light refraction by suspended material and the carotene and vitamin G it contains.
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Teslary
Miracle Workers
Tait
Martin Beck
Yonkers
N. Y
Warren Austin
James Wadsworth
Senate
Austin
Gen
Southwest Pacific
C. Nelson Sparks
Western Newspaper Union
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