Government Food for Freedom aims at highest farm output
1941 bumper crops brought 11 billion dollars to farmers with 1942 set to break records under Secretary Wickard's Food for Freedom plan. Goals push 125 billion pounds of milk, 4 billion dozen eggs, more beef and pork, and expanded dairy and meat production while limiting some crops.
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Ellington S. Winston
Western
Union
Claude R. Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Britain
Hitler
Europe
AAA
U. S
America
Middle West
FBI Civilian Defense Police Training Plans
Plans are finalized for FBI led courses to train U S police in civilian defense duties. The programs, approved by civilian defense director LaGuardia, will be conducted nationwide by FBI instructors Hoover selected. FBI reps studied English methods in 1940 41 in preparation and will join instructors in future sessions.
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Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
United States
Hoover
England
All Income Groups Will Pay New Taxes
More than six million people outside the federal income tax base will pay in 1942. The Commerce Department notes indirect taxes affect the lowest groups. FBI and LaGuardia approved civilian defense courses train police for emergencies, including convoy duties, guarding vulnerable points, air raid precautions, and blackout enforcement. Britain’s experience underscores the need for well trained police in crises.
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Department of Commerce
FBI National Police Academy
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
LaGuardia
Britain
Dirigible as Air Weapon May Play Important Role
The piece argues Britain arms merchant ships with planes to defend vital sea lanes and considers American dirigibles as potential patrol aircraft carriers. It cites Capt. Charles Rosendahl's belief in airships as effective, versatile platforms that can carry planes, detect submarines, drop depth charges, and support broader air superiority plans.
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Washington
Royal Air Force
Britain
Courtenay
Germany
Congress
United States
Charles Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Atlantic
Man About Town Notes and Doodles of Pop Culture
A collage of society items. Mountbatten teases front-page naval lore while editors resist. Observers joke about headlines. Celebrity sightings spark quick quips from Duchin and Todd. Snippets cover trial chatter, idioms, and wry commentary on fame, manners, and quirky spots around town.
Experimental consumer centers chosen in Detroit and Williamsport
Miss Harriet Elliott of the Office of Price Administration selected Detroit and Williamsport Pennsylvania as sites for new experimental consumer information centers. A third southern city will be chosen later. Also noted is the licensing of the first deaf blind amateur radio operator, a 21 year old Brooklyn man who demonstrated radiotelegraph reception by vibration tests and submitted 300 pages of Braille-taped signals in his written work.
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North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Allegheny
Ashe
Farm Security Administration
WPA
FSA
North Carolina Welfare Department
Forest Service
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ambrose Bierce
Anon
Elsie McCormick
Geo. B. Shaw
Lyon Phelps
Detroit
Williamsport
Harriet Elliott
Office of Price Administration
Brooklyn “Ham
Offspring Jealousy Quote Attributed to Hare
A quotation attributed to J. C. and A. W. Hare warns that jealousy in offspring drives conflict and urges prompt action to prevent the child from harming the parent. The saying frames a moral about protective fear and familial danger.
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J.C. and
A. W. Hare
How Big I Am Aesop Parable On Self Regard
Aesop style anecdote where the fly sits on the axletree of the chariot wheel and the speaker wonders what dust he raises. Bacon anchors the quotation as a reflective aside on self importance. The fragment evokes classical moral instruction and arch metaphor.
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Aesop
Bacon
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Poland
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Dick Todd
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John C. Knox
Nick Schenck
MGM
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Conrad Thibault
Arabian Desert
Nina Wilcox Putnam
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St. Joseph Aspiring
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