Price Premium Fight Shapes War Food Policy Debate
In Washington the battle over price premiums for farm products heats as Congress and the administration clash over subsidies and price controls. War Food officials fear cattle glut risks, bankers worry about feeding stock, and cattlemen push for elastic prices while opposing fixed premiums under the OPA bill.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D.C
New Deal
Congress
Senate
House
Joe Martin
OPA
Sam
Washington
Joe G. Montague
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Army
Navy
Montague
Front Line Movies Keep Combat Troops Connected to Home
Army Overseas Motion Picture service ships fresh 16 mm films to all combat zones, with 11 782 programs sent overseas. Musicals, comedies and light dramas top the servicemen’s tastes while war pictures rank low.
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Hollywood
Army Overseas Motion Picture Service
New York City
U.S. A
War Department
Seamen, Red Cross Aid, and Nazi Labor Policy
Six hundred former seamen and officers of the American merchant marine who entered the U S army from shore employment in the last eight months have been released to return to sea. The American Red Cross bought over 2 760 000 pocket almanacs for free serviceman distribution. U S mints last year produced about one tenth of the coins made in 152 years. Nazi Interior Minister Himmler ordered a new class of 17 year olds registered for labor service and ruled that all deferment applications would be useless.
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America
U. S. Army
American Red Cross
United States
Interior
Heinrich Himmler
Army Morale Reels Reach Soldiers Worldwide On Front Lines
Maj. Gen. Frederick Osborn describes morale services bringing over 40 film items weekly to troops, including G I Movies and Fighting Men. On Guadalcanal 104 shows ran one night, while in New Guinea three films played for thousands. Mobile units deliver content to remote camps by any transport.
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Pacific Theater
Frederick H. Osborn
Army
Midale Services Division
Army Service Forces
Overseas Motion Picture Service of
Pacific
Hollywood
New Guinea
G.I
Lst
Osborn
Army-Navy Screen Magazine
Australia
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Solomon Islands
New Hebrides
New Georgia
Bougainville
Fiji
Tropica
Pacific Island
Screen Magazine
U. S
Frederick Osborn
States
Guadalcanal
Finschhafen
Radio City
New York
Canada’s War Effort Powerhouse in World View
Canada stands as America’s key ally in wartime industry. It produces most aluminum nickel asbestos and radio equipment, ships arms and armor, and supplies vast newsprint and signaling gear. Women play major roles on munitions lines and in signaling, while public taxes and production rise sharply.
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Canada
América
United States
United Nations
U. S
Australia
MacKenzie King
Hitler
Shipshaw
Niagara Falls
Great Boulder Dam
Canada trains most air crews for Allies during war
The Royal Canadian Air Force fields about 200000 personnel across 36 squadrons and supports Britain by supplying a quarter of RCAP crews. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan operates in Canada as a primary training hub for nearly all aviation personnel, with nine of twenty Berlin bombers' crews trained in Canada.
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Royal Canadian Air Fore
Royal Air Force
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Canada
Berlin
Old Furniture Painted in blue and cream with rose stencils
A description of transforming old furniture and odds and ends with blue and cream paint. Roses are stenciled on walls and items, including a Boston rocker style, window shade, lamp base, parchment shade, chest, and footstool. Patterns and instructions offered by mail for 15 cents.
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Boston
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War Food Administration
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WFA
R. M. Evans
Federal Reserve Board For Agriculture
Ferdinand
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Red Cross
USO
Motion
Army Motion Picture Service
Coun
Naval Stations
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
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Sicily
Italy
Brehon Somervell
Bankdage
British Empire
Poland
Signal Corps
RCAF
Gov't
Ru’ Wyeth Spears
Bedford
Michigan
Tos
Manuagap
Brooklyn
N. Y
Begoodrich
MSU 11
NHS
Earth
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