Washington Digest GOP to Inject Youth in 1944 Campaign
Washington column notes Republican uplift through youth with Herbert Brownell as national committee chair, contrasting Dewey style with Bricker and Truman. It cites Brownell’s plan to target bosses of corrupt machines and left wingers, hints at CIO influence, labor support, and potential map-based war planning references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Republican
Washington
Dewey
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Herbert Brownell
National Committee
His
State University
Yale
New York
State Republican Committee
Brownell
Chicago
Albany
Brown
Pep
Taft
Jim Watson
Indiana
Joe Cannon
Jim
Bricker
Democratic Party
Middle West
Pendergast
Truman
CIO
Wallace
Sydney Hillman
John Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
UMW
Europe
Charcoal Gas as a Gasoline Substitute for Farms
Newsweek tested a gasogene on an 800 mile Kalamazoo to New York trip. The charcoal fuel produced about 65 percent power of gasoline, averaging 30 mph and 20 cents per 15 miles. Gasogene use requires higher idle speeds, frequent refueling, and two to three minutes to add fresh fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Newsweek Magazine
Kalamazoo
Mich
New York City
Allegheny Mountains
Milton van Slyck
van Slyck
Army
Bureau of Standards
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Tennessee Valley Authority
Burma Road
Sweden
South America
Navy rift and wartime labor clash dominate reports
Insiders describe friction between Secretary Forrestal and Admiral King as intense as past tensions with Knox. King publicly overruled Forrestal over the navy gray summer uniform and pressed political comments during a joint press conference with Admiral Halsey. Separate notes highlight the Veterans of Foreign Wars gaining ground on the American Legion in postwar recruitment, aided by policy moves and overseas circulation. The piece also notes German defeat signals and Roosevelt’s Pacific strategy under evolving wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral King
Forestal
Naval
Ernie King
King
Frank Knox
Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Forrestal
King Publcly
Halsey
Tojo
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
VFW
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Legtonr
CIO
AFI
American Tegion
National Legion
Wareren Atherton
South Pacific
Atherton
War era road repairs loom as 34,000 miles targeted
An Office of War Information report based on Public Roads Administration data says many state highways face repairs and rebuilding by war’s end. Immediate plans aim to upgrade 34,000 miles per the National Interregional Highway Committee. Farm loans aid discharged servicemen with no credit. Seasonal workers may get rationed food allotments for 60 days or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Information Service
Office of War Information
Public Roads Administration
National Interregional Highway Committee
Gasogene Maintenance Notes From Travel Log
The gasogene outfit needs more care than gasoline machines as it burns charcoal. Ashes should be shaken out about weekly. Two filters require periodic cleaning: the radical finned filter and the security filter, with inspection done at each stop during the trip.
Practical Slip Cover Ideas for Your Use
A notice describes practical slip covers that save fabric with step by step directions for making them. It notes unusually high demand and war conditions causing longer order filling times and asks readers to send their orders to a listed address.
Jet Propulsion in Fish Predates Modern Tech
About 270 fish species including cuttlefish use jet propulsion by expelling water from gill slits to surge through the sea. Tail and fins stay still during travel and if they need to reverse, they suck in water through gill slits and expel it from the mouth.
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Washington Digest
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Costa
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Germany
Hermann Goering
Luftwaffe
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hitler and Company
Berlin
America
Army Air Corps
Jacquelin Cochran
Wasps
Lady Allery
Bankhage
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
San Francisco 6
Calif
Stillman
THE
STILLMAN CO_ Dept
Aurora, Ill
P.O
Tropics
Yodora
McKesson & Robbins, Lnc
Bridgeport
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