Inflation fears grip Congress amid subsidy battle
Washington observers report a tense fight over the anti subsidy measure and the Commodity Credit Corp. Inflation anxieties influence lawmakers as they weigh tax and price controls. Rail and air travel plans reveal postwar shifts toward lower fares, streamlined cars, and unified rate structures to ease future transport costs.
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Senate
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Taft
Advances in Medicine Boost Soldiers Survival Rates
Advances in sulfa drugs blood plasma and new medical organization have doubled soldiers’ survival chances in this war Compared with World War I mortality from head wounds has fallen and infection control with sulfonamides and penicillin is improving outcomes The army navy and marine medical services stress rapid first aid evacuation reconditioning and preventive inoculations to keep more men alive and able to return to duty or civilian life
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Norman Kirk
U. S. Army
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Army
Marine
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Victory Gardens
United States
Tropics
Fourth War Loan drive to run Jan 18 to Feb 15 1944
Bankhage reports the Fourth War Loan drive begins January 18 and ends February 15, 1944. Frau Gertrud Scholtz-Klink tours Germany and Austria urging women to support motherhood and match male production. Admiral Bradley Fiske conceived the torpedo plane in 1911. Korea defeats Japan in war three times, despite claims.
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Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
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Austria
Bradley Allen Fiske
Philippines
Navy cream protects skin from flash burn injuries
Naval Medical researchers perfect a gray cold cream that shields the face neck forearms and hands from flash burns. An ounce and a half suffices with clothing providing protection to covered areas, per Lieut. Com. Gordon B. Fauley who leads the project.
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Navy Medical Corps
Naval
Gordon B. Fauley
Windsors and de Marigny rift tale surfaces in gossip column
Insiders discuss the Windsors and de Marigny with a past rift over an invitation to a Windsor party. The piece notes a tactless remark reportedly from de Marigny about not attending, and shifts to commentary on political naming conventions and wartime media critiques.
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de Marigny
de Marignys
Windsor House
Chas. Eaton
Senate
House
Eaton
Films and radio clowns skewed by war era glamour and gags
The piece critiques war era cinema and radio, noting popular films favor girls and Grable, while jokes and quips shape surveys and broadcasts. It calls for fresher wartime topics, criticizes glamourizing Dinah Shore, and laments Broadway fatigue and use of disability as joke fodder.
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Sammy Schulman
Random House
Hollywood
Dinah Shore
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