Mounting Battle Tempo Calls for More Material
War production must surge to meet front line needs as Byrnes notes critical items are consumed in battle. Manpower shortages persist due to shifting labor, retooling, and previous planning errors, with 150000 immediate critical workers and 400000 kept in civilian production to sustain total war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU Service
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Byrnes
Washington
von Rundstedt
Third Army
First Army
Lingayen Bay
Patterson
House Military Affairs Committee
War Manpower Commission
West Coast
Utah
Wyoming
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
West
Pacific Coast
Delare
Germany
Plan to Tame Missouri River After War
From Cut Bank Montana to St Louis Missouri the plan aims to tame the Missouri with 89 reservoirs and dams irrigation for 4.76 million acres hydroelectric plants and flood control from the mouth to Sioux City benefiting over 11 million basin residents. The project costs 1.325 billion dollars but expects self funding from water and power sales and will create jobs, raise property values and boost agricultural production in seven states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Walter Shead
Washington
United States
Congress
Army
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
Railroads
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi Valley Association
TVA
Lower
West
Northwest
Bureau of Reclamation
Harry W. Bashore
The
Bureau
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Plains States
Seven Plains States
Missouri-Souris
North Dakota
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Army Engineers
Sioux City
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Belle Fourche
Cheyenne
North Platte
Republican
Smoky Hill
Missouri Basin
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Ozarks
St. Louis
Dakotas
Cut Bank
Mont
Devils Lake
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Barbs by Bankhag and war era jabs
A satirical piece mocks Hitler and wartime absurdities. It notes a girl answering a professor about immersion in water, an American soldier praised for a Berlioz performance in Rome, and a quip about Emerson and Bao in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ray Josephs
Cosmopolitan
Evita
Little Eva) Duarte
Argentina
U. S
Little Eva
Gal-Pal
Americas
Josephs
Lint From a Blue Serge Suit and Hollywood Reporter Bits
A recalled era of clippings covers a costly comma error that let foreign fruit plants enter free of duty. It cites Dick Merrill’s false record flight, China Clipper crash at Trinidad, Evita Duarte's Cosmo feature, and a State Department Ickes panel. Also notes Cuba tourism, Porter songs, and a playful mix of Broadway and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hoffman
New York
The
Hollywood Reporter
U. S
Trinidad
Natal
Boeing
Port of Spain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baukhage
Luxembourg
Belgium
New Guinea
Philippines
Rhine
Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department
Reclamation
Missouri Valley Basin
Gibson
Sun River
Great Wall
Bankhag
Hitler
Adolph
Dick Merrill
Seattle
Africa
Sec’y
Tinlus
Ickes
Confab
Mark Daniels
Col’m
Wright's
New Jersey
Tropical Park
East
Gilmore Hatcheck
Havana
Cuba
Cole Porter
Repubs
Churchy
England
Phil Brito
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