Private Papers of a Cub Reporter and G Men Controversy
Excerpts critique J Edgar Hoover era G Men praise for rounding up spies while Congress stalls wire tapping bill. Mentions Ham Fish Ribben trop Wheeler Roosevelt Wheeler stance Mrs Wheeler and Nazi spy links at Sperry Gyroscope. Includes public discourse on oil to Japan and Axis fears.
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J. Edgar Hoover
G-Men
Civiliberties
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Everett Roeder
Gmen
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Braddock Tours Midtown Peddling Soda Amid Taxi Gawking
Ex heavyweight champ James J Braddock now a soda water emir makes rounds of midtown joints to push his brand while District Attorney Dewey exits a taxi near the Biltmore as cabbies stare. Spencer Tracy and Paul Muni resemble two out-of-towners amid the city hum.
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James J. Braddock
Dewey
Biltmore
Spencer Tracy
Paul Muni
Mediterranean mix up drives Wavell to India transfer
Washington reports that General Wavell opposed Churchill on key Mediterranean moves and favored withdrawing British forces from the region. U S strategists supported a new African defense line from Port Sudan to Freetown to deter Nazi advances. The plan faced strong opposition from Churchill and many British leaders, leading to Wavell’s transfer to India.
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Washington, D.C
Mediterranean
Russia
Wavell
Libya
Syria
Iraq
Churchill
Atlantic
U. S
Stegieece
U.S
Africa
Port Sudan
Red Sea
Freetown
Atlantic Ocean
Sooit
Equatorial Africa
Dakar
Suez
India
Low Cost Houses Move Spurs Homes in Small Towns
The United States Housing Authority leads a nationwide push to replace dilapidated housing with low cost twin houses in small communities. In Mount Hope West Virginia 70 units rise along parkland. Frankfort Kentucky and Chicopee Falls Massachusetts showcase corporate support building modern rental homes. Local groups in Vincennes Indiana create Sunset Court with 20 houses and strict tenant leases.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States Housing Authority
Congress
USHA
Mount Hope
W. Va
Frankfort
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Vincennes
Pearl City
Sunset Court
East Oil Problem Grows Acute in United States
Officials warn oil distribution strains as military needs expand with more airplanes tanks and jeeps. Ickes hints at gasless Sundays in the East while a pipeline plan from Gulf fields to the Atlantic shore is studied. Texas fields provide about two-fifths of domestic supply amid large national production.
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New York City
United States
Ickes
Roosevelt
National Defense
Great Britain
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf States
National Geographic Society
Texas
Mid-Continent
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Rocky Mountain Region
Mrs F Roosevelt defends her sons military commissions
Mrs. F Roosevelt responds to critics about four Roosevelt sons earning commissions in the U S military and naval services. She cites individual paths from reserve training to college courses and civilian work, noting Eliott James Flett and Franklin junior among the sons and detailing their routes to commissions and active service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James
Marine Corps
South America
United States
Los Angeles
Army
Franklin Junior
Navy
Naval Reserve
John
Supply Corps of
Annapolis
Eliott
Labor in wartime economy and defense debate
A condensed piece argues for fair labor shares and efficient private industry in wartime. It contrasts production speed stories with stalled work due to essential machinists, and urges against saboteurs while condemning government operated industry. It cites Illinois relief experiments and questions the preference for relief over work.
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South Dakota
Delaware River
San Francisco Bay
Camden
France
Labor Employment Breaks All Records for U S Jobs
Chicago report notes spring rains ended but job growth continues with more than 56 million Americans employed. The National Industrial Conference Board calls this a new historical high, out of about 55 million potential workers, marking an unprecedented employment peak.
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U. S
Chicago
National Industrial Conference Board
Detroit glass furnace sets world record pour
A 100 ton glass furnace in Detroit set a world record by continuously pouring a 58 486 ton melt. The single operation over two years and a day produced a continuous glass sheet inch wide and would stretch about 2400 miles if left uncut.
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Detroit
Collier’s
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FBI
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Gwan
F.D.R
Axis
Imagazine
Crete
Brazil
Merry
Senate
Capitol
Hattie Caraway
Sen
Berkeley Bunker
Nevada
Key Pittman
Wallace
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Harry Katz
Department of Agriculture
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Foundation For
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Ensign
James Roosevelt
Ensign Franklin Roosevelt
Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
America
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Jerry Link
Fuller
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W. G. Jordan
Pinkham
la Rochefoucauld
Sacra
Gilpin
Idaho
Bolses Lox
Virgil
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