Food, Labor, and Farms Shape 1944 Election Outlook
Washington discussion links food supply to victory and votes as 1944 campaigns hinge on rollbacks, labor costs, and farmer aid. Governor Black outlines Farm Credit financing to boost flax, beans, peanuts, and crops, while critics attack Roosevelt for farmers’ troubles. The piece argues shared risk and unified effort are essential to sustain war production and postwar prosperity.
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WNU Service
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Washington
Phil Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Congress
Oliver
Potomac
Gallup
Roosevelt
John Lewis
FCA
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
North Dakota
Black
Montana
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Commodity Credit Corporation
Women flood medical schools in 1942 admissions rise
The 1942 female applicants reached 810, a 25 percent jump from 1941’s 636, amid broader wartime education shifts. Separately, authorities note over a million dollars’ worth of school losses to fires each month and a dermatology study traces skin disease causes across 60 arsenals and plants.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Zipper Suits Aid Mariners Against Davy Jones Locker
Descriptive note describes zipper suits that keep sailors afloat without lifeboats. The suits enable indefinite buoyancy and include emergency rations.
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Davy Jones
Corn Sit Down Strike Threatens War Effort
High ranking officials in the agriculture department say farmers delaying corn to push prices disrupts the war effort as feed corn is needed by poultry and dairy sectors and corn processors. Washington faces pressure for a price rise while Wickard jokes about meat demand and red stamps.
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Agriculture Department
Corn Belt
Washington
OPA
Chester Davis
Congressional
Wickard
Claude Wickard
Air power and Sicily invasion shape differing Allied aims
In World War II strategy notes, army airmen argue for rapid campaigns using base networks in Sicily and northern Italy to crush industrial targets and weaken German forces without large landings. They cite recent Axis losses before Sicily and suggest air supremacy could end the war sooner.
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Sicily
Churchill
Italy
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
U. S
A Londoner in New York Reports on Peacetime Aliens Form
A Londoner in New York recounts visiting the United States for the first time since World War II began. He describes filling out an FBI alien form, meeting courteous agents, and observing New York City life, fashion, and notable figures.
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New York
United Nations
U.S. A
Germany
Lunch talk on citizenship and wartime bonds across nations
A reflective piece contrasts postwar citizenship hopes with American and British wartime strains. The author notes food shortages, strikes, and social tensions while recalling the air war against Germany and the human toll of conflict on soldiers and families.
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America
Britain
Remnants Make an Attractive Multi Colored Sweater
Use fabric scraps from old knitted garments to craft an appealing sweater. Begin by washing the cast-offs in soap and warm water to soften the wool, then cut and stitch pieces into a single cohesive garment.
Plywood Cans Reported for War Housing in Vancouver
Plywood garbage cans coated with acid resisting paint are reported used as metal conservation measures in war housing projects at Vancouver Washington.
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Vancouver
Wash
Protein for Aviators
A high protein diet offers lasting nourishment and supplies amino acids and a source of carbohydrate. Proteins may aid temperature regulation at high altitudes and provide extra heat production, valuable for aviators facing colder conditions above 10 000 feet.
Guatemala Scrap Drive Under Ubico Aids Rubber Reclaim
President Jorge Ubico leads a scrap rubber drive in Guatemala that collected 175000 tons for reclaiming in North American factories. Boy Scouts contributed 234 tons of the total.
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Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
Boy’ Scouts
Battleship yard builds Great Lakes ore carriers
New American shipyards are constructing ore ships for Great Lakes service with 10 000 ton capacity per voyage. Last year ore ships carried 90 million tons of essential ore. The latest vessels are nearly as long as the most modern battleships.
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American Shipyards
Great Lakes
Long Range Telescope At Land's End Reveals 30 Mile Range
The marine exchange lookout station at Land's End in San Francisco uses a telescope with a thirty mile range to scan the harbor and surrounding waters for ships and hazards.
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Marine Exchange
Land’s End
San Francisco
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Washington Digest
Governor Black
Farm Credit Administration
RACC
County War Board
Dea
Army
Lend-Lease
Bankhage
Sheepshead Bay
The
Maritime Service
Washington Post
Liberty
FBI
Burma
Egypt
Libya
Tripolitania
London
Paris
1940
Sydney
Fifth Avenue
Piccadilly
Jack Benny
Una Merkel
Billy Rose
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Salt Lake
Angus
South Main
Piousetols
J. Hill
Twin Falls
Idaho
San Juan Islands
Puget Sound
Symons
Spokane
Waab
Yale
Salt Lake City
Tay Crystal White Salt & Chemical Co
Basy
Morgan Motor & Finance CO
Salt Lab
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