Unfinished Stories on Japan By James R Young
Walter Winchell’s column, written by James R Young, surveys Japan’s leadership, economy, and war-time pressures. It discusses Prince Chichibu, Pu Yi, Wang Ching Wei, puppet government dynamics, economic shortages, and salvage efforts, with questions for the State Department and remarks on espionage and propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
U.S. Navy
Chichibu
Japan
Manchuria
Henry Pu Yi
Wang Ching Wei
Nanking
Shianghai
New Plan Aims to Cut Interstate Trade Barriers
A 1941 report details widespread reductions in state trade barriers to farm goods. Kentucky maintains 18000 pound truck limits while others raise to 30000 plus. Repeals in Texas and Alabama hikes widen freight limits. New England moves toward uniform cattle disease rules.
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Washington
South
Kentucky
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
New England
U._S. department of agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
F. W. Waugh
Japan Empire Geography and Population Facts
The Japanese empire spans four main islands with total area 260704 square miles and a 1940 population of 105226101. Tokyo leads, followed by Osaka Nagoya Kyoto Kobe and Yokohama. Rice dominates arable land and sericulture employs about 2 million farms with 18 million people linked to silk. Fishing ranks first globally.
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California
Hokkaido
Maine
Honshu
Minnesota
Kyushu
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticutt
Shikoku
New Jersey
Taiwan
Formosa
Chosen
Korea
Kwantung
Bokoto
Pescadores
Mandated Islands
Texas
Japan
Horshu
Tokyo
New York
London
Osaka
Nagoya
Kyoto
Kobe
Yokohama
Rex the cat rescues atop four-story clothes pole
In New York City Rex the cat reaches the top of a four story clothes pole as an ASPCA officer uses a special noose to safely rescue him amid encouraging neighbors. The incident ends happily with Rex unharmed and back with his owner. The article then discusses milk inspection issues and Japan’s postwar industrial imports and trade figures through 1940.
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Rex
ASPCA
New York City
Japan
United States
British India
Egypt
Australia
British Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Farm Lands Sell Briskly Amid War Demand
Minneapolis reports stronger farm land sales as war elevates demand across buyers including tenants, factory workers, business investors, and city families seeking security. Despite rises, unimproved tracts lag as owners struggle for help to farm. nationwide study notes more cash deals and active trade in better properties.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern’ National Life Insurance Company
New York
Florida Farm Realty
Baltimore
Auto production cuts disappoint war leaders and stall ship needs
The 26 percent auto output cut drawn from the OPM irked the War Department which sought a 50 percent slash to free materials for planes tanks and ships. Henderson forced a compromise higher than OPM planned yet still short of army aims. The piece also notes tank logistics and shipping constraints with 32 ton tanks complicating Atlantic deliveries and convoy requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
War Department
OPACS
Leon Henderson
Hengerson
Army
Henderson
Lord Beaverbrook
Iran
Egypt
Beaverbrook
U. S
Atlantic
England
Africa
Alexandria
U.S
First Big RFC Loan Repaid in Full and Hoovers Efforts
The text recounts the repayment in full of the first big Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to Central Trust of Chicago, praising General Dawes and former President Hoover for efforts to secure aid during a severe bank run in 1931. It contrasts Insull’s downfall with current deficits and warns of a looming financial crash if government spending continues without taxpayer backing.
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Central Trust
Charles Dawes
Chicago
Reconstruction —Finance—corporation
Hoover
Washington
New York
RFC
General Dawes
Treasury
Dawes
Samuel Insull
Insull
Babel
Congress
Household Tips From Old Advice Column
A list of practical homemaking tips includes painting rough cellar floors with specialized paint, fitting baskets with oilcloth, avoiding loose cane fibers on fabrics, treating iodine stains with dry starch, seasoning new tinware with lard and baking, and using plain wrapping paper to roll pastries to cut cleanup.
Toba tops the list for men in the service
Survey shows Camel cigarettes as the favorite among Navy Marines and Coast Guard men in service stores with Camel leading sales. Local dealers promote Camel by the pound tin as gifts from home ahead of pay day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toba
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Happiness to Others Happiness in the desert springs quote
A reflective aphorism by B. H. Metson praising happiness seen in others who drink from springs that have been created in the desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Metson
Also Mentioned on This Page
James R. Young
I.N.S
Europe
Vladivostok
President Hoover
Bob Hineun
Richmond
Ind
China
E. W. Frazar
Commodore Perry
State Department
Doméi
Foreign Office
Communications Ministry
Welles
Indo-China
Waugh
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Chiang Kai-shek
Little Brown Men
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Britain
Merry
20Th Century-Fox
Darryl Zanuck
Hollywood
Washington Diplomatic Corps
Warren Fierson
Neighbors
TI. Lubin
White House
Labor-Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Division
Morgenthau
A Wright A. Patterson
BIG Rfc
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hitler
Kellogg's
America
Kellogg’s
Ts Hild
Babe
Doan
Doans
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
Ogden, Utah
Hema Eftives
Rotary Eivasie
Reese Chamber of Commerce and
Ad Ciel Hotel
Ben Lomond Ogden
UTA Mabert E. Vick
Mets
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