Inflation Alternatives and War Economy Reflections
A dated column argues that government wage policy and priorities boards drive civilian shortages and inflation. It cites James Doe style tax burdens, warns of rationing, price fixing, and the need to balance labor and capital as partners in industry while noting bootlegging risk in rationed goods. It quotes a London bootleg anecdote from World War I and mentions a Chicago science panel predicting a slide toward totalitarian socialism and the erosion of free competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priorities Board
England
John Doe
Congress
John
United States
America
London
Inside Story on Hitler Risks War and Moderates Fate
The piece argues Hitler now faces U.S. resolve after rejecting cautious German advisers like Dieckhoff and Wiedemann. It details Wiedemann's moderating influence delaying Czechoslovakia and Munich talks, Ribbentrop's dominance, and possible Nazi acts in U.S. waters. It notes legal ambiguity over handling pirates and reports on the American Newspaper Guild election and Cordell Hall's car costs.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Hitler
United States
Hans Dieckhoff
Washington
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
der Fuehrer
Himmler
Dieckhoff
Baron von Neurath
Czechoslovakia
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Capt
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Wiedemann
Cerchoslovakia
Chamberlain
Daladier
Munich
U.S.A
Tientsin
China
U. S
Justice Department
Brazil
U. S. Navy
Justice
War Department
American Newspaper Guild
Cordell Hall
Weekly News Analysis: Aid to Russia and Indo China Moves
Edward C. Wayne surveys aid strategies to Russia before a Nazi victory, warning the U. S. and Britain face a major problem. The column notes renewed Japanese moves in Indo China and frames the editor’s opinion versus the newspaper seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
U. S
Britain
Indo-China
Russia Faces Critical Moment as War Presses East Front
The piece weighs the Soviet resolve under Nazi onslaught near Moscow and the widening crisis. It notes Britain and the United States aid, with Harriman and Beaverbrook predicting continued Russian resistance and the challenge of supplying the front via routes including the Burma Road and Persian Gulf links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
Greece
Moscow
Stalin
Berlin
Italy
London
Germany
England
United States
China
Harriman
U. S
Beaverbrook
Barkis
Willin
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Caucasus
Britain
Burma
Lease-Lend Second Edition Passes House Amid Russia Aid Battle
The House approved the six billion dollar lease-lend bill by 328 to 67. The vote surprised anti interventionists who opposed aid to Russia, while proponents celebrated a strong endorsement of the President’s policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Navy Takes Prisoners and German Aims in Indochina
The Navy reported capturing about 20 Nazis during patrols around Iceland and Greenland, seizing a Norwegian vessel and a radio station in Greenland aiding German weather broadcasts. Japan pressed claims in Indo China, threatening Singapore and Manila, while Nazi agent Viereck faced trial for concealing activities linked to the German library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iceland
Greenland
Gestapo
North Atlantic
Navy
Roosevelt
Pacific
Tokyo
Indo China
Saigon
Orient
Thailand
Malaya
Singapore
Manila
Egg shortage threatened. urge to raise laying hens now
Extension poultryman Leslie M. Black warns no definite shortage yet but potential future egg tightness. He urges farmers to keep pallets for hens, increase laying flocks, and support food-for-defense needs while balancing army and Britain supplies. The note cites higher home consumption, overseas shipments, and favorable egg-feed price ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States
Britain
United States Department of Agriculture
Prevent Fuel Waste by Proper Oil Burner Adjustment
Homeowners should not adjust oil burner flames themselves. Use a trained service man with a flue gas analyzer to optimize fuel use. Oil burners are mainly east of the Alleghenies and fuel shortage makes efficient combustion crucial.
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Alleghenies
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Experiment in Use of Dried Vegetables
BERKELEY. Dried vegetables will soon be a part of every army cook larder if UC Berkeley fruit products division experiments meet army needs. Dr W V Cruess reports methods preserve color flavor and cooking quality by precooking vegetables with steam to destroy enzymes and thorough drying to ensure shelf life.
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Dr. Cruess
Contour farming saves soil water on slopes
A government soil erosion station in southwestern Iowa reports contour farming on hill land saves water. Over eight years the contour area lost 2.7 inches of water annually, while up and down slope farming lost 19 inches. In drought years the difference is especially significant.
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Iowa
Injury Remains An Injury Graves Itself in Metal
Quote reflects the paradox of harm leaving a lasting mark while a benefit inscribes itself in water, attributed to Jean Bertaut. The fragment presents a philosophical observation on endurance and the impermanence of benefit.
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Jean Bertaut
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Jim
Chicago
Edward C. Wayne
Japan
Viereck
George Sylvester Viereck
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Hull
Joseph Davies
William Phillips
Rome
German Library of Information
Leslie M. Black
Extension Poultryman
New Jersey College of Agriculture
Rutgers University
Farm Hill Land
Chandler
Chandler Distributors
North 4Th Street
T. Louis, Md
Darling
Tommy
Urrenng Fon Piles Ae
Fane
Renee Weaterer
Prs
M. Coe
St. Louis
ATLAS
Thousa Sivas
Atlas Aircraft
North Market
Vergil
Lydia Pinkham
Black
Nst
Doan
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