Washington time with rationing shakeup critics blast OPA policy
Fourrey Lewis Jr. reports from Washington detailing the public uproar over the OPA move to cancel accumulated ration points. The piece explains housewives fear loss of “money in the bank” style points and the newspapers role in accelerating the policy uproar, plus the shift toward public cooperation after initial resistance.
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Copsright
King Washington
GPA
OFA
Fight &l
OPA
CPA
Festarez Synateuse, Inc
CFA
Washington
Fragmented OCR Army Flight Report Describes Combat Scene
An OCR fragment references an aerial engagement with a pilot reporting a vertical dive and a guard, mentioning names and a British or Brunei context. The garbled text also cites a lieutenant and a flight group, with scattered clues to a fighter operation and observer accounts.
Panic over shoe stamps slows in San Antonio
Shoppers ease after early panic as demand surges and stockstuffs show up in reports from San Antonio. Merchants note delayed buying, with some claiming sales up 150 percent. officials say rationing rules shift as OPA and WPE plan new stamp validation timelines to meet combat-shoe needs.
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San Antonio
Wong
J. M. Watson Sr
Teany
Almos
Waisen
Victoria
Bernard M. Goldburg
OPA
Washington
WPE
U S to Release Red Prisoners
The Soviet embassy reports assurances from the War Department that 105 Russians held as prisoners in the United States will be returned to Russia. Soviet attaché Mary Mary says the prisoners were kept for months at Tom Lewis in Washington. A War Department spokesman confirms the prisoners appear to be Russian nationals in German uniforms and will be repatriated.
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Washington
Dex
War Department
Saracy
Pilot Flies 65 Missions to Southwest Pacific
Captain Morgan P. Devryay from Alpine completed 65 missions in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II. He earned the Air Medal with cluster for a single mission and demonstrated continued service to Welsh Studio and the Texas A. College, as noted in local records.
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Houter
Texas A
Mil M. Seoliege
Alter Briton Scotts at Speech Causes Hollywood Dispute
Hollywood decorum is shaken as actors and actresses rally to defend U S English amid a debate sparked by Maj. Henry Adam Proctor. Ming Moore William J Howard Eton Drew Garry Moore Ann Miller Denise Russell join in defending American speech against perceived British shorthand.
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Briton Scotts
U.S
Hollywood
Henry Adam Proctor
Howe of Commons
Chavis Blekford
Roosevelt
Blckford
Bickford
Ming Moen
William J. Howard
Eton Drew
Garry Moore
Ann Miller
Dene
Russell
Miss Foch
Jstalemens
George Bernard Shaw
Boston
Oxford
Miss Russell
Suse
Drew
Proctor
Rosin
Colonel Downs Plane In First Fight
Colonel Righetti of the 5th Fighter Group Eighth Air Force helped shoot down an enemy plane during a Morseburg mission in Germany. Detailing the encounter, Captain Cramer led the squadron to attack a ME-109, scoring hits after a burst near the cockpit as heavy flak rose ahead.
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Righetti
Mes
Cathryn
Righett
Augusts Street
Istral
S5th
Eighth Air Force
Reandolph Field
Morseburg
Germany
DS. Cramer
Ogden
Utah
Cramer
Ato Ten
Teader
Strersl
Mtv
Guido Righeth
Route 2
San Lis Bhispo
Gai
RFC to Sell Planes and Surplus Goods in Texas Auction
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and allied Texas shipping centers announce a sale of surplus airplanes and related equipment in the San Antonio area. Items include municipal airport assets, rural telephone gear, plumbing fittings, and construction supplies with prices and sale arrangements to be set at the Corpus Christi and Laredo warehouses.
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Ramo Fel
Atlas
Andrews
Feuve Nile
Corpus Chtisti
Tio Grande City
Sthret-Lorsepower Motors
Pyathable Ak Austin
Havhar Island
San Patricks County
Aravsas Meas
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