Nation’s war bureaucracy tangled in vast Washington system
Washington dispatch outlines how multiple wartime agencies such as WIR DPA OW WHC OCH WLB PEA ODT WA and OSS form a sprawling federal structure aimed at mobilizing and regulating US industry and home front activities. It notes Byrnes office of war mobilization coordinating agencies while OPA sets price ceilings and rationing, and emphasizes the broad reach and friction of wartime administration.
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DPA
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OCH
WLB
PEA
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OSS
Imay
Jhnanoota
Tilea
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Byrnes
Office of War’ Mobilization
Werelsing
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Tiylo
Benak M. Nelson
Nelson Attis
Buiseys
Rts Steel
Chrysler Ameriy
Nelson
Wartime Washington power players and lend lease impact described
A compact portrait surveys wartime Washington figures and agencies shaping the home front. It highlights leaders like Crowley and Donovan, the Office of Defense Transportation, the War Production effort, and the vast reach of Lend-Lease. It notes the Defense Agencies, the Treasury, and the Commerce Department coordinating war work.
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Crowley
Lendl-Lease Chase
Lendiense
OLT
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
Marvin Jones
Congress
U.S. District Court
District of Columbia
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Mrang
Secred Service
Harvard
William
Wil BH Donovan
Rome
Une
Washington
Tressary Department
Department
Jesse Jones
Suns Rfc Goa
Defense Plant Corporation
Mock National Convention Held By Six Schools
A student run mock national convention at a rural campus engaged six schools under Principal G. Compton to educate on democracy by action. Speakers represented states with a 531 vote slate, campaigns featured posters and speeches, and a simulated Texas election with a one cent poll tax was planned for Monday. The event highlighted by dramatic campaigns and waving banners, with plans for a larger city elimination and Chicago final. Local efforts also linked to a blood donor drive led by the Bexar County unit and Hearst Newspapers partnering to raise funds and prizes for participants.
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G. ¥. Compton
Compton
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Jimmy Grundimeyer
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Muniche
Osten
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Cone Jwedore
John Patl Jones
Wiiners
Trinity University
Our Lady of Hae Take College
St. Mary’s Pannonia School
Texas Military, Institute
Lisuline Academy
Brackenridge High School
Iach
John Paul Jones
San Antonio
Chicago
New York
Hearst
Washington
Annapolis
Telyn Paul Jones
Depo
Naval Academy
Species
Civ Appents
Mia Julia Grotiuus
Novarian
Beltyr
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Dental Groups Plan Joint Meet In Houston April 17
Mrs Lega M Dunap of San Antonio presides over the Texas State Dental Aggionists association and Texas Dental Association joint meeting in Houston on April 17. Mrs Eleanor Wilaret formerly of Brooksfield will present a clinic on hygienists in the army.
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Lega M. Dunap
San Antonio
Texas State Dental Aggionists’ Asociation
Texas Dental Association
Houston
Eleanor Wilaret
Brooksfield
Brothers Meet On Guadalcanal
James A. Heavan and Pte. Joseph M. Horn, sons of Mr and Mrs Frank J Howall of 246 Denver Boulevard, met recently on Guadalcanal after serving from September 1942 at the San Diego Marine recruit depot. The encounter was recorded in a Marine Corps release.
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San Diego Marim
James A. Heavan
Joseph M. Horn
Frank J. Howall
Denver Boulevard
Guadalcanal
Marke Corps
Read Plant Removal Violates Law Across State Highways
Texas highway officials in San Antonio warned that removing read plants and flowers from state highways is illegal and subject to fines after receiving several complaints. An army of officers stopped out of state visitors for pulling up bluebonnets and another for digging up red trees. The trees, brought from the hill country, were planted along the highway system in various parts of the state.
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Texas Highway Department
San Antonio
Wils
Cogs In the Wheel Washingtons Army Of Ironworkers
A fragmented note asserts the shift of focus from Rome to Washington in the war effort. It hints at centralized authority and bureaucratic paper work guiding the nation’s industrial labor in support of military needs.
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Speenmiy
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Axis
Hiler
Rome
Lomorrow
Rats Destroy Food in City Warehouses
Rats were blamed for condemnation of 35 472 pounds of fort in tural warehouses during the first 18 days of March. Thr. Lewis C Robbins, city Pied Piper, announced a drive against rodents. The value of condemned food was $27 288 and included wheat and other staples. The campaign has waged for months and will continue vigorously, Robbins said.
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Lewis C.robbins
Dr. Robbins
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