Weekly News Analysis From War Fronts In Burma And Pacific
The article reports intensified Allied action in the Pacific and Burma India with U S blows on Japanese bases and heavy fighting around Imphal. It notes U S Navy operations near Palau and air assaults on shipping in New Guinea New Britain and Bougainville and describes manpower measures for 4 F draft avoidance.
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Pacific
U. S
Burma
India
Imphal
Louis Mountbatten
Southwest
Palau
Philippines
New Guinea
New Britain
Bougainville
Bengal-Assam
Joseph Stilwell
Mogaung
Food subsidies push crop prices and CCC roles
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones orders the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund price supports by buying, selling, storing and shipping farm products. The subsidy is projected to cost CCC between 650 million and 800 million dollars, as meat, feed grains, hay and fruit rise while other goods fall. Prices paid to farmers improve to 176 of the 1909 14 standard with general farm incomes up one point. The piece also reports Allied military actions in Europe and postwar plans among the Allies, including occupation schemes for Germany and the Baltic region and potential eastern European influence from the Teheran talks.
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Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
WFA
Farm Bloc
Agriculture Department
Congress
London
Europe
U. S
Russia
Britain
London Sunday Observer
Germany
Berlin
Austria
Balkans
Oscow
Baltic States
Poland
Balkan
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Dairy subsidies spark Senate hearing on farmer returns
Charles Holman, head of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, told a senate committee that dairy subsidies would need a $200 million yearly rise to ensure farmers a fair return, lifting total subsidies from 550 million to 750 million. Holman opposes the dairy subsidy program. In war years, U.S. savings rose over 50 percent through war bonds, bank deposits, and life insurance, totaling 91 billion dollars on January 1, with about 12 percent of income funneled into these forms.
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Charles Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Senate
Holman
Institute of Life Insurance
Surplus Goods: New distribution plan eyed for civilian use
U S agencies handling surplus war goods will confer with the War Production Board's 750 industry advisory committees to decide normal outlets for goods the amount to release and whether distributors should bid negotiate or buy at auction Retailers gain push for equal voice in disposal alongside manufacturers and wholesalers led by Rep Wright Patman of Texas
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U. S
War Production Board
Wright Patman
Texas
Germany's Nazis Drive Production Efficiency Across Sectors
Germany aims to stretch resources by cutting locomotive models from 119 to 13 and dehydrating foods to save shipping space. Reports say steel copper and aluminum output rose with fewer man hours. Women are organized to mend stockings and handle domestic tasks to free men for work. People aged 65 to 70 are enlisted to help at railway depots.
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Germany
Duke the Irish Setter Makes 1200 Mile Homeward Journey
Duke, an Irish setter from Roann Indiana, traveled 1200 miles back to his old home after being taken to St. Petersburg Florida by his master and then given to a resident there. Rev. Robert Collins in Roann found the exhausted dog and bloodied feet. The master sent funds to care for Duke until his return.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Duke
Roann
Ind
Robert Collins
Collins
Furloughs to be granted individually amid shipping delays
Army officials plan to issue furloughs on an individual basis rather than by units due to shipping difficulties and campaign preparations. Senator Guy Gillette pressed the War Department about furloughing the 34th Division, comprised of men from Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota Nebraska and Iowa. The Navy seeks 1.5 billion for shore facilities on the West Coast including piers depots bases and hospital upgrades to 80 000 beds with malaria recuperation centers also planned.
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Guy Gillette
Iowa
War Department
Gillette
34Th
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
U. S
Here
U. S. Navy
Home Repair Tips From Old Column On Cleaning and Fixes
The column offers practical remedies for common home issues including efflorescence on brick cleaned with diluted muriatic acid rinsed thoroughly safety precautions and waterproofing. It also covers reducing radiator knocking by leveling the unit and blocking legs, cleaning enamel around gas ranges, using roofing cement or light caulking for cracked joint cement, and making a dustless cloth with polymer oils and turpentine.
Bill targets men without a country who fled draft
The house passed a bill to bar from reentry those who fled the United States to avoid the draft calling such men men without a country. The measure goes to the senate for action. The immigration committee says many evaders have gone to Mexico with over 800 crossing near El Paso, Texas.
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House
United States
Senate
House Immigration Committee
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Home remedies for radiator pans and rusted wire screens
The article advises boiling water with cider vinegar to loosen mineral scale on radiator pans and suggests aluminum paint with spar varnish or heat resisting asphaltum, or a temporary wartime substitute. For rusted wire screens it recommends steel wool cleaning, turpentine, and a very thin varnish or a spar varnish linseed oil turpentine mix to preserve color and appearance.
Victorian spool shelves pattern No 255 for 15 cents
A home craft note describes graceful corner shelves ten inches wide seven inches deep with old charm. It explains modern glue joining and the use of spools from Red Cross sewing, plus Mrs Spears pattern No 255 with full cutting and joining directions.
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Red Cross
Household Tips From A Bygone Era
Cleaning and preservation advice for everyday items. Keep leather pliable by polishing shoes, rinse cold water before and after use, and avoid brittle brushes by soaking in vinegar and boiling briefly. For radiator fins use a fork to straighten, dry tin utensils to prevent rust, and note heat discoloration in tin.
Camel Cigarettes Acknowledged By Soldiers In Slang
The passage notes soldiers refer to colonels by buz zards and to Camel cigarettes as Camels. It claims Camels are widely favored among Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard members and that sales records in service stores confirm this popularity. It also mentions Post Office rules on sending Camels abroad.
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U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Kellogg's All-Bran Compared To Constipation Relief
An elderly letter-writer credits Kellogg's All-Bran with ending a five year struggle with constipation. The ad explains bran as a regulating food that supports colonic flora and natural elimination, advises daily intake and water, and warns to insist on genuine All-Bran from Kellogg's Battle Creek.
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H. C. Durand
N. Columbus Ave
Treeport
Long Island
N. Y
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
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