Shoe Rationing Begins For Children In War Time
Washington reports that shoe retailers resumed sales with ration coupon No. IT required. A three-pair annual limit was set for everyone with one pair usable before June 15. Officials urged avoiding stockpiling and suggested shoe exchanges like Britain and Germany to fit growing children. Price Administrator Brown warned the plan could adjust as leather and manpower needs shift.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
White House
James F. Byrnes
Dutch Nazi Slamn ceived their first news of the move
Officials said the Dutch Nazi Slamn received the first news of the move via radio announcements on Sunday afternoon. The official OPA confirmation did not reach most until Monday morning.
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OPA
Service Men Will Need Shoe Certificates
The Office of Price Administration announced that armed forces members can buy shoes without ration books but must present certificates. Soldiers and sailors may obtain a certificate from any authorized armed services officer to purchase shoes, especially off duty, aiding retailers in obtaining new stock.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Armed Services
OPA to Peg Farmer Milk Prices at 4.80 Peak
The Office of Price Administration will set nationwide ceilings on prices paid to dairy farmers. An initial temporary order pegging at the highest prices paid last month will be followed in 60 days by a permanent regulation. The move aims to curb rising retail milk costs and reduce alfalfa feed prices to farmers in the West. A Byrnes ordered study will run during the interim to maintain high dairy production without lifting producer prices.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Price Administration
OPA
California
Oregon
Economic Stabilization
James F. Byrnes
Subscriptions Offered for Herald Papers to All Servicemen
The Herald-Journal and Herald-American announce a program to send both newspapers to boys in service around the world including the South Seas England Africa and India. Editorial page lists subscription rates and details.
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Herald- Journal
Herald - American
South Seas
England
Africa
India
Inferno at Evansville State Hospital for the Insane
Hundreds of inmates faced terror as a 53 year old Evansville hospital burned. Doctors Hare and Murphy played heroic roles, with Murphy escaping down a drain pipe. Firefighters fought flames for hours as 200 violent patients were restrained and an improvised confinement area was set up. Some patients fled five miles away amid collapsing water pressure.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville State Hospital
John H. Hare
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Ohio Moves Plan for an Ohio Agricultural Land Army
Ohio lawmakers consider creating an Ohio Agricultural Land Army to relieve farm labor shortages from wartime demand. A $1 daily bonus above prevailing wages would attract workers, funded by a $100,000 appropriation. A board, in cooperation with county agents, would supervise six months after the war ends, with an emergency clause to take effect immediately.
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Ohio
Columbus
A. Lee Fair
Holmes County
Ohio Agricultural Land Army
Churchill Will Report To Commons Amid War Conference Prep
Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to the House of Commons amid cheers and promised a soon speech on the war situation. He said Britain has done and will continue to do all it can on arms shipments to Russia and will discuss shipping and a United Nations War Council in his address. He also downplayed food fears, saying the country should manage. Foreign Secretary Eden indicated a Churchill speech would come at the earliest opportunity after naval and military conferences following Casablanca.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Emanuel Shinwell
Russia
Churchill
United Nations War Council
Anthony Eden
Casablanca
Ismet Inonu
Egypt
Tripoli
Africa
Voluntary Census of Womanpower in Erie and Niagara
The Buffalo district office of the War Manpower Commission plans a voluntary census of women in Erie and Niagara counties to gauge willingness to enter wartime industry. Questionnaires will be mailed to every household. women over 16 will report results to the U S employment service. The effort aims to identify women for immediate war plant jobs and refer others to vocational training for future work.
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Erie
Niagara Buffalo
Buffalo
War Manpower Commission
Niagara
LeRoy Peterson
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
Clever Those Japs Hand Grenade Ambush Strategy
Japanese troops on Guadalcanal use a suicide ploy to trap advancing Americans. A grenadier pretends to be dead with a grenade under the arm, held by pressure on the lever. When a soldier moves the body, the lever releases and the explosion harms both, a grim ruse to slow the American advance.
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U.S
Guadalcanal
Flynn Begins Climb Back In Politics
Edward J. Flynn former Democratic National Chairman moves up as Eighth Assembly District leader and eyes reappointment as Democratic National Committeeman for New York. Bronx County Committee likely to rename him county leader as Buckley resigns. Flynn says telegrams from across the state urge his return and Jim Farley may support.
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New York
Edward J. Flynn
Eighth
Bronx
Flynn
U. S
Australia
Democratic National Committee
Jim Farley
Charles A. Buckley
Roosevelt
Bronx County
Senate
Newsprint Cuts Face Congressional Scrutiny at Capitol
Washington reports Capitol Hill conferences discuss a possible Congressional probe into further newsprint reductions. WPB chief Wakeman promises no immediate large cuts, while critics warn of 15 to 50 percent curtailments that could topple many papers. WPB officials justify limits to redirect fiber and labor to essential war uses.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Lea
Dcalif
House Interstate Committee
Arthur Wakeman
War Production Board
Pulp and Paper
Bradley
Shafer
Michigan
Donald Sterling
WPB
Wakeman
W. G. Chandler
WPB Printing and Publishing
James F. Byrnes
Bombers Hit Rangoon With Heavy Daylight Raid
U S air force bombers operating from India carried out the heaviest daytime strike on Rangoon, targeting docks railways and yards. The communique says three direct hits on rail lines, two large fires and a small fire, with all planes returning safely.
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New Delhi
United States Air Force
India
Rangoon
Tokyo
U.S
Newspaper Circulation Cuts May End Many Papers
The discussion centers on proposed 10 to 15 percent print reductions by the WPB and the impact on weeklies and papers with circulations around 15,000 to 20,600. Lea’s committee may probe WPB curbs, while Nelson faces a possible moratorium on paper orders until the crisis clears.
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Shafer
Halleck
R-Ind
Lea
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Housewives Urged To Do Own Laundry To Save Fuel
New York February 9 1942 INS patriotic housewives urged to wash at home instead of using oil burning laundries. H M Brundage deputy regional director War Production Board urged men to wear shirts two days or longer to save fuel. He framed laundry reduction as a wartime duty equal to conserving gasoline.
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New York
H. M. Brundage
War Production Board
Brundage
New Rubber Plants to Stride in Pittsburgh News
Pittsburgh Feb 9 William M Jeffers federal rubber administrator said the nations synthetic rubber program is moving along nicely and production will stride next year He visited the Kobuta plant of the Kop Company which will be in operation by June and be one of the nations great synthetic rubber plants Gerald Campbell British embassy assistant accompanied him to several Pittsburgh area industrial concerns He apologized for reading most of his address and noted he must work his step drawing laughter from the engineers society for the remark
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Pittsburgh
Wil M. Jeffers
Federal Rubber Acuistrator
Jeffers
Gineers Society of
Western Pisylvania
Koebuta
Kop Company
Gerald Campbell
Gineers Society
Office of War Information
Baltimore
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