Labor, 40-Hour Week Debate Muddies War Policy
A Western Newspaper Union summary notes the battle over retaining the 40 hour workweek amid war mobilization. Perkins and the White House favor scrapping it, while Thurman Arnold opposes unions obstructing the war effort. Unions oppose ending the week and seek overtime pay, with profits over 6 percent eyed for government recapture. A War Production official cites an 8 percent cost increase from overtime on war contracts.
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Washington
Perkins
White House
Thurman Arnold
War Production Board
Attack Tokyo Pleas McNutt Urges Frontline Strike
Paul V. McNutt, social security administrator, urged an attack on Tokyo as the real defense of America. He argued that national defense starts with strikes on Tokyo and Yokohama, and that decisive destruction of factories in the Ruhr would protect Wichita, Kansas City, and Omaha. He praised Wake Island Marines and called for more leathernecks and fewer bottlenecks.
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Disciples of Despair
Paul V. McNutt
Social Security
Tokyo
America
Coney Island
San Diego
Yokohama
Ruhr
Wichita
Kansas City
Omaha
Wake Island
British air strength grows after Malta clash
The British Royal Air Force gained strength in a Malta air battle as Hurricane fighters and anti aircraft gunners downed 12 bombers and two fighters in 24 hours. Gunners nicknamed ack ack were credited with knocking out two fighters and eight of the bombers.
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Malta
R.A.F
R.A.F. Fighting
Latin America eyes postwar unity amid axis shifts
Historians note 21 Latin American nations have severed or broken relations with the Axis, more than in the last war, with Chile eyed as the likely next to switch. Hitler cables Chile and Argentina urging closer ties, while most observers see signs of imminent break with Berlin. Japan warns Australia as New Guinea battles loom and Moscow signs a fishing pact with Japan, seen by Europeans as nonessential.
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Chile
Juan Rios
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
Axis
Hitler
Germany
Republic of
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Command
New Guinea
Salamaua
Lae
Port Moresby
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Alaska
Aleutians
Kayoto Nakamura
United States
Moscow
Russia
Siberian
Definite U boat sinking report from patrol bomber
General Drum said a patrol bomber sighted a submarine off the coast, dropped four depth bombs, and oil and debris on the sea indicate the U boat was sunk. The Times notes German heavy industry pays Hitler 12 million dollars yearly for support, while a Philadelphia riot at the penitentiary left one convict dead and others injured over sugar in coffee.
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New York
General Drum
London
the Times
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Philadelphia
Church Voices Neutral Aid Amid Atrocities
Archbish op Spellman says the Holy See must remain impartial yet oppose atrocities while engaging with nations. Across the Atlantic, government actions push sugar rationing and auto sales bans as fuel and metal shortages loom. Officials cite 7.8 million tons of sugar held by hoarders and plan to reclaim supplies. junkyard cars may be requisitioned for metals.
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Vatican
Rome
Washington
London
Japan
Holy See
Pius
Archbishop Spellman
New York
Holy Father
East
Pacific Northwest
Army training programs announced by War Secretary Stimson
War Secretary Stimson announced 100,000 men and women will be trained for civilian jobs in government and state schools and private facilities. Courses run 15 weeks to four months with pay 900 to 1400 dollars yearly. Army Institute in Madison offers 65+ courses via correspondence. Training centers planned in Birmingham and Richmond, with a police replacement center at Fort Riley. R O T C to continue in colleges but pre induction training cannot be supplied by the Army.
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Stimson
Civil Service Commission
Army Institute
Madison
Wis
Army Ground Forces
McNair
Colorado River
Department
Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Fort Riley
Kan
Army
War and Navy Secretaries in Close Senate Testimony
Washington scenes reveal Sum-180n and Knox testifying behind closed doors on a $500,000,000 China loan with undisclosed military secrets. Connally heckles seniority as Stimson offers to speak first, while Reynolds and Austin weigh in.
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Washington
D. C
Navy
Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Tom Connally
Stimson
Austin
Senate
Atlantic Submarine Threat Prompts Blackout Measures
Binkings rose along the Atlantic coast as sea lanes carrying trade between Britain and the U S saw fewer vessels. Authorities moved to aid the submarine by dimming city lights and blackout precautions along coastal lanes to reduce sinkings.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
Britain
U. S
Broadway gossip and wartime warnings spill from New York
A fragment filled column notes a Columbia University professor turned lieutenant colonel in military intelligence, plot twists about disappearances and Goebbels rumor mills, TV and radio chatter from CBS and Berlin, netted by cautions from Broadway press agents and government overzealous wartime information. It also mocks draft dodges, air wardens, and a joke about an Office of Utter Confusion and Hysteria.
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Columbia University
Military Intelligence Reserve Corps
Caroline Lee Gilbert
Damon Runyon
Butch
Broadway
Joan Fontaine
Coluumist
L. P
Joan
Eve Symington
Colin Kelly
Columms
B'way
Tom Dewey
Oltered Biddle
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MTOR
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LABOR
Latin-America
Juan Rio5
Spellman
Maritime Commission
Charles P. Gross
Harry Hopkins
Joe Eastman
General Gross
Army Transportation
Gross
General Somerville
WPA
Somerville
Lewis Douglas
England
U.S
India
Bernie Baruch
Leon Henderson
Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Civil Defense
Ed Kelly
Chicago
Wallace
Agriculture Department
AAA
Goebbels
CBS
Berlin
Gov't
Ed Foley
U. S. Treasury
Morgenthau
Foley
Capitol Hill
Daladier
Blom
France
Laval
Hatel
Paula Crystal
Valley
O.U.C.H
Faryran
Teewee
Midren
Mildred Inwoor
United Airlines Dietician
United
Kellogg's
Ton
Marine Corps
Coast Guards
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