McNutt Heads Nine Man Commission to Mobilize War Manpower
Weekly News Analysis outlines President Roosevelt creating a nine member manpower commission led by Paul V. McNutt to mobilize all manpower including placing women in industry. The panel includes Donald Nelson and senior officials from war and labor agencies to draft, place, and manage labor for war production. The piece notes Hillman remains influential as labor adviser and discusses public reaction to Pacific theater raids and Tokyo bombing reports amid Pearl Harbor aftermath.
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Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
WPH
Donald Nelson
War, Navy, Agriculture and Labor Departments
Selective Service System
Civil Service
WPB
McNutt Commission
Sidney Hillman
Knudsen
White House
Hillman
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Tokyo
Bombing Reports Stir Allied Suspicion On Tokyo Raids
Reports from Japanese sources claim American carrier based planes bombed Tokyo and three other Nipponese centers, including Kobe, with fires and large morale impact. Allied observers doubt a single carrier could strike four distant cities, suggesting multiple carriers and a complex attack amid censorship.
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America
Tokyo
Kobe
Japan
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Australia
Laval and Power in Vichy Collapse Shift in French government
Laval forms a 21 member cabinet with 13 close allies and seeks Petain's approval while De Gaulle from London calls for revolt. Hull returns to push diplomacy as US and Britain intensify air raids aiding the Allies. Russians gain ground as German lines falter near Karelia and across the Murmansk to Crimea front.
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Gaston Henri-Haye
United States
State Department
Washington
Sumner Welles
Laval
France
Pierre Layer
Vichy
Ambassador Leahy
de Gaulle
Lavail
Marshal Petain
Petain
National Defense Ministry
Foreign Affairs
Interior
Information
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Hull
Florida
U. S
Fortunes of War Turn as Tokyo Bombing Sparks Tide News
Reports from London and Washington describe a shifting war tide as Japanese assaults on Corregidor and Panay intensify while American leaders flag a broader offensive. Marshall lauds Bataan fighters and morale, as Cebu falls and Panay resists, signaling ongoing battles in the Philippines.
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Tokyo
Philippines
General Marshall
London
Harry Hopking
Britain
European
Africa
Marshall
United States
Ireland
Marshal
Bataan
Jess
Manila Bay
War Department
Panay
San Jose
Lambanao
Cebu
Wainwright
Corregidor
Cehu
The
Allied air successes shift focus from Australian invasion fears
Reports indicate increasing American and Australian air victories over Japan in the Pacific. Despite Japanese bombings of Port Moresby, allied raids on Timor, New Britain, and New Guinea are described as dire for the Japanese, suggesting allied air supremacy and initiative in the region.
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Australia
Port Moresby
Timor
New Britain
New Guinea
Pacific
Bantam battalions rise from Massachusetts say army official
In Cambridge Massachusetts an army surgeon general officer said Massachusetts provides the army’s shortest average man. A Berlin broadcast quoted a Japanese paper claiming Americans are rated as the toughest foes, followed by the Chinese and then the Russians.
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Cambridge
Mass
U. S. Army
Massachusetts
Surgeon General
New York
Berlin
Unsung Officers Praise Behind MacArthur War Effort
The piece honors Maj. Gen. George F. Moore Brig. Gen. Charles C. Drake Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones Gen. James R. N. Weaver and others for steady defense roles at Corregidor Luzon and Bataan while noting market leaks and wartime political scrutiny. It also covers Hap Arnold warnings, Truman committee probes, and congressional waste debates amid lending and production issues.
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Washington, D. C
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
George F. Moore
Corregidor
Charles C. Drake
Albert M. Jones
Luzon
Manila
Wainwright
Bataan
James R. N. Weaver
Joseph P. Vachum
William E. Brougher
Bradford G. Chynoweth
Wiliam F. Sharp
Allan C. McBride
Clyde A. Selleck
Clinton A. Pierce
Arnold J. Funk
Philippines
News of a bystander child and wartime quips in 1942 notes
A collage of anecdotes and spoof dialogue from Richmond columns recounts a six year old tugging a suitcase in Central Park West explaining a family fight, plus satirical forecasts, editorials, and jokes about Walter Winchell and Dorothy Thompson, with gas rationing quips and a parade of nightclub blurbs.
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Phil Baker
Central Park West
Mummy
Daddy
Timbuctos
Jay Franklin
Colyum
Richmond
Walter Winchell
Case Society
Walter Lippmann
Mark Sullivan
Dorothy Thompson
Clare Boothe Luce
Julia Ward Howe
Florence Nightingale
David Lawrence
USO
Raymond Clapper
Roy Howard
Job Applicant Seeks Post After Marital Mixup
A nervous applicant pleads for a job claiming to meet all requirements. The manager rejects him after reviewing references, noting they want a single man. The man reveals he married yesterday, insisting the manager had asked for a married man. The manager apologizes, citing a mistake. The applicant protests that he now has to live with the consequences.
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Iceland
MacArthur
Roseland
Ripley
LaMartinique
Spivy’s
Tallulah
Hickory House
Versailles
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