Free press and congressional probes in wartime policy
The piece defends congressional counsel reaching press and editorial alike with official records. It cites FCC Chairman Fly’s letter criticizing undercover publicity and argues that sharing proceedings with journalists is proper. It recalls military objections to FCC radio intelligence and urges Congress to back staff and wartime objectives.
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Federal Communications Commission
America
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Representative Lea
California
Select Committee
David Lawrence
Eugene J. Garey
Commission
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Lawrence
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Navy
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Dismissal of Albany State Printing Director Revealed
Harvey M. Baring of Albany was dismissed as director of the Bureau of Printing on December 28 last year by Commissioner Richard J. Persons. The action follows findings from the Crane investigation of 1939 alleging he neglected to prepare clear state printing proposals from 1932 to 1939, hindering fair bidding. Baring has until April 28 to file for rein statement and plans to pursue court action.
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Albany
Bureau of Printing
State Division of ‘Standards
Baring
Richard 3. Persons
Crane Legislative
Haring
Persons
Brazilian Force to Sail Overseas Soon
Gen Mauricio Cardosa chief of staff of the Brazilian army says the expeditionary force sailing date is very close. He notes the troops will be well trained and equipped to join in the fight alongside Allied forces, spoken at a luncheon in Sao Luis Maranhao as recorded by US monitors.
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United Press
Rio de Janeiro
Mauricio Cardosa
Cardosa
Sao Luiz
Maranhao
United States
Recruiting appeal at Victory Show in St Paul
Pvt Gordon Berggren stands guard over bra and girdle display at the St Paul Minnesota Victory Show as organizers invite women to join the services with the slogan Get a girdle.
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Gordon Berggren
St. Paul, Minn
Chinese Defeat Burma Japanese in Burma Front
Allied communique says Chinese troops drove Japanese from positions eight miles west of Taro in Northern Burma and faced stiff resistance ten miles northeast of Taipha Ga while advancing on the Ledo Road. British patrols report Taung Bazaar evacuated. Japanese attacks west of Kaladan repulsed with heavy losses.
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Fort White
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Myitkyina
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Seinnyinbya
Buthedaung
Mechanics Discover Souvenirs in Planes
Sacramento aircraft mechanics at the Sacramento Air Depot uncover damaged parts indicating repairs and reveal unusual war souvenirs. Items include fliers clothing bits of straw and foliage from Sicily and Guadalcanal and a bird's nest with four eggs found on an EB 24 wing. Workers kept the mementos as keepsakes.
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Sacramento
Air Service Command
California
Theatera
Sicily
Guadalcanal
Earth
All He Needed Was Letter from Home
Bougainville Marine private first class John Hurn of Wyandotte Michigan lay wounded on a stretcher as a Navy corpsman treated his injuries from a Japanese machine gun. The patient asked for a letter from home, and the corpsman promised to try.
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Bougainville
John Hurn
Wyandotte
Mich
Hura
Willkie Calls for Continued Government Role in Agriculture
Wendell L. Willkie urged farmers to reject the idea of a completely free economy and accept ongoing government responsibility for agriculture. In Successful Farming he outlined a new farm program, warning that reverting to the "good-old-days" would yield low prices and big farming headaches.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
They Should Have Tried Esperanto
Pi-Corp. Angelo Palazzalo of Deming Army Air Field helped solve an international language muddle on leave in Mexico. Two Italian prisoners of war who escaped from an Army camp were captured at Chihuahua City and turned over to a U. S. Consular office. The consul spoke Spanish but not Italian, the prisoners understood some Spanish but spoke no English, and Palazzalo translated between Italian and English via Spanish awareness. The prisoners were returned to the Army camp.
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Palazzalo
When Kidneys Bother You at Night
Classic ad copy describes kidneys containing miles of tiny tubes for blood purification. It warns that nighttime urination signals trouble and lists symptoms like backache swelling headaches and fatigue. It praises Deans Pills as a trusted remedy used for over 40 years.
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Dean
Oklahoma to Preserve Record of War Dead
Oklahoma City officials announce plans to archive World War I service members who died, with data and photographs stored in a permanent cabinet at the state historical society. Marie Wright notes mothers are notified promptly upon death announcements before families relocate. Missouri reports 256,100 farms encompassing 34,739,598 acres.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
State Historical Society
Marie Wright
Missouri
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