What to Do If War Bonds Are Lost or Stolen
The Treasury details relief for lost stolen or damaged savings bonds under the government losses in shipment act. Notify the Treasury Department Chicago Division of Loans and Currency with bond description and owner details to obtain a form and instructions.
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Treasury Department
Treasry Department
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
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Washington, D. C
Farm Union Seeks War Food Contracts and Loans
The National Farmers Union urged Congress to create war food production contracts ensuring farmers know their position. They asked for a permanent Farm Security Administration, $1 billion in FSA production loans, veterans farm purchase aid, and restoration of Roosevelt budget aims including crop insurance and school lunches while backing minimum prices and technical support for high risk crops.
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National Farmers Union
Congress
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Farm Security Administration
Roosevelt
James G. Patton
The
Union
Date Farm Work Delayed By Weather Across New York
New York farmers are behind two to four weeks on field work, the state agriculture department reported. Heavy spring rains and cold slowed planting, with only about 40 percent of normal plowing and one sixth of early planting completed. Officials said a normal weather break could yield a good crop, but labor shortages persist and farmers will rely more on tractors and time saving gear.
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Albany
New York
State Agriculture Department
Eperte
Health Strong Soap May Cause Bath Itch
Winter skin damage from cold and dry air makes bath soap irritation worse. Omit daily baths or use super fat soaps with lanolin to prevent itch, plus acid soaps or creams to moisturize. For summer, reduce baths and use massage oil. oil-based emollients aid dry skin.
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Thomas D. Masters
NEA
Ami
Synthetic Rubber Holds Hope for Future Industry
A government operated plant in Kanawha Valley near Charleston, West Virginia, will produce over 200 million pounds of synthetic rubber annually. The $56 million facility, working with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp, demonstrates large scale production from butadiene and styrene derived from alcohol and benzol. Officials say synthetic tires will reach mass use within thirty months, with Buna S tires already in limited use.
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W. Va
Atlone
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Sidney M. Cadwell
U. S. Rubber Co
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
New Fire Guards Created To Fight Minor City Blazes
Washington announces the Fire Guards, a civilian defense group organized to handle minor fires and slow larger blazes. Director James M. Landis says 1,500,000 guards are needed, forming three man teams per city block, merging with fire watchers. The program aims to counter incendiary attacks and speed fire response without replacing regular fire departments.
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Fire Guards
James M. Landis
Landis
U. S. Office of Civilian Defense
Hayden Planetarium navigation course draws service men
The Hayden Planetarium offers its sixth celestial navigation course drawing large crowds in New York. More than 2,500 attendees, including service men and laypeople, participate in winter sessions with practice problems applicable to marine and air navigation.
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New York
Hayden Planetarium
Steel Employment Exemptions Made
Washington March 1 Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt said yesterday he argued regulations governing grant of exemptions from his order reducing the steel industry's 48 hour work week nationwide The original order barred plants from hiring new workers after today if they could meet manpower needs by raising existing employees to 48 hours It set July 1 as the deadline to adopt 48 hour schedules or prove impossibility
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Ickes frees transport of gas to East Coast zones split
Petroleum Administrator Ickes ordered a major rearrangement of gasoline supply in Texas Louisiana New Mexico Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama to free more transportation facilities for movement of gasoline to the East Coast shortage area. He divided the six states into 11 zones to meet local needs from the regional stocks.
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Washington
Ickes
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Gas by Rail to Ease East Shortage Under Ickes Plan
Secretary Ickes announces a transportation plan to move gasoline from the South west to East Coast areas most in need. The scheme uses rail and barge transfers with neutral zones to minimize cross hauling, shorten internal moves, and substitute pipelines where feasible, aiming to boost surplus flow to the East.
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Ickes
Air Reservists Given Release
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced that its war training service released a large number of air corps enlisted reservists chosen for non-combat pilot training. The releases followed 1942 enlistment levels exceeding training capacity for the next year. Air Forces’ reduced need and a shortage of suitable civilian aircraft for advanced training were cited as factors, with manufacturers focusing on fighters and bombers.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
War Training Service
Air Corps
R. Mclean Stewart
CAA
Army Air Forces
Farmers Get Priority on War Board Supplies
The War Production Board announced a simple priority plan allowing farmers to purchase up to 25 dollars of 178 designated scarce items with a signed certificate asserting farming needs. A county farm rationing committee can approve higher purchases, with urgent items including batteries, chains, hoes, rope, barbed wire, and more. A farmer is defined as someone farming as a business, including custom operators, but excluding victory gardeners and home growers.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Civilian
Money to Spend But Went Hungry
New York seaman George Izabi with 1000 dollars in cash could not buy a meal yesterday. He borrowed two dollars from Officer Tzabi after showing two five hundred dollar bills to Lieut. Wendel at West 54th Street station. Izabi said he had been tramping the streets since morning and restaurants and delis could not make change. He promised to repay the two dollars when a bank opened.
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George Izabi
Tzabi
West 54Th Street
Frederick Wendel
Tye
Wendel
Izabi
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