Ship Crash Toll Reaches Nineteen
Nineteen men are missing and presumed dead after the tanker Altair collided with the Bostonian in thick fog about 58 miles off the Atlantic coast at midnight Saturday. Thirty nine survivors were rescued, two seriously injured, with some reports of additional survivors from a Delaware port. Captain Rein Schenore said many missing crew jumped overboard as flames spread. The Altair was bound for Philadelphia with crude, the Bostonian empty, and deckhand Ralph Gagliardi described a head on collision midships.
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Lewes
Del.Pi
Bostonian
Altair
Atlantic
Naval District
Delaware
Rein Schenore
Socony
Vacuuum Oil Company
Schenore
Philadelphia
Ralph Gagliardi
Bridgeport, Conn
No Butter Production Increase Warns From OWI
Washington reports the Office of War Information warns butter production gains look unlikely. Despite higher milk output and improved distribution, annual per capita home use will drop about four pounds from prewar years. OWI notes FDA head J B Hutson can set aside 7 percent of certain protein feeds to aid milk production in shortage areas and urges voluntary output shares before compulsory seizure.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
Office of War Information
OWT
J. B. Hutson
Food Production Administration
OWI
OPA
OWL
Red Cross Knitters Reminded of Needs
Mrs Boyd N Williams new knit ting division chair of the local chapters production department asks knitters with garments on hand to bring them to 297 River Street during the first big snow. She notes many are outstanding and can be used now for boys overseas.
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Red Cross
Boyd N. Williams
River Street
Dangerous Living News From A War Theater
A female correspondent humorously recounts danger and duty from a bomber station in England and the challenges of war life. She notes awards for peril, a wish for a powder room, and a rare operational mission, while detailing quirky homefront observations amid a grim conflict. New York reports urge corn flow restoration to relieve milk and egg shortages across ten northeastern states.
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Dixie Tighe
Devers
Baker
England
Gerow
Hartnell
New York
North Eastern
Mid-West
William I. Myers
State College of Agriculture
Cornell
Rhode Island
H. E. Babcock
Dewey
New York State
Sergeant Can Knit And Embroider In Newport Arkansas
Sergeant Elbert H. Siezenmorgan of the Army Air Field Newport Arkansas shares an unlikely hobby knitting and embroidery. He mentions Winston Churchill and former King George VI as inspirations and notes he began needlework at age six making sweaters tablecloths and doilies. He also cites fishing hunting and sports as interests and says needlework helped comfort him during a recent pneumonia illness.
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Newport
Ark
Elbert H. Siezenmorgan
Army Air Field
Winston Churchill
Stezenmorgen
Churchill
Haward
England
Terre Haute
Ind
Stezenmorgan
Farm Officials Urge Jeep and Farm for Returning Soldiers
Washington farm officials push a plan for a jeep and fifty acres per returning service member to aid land ownership after WW II. FSA administrator Frank Hancock supports expanding aid, urging Congress to favor service men in tenant purchase and seek $44 million for small-farmer programs.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Frank Hancock
FSA
Hancock
Congress
C. B Baldwin
Agriculture Department
Group Finds No Wartime Boost In Delinquency
The American Prison Association committee reported no significant rise in juvenile delinquency since the United States entry into the war. The findings, released at the 73rd annual Congress of Correction, counter claims of a nationwide crime wave amid wartime population shifts.
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New York
The
American Prison Association
America
Publc
Congress of Correction
Sailor Displays Maps Claiming Espionage Plot
An OPA sailor in New London arrives at police HQ drunk and demands to see FRE agents claiming the maps found on the street are espionage papers. He shows several rolls of wallpaper, which desk Sergt Riordan notes and dismisses, telling him to go.
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New London
Conn
OPA
Edward Riordan
Delinquency Rise Measured Against Population Change
A sharp increase in delinquency appears significant only when benchmarked against the parallel rise in the general population. Experts caution that without adjusting for demographic shifts, the apparent spike may exaggerate underlying trends.
Cost of Living Increases for Clerical Workers
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 3.9 percent rise in U S living costs since October 1942 and 20.6 percent since January 1941. A survey of seventy industrial cities shows wage earners and clerical workers faced higher costs from September to October with Bridgeport Oakland and San Francisco showing about an 18 percent rise. Four cities saw no change and 12 experienced declines, led by New Orleans Atlanta and Anderson with about a half percent drop.
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York UK
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Bridgeport
Conn
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
Anderson
Ind
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War Housing Center
Tampa
Fla
Victor F. Robertson
Virgil F. Robertson
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Cleburne
Texas
Drew Field
Beauty Salon
Troy
Chevrolet
Serving Sons OF Cars
Chevrolet Dealers
Ole LE Ltd
W.H. Bumstead, Inc
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Congress ST
Sixth Ave
Home Front
Sailor Stars
Bernard GaRuch
By Paul Ford
Eta
Christopher Morley
Hubert T. Delaney
Children’s Court
Rose Mooney
NLU
Apirite
Trpaar
Grerive
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