Navy Day addresses warn of strong yet cautious postures
High officials mark Navy Day with forecasts of vast battles and intensified action against Japan while underscoring the enemy remains formidable. President Roosevelt praises impending naval achievements to restore freedom at sea as Admiral King and other leaders outline strategies to pressure Japan and safeguard supply lines.
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Associated Press
Japan
Roosevelt
Knox
Indianapolis
Ernest J. King
John W. Greenslade
San Francisco
China Sea
Joseph G. Grew
Tokyo
Washington
Walsh
D.-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Mediterranean
Pacific
G. D. Murray
Carri. Enterprise
Chicago
United Nations
George C. Marshall
Lay Off Partisanship Urges Knox
Secretary of the Navy Mary Knox urged that partisanship end at the water's edge and international policy be kept out of the coming campaign. He called for a substantially identical declaration on international policy in Republican and Democratic platforms to present a united front and aid the war effort.
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Philadelphia
Mary Knox
Maine declares perpetual open season on bears and red foxes
In Maine conservation rules lead to broader harvest rights for bears and red foxes, arguing that current measures allow more propagation of wildlife than in pre European contact times. The policy mirrors calls to control growing animal populations.
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Patten. Me
Cpi
Maine
Bowles Tops OPA as Roosevelt Meeting Marks Window
Bowles, named acting OPA administrator designate after Pren tiss M. Brown resigns, had not met the President until Brown escorted him to the West Wing. The piece notes Bowles’ rapid rise, warns against wartime information rackets, and mentions U S Navy officer candidate programs expanding on college campuses to recruit young ensigns and prepare high school graduates for commissions.
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Chester Bowles
Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Roosevelt
White House
Senator Brown
Brown
Bowles
Washington
U. S. Navy
U. S
Navy
Army
Beef Subsidy Changes Subside Live Cattle Aid Details
Washington UPI reports a new beef subsidy plan takes effect replacing the flat 31.10 per hundred pounds live cattle with graded rates for common to good grades. Subsidies range from 50 cents to 1.45 per hundredweight by grade, plus an 80 cent payment to non processing slaughterers. Vinson said the change is financed by economies from the rollback to a graduated scale.
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Washington Upi
Vinson
Subsistence Money Boosted for Enlisted Men
The War Department announces a November 1 increase in the general daily subsistence allowance for enlisted men on duty without ration or government meals. The rate rises from 1.50 to 1.80 dollars a day, applies in the Canal Zone, and includes small tweaks to travel payment methods.
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Record Newspapers
Washington
D. C
Troy
War Department
Canal Zone
Wallace Speaks on Postwar Productivity and Jobs
Vice President Henry A. Wallace warned last night that postwar employment depends on producing 40 percent more peacetime goods. He said it will take more ingenuity to defeat unemployment than to defeat Hitler, noting workers now produce about 25 percent more than in 1936 and 10 to 12 million could lose jobs without increased output.
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Cleveland CP
Henry A. Wallace
Everone
Hitler
Wallace
New War Era Bankruptcy Hits Small Businesses
The piece notes ration point bankruptcy as a new war phenomenon where shops face shortages due to overdrawn ration points. It explains hot dog stands and eateries must balance ration accounts to stock shelves or shut down. It also mentions the War Department Price Adjustment Board sending 500 case records to the National Association of Manufacturers seeking any instance of reduced earnings, with no reply yet.
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War Department Price Adjustment Board
National Association of Manufacturers
American Women Idle, Spendthrift, Says McCormick
New York Times columnist Mrs. Anne O Hare McCormick told a women’s forum that too many American women are idle and spendthrift, in contrast with British and Russian women. She criticized American women as passengers not fighting or working hard enough, letting others endure hardship.
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New York (P
Anne O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
Women’s Forum
United States
Britain
Russia
St John and Methodist churches host services and dinners
St Johns Lutheran plans supper on Election Day from 11 30 to 1 34 featuring clam chowder and roast beef followed by a chicken pie dinner after 5 p m. Sunday morning at the Methodist Church Ruth Vivia Diefendorf Maxine Simon Alan Peacock and Charles Abbott joined by letter others from other churches admitted to membership. Miss Alice Olmstead sang with organist Jane Francisco. Fourth annual roll call service set for Friday evening November 5 at the Methodist Church with District Superintendent Rev Frank W Bevan as speaker and Rev Anton Beza giving a chalk talk. A fellowship hour with ice cream and cake to follow. TROUPE LACKS CORPS: Springfield mass the playhouse troupe to perform Arsenic and Old Lace runs short with 12 corpses needed on stage but only one used due to manpower limits.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Vivia Diefendorf
Maxine Simon
Alan Peacock
Charles Abbott
Alice Olmstead
Jane Francisco
Methodist Church
Frank W. Bevan
Anton Beza
Cohoes War Fund Drive Nets $3926 to Date
The Cohoes campaign for the National War Fund reports 8926 raised so far, with larger totals expected from house to house canvassing. A full report will be given at the general committee meeting Thursday night at 12 Remsen Street headquarters,Ambrose A Scully to preside.
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Cohoes
National War Fund, Inc
General Committee
Remsen Street
Ambrose A. Scully
Hiks
Oneida Street
National War Fund
E.card M. Smith
William Massey
Glen Miller
T. Joseph Cuerdon
Reginald Brooks
John T. Nolan
At & P.m
Second Ward
George Reed
Stanley Lester
W. M. Carnes
George Ares
Louis Corbeil
Lester O'Leary
John Morin
Charles Gildea
Bouleris
Agnes Comtois
Joseph Kkupiec
Anthony Katz
Stephen Palka
John Kowalik
Gustave Darwak
Harrisburg Man Builds Butter Churn for Home Supply
Harrisburg resident Dr. Joan Sherger has overcome butter shortages by acquiring a butter churn. He plans to make butter from ordinary cream at home whenever needed, ensuring a steady supply.
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Harrisburg
Joan Sherger
Cohoes Observers to Receive Pins and Schedule Changes
119 personnel of Cohoes Observation Post 476 Aircraft Warning Service will receive pins for three months or more of service. A meeting at Moose Hall will explain the curtailment under a reduced operating schedule while keeping the unit intact ready to resume full operations.
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Cohoes
Aircraft Warning Service
U. 3
Army’ Air Force
Alvin P. Bullock
Evelyn P. Shoemaker
Christine H. Wynkoop
Fred J. Bouchard
Claude C. Foster
Joseph Glebucni
William H. Massey
Leo J. Patnade
Oscar V Ain
Banos Pins
Moose Hall
Ontario Street
Ground Observer Corps
Army
Observaion
Albany Air Defense Regional Command
Volunteers Sought To Issue Cohoes Books
Urgent call for Cohoes volunteers to aid registrations for War Ration Book No 4 and the new Basic A gas ration book. Dr F Herrick Conners endorses centers at School 7 and Keveny Memorial Academy with peak need 3 30 to 6 00 pm. Volunteers may report to centers or contact the Education Building on Seneca Street.
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Cohoes
F. Herrick Conners
Keveny Memorial Academy
Seneca Street
Cohoes Police Chief In Early Classifications For Draft
The draft notices place Police Chief Joseph Garrett and Joan Garnon in Class 1-4 at Selective Service Board No. 345. Also listed are 14 local men including Barter Wrzochalski Hoffman Champegne Chaving Francis Wagner and Warenda with O'Keefe promoted to warrant boatswain in the Navy after 13 years service and stationed in the Atlantic area.
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Joseph FL. Garrett
Joan Garnon
Cla Ls
Bye Selective Service Board
Charles H. Fonds
ACH
Fred C. Barter
Joan Wrzochalski
Preston W. Hoffman
Ernest C. Champegne
John Mo Francis W. Chaving
Alfred M Faancis
J. D. Ulrich
George B. Wagner
Charles Cratty
Willian J. McAllister
Michael 3. Warenda
Ration Book 4 Registration At Cohoes Surges
War Ration Book No 4 issue yielded 20 registrations last night at Cohoes with about half of expected turnout for two day period. Dr F Conners reports gas rationing registrations far below projections and urges more volunteers and home preparation to speed the process.
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Conners
Sunerine
Nat
Tony
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