Power of a single boss over Chicago and New York unions
A columnist laments wartime profiteering and warns against allowing a few powerful labor bosses to wield control over essential city work. He recalls Umbrella Mike Boyle and Harry Van Arsdale, citing blockades, stock schemes, and strikes to show how private gain exploits public needs amid recovery.
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Washington
Hitler
Roosevelt
New York City
Mike Boyle
Electricians’ Union
Chicago
New York
Harry van Arsdale
Brooklyn Yard
Broadway
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mike
States Electric Company
van Arsdale
Umbrella
Clean
Arizona Home Building Declines As FHA Activity Dips
The federal housing administration reports Arizona was one of ten states not reporting growth in new dwellings with FHA assistance in the first half of 1941. Arizona’s six month total reached 1,379,600 dollars, down 6.35 percent from 1940, while national FHA home building rose to 382,154,400 dollars. The piece links higher taxes to reduced home building, noting Arizona’s per capita tax burden and promising government expenditure curtailment but predicting the tax rate will hit new highs, contributing to the decline.
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Arizona
Federal Housing Authority
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Osborn
Our Own Scorched Earth Policy Demands Action Now
A Tucson Citizen editorial criticizes national leaders for apathy toward defense and urges unified, aggressive mobilization. It warns against inflation, profiteering, and self interest across labor, industry, agriculture, and white collar sectors, calling for patriotic sacrifice and shared responsibility.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson
Arizona
William H. Johnson
Alex Parker
SCC
TCS
Associated Press
Associatea
National Defense
Hitler
Biddle to be Attorney General Fahy to be Solicitor General
Washington rumor mill swirls as Francis Biddle likely becomes Attorney General with Charles Fahy set to replace him as Solicitor General. Defense shake-up plans surface for a new Department of Supply to coordinate OPM, OPACS and defense purchasing amid production woes.
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Biddle
Fahy
Department of Supply
Justice Douglas
Supreme Court
Defense
Roosevelt
Britain
White House
OPM
OPACS
Defense Coordinator
Army
Navy
War and Navy
Dern
Swanson
Secretary of Supply
Gasoline Shortage Claim Scrutinized By press row
Washington report questions Acting Petroleum Coordinator Davies and the ten day supply claim. It cites official estimates showing fluctuating stocks on the eastern seaboard, notes refined crude gains, and argues publicity shaped the shortage narrative while rail and pipeline movements partly offset the decline.
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Washington
New York Times
Davies
Harold Ickes
Ralph J. Davies
Bureau of Mines
American Petroleum Institute
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ickes
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Pennsylvania Railroad
Martinsville
Illinois
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Journal of Commerce
Owensboro
Kentucky
Marcus Hook
Pennsylvania
Bayonne
Pittsburgh
Seaboard
Britain
Russia
Hitler
Japanese Leaders See Antagonistic Plot By Allies
Japanese spokesmen describe a perceived plot by the United States Britain the Netherlands and China to encircle Japan. They call the idea an illusion born of parallel action and liken plotting to declaring wars.
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U. S
Britain
Dutch Netherlands
China
Japan
Pledge of No Territorial Ambition Cited in Protocol
The statement that the United States seeks no territorial aggrandizement appears in the protocol. Observers note it may be overlooked amid the current hurly burly of negotiations and events.
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United States
Prospect Brightens as Passenger Car Output Drops
The report notes a hopeful shift as production of passenger cars is expected to decrease, improving conditions for a pedestrian involved in the unfolding industry changes.
Cretan Pantomime and the Lost Legion on Crete
The Associated Press reports that three months after German occupation of Crete a remnant of Empire forces led by Australians and New Zealanders wage stealthy guerrilla war. They operate with ingenuity and courage, living on looted supplies and islander aid, while awaiting possible relief that may never come. The piece frames the action as a stirring, if impractical, symbol of fighting spirit amid a broader withdrawal.
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Empire
Associated Press
London
Crete
Mediterranean
Britain
Thermopylae
Baer Notes V for Victory in War of Symbols
Baer muses on the V for victory symbol used in Europe and by Allies and Axis alike. He jokes about how Germans and others respond with Vs and puns on vin ordinaire, while recalling WWI uses and a playful call for broader alphabetic resistance to Adolf and Benito.
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Westbrook Pegler
Jackson
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
William O. Douglas
Young
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert H. Jackson
Paul McNutt
Blair Bell
Justice Department
Thurman Arould
Francis Biddle
Charles Fahy
Philadelphia
France
New Deal
National Labor Relations Board
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert P. Patterson
Second Circuit Court
Georgia
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Ickes
Interior Department
Douglas
Bill
Paul Mallon
Winston Churchill
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Baer
Europe
Laughing Academy
Paris
Belgium
Adolf
Benito
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