Henry Ford's Willow Run Builds First Mass Made Heavy Bomber
Henry Ford's Willow Run plant rolled out the first heavy four engined bomber made by mass production and the first to use interchangeable parts like automobiles. The Q 1 is the lead model in a plant whose output rivals Japan's pre Pearl Harbor air production, with more plants planned. Ford sees the project as a war turning point despite bigot and industry skepticism, and he marks a pioneering industrial achievement.
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Irrawaddy
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Pearl Harbor
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Carlsbad wartime strain links guards and mines in tense era
The Carlsbad community faces wartime sacrifice as its National Guard unit heads to the Philippines and local mines endure two AFL union walkouts over a 10 percent wage rise. Affected production runs ten 24 hour days, with scab labor and a "clever little scheme" of round the clock union sessions shaping local sentiment amid fear for soldiers missing in action.
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United States Potash Company
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Philippines
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Bataan
Weather Alibi in Hitler's Winter War and Cosmic Forecast
The piece argues Hitler will blame weather for his failures on the Russian front, citing a sixth Smithsonian volume by Charles G. Abbot and colleagues. It links sunspot cycles to long-term cooling trends and predicts a colder 1945. cites vast measurements from Chile, California, and Sinai.
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Adolf Hitler
Russia
William Goering
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Bonaparte
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
L. B. Aldrich
W. H. Hoover
Mt. Montezuma
Chile
Table Mountain
Mohave Desert
California
Mount St. Katherine
Sinai Peninsula
Abbot
Adolf
Editorial Round Table on Handbill Ordinances and Free Speech
The Milwaukee Journal summarizes a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to ban purely commercial advertising on streets while permitting control of distribution methods to avoid litter and trespass. It notes limits on licensing and distributor liability, and concludes cities cannot block unselfish promotional material entirely.
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United States Supreme Court
New York
High Court
Milwaukee Journal
President warns on war era wage policy and living costs
George F. Addes of the United Auto Workers argues the labor pay envelope cannot catch up with rising living costs, while critics say wage growth must pause for wartime stability. The President insists workers must accept lower or slower wage growth to curb the cost of living spiral.
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George F. Addes
United Auto Workers
CIO
Organized Labor
New York World-Telegram
Baer Facts: Odd Lexicon and History Snippets
A compact list of quirky definitions and trivia from Arthur Baer. Includes notes on Venice’s gonfaloniers in 1532, narwhals lacking dorsal fins, the Discobolus, and odd terms like agrestal and cacuminous. Also mentions a clack dish for beggars and playful miswordings like mopery of the fifth class.
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Gonfaloniers
Venice
Narwhal
Frankfurter Drives War Policy Behind the Scenes
Washington notes reveal Justice Felix Frankfurter as a powerful force in wartime planning guiding cabinet appointments and diplomacy. He shaped three key posts, advised on India missions, and influenced shifts at the War Department through close ties with Stimson and Knox and former students in senior roles.
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T. V. Soong
Dean Acheson
Hull
India
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Massachusetts
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Wyzanski
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Hitler
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Sutherland
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Biddle
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Knox
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Middle West
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John J. McCloy
Robert Lovett
Col
Truman Smith
Lindbergh
New York
Taft
Judge Advocate General
Reserve Corps
Hoover
State Department
Secretary of War
War Bride Unity and War Preparedness Urge Nationwide Resolve
Paul Mallon argues United States must maintain military strength and self-reliance to safeguard peace. He cites postwar lessons, recalls December 7, and warns against overreliance on treaties, urging readiness, hemispheric defense, and national unity to prevent future conflicts.
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