U S Businessmen Define Free Enterprise Campaign
A Bainbridge Dawes style column notes a Huntington based effort by business leaders to define free enterprise amid wartime policy debate. It cites leaders at the U S Chamber of Commerce promoting educational campaigns, discussing democracy and enterprise, and urging local chapters to form discussion groups with officials and professionals.
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Chamber of Commerce
WAU
Union Trust
Washington, DC
Washington
London
Tull
Wuntington
Educa
Whoxsa
Chamber
Exie Johnston
Johnston
Labor
Chambers Department of Governments Affairs
V . Watts
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Gndance
Free enterprise and chamber talk spark debate on liberty
The piece discusses how chambers of commerce oppose certain delivery restrictions yet defend other limits on competition. It cites Dr Wattson and Leonard Read arguing that economic liberty requires shared freedoms, while some businessmen praise regulation as protection for free enterprise. The essay questions if business leaders truly support American economic democracy amid calls for reform and accountability.
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Wattson
Chambers of Commerce
Sieh Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Tom
Harry John
Lewis
Erin Johnston
Johnston
Tie
Leonard Read Geners
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Nazis Tighten Lines on Front and Heal West
Weekly analysis shows Nazi forces reinforcing on the Russian front as the West braces for invasion. Hull calls for unity on peace aims, while Japanese forces threaten Indian supply bases amid broader wartime pressures.
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Hull
Pacific: On Run on Go in World War II update
Jap forces push toward the Assam Bengal railroad as Stilwell’s US Chinese troops advance in northern Burma. US forces close in from the west, while Japan abandons northern and southern New Britain and withdraws to Rabaul. US naval bombardment targets Japanese outposts as supply lines in the Assam Bengal theater are cut, forcing air resupply for Mountbatten’s forces.
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Pacific
India
Assam
Bengal
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
New Britain
Rabaul
Jeps
Carolines
Assant Bongel
Adm Louis Mountbatten
Invasion For France Belgium RAF Bombs Nazi Defenses
World War II briefing describes thousands of US and British bombers striking rail and canal routes in Belgium and France as invasion nears. Royal Air Force and allied raids target German communications and war weapon factories while German forces shift lines in Russia and the Balkans.
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Belgium
France
Channel
Balkans
RAF
Belghumn
Hed
Crimea
Black Sea
Nazim
Russia
Rumania
Hungary
Baltic States
Low Countries
Hull explains Atlantic Charter aims for world peace
Cordell Hull said the Atlantic Charter seeks unity among the United States Britain Russia and China as the key to postwar peace and stability. He warned disunity among these powers could wreck global security while noting wartime migrations boosted population in several states including Virginia Florida Arizona Nevada and California by over 10 percent through the period.
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Amusgia
Finland
Rumania
Poland
Baltic States
Siete Cornell Hull
Britain
Russia
Cutoa
Hall
South
North Central
Census Bureau
Virginia
Florida
Arizona
Nevada
California
War expenditures in February reach 7.8 billion dollars
US&S figures show expenditures for war purposes rising to 7.8 billion in February from 7.416 billion in January, a 5.3 percent increase. Premier Mideki Tele’s cabinet postpones prefecture, town, and village elections for one year to September. About 120,000 Japanese ancestry evacuees remain outside the center, living and supporting themselves. Modern battleships require 120,000 gallons of distilled water daily for engines and machinery.
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Us&s
Mideki Tele
Has
Draft on Younger Men Induction and Labor Policy
The report outlines draft plans shifting induction for younger men and extending delays for those over 26, with emphasis on meeting war needs. It also notes proposals to push 1 million 4Fs into war work, Navy staffing goals, and monthly replacement figures. Supreme Court labor rulings affirm collective bargaining with designated unions, challenge boards, and limits on enforcing work promises after wage aid.
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Weyl
Congress
Navy
Army
Supreme Court
Meat slaughter totals hit March all time high in plants
A miscellany note reports federally inspected plants slaughtered record cattle and hogs for March. A London radio engineer announced an electronic device to identify a queen bee by applying a radioactive speck, distinguishing it from ordinary bees.
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Queen Tee
London
Wheat Prospects and Farm Values Rise in Loaned Report
The Agriculture Department predicts a 601,769,009 bushel winter wheat crop with 126 bushels per acre yield, led by Western Kansas and surrounding plains while Nebraska still seeks rain. Frequent rains mark the wettest March since 1922, delaying farm work. farm land values rise 15 percent in the year to March 1, with cash sales common and many buyers seeking more land for planting.
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Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
South Atlantic Mountain
Pacific States
Dewey Boomed in GOP Nominating Fight and Roosevelt Gains
Dewey shows growing strength as the Republican favorite ahead of the June nominating convention, while Roosevelt maintains strong Democratic backing with delegates won in Wisconsin and heavy support in Nebraska. MacArthur racks up votes in Illinois while a separate incident in Mexico City tests security for President Avila Camacho after an attempted assassination. The War Production Board outlines new rum shipment restrictions affecting imports from Cuba and Jamaica, aiming to curb alcohol for war materials.
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Thomas H Dewey NY
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelts
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Deweys
General MacArthur
Illinois
Camacho
War Production Board
Wll
Cubs Moxico
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
U 3
Pew
WPB
War Production Board freezes civilian goods in labor shortage areas
The War Production Board orders a freeze on civilian goods at levels of the last three months in 183 labor shortage zones to reallocate resources for war. The WPA raises output of heavy artillery munitions and gun carriages to top priority, with expected effects including reduced electric transmission production.
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War Production Board
WPA
Democracy and discipline as defense of freedom
An editorial argues that lax discipline in homes schools and churches weakens democracy. It warns that juvenile and adult delinquency signal a path to dictatorship, urging communities to adopt democratic standards, enforce responsibility, and restore order through majority discipline in daily life and institutions. It cites military church and civic examples to illustrate a shared standard. It contrasts with past tyrannies that rose from laxity and calls for stronger collective action.
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Washington
Naziram Coramaniam
Tokyo
Germany
Hitler
Weimar Republi
France
State of Nations
Army
Navy
Trigger fish uses trick fin to lock in crevices
The trigger fish has a specialized fin that can be locked to prevent dislodgment when wedged in rocky crevices. This adaptation helps the fish secure itself in tight spaces and avoid being freed by predators or currents.
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