A Visual Tour of Washington Power and Poetry
A sweeping, impressionistic glance at the capital’s architecture, officials, and social life. It paints federal buildings, the Louvre of lobbyists, the Capitol and Supreme Court as stage and backdrop, while noting reporters, gossips, workers, and dreamers who inhabit the city daily. The piece intersects grandeur with fatigue, glamour with loneliness, and history with present busywork as war and politics shape everyday life.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Cabinet meetings slip into informal, unplanned sessions
Backstage senators press for advance agendas as cabinet talks run without plan. Officials say White House secretariat should circulate topics days ahead, while a dozen top officials attend weekly sessions, leaving many policy questions unsettled and often deferred. Four German experts abroad monitor US moves as Wavell’s Burma effort alters war balance.
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Inga
White House
Beardes
Harry Hopkins
Paul McNutt
WPB
Donald Nelson
Chester Davia
James Byrnes
William D Leahy
Allied Bombership and Axis Industry Headlines
Weekly news analysis notes Allied bombership topics and axis industry moves. It covers the British delegate to a food conference urging a normal granary system for all nations. Mentions Reds dissolving a world revolution group and editor notes on opinion pieces from the Western Newspaper Union.
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Allied
Axis Industries
Reds
World Revolution Group
Flood Devastates Midwest as Thousands Become Homeless
Flood waters from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers swelled across the Midwest inundating towns and farm land. Levees strained as St Louis logged record crests while Govs and agriculture officials convened to map a farm production program. Persistent rains delay planting with harvests likely delayed until frosts, as Red Cross shelters reported sheltering thousands.
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Midwest
Red Cross
Chester C Davin
Conference of Governors
Agriculture Commissioners
Mississippi
St Louis
Cape Girardeau
Thinais
Missouri
Ullnois
Attu Remnants Resist as U S Forces Press
Japanese remnants in the Attu area resisted the American drive, fighting uphill in the northeast tip of Ally Island. A formation of 16 Japanese bombers attacked in ground positions and shipping, intercepted by American Lightning fighters, with two thirds of the enemy squadron said to be shattered. The attackers used north and south approaches as the main supply base in Attu was razed. American bombers continued to pound the Abutlah base near 172 miles east of Attu as troops bucked strong positions in mountainous terrain.)
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Steet
Attu
Kka
Atty
Bombers pound Axis Europe in all theatres
Allied raids hit central Dortmund and other German targets with over 2000 tons of explosives collapsing rivers of smoke while 38 bombers failed to return. Meanwhile American and British air forces attacked Italian positions across Sicily Sardinia and Fatthera isle to hammer airfields harbors and shipping facilities.
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Europe
Metal Cou
Dortmund
Germany
RAF
Allex
Mediterranean
Fatelera Sardis
Sicily
Italy
Denne
Food conference proposal at Hot Springs for stable world food flow
Richard K Law led a British push at Hot Springs to create an international trade system ensuring producer to consumer food flow at fair prices. He urged buffer stocks to offset supply shifts and opposed per commodity import quotas. An international authority representing both consumers and producers was proposed. The American delegation noted possible mass resettlement to boost global food production, citing only one fifth of the world population in temperate zones with access to technology-driven farming.
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Richard K Law
Hot Springs
Coat Truce Bargain Cavet Collected War Labor Board
The War Labor Board proposed a temporary wage settlement for miners including a 61 hour week and travel allowances. It recommended terms requiring miners to accept terms for traveling to and from the mines and a shift to a six day week with wage concessions. The board ordered vacation pay rising from 21 to 50 dollars, aiming to raise daily wages by about 0.38 dollars.
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Cnt
WLB
Protests Backed by Resignations Over Price Revisions
Reporters note a wave of resignations by high officials in protest of price ceiling revisions. In parallel, UN delegates warn of ample food needs for Russia, while an eastern province official predicts a significant potato surplus this summer. Allied forces continue broad operations as U boat effectiveness declines, with Nazi spokesmen commenting.
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QUA
Prentis Broan
Pay as You Go Tax Plan Approved by Senator Vandenberg
Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced approval of a pay as you go income tax measure after months of bickering. The plan would wipe out taxes of 50 dollars and under, forgive 75 percent of remaining taxes for one year, and place taxpayers on a current basis July 1. It calls for quarterly payments with 20 percent withheld on weekly wages after exemptions and includes a 3 percent victory tax and 26 percent normal and first surtax. Water farmers would make quarterly current payments.
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Arthur Vandenberg
Labor Study as John L Lewis Seeks AFL Readmission
Tabor circles buzz over John L Lewis bid to reintegrate the United Mine Workers into the AFL from which they split amid CIO founding ten years ago. The AFL executive Committee will study the application and report later this summer. The issue involves District 50 and the alignment of allied unions within AFL units and the stance of the AFL Progressive Mine union.
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Tabor
John L Lewis
United M Ne
American Federation of Labor
Big John
CIO
Lewis
AFL
Cormittee
AFL Progressive Mine Union
Lewis United Mine Workers
Pearl Harbor final accounting of Oklahoma salvage
Final accounting of the battleship Oklahoma after the Pearl Harbor attack describes 89 hours of winch and cable lifts to raise the sunken vessel. The operation reduced total losses to three slips: the battleship Oklahoma, the cruiser Helena, and several ships damaged or saved, including the destroyers Cassin and Downes.
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Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Athena
Cassin
Downes
Californ Nevada
West Virgn Aang
Shaw
Rubber Strike Demands Higher Pay Across Major US Plants
About 15 thousand Goodyear workers joined 30 thousand from Firestone and BF Goodrich in a strike over the War Labor Board's eight cent raise decision. Production halted at the nation's three big rubber plants as CIO leader Dalrymple and unions criticized the board while workers faced detentions and delayed returns to work amid government pressure.
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Goodyeay Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
B F Goodrich Company
War Labor Boards
Sherman R Dal Tyr Ple
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Dalryiyle
War Department
Poll Tax Bill Clears House In Heated Session
The house passed the ante poll tax bill 205 to 110 amid a gallery scene as a 2 year old sailor from San Francisco shouted for passage while Rep Hatton Sumners of Texas warned the democracy bears costs. He argued that individuals unwilling to pay 3 and 50 or 2 are not true citizens of this democracy.
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San Francisco
Hatton Sumners
Texas
WPB imposes new limits on women’s dress trims and sizes
War Product Board tightens garment production as limited materials dictate stricter trimming allowances for dresses. Hip measurements up to 58 inches and sleeve length capped at 30 inches on untrimmed basics. Skirt sweeps reduced to 72 inches for size 18 with variations allowed for other sizes.
Fragmented reminiscences and geographic notes in a dated column
The passage blends a personal reminiscence about a writer and critic with disparate notes on Southeast Asia and road safety. It references Owen Johnson, a young writer, and Towne, plus a digressive note on the Gulf of Siam and Burma’s access, then shifts to a tunnel vision analogy for driving and finally mentions John Dalton and color perception.
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Owen Johnson
Owen
Charles Hanson Towne
John Dalton
Liberia’s ties to the United States and recoverable rubber data
The article outlines Liberia’s U S cultural links and government model with Monrovia named for James Monroe. It discusses English as the official language and notes a 1937 1941 scrap tire surge totaling about 240.56 million tires weighing 6450 622 060 pounds, with 40 percent already reclaimed and 17 remaining as surplus. estimates project 590 000 tons recoverable scrap from 1937 104 tires and related figures.
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United States
Liberia
Ite
Monravie
James Monroe
Sam
Eye dominance linked to auto accidents study says weak eye
Researchers note drivers with a lagging eye tend to misjudge distance and speed, increasing crash risk. The study highlights right eye lag as common and suggests awareness and training to reduce incidents among motorists.
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Sirveyn
Soldiers favor watches and radios as Christmas gifts
A recent survey shows men in the army and navy prefer waterproof watches and portable radios as Christmas gifts. Sailors want Santa to bring them first waterproof watches and then a portable radio, while both services indicate a preference for Christmas gift cards inside clothing parcels.
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Sailora
Sante
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