Radio gossip and show business life in New York gossip pages
Harriet Van Horne cites medical cautions about soap opera listeners raising blood pressure and turmoil. The piece revisits diary gossip by Quentin Reynolds and Midtown vignettes, highlighting editor clashes, radio tester opinions, and the sharp wit of Nora Bayes and John Barrymore in late night showbiz columns.
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President monitors Charlie Wilson lunch with FDR sparks VP speculation
The White House hosted Charlie Wilson, ex General Electric executive, for a lengthy lunch with President Roosevelt. Observers and insiders suggest the talk touched on war production, world trade, and a potential Republican background for a future vice president. The piece notes ordnance and supply discussions at Anzio, highlighting Maj. Gen. Levin Campbell’s role in modernizing the ordnance dept and the broader wartime logistics context.
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General Electric
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Ed Stettinius
Ick
Weekly News Analysis Hall Outlines U S Foreign Policy
Hall outlines U S foreign policy stressing international cooperation as Nazis surrender in Europe and a Ukraine foothold emerges. The report notes Congress studies a simplified tax form while other items cover gate ORS HOTE and epinions and the paper previews ongoing national debates.
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Ukraine
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Hull outlines postwar foreign policy aims and world cooperation
Secretary of State Cordell Hull calls for creation of an international agency to preserve peace through discussion negotiation and conciliation. He supports an international court for legal disputes and urges currency stabilization and economic aid to maintain trade and resources amid wartime shifts in Europe with Nazi retreat and Soviet advances.
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Europe
Cordell Hull
Hull
Agen Blea
International Court of Justice
Food cannot feed world says War Food Chief
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones warned the United States cannot be the world food basket. He said Allied nations must bear a major share of postwar relief as shortages persist in civilians and services. He noted shortages across crops and livestock threaten harvests without favorable weather and labor.
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Plan Simplification for Tax Payments Proposed in 1945
Congress backs Rep Doughton plan for income tax simplification. 5 million taxpayers under $5000 would file withholding receipts and treasury would compute tax owed or refunds. New 5 percent normal tax would replace prior rates with 20 percent on the first 2000 of taxable income and 3 percent on net income over 5000. exemption 500 per person.
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Robert Doughtons
Doughton
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Hitler moves to tighten control ahead of invasion
The article describes Nazi plans to consolidate direct control over Ayn Kary and integrate Hungary into the German war effort as Romania and Bulgaria align with Berlin. British forces seal the invasion coast while Allied actions target German industry and defenses in preparation for a major offensive.
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France
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Pacific Front in World War II Shrugs Off Monsoon Delay
The report details Allied strikes from the Marshalls to Burma with warships bombers and ground forces targeting Japanese defenses. Airborne incursions behind lines in the north are followed by a broader Japanese push toward allied and British supply routes from India.
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Marshell Islands
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Shipyard Fraud Allegations Target Bethlehem Steel Workers
FBI arrests 34 Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Maryland shipyard workers for falsifying work records to receive higher pay. The scheme, allegedly active five years, involves welders paying checkers to alter records, yielding up to 15 dollars daily extra. Over 700 welders implicated among 8600 employees. 24 tankers and cargo ships reportedly affected last year.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparcows Point Md
Locker plants expand to meet wartime food storage needs
A wartime forecast shows a 25 percent rise in war gardens and a 10 percent boost in frozen food locker plant capacity for 144. Operators expect a 50 percent expansion in facilities over the next five years, with growth from rural to urban areas across the Middle West and beyond.
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Far West
War Orders Hit Montgomery Ward and Rail Earnings
The article notes shortages affecting Montgomery Ward & Co Inc and a decline in cartilage production. It discusses wartime rail freight rates potentially reducing rail earnings and Senate pressure to help contractors with government order cancellations by providing up to 90 percent of claims and enabling capital for additional production.
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Mareover
Senate
US House urges neutral relief supervision for food shipments
House committees propose US action under neutral supervision to coordinate food aid in occupied Europe. Rep Fish defends a plan similar to a senate approval asking Sweden Norway and the Red Cross to oversee shipments to France Belgium Poland Greece Czechoslovakia and other nations to prevent German seizure. He notes last year’s relief operation was certified by the State Department as successful.
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Belgium
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Government official warns against Florida vacation gas rationing
A government official says Florida vacation travelers cannot expect gasoline rationing relief as the Office of War Administration briefs on securing fuel for trips to and from vacation resorts.
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Florida
Chester Riles
Werne Advestration
Curity
Bards Warne
Tome
Bowles
Stettinius London Visit Probed Amid Soviet Ties Debate
The article weighs U S policy shifts toward Russia and unilateral understandings as Stettinius visits London. It notes British resentment of Moscow diplomacy and hints at electoral shifts with Republican Bennett challenging in New York and Kentucky races amid wartime diplomacy and alliance questions.
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Teller Rey
Russia
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State Department
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Mr Roosevelt
Moscow
Stettimus
New York City
Colorado
Willam S Bennett
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Werf
How to Make a Chair Slip Cover From Fabric
Instructions show two methods to slip cover a chair. One pins and trims the material. the other uses old sheets or muslin cut to fit. Fitting tips include smoothing seams, allowing one inch tucks, marking grain with arrows, and aligning pattern pieces with back and seat portions.
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Chen
Cey
Buried Erect So They May Face Day of Resurrection
A World War II era dispatch notes New Guinea soldiers buried upright to face the resurrection. The unusual practice aims to honor fallen fighters and preserve their dignity in death.
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New Guinea
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