Week in the War Urges Motoring Cuts as Gas Rationing Follows
Price Administrator Henderson asks motorists in non-rationed areas to follow the same car use rules as the Eastern area to conserve rubber tires until nationwide gas rationing starts. The Baruch Rubber Committee proposes a 5,000 mile yearly limit, a 35 mph speed limit, and tire inspections, while reorganization of rubber programs and a national rubber administrator are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Baruch Rubber Committee
Hitler
White House
Society of Automotive Engineers
Selecting Shoes for Comfort and Fit at College Station
Dora R Barnes of the Texas A and M College Extension Service advises careful shoe selection to prevent foot ill effects. She recommends trying shoes on, checking fit, heel support, and avoiding high heels for long standing. She notes different sizes may be needed for different styles and suggests separate work and dress pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Dora R. Barnes
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Dependents And The Armed Service Policy Aid
More than 30 000 checks daily flow to dependents of servicemen. Public Law 490 aids dependents missing in action, captured, or on short funds. Red Cross handles aid applications and emergency relief, with provisions to seize and repay excess payments if a serviceman is later found alive.
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White House
Marshall
Oval
Hopkins
London
Germany
Europe
Britain
Patterson
Muskegon
Michigan
W. Averell Harriman
Uncle Sam
U. Ss
American Red Cross Chapter
Secretary of War
Red Cross
The
Army
Army and Navy
Axis Atrocities Shock World With Widespread Brutality
A former wartime editorial condemns Axis brutality as routine and systemic. It cites executions of hostages, starvation, mass deportations, village razings, and the targeting of noncombatants. It highlights resistance, underground networks, and promises postwar justice for leaders and collaborators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gestapo
Axis Radio
Roosevelt
Axis
Hitler
Warsaw
Greece
Hongkong
Germany
Frightfulness Never Brings Peace to Europe Says Patriots
A proclamation condemns terrorism as fruitless for peace in Europe. It argues oppression breeds hatred and foretells retribution, noting patriots in the conquered nations await a day of reckoning with grim anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
France
Greece
Holland
Netherlands
Balkans
Life
Germany
Petain
Weygand
Laval
Derain
Mistinguett
Carpentier
Maurice Chevalier
Europe
Years of Cold Wreaked Havoc Across 1816
The New England Yankee branded 1816 as Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death with frost and snow every month in New England. Maine saw heavy April snowfall and farmers sowing crops in cold gear while Lake Erie froze until May 10. May 15 brought freezing in Pennsylvania and Virginia, while Europe felt the chill and prayers for warmth rose in Swedish churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Europe
Africa
Maiden used to describe many things beyond unmarried women
Collier's notes the term maiden applies to cities never taken plants never pruned fields never plowed swords unused racehorses and even a court session with no prisoners in England. It also records the U S Capitol cornerstone laid September 18 1793.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Army
McNair
Stimson
Air Transport Command
Women’s Auxiliary
Coast Guard
U. S
England
Want Ads Nurse Help for Invalid Mother
Wanted nurse helper for an invalid mother. See Mrs. Mark Montgomery. Contact through 3sl7c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Montgomery
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Eastman
ODT
War Production
Nelson
Italy
Japan
Transportation Office of Defense Transportation
Armed Service
Sam
U. S. Capitol Building
Ely
Tom Barbee
Whitewright
Rock Road
Morris Butaine Gas
S. Elm Street
Banner Bath House
Tioga
Texas
James L. Short
W. E. Stimson
Greenville
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
W. T. Pritchett
Children’s Oxfords
Sharon Sue
Black
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
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