Defense Priorities Shape U S War Effort This Week
This Week in Defense reports on SPAB actions mandating overall defense needs lists led by Donald M. Nelson, limits on civilian material for military use, and British Lend Lease export controls. It covers ship launches, officer cadet examinations, oil and fuel priorities, and manpower shifts for defense jobs.
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Eden
United States
Great Britain
Hull
McNutt
U. S
England
Maritime Commission
Navy Department
Commission
Air
Lovett
Air Corps
Connally Wins Hard Fight on Tax Bill
Senator Tom Connally fought to remove from the tax bill a provision depriving married couples in eight community property states including Texas the right to file separate returns. Although outnumbered in committee he won in the Senate forcing the Finance Committee to strike the provision, saving Texas taxpayers millions yearly.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Greek Scholar Translates Motto At Women’s College
A visiting Greek scholar was asked to translate the college motto into Greek. He agreed and read the motto aloud: Pep without purpose is piffle. The moment highlighted humor over motive as he offered the translation.
Elevator Demand Echoes in Midnight Scene
A crowded elevator at midnight features four riders ordering numbers in sequence three four eight eleven while a drunken passenger shouts a garbled line about the American Tobacco Company, creating a tense and surreal moment in a confined space.
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American Tobacco
Russian living bombs sink German ships at Kronstadt
Soviet radio reported twelve German ships sunk off Kronstadt by a squad of Russian living bombs. The bomb planes crashed with pilots at the controls after dropping thousands of pounds of dynamite, costing twelve pilots their lives while Germany suffered heavy losses.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russian Kronstadt
Aftonbaldt
Red Army
Kronstadt
Father and brother exchange blunt financial jab
A terse quip has a father saying he loses money on everything his brother makes. The brother responds by asking what the brother makes, and the father retorts with the punchline he makes mistakes.
Vacation Joys Befriend the Country Bedtime Banter
A New Yorker recounts a humorous talk with a friend about sleep in the countryside. The guest reveals he could not sleep the first night and hired the farmer's boy to sit in his car and blow the horn all night for amusement.
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Defense Planning
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State Department
Iceland
Montana
Army Safety
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SPAB
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Port St. Joe
Fla
Chattanooga
Tenn
Georgia
Tennessee
Labor Department
Treasury
Morgenthau
Boston
Nelson
Bureau of Employment Security
OPM
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Defense Plant Corporation
Troutdale
Ore
Navy
Forrestal
Naval Contracts Distribution Division
Patterson
Army
Defense Housing
Federal Reserve Banks
Agriculture Agriculture
Wickard
Railroad Labor Board
Roosevelt
Wayne Lyman Morse
University of Oregon Law School
Barbee & Bassett Insurance Agency
Kirkpatrick’s
America
United States Defense
THE
First National Bank
Sun
Lone Star Gas
Lone Star
Mel Lone
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Community Natural Gas Company
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