America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

House hearings on tax bill end

New measure likely to include sales levy

Mexico to pay $23 million for oil properties

Settlement reached on four-year-old dispute over expropriation

Pastor resigns post in fight over anthem

U.S. extends control over private ships

Government’s action may reduce number of submarine sinkings

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Senate likely to delay vote on labor curbs

Roosevelt reported prepared to step into situation

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American help to Middle East brings results

Muslim world indifferent to Axis efforts to start holy war
By David M. Nichol

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Home canning sugar limit to be 5 pounds a person

Diver buried in mud, sand for 8 hours

Man slips while working with salvage crew

U.S. air leader cousin of Lincoln

U.S. launches submarine

Groton, Conn., April 18 –
The U.S. submarine Blackfish was launched at the Electric Boat Co. yards today.

Power given to MacArthur

Full agreement reached in Southwest Pacific

’One-man army’ is lost in bloody bayonet battle

Capt. Wermuth in action on Bataan until last as troops shake off fatigue to counterattack
By Frank Hewlett, United Press staff writer

Aussies teach Yank recruits to play rough

Brass knucks and bayonets turn sissies into tough babies
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer

Allied nationals wear labels in Jap-held town

Lend-Lease now exceeds $3 billion

Largest increase made in war supplies sent to Russians

Denial issued by Remington

Patent hearing testimony called misleading

Reporter investigates legs and torsos for the sake of science; hand-tinted limbs and lace-up corsets will be ‘rage’ in 1943

Husbands better start practicing so they can get wife’s curves into her coat-of-mail
By Bob Ruark, Scripps-Howard staff writer

Divers work in mined sea to save $10 million in gold

’Hush-hush’ job in water 428 feet deep salvages metal from ship sunk off New Zealand

Orient moves to end rule by white men

Demands grow for Pacific Charter pledging freedom to Asiatics
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor

U.S. War Department (April 20, 1942)

Army Communiqué No. 200