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Store counters and shelves still disclose a shortage of meat, poultry, butter, eggs and some canned goods, with little indication the situation will change before February. — Jan. 2
Gershwin festival to feature Paul Whiteman conducting, Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore singing: All military and naval headquarters around the Bay have been notified that the entire balcony of the Opera House has been reserved for men and women in the service at a general admission of 55 cents. — Feb. 18
Meat rationing begins: The prediction that San Francisco and all other areas throughout the Nation face a still greater meat shortage was made as the first day of point rationing eliminated the hectic scramble of the past week and restored normal shopping by housewives. — March 30
FDR bans job bias by federal contractors: "The President ordered that hereafter all contracting agencies of the Government shall include in all contracts a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employe (sic) or job applicant because of race, creed, color or national origin." — May 29
In a fervent appeal for a more militant prosecution of the war, Governor Warren of California today told the thirty-fifth annual Governors Conference that "no more dangerous step could be taken" than to release as harmless many of the interned Japanese. — June 21
Seven Japtown dwellings, into which are squeezed 114 adults and children, were condemned as "unfit for human habitation" yesterday and ordered vacated wholly or in part within ten days. ......... There are 500 new war housing units, just completed at Richmond, which are being held for thirty days for occupancy by families of Negro war workers who live in Japtown but work at the Richmond shipyards. — June 25
Income tax withholding starts: For the first time since the Government began taking a bite out of incomes thirty years ago, a current collection system based on a 20 percent withholding levy above personal exemptions goes into effect. — July 1
The "pick up" girl is a serious new menace to community health, as well as being a tragic addition to the list of war-created juvenile delinquents. ......... The girls are the ones who hang around bars and taverns, often are employed in and around shipyards and other war work, and who are not actually prostitutes, but definitely promiscuous. — Oct. 15
Roger D. Lapham, shipping executive, was elected mayor of San Francisco in the city election yesterday. ......... Mayor Rossi, unsuccessfully seeking re-election, ran third. — Nov. 3
The Examiner editorializes on Christmas at war: "Let us especially wish those we love and respect a MERRY Christmas, in the only sense the word has ever warranted —the sense of having courage in the face of danger, and faith in the presence of evil, and of being worthy of the love that is given us and of being true to the duty a free land and the hope of a decent and dignified world puts upon us." — Dec. 25