Labor Plan for 500 Ships a Day
Labor leaders present to President Roosevelt a plan to convert idle automobile capacity to produce 500 pursuit planes daily. Walter Reuther and CIO members propose a nine member aviation production board, plant surveys, and use of available machinery and space to meet defense needs.
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Washington
U.P
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Division
United Automobile Workers (Cio
National Defense Advisory Commission
Murray
White House
Reuther
United States
Road to Singapore outlined by U S naval experts
United States naval experts outlined a potential Road to Singapore a chain of Pacific bases from Hawaii to Australia and on to Singapore. The plan would use fuel depots and observation posts on small islands as waypoints to move ships and supplies in wartime with allied help from Britain and Australia.
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Sesso
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Far East
Navy
Hawaii
Carroll Kenworthy
United Press
Washington
U.P
Singapore
Pacific Ocean
Australia
United States
San Francisco
China
Burma Road
Plamyra
Navy Department
Ing
Canton
Howland
Baker Islands
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Port Moresby
Australian Papua
New Guinea
Port Darwin
Proposals To Overhaul Draft Law Spark Arguments
Washington records a heated debate over revamping conscription with a yearly age cohort. Senator Adams backs training 16 to 20 year olds, Senator Vandenberg warns of complications, while the National Economy League urges a long-range defense plan. Austin supports long-term funding, and Alf Landon praises the defense production office.
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Washington
Adams
Colorado
Vandenberg
Michigan
National Economy League
League
Austin
Vermont
Alf M. Landon
Stafford
Kans
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Production Management
Henslee Loses Old Time Rodeo Friend Miss Mulhall
William S Henslee recalls Lucille Mulhall the original cowgirl who died in a Guthrie Oklahoma crash. He rode bucking horses with her in Oklahoma City in 1898 and later joined rodeos in Amarillo and Chickasha Nation roots. The piece also notes a 1935 to 1939 rise in filling stations and a German sugar extraction from wool residue.
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William Samuel Henslee
Tyler Street
Lucille
Bertha) Mulhall
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Mr. Henslee
Miss Mulhall
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
101
United States
Scooter crash injures woman in Chicago street
In Chicago on December 23 a gasolline scooter rammed Nicholas Romanelli's car as he stopped. A rider collapsed on the pavement. the victim, a woman, sustained a broken left wrist. She had ridden the scooter for three years for business and pleasure. The scooter rider, Paula Teutsch, a 63 year old widow and seamstress, was identified by police.
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Chicago
Nicholas Romanelli
Paula Teutsch
City Hauls 3843 Truck Loads Of Debris After Ice Age Event
About 25 acres in the city section are covered with broken branches as 3,843 truck loads of limbs have been hauled in. Cleanup continues by the city trash department without WPA emergency help after crews quit Saturday.
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WPA
Ten Best American Movies of 1940 Named
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures announced the ten best American films of 1940. The list includes The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Of Mice and Men, Our Town, Fantasia, The Long Voyage Home, Foreign Correspondent, The Biscuit Eater, Gone With the Wind, and Rebecca. John Steinbeck, former WPA writer, authored the books for The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. All selections were judged on artistic merit and importance.
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New York
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
Our Town
John Steinbeck
WPA
Weather data forecast for Natchez region today
Weather data from the U S Weather Bureau notes the Natchez Indians as tall. Forecast calls for generally fair weather with little temperature change. Today's high near 60 F, tonight's low 32 to 36 F. Last night 30 F in white Christmas year. South breeze 10 to 15 mph. Not much prospect for moisture.
The Royal Christmas Card Sees Buckingham Palace Bomb Damage Photo
The royal Christmas card for 1939 features King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the exterior. An unpublished photo inside shows them surveying Buckingham Palace bomb damage. Queen Mother Mary’s card depicts a thatched cottage in a quiet English scene, titled There’ll always be an England.
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London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
England
Bombing damages historic Westminster Cloisters and offices
A night air raid struck near the House of Commons in London causing extensive damage to St Stephen's Cloisters of the 14th century and to the public bills office. The blast destroyed the star chamber stairs and several members and secretaries offices, with the inner lobby and east side severely damaged.
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House of Commons
St. Stephen's
London
Public Bills
Commons Chamber
Commons
Star Chamber
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