Weary Casey captivates Fort Worth audience with war talks
Eugene Casey, Roosevelt aide, spoke at a Washington dinner in Fort Worth praising national unity and war effort. He urged Americans to forget dissension, warned against parasitic living, and drew parallels to historic leaders while stressing honest public service and readiness for sustained conflict.
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More Empire Airmen Arrive in Britain
An Eastern Canadian port report says another group of Empire airmen has reached Britain from Canada. The arrival includes Americans who joined the British air forces, with hundreds previously sailing on a large gray transport. Some had recently completed training for the Royal Air Force in the United States.
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London Thief Seeks Patriotism as Excuse
Arthur Joseph Cunningham a 48 year old London laborer was found in front of an open safe in a Southwark business office late at night. He was arrested after claiming the key hung by the safe. He called himself a patriotic burglar and spoke of an invention to annihilate the German air force. He broke in to obtain funds to build a full size model for demonstration before air ministry experts.
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Unenumbered Housekeeper Seeks Position
Classified notice shows a middle aged applicant seeking work as an unenumbered housekeeper. The ad indicates continued details on page four.
Winchell Receives Navy Scrutiny Over Public Broadcasts
Secretary Knox was questioned by the House Naval Affairs Committee about Walter Winchell’s radio broadcasts while on active duty. Winchell, a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, defends continuing his newspaper and radio work to aid war charities, with Navy support and a planned Madison Square Garden relief show.
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House To Debate Longer Work Week
The House scheduled debate on a proposal to suspend the 40 hour work week and eight hour day during the war. Speaker Rayburn cleared the way for floor consideration in Washington on February 26.
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Caution in Waste Paper Salvage Drive Warned
Citizens are urged to salvage waste paper for the war effort but warned old documents from attics and offices may be historical records not waste paper. William Reitzel of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania cites past losses of records mistaken for trash.
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U.P
National Committee On the Conservation of Cultural Resources
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
War Production Boosts Use of Silver in War Effort
New York reports silver usage reached 80 million ounces in the past year, nearly doubling 1940, driven by defense needs. Silver and its alloys supply components for ships and bombs, acting as a blading alloy and solder. The rise is also due to silver substituting copper nickel and zinc to free those metals for war production.
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Luftwaffe Expansion Details From Ohio River Report
Columbus man Alfred Lussheim, a naturalized citizen who hates Hitler, says he helped train pilots for the Luftwaffe before it disbanded groups. He claims about 6,000 pilots were trained in Germany by the Storm Bird organization, which at one time boasted 10,000 members and 28 aircraft.
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