Army Proud of Half-Track Vehicles in North Africa Victory
CAMP EDWARDS MASS July 1 The army released details of its half tracks a truck and tank combination praised for the North Africa victory They say Second Corps units downed 78 German planes in Tunisia in three months starting January The vehicles are self propelled with 60 mph speed armed with 37 mm anti aircraft weapons and 50 caliber guns The front resembles a heavy truck and the rear a tracked tank body An official center notice says hundreds of trained soldiers have practiced with the half tracks around Cape Cod
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Camp Edwards
Mass
North
Africa
Joseph E. Harriman
Second Corps
Tunisia
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Center
Cape Cod
Remarkable Mobility and Fire Power Noted in Announcement
The announcement praised remarkable mobility intensive fire power and extraordinary adaptability to changing battle conditions highlighting the unit's ability to maneuver under pressure and adjust tactics as the situation evolved.
Feathers Bring Fine in Klamath Falls Case
Two Oregon youths William R. Galloway and Clint Hamblin faced penalties after feathering their nest in Klamath Falls. Authorities pursued a case that began with alleged feathering schemes and ended with a formal fine.
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Klamath Falls, Orc
Oregon
William R. Galloway
Clint Hamblin
WLB Aims Arbitration to Save Collective Bargaining
The War Labor Board urged binding umpire procedures in contracts to avoid overload from grievances. Vice Chairman George W. Taylor said it is better for parties to set dispute rules than have the board adjudicate every issue. Board members stressed this concerns contract interpretation after signing, not new negotiations.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Labor
George W. Taylor
Dr. Taylor
Spectator Bob in Spying Plot Sparks Hilarious Rescue
Bob becomes entangled in a sensational foreign espionage plot when a girl is coerced to pay Amalgamated for a tell all story. Vanescu dictates it, Nazi agents steal notes and kidnap the girl. Bob races to rescue, expose the scam, and clear Christina as the spy ring fights to stop exposure amid a thrilling climax. The program at Paramount also features Show Business at War Pluto cartoon and government films.
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Amalgamated
Gregory Vanescu
United States
Vanescu
Bob
Christina
The
Para
Mount
Pluto
Malta
Paramount News
Palo Alto man offers woman to make swastika for Roosevelt
Cecil Wilson, a Palo Alto cook, offered a local woman $50 to make a large swastika to be sent to President Roosevelt. The community shunned him as officials refused to involve themselves, noting the act was not a crime.
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Palo Alto
Cal. U
Cecil Wilson
Roosevelt
PBI
Bob Hope Comedy Opens At Paramount With Lamour
Bob Hope stars with Dorothy Lamour in They Got Me Covered opening Friday at the Paramount Theater. The film follows a disgraced American foreign correspondent who exposes an enemy spy ring in the capital, after a firework ending sparks his return to New York and a Washington visit with Christine Hill.
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Washington
Mary Byrne
Margaret Hayes
Phyllis Ruth
Mary Treen
Bettye Avery
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Paramount Theater
Bob Kittredge
Moscow
Amalgamated News Agency
Russia
Amalgamated
Bob
New York City
Christine Hill
Christine
Show Time Listings and Early Evening Screenings
The notice outlines today’s shows at multiple theaters Capitol Rialto and others with films including A Stranger in Town Dark Command Thirty Nine Steps and Three Men from Texas plus features and News of the Day. Screenings run 1:00 through 10:00 PM with varying start times and late news segments.
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Frank Morgan
Richard Carson
Jean Rogers
Ozzie Nelson
Paramount
Dark Command
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Walter Pidgeon
Capitol
Robert Donat
Madeleine Carrol
Hedda Hopper
Rialto
Texas
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Clark Gable
Paramount News
Fire hose fit short. Toledo seeks hose priority
The Toledo Civilian Defense reports 30 000 feet of fire hose useless for local hydrants and asks the War Production Board for priority to buy suitable hose. A single female mackerel carries up to half a million eggs.
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Toledo
City Defense Council
War Production Board
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