Insurance boom as young men rush to buy larger policies
The article notes a nationwide sellers market in life insurance driven by wartime fears and military duty calls. Young and middle aged men seek higher coverage, with Prudential and Metropolitan Life adjusting war clauses. Officials warn of inflation and shifting production as defense spending rises, while local business leaders discuss market effects and future mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Thompson
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Occidental
Prudentials Insurance Company of America
Prudential
H. C. Johnson
Associated Press
Metropolitan Life
Leroy Aincoln
Eddie Johnson
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Mr. Johnson
Transport Workers Union of Cio
Philadelphia
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Emmett F. Rittenberry
Floyd Richards
Weksler
Amarillo Hardware Company
West Texas Wholesale
Auttmobile
Detroit
Funeral services planned for Earl K. Barden
Sugar Land on July 26 Earl K. Barden aged 67 will have funeral services today local obituary notes his passing and age.
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Sugar Land
Earl K. Barden
Young Middie Makes History at Sea
Gordon E. Strickland, 21, became the first US midshipman in a combat operation since the Spanish American War. He flew Corsair combat air patrol over the fleet off Korea, landed after three tries, and was hailed by ship senior officers who awarded him a cake in the wardroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen’s Committee
Gene Klein
Frank Storm
Washington
Amarillo Army Air Field
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy Air
Pacific Command
High Command
Nene
US Seventh Fleet
Korea
PRP
Gordon E. Strickland
Strickland
Midshipman Strickland completes first combat action since 1900s
The executive officer stated that Strickland not only completed the first combat action by a midshipman since the turn of the 20th century but also made the 21,000th landing on the carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickland
Hymn Singer Faces Mann Act Charges
TEXARKANA July 26. Johnny Bailes 32 of Shreveport hymn singer and Bailes Brothers radio troupe charged with Mann Act violation. accused of transporting a 17 year old waitress across state lines for immoral purposes.
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Texarkana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnny Bailes
Shreveport
Bailes Brothers
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