Shortage Hinders Airplane Output At Martin Plant
Baltimore May 8 The Glenn L Martin Company faces material shortages that threaten to cap output at about four times last year’s level despite a quadruple to quintuple rise in plant tools and payroll. President Glenn L Martin notes A 1 D priority ratings still favor other weapons. labor is abundant with 300 to 1,500 daily applicants and training of new workers, including 4,500 women on the floor with 3,000 more to come.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Glenn L. Martin
Martin
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Pastor of Bexar County Jail Receives Life for 1941 Slaying
James M. Alford 27 known as the pastor of Bexar County jail was executed for bludgeoning San Antonio salesman R. L. Agnew in 1941. Alford read scripture in prison and handed a Bible to accomplice Emiliano Benavidez before his death. Rupert serves life for the crime. San Antonio sheriff reports.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Huntsville
U.P
James M. Alford
Emiliano Benavidez
Alford
Benavidez
R. L. Agnew
Alf
Tual
Agnew
Jack Rupert
Austin
Rio Grande Val
California
Rupert
Coke Stevenson
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Air power to shape two-ocean presence through fast ships and flying boats
The speaker argues for lightweight, fast vessels and expanded air power using planes and flying boats like Mars to project force quickly across oceans. He notes battleships are vulnerable to air attack and envisions concentrating destructive power in either ocean within days.
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Mars
Classad notices and requests from Tack letters page
A collage of help wanted and personal notices: job seek ers include a day shift worker, a nurse, an ex pert college graduate, a truck driver with licenses, a practical nurse, and a middle aged house keeper seeking home em ployment. Also a pup needing a home and a $20 bill lost near Heaths furniture store.
Air Corps Heroes Are Decorated in Hawaii Defense
May 8 report from Honolulu notes Lieut Samuel W. Bishop of Brownsville Texas received the silver star for bravery in the December 7 defense of the Hawaiian Islands. Lieut Elmer P. Rose of Bussey Louisiana and Sergeant Henry G. Sanders of Braddock Pennsylvania were awarded the purple heart. Bishop was among three fliers who tried to take off from Bellows Field during the attack, one killed on the ground, another after lift off. Bishop flew, was shot down, landed at sea, and swam ashore despite a broken leg.
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Honolulu
Samuel W. Bishop
Brownsville
Tex
Air Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Bishop
Elmer P. Rose
Bussey
Henry G. Sanders
Braddock
Texas
Bellows’ Field
Canines Help Fund Rowley Library Donations
Rowley Massachusetts residents donate proceeds from dog tied events and dog reliant fundraisers to the town library. Trustees hope the effort will boost purchases of best selling fiction and children's books this year.
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Ager
Sen
Ant
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