Roosevelt for 44 and draft age to 18 provisions rise
Washington chatter links Roosevelt to a 1944 bid and a lowered draft age to 18 or 19 as Congress and war needs push. Reports note helium and dirigibles may aid Atlantic convoys while Germany promises propaganda on European women and French prisoners. Vivid details include mentions of Roosevelt salary talk, Panhandle helium plants, and a seven-toed Persian cat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
World Humanity
United States
Congress
Army
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaska
Europe
South America
Panhandle
Germany
Atlantic Seaboard
George W. Herald
Paris
American Mercury
Tack Dear Tack Portends Troubling Marriage Complication
A reader letter asks for advice about employing a married man to work on a farm while his wife handles part of the housework but excludes cooking. The note hints at domestic arrangements and continues on page 7.
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Wade Herrin
Air Corps
Miller Pharmacy
Herrin
Miller's
Canning Boom Predicted as Sugar Certificates Issued
The sugar rationing board began issuing canning certificates yesterday and was overwhelmed. Board members Grady Wilson Tom Seay and Rolla Cartwright stopped their work to assist, with Junior Welfare League volunteers joining to help daily. Certificates issued 12:30 to 6:30 each Tue Wed Thu Fri afternoon.
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Grady Wilson
Tom Seay
Rolla Cartwright
Junior Welfare League
Markets Dow Jones Stock Averages and New York Shares
Merrill Lynch report shows at 1 P.M. 30 Industrials down 100.72, 20 Railroads down 23.96, Utilities down 11.51, and overall stocks down 33.51. New York Stock Exchange listing includes numerous companies with mixed quotes such as Alleghany, L sock Steel, Am RolI Mill, Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Electric, Kennecott Copper, Packard, Pan American Airways, RCA, Sears Roebuck, Texaco, United Aircraft, Studebaker, and others with fractional declines and gains indicated alongside prior figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
A . M. Clone
Alleghany Lnd Steel
Allis Chalmers
Am Smelt & Ref
Am Zinc & Aa A
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Sia Borden
Budd Mfg Clan Ete
Calumet Hecla
Eeetee
Sia
Chrysler
Consol
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Co
Dogging Aircraft
General Electric
Gen Foods
Wen Motors
Greyhound Ussessoescasss
Houston Olyssese
Int Harvester Fa
Power & Pap
Kennecott Copper
Marshall Field Ot
Mid Cent Pet
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
BAG National Biscuit
New York Central Railway
North American Aviation
Ohio Ol
Packard
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
J C Penney
Penn BR
Phillips Pet
Plymouth
Evolution ideas formed on the Galapagos Islands
Darwin formed his ideas on evolution on the Galapagos Islands. The note mentions a development in scientific thought tied to Darwin and his observations during that voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Galapagos Islands
Freak Twister Wrecks Planes at Carlsbad
A freak twister at a private flying field in Carlsbad New Mexico damaged four planes last night with losses estimated in the thousands. No injuries were reported as nearby planes were left intact and the path of destruction was about thirty feet wide.
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Juanita Stark
Rnvers
Cleveland
Warner
Juanita
Amherst
Ohio
Los Angeles
John Adams
Polytechnic High
Warners
Beauty
June Millarde
June Caprice
Harry Millarde
June
New York City
Hollywood
James Cagney
George M. Cohan
Carlsbad
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Ant Actes
Berlin
Herr Hitler
France
Fuehrer
Otto Abetz
J. R. Havill
Trinidad, Colo
Zale
NEW York Stock Exchange
WU Tel
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Robert Taylor
America
Lu Ray
Windsor
Optometrist
Yaa AN Es LY
Carlsbad, N. M
May
Atlanta, Ga
O.K. Rubber Welding Process
Adkinson - Baker
Tyler
Louisiana
Fawkinson
Texaco Products
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