U S Pilot Wins The 20 Bucks Race To The Mosque
Two American pilots Lt Edward A Torren and Lt William B Whisonant agreed the first to shot down or captured would pay the other $20. Torren was shot down August 19 near Dieppe and the squadron sent a card to Whisonant. In Washington the 900 cast members of Irving Berlin show This is the Army were hosted at the White House by President and Mrs Roosevelt.
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London
Edward A. Torren
Phoenix
Ariz
William B. Whisonant
Vineland
N. J
England
Torren
Dieppe
Irving Berlin
Willkie Returns From World Tour To Report To Roosevelt
Wen dell L Willkie leaves Chungking for Washington to brief President Roosevelt on his tour across the Middle East, Russia, and China.
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Willkie
Chungking
U.P
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Washington
Roosevelt
Middle East
Russia
Retailers' War Problems Highlighted By Commerce Study
A Commerce Department study led by Charles C. Fichtner warns 2,000,000 small retailers face shrinking civilian goods, price ceilings, and labor shortages as war demand grows. It projects steep declines for auto, appliance, hardware, and apparel outlets, with some gains in liquor, food, and dining sectors, and notes small independents lose inventory leverage versus chains.
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Department of Commerce
Charles C. Fichtner
Senate Special Committee
Fichtner
Change Ahead for War Economy as Czar Byrnes Leads Controls
A new era begins under James F. Byrnes with a White House office directing wartime economic controls. Rents and prices are frozen, travel may be rationed, and a nationwide rubber and fuel plan looms. Businesses face uncertainty, but stocks rise amid inflation fears and potential sales taxes.
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Leon Henderson
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Eastman
Jeffers
Washington
War Labor Board
Senate
Congress
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Dow-Jones
Stalingrad
Aleutians
American Iron and Steel Institute
Amarillo
Dun and Bradstreet
Eugene Jordan Called by Navy for Active Duty
Lieut. Eugene Jordan of the United States Navy Reserve is ordered to report to San Francisco on November 2 for active service replacing his post as Assistant Potter County Attorney. Known locally for Elks Club and the Young Democratic Party, Jordan credits the commission to years of study and community work.
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Eugene Jordan
DVP
United States Navy Reserve
Potter County
San Francisco
Gene Jordan
Panhandle
Elks Club
Young Democratic Party
the Elks
Jordan
Soldiers To See Theater Play Ever Since Eve at Municipal Auditorium
A USO sponsored soldier performance of the Little Theatre production Ever Since Eve will be staged this afternoon at 4 o clock in the Municipal Auditorium. The three act comedy by Colin Clements and Florence Ryserson follows Johnny Clover, a typical American boy, as he grows up. Oma Link Rowley directed the piece, originally for the Crippled Children’s Benefit, and the cast includes John Raynolds Patsy Dunan Ginger Owens Denny Plumley Margaret Dowse Leo Wilmeth Jr Mrs J W Lee Paul Organ Paul Olson Bette Burgess and Grady Fox.
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Little Theatre
USO
Municipal Auditorium
Colin Clements
Florence Ryserson
Johnny Clover
Oma Link Rowley
Little Theater
Harold Nichols
John Raynolds
Patsy Dunan
Ginger Owens
Denny Plumley
Margaret Dowse
Leo Wilmeth, Jr
Conscientious Objectors Assigned to New York Hospitals
Selective Service officials reveal that conscientious objectors are being assigned to New York hospitals to fill nonprofessional shortages. The experiment, still limited, has shown promise with objectors serving as orderlies and in kitchens without religious scruples interfering with duties.
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New York
U.P
Selective Service
Texas Co-eds Endure Commando Training at UT
More than 100 University of Texas co-eds undertake a "commando" style training nearly matching the men’s program with obstacle courses, track work, and calisthenics. About five percent of women volunteered for the course designed to build strength and agility for future war jobs.
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Austin
U.P
University of Texas
Leah Gregg
Sabotage Reported in Belgium On German Frontier
Reuters dispatch datelined on the German Frontier cites La Region Noire reporting heavy sabotage at Malines Belgium rail and factory hub. More than 100 youths aged 13 to 18 were arrested by Nazi forces as hostages. The text notes a separate unrelated fact about the kingfisher bird not being a swimming bird.
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Belgium
London
Reuters
la Region Noire,” Today Asaying
Malines
Gems of Thought on Virtue and Self Mastery
A collection of quotations from Thomson Pope Ruskin Mary Baker Eddy and others on self discipline virtue and inner strength. The excerpt urges conquering faults, seeking virtue, and responding to criticism through conscience and calm.
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James Thomson
Alexander Pope
John Ruskin
Mary Baker Eddy
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