War Damage Insurance Up In U S War Effort
Secretary Jesse H. Jones announced that the War Damage Corporation insured U S property against enemy attack for 50 to 100 billion dollars. The government owned company has about 3.5 million policies and $100 million in premiums with large coverage for AT&T and U S Steel. Most policies span coastal regions where enemy damage risk is highest.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
War Damage Corporation
United States
Jones
Treasury
American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Markets and Livestock Prices From Kansas City and Chicago
Market news reports Merrill Lynch stock indices at 11 P M and Kansas City and Chicago livestock sales for September 3. Hogs, cattle, and sheep show varied demand with hogs up to 14.30 and cattle mostly steady to weak. sheep and lambs mixed with regional price ranges and loads of feeder steers and yearlings noted.
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Kansas City
Texas
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Fall's Second Chill Brings 6 Degree Morning
The bureau reports a second fall like morning with temperatures at six degrees. Earlier in the month a 55 degree low was recorded. Cool, clearing weather continues today and tonight as drizzle eases and conditions improve.
Soviet Front Holds Back German Drive Near Stalingrad
Soviet reports say troops withdrew to new positions while artillery and infantry defend. German thrusts northwest of Stalingrad pressed, Kretskaya sector saw tank-supported attacks repelled. Red Star notes retreat near Novorossiysk as three key objectives Stalingrad Novorossiysk and Grozny face peril.
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Stalingrad
Kretskaya
Adolf Hitler
Volga
Novorossick
Grozny
Army Organ
Red Star
Roosevelt Speech Outlines Postwar Jobs Plan
The President urged government responsibility to provide work for all willing to work after the war. He warned against repeating postwar domestic economic chaos and insisted returning servicemen must have opportunities rather than face renewed hardship.
Roosevelt Defends Youth Amid World War Dialogue
President argues for a world civilization uniting Asia Europe and the Americas while praising embattled youth in Russia and China. He condemns Axis propaganda and notes Allied youth purpose, contrasting Nazi and Japanese broadcasts with U S resolve for tomorrow’s generations. Alaska benefits from strong express and mail links and Army Signal Corps radio service.
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America
United States
Roosevelt
Russia
China
Asia
Europe
Americans
Axis Radio
Nazi
Paris
France
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Japan
United Nations
Alaska
U. S. Army Signals Corps
Soldier Fosters Thumb Ride With Queen Mary
Corporal Ora A Foster of Rochester Michigan, first to thumb a ride with Queen Mary, recalls the unexpected trip in a British Isles camp dispatch. He describes meeting two ladies and a British colonel, receiving a good luck charm marked with M. R., and expresses pride in the experience and his homecoming.
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British Isles
Queen Mary
Air Force
Educated Chicken Linked to Mrs Bailey on Maryland Street
Mrs Bertie Bailey of 315 Maryland Street owns an educated chicken noted for laying marked eggs. Most eggs bear the V symbol with letters, a detail highlighted in the brief report.
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Bertie Bailey
Maryland Street
Franco replaces Serrano Suner as Foreign Minister
A Madrid dispatch reports Generalissimo Franco removed Ramon Serrano Suner from the post of Foreign Minister and named General Francisco Gomez Jordana, previously head of the state advisory council, to replace him.
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Berlin
Madrid
Generalissimo Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Francisco Gomez Jordana
State Advisory Council
Four Prisoners Transferred to Penitentiary
Four prisoners were moved from Potter County jail to Childress and then to the penitentiary. They are Paul Jacobs serving two years for forgery, W J Keating two years for burglary, Eugene Wooley two years for swindling, and Fred Phillips two years for burglary.
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Potter County
Childress
Paul Jacobs
W. J. Keating
Eugene Wooley
Fred Phillips
Buff Orpington Hen Featured in Local Poultry Display
A Buff Orpington hen about a year old is shown with eggs marked by several letters indicating New Deal influence. The exhibit is connected to W. Col. Edwin Drake, who drilled the first oil well at Titusville, Pennsylvania, on August 27, 1859.
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Edwin Drake
Titusville
Priority Clinic Set for September 14 Meeting for Publishers
The War Production Board analyst Wayne H. Bovee schedules a 10 o clock morning conference on September 14 with publishers printers and engravers. The event replaces the previously announced date and refers to Order M 99 about obsolescence.
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Amarillo
Wayne H. Bovee
War Production Board
Chambers of Commerce to host priority problem discussions
An afternoon session will feature expert across-the-desk talks on priority problems. Both the conference and the discussions occur in the Chamber of Commerce offices with arrangements to accommodate interested participants.
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Lete
Chamber of Commerce
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