U S Engineers To Help China Build Factories
Hollywood figure John Garfield leads a Western relief drive to send American engineers to China to boost war production. The plan includes motor repair stations along the Burma road and expanding small, efficient factories moved inland. The effort aims to raise 5 million dollars and sustain 3,000 midget industries already operating.
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New York
China
Orient
John Garfield
Hollywood
Dave Selznick
National United China Relief Committee
Garfield
Burma Road
United China Relief Campaign
Brazil Builds Defense Railways To Link Ports With Inland Cities
Rio de Janeiro notes U S defense experts assist Latin nations in rapid surveys of South American defenses. Combined armies may total under two million for 125 million citizens with about 1 200 planes and 175 ships. Brazil is strongest in defense yet vast and vulnerable due to its size.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
South America
U. S
New York
England
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Pacific
Vargas
National Department of Railways
U.S
Rges
Bolivia
Santos
Arica
Chile
Paraguay
Rio Grande
Argentina
Uruguay
B. A
Peru
Panama
Canal Region
Pan- Air Lines
Condor Line
Condor
Rio
Rome
Ranger sheep wagon post office ends its days in North Dakota
The Ranger post office near the Little Missouri valley, established in 1912 and famed as the smallest outpost, will close this summer as mail service moves to Bowman 40 miles away. The sheep wagon’s wheels were removed and a post office inspector once felt a tremor while inspecting it.
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Fargo
N. D
United States
Bowman
North Dakota
Hanger
Sam
Little Missouri River
Ranger
Bowman County
West
Army ends casual Hello greetings in war time calls
Washington reports the army will streamline its telephone service in 1955. Officers will no longer instruct clerks to connect and wait for ten minutes. They will personally place calls and stay on the line until the party is connected.
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Washington
New England
U.S. Army
War Department
Hess Loyalist Hess and Nazi Flight Stir Washington News
The piece recalls Rudolf Hess’s flight to Britain and Adolf Hitler’s leadership as seen from a 1939 Washington perspective. It notes reaction near the White House, convoy protests, and Hess’s loyalty to Hitler, with reflections on letters to Congress influencing debate and Keynes urging wartime finance.
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WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
White House
Capitol Hill
Scotland
Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Berlin
Nazi Party
Herr Goering
Herr Goebbels
Britain
Germany
France
Poland
Kroll Opera House
Reichstag
Goering
St. Bernard
Fuehrer-to-be
Mosquito Threat Near Defense Plant Sparks Water Fire Guard
FBI reports describe a near disaster at a defense plant where 100 barrels held water to guard against fire. Five gallons of oil were poured onto the water in each barrel to deter mosquitoes, creating a potential ignition risk.
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FBI
Defense labor shortage threat and training projections
Bankhage notes a labor shortage in defense industries while authorities warn of threats. Commissioner John Studebaker predicts 1,000,000 people will be trained for defense occupations by June 30, 1941. Through January 1, 1941, about 325,000 have been trained or are in training.
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Washington
John Maynard Keynes
Keynes
John Studebaker
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Nazi Germany
Baukhage
National Farm
Home Hour
Senate
Capitol
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Daniel F. O’brien
Huneral Home
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Hancock
Cambridge
Harvard Bazar
Edward J. Donahue
Massachusetts Ave
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Theron Gate
Carver St
Boston
Boylston St
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Joseph F. Higgins Co., Inc
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Chas. H. Fisher & CO
Brookline Street
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Clark & Reid CO
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