Women Do Keep Secret as Hoover Expands FBI Clerical Roles
Washington report details J. Edgar Hoover expanding female staff at the FBI. Thousands of women now replace draftable clerks, 80 percent of field clerks wear skirts, and women handle confidential indexing and teletype communications. Hoover backs enhanced firearms interest and indoor range access for G-girls.
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Helene Monberg
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
FBI
Selective Service
Hoover
Agency
J. J. McGuire
Nomura and Kurusu Return Home Rewarded by Emperor
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura and Saburo Kurusu arrived in Tokyo to find the emperor rewarding them with wine and delicacies for their conduct of Japanese American relations. They visited shrines and war dead, then met Prime Minister Tojo and top generals.
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Tokio
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Imperial Palace
Tojo
Sugjigaya
Army
Shimada
Nagano
Navy
Illinois Republicans Reject Willkie Postwar Policy Idea
At the Illinois GOP state convention in Springfield the platform calls for postwar commitments limited to world adjustments that sustain the republic. The move rejects Wendell Willkie s proposal for definite non isolationist guarantees. The party also endorses Senator C Wayland Brooks and his non interventionist stance noting Pearl Harbor solidified the nation and urging policy decisions after victory.
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Springfield
Illinois
U. S
G.O.P
Wendell Willkie
C. Wayland Brooks
Brooks
Tax Collector Faces Unexpected Visit in Kansas City
In the county collector's office Edward J. Nee paled as a woman handed him a tax bill then lowered a shotgun she claimed to have picked up at the repair shop on the way to the courthouse. She said it wasn't loaded.
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Kansas City
Edward J. Nee
Nee
Will Offer First Solemn High Mass At St. Ludmila’s
The Rev. Anthony B. Patik of Techny Illinois son of Mr and Mrs F T Patik will offer his first solemn high mass at St Ludmila s church Sunday at 10 am He was ordained at Holy Ghost chapel Techny August 15 by Auxiliary Bishop William D O Brien Chicago
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Anthony B. Patik
S.V.D
Techny, Ill
F. T. Patik
Wilson Avenue
St. Ludmila’s
Holy Ghost Chapel
Techny
William D. O’brien
Chicago
Japanese Student Question Agitates Nebraska University
Nebraska State University registration officials denied plans to bring Japanese students this fall while noting several American-born Japanese may seek admission. Registrar G W Rosenlof cited loyalty evidence, high scholarship, citizenship, and funding as four requirements for such students. The Japanese-American relocation council aids placement.
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United States
Iowan Killed in Army Glider Training Plane Crash
An Army Air Force glider training detachment student pilot Tech Sergeant Thomas F. Quinlan 27 from Los Angeles and civilian instructor R. P. McClure 25 of Des Moines were killed when a light trainer aircraft crashed 19 miles southeast of Aberdeen South Dakota. Lieutenant R. W. Voight said the crash occurred during a routine training flight and the cause is unknown.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Army Air Force Glider Training Detachment
Tech
Thomas F. Quinlan
Los Angeles
Calif
R. P. McClure
Des Moines
R. W. Voight
Phone Book Romance Ends in Wedding Cookie-cutter tale
In Los Angeles AP report Lieut. John M. Anderson a 21 year old army bombardier from Pontiac Michigan placed a finger on a church page in a telephone directory to choose Easter services. There he met Marjorie Ackerman also 21. The couple married on Thursday in a small wedding observed after their fateful directory choice.
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Los Angeles
John M. Anderson
Pontiac
Mich
Marjorie Ackerman
Willkie Urges Faith in Democracy to Win War
New York AP report quotes Wendell Willkie saying Americans lack of faith endangers the war. He contrasts American resolve with Axis dedication, warns against hope for victory by production alone, and calls for courage to prove the cause through belief and sacrifice.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
America
Moonshiners Urged to Donate Stills for Scrap Drive
Griffin Georgia moonshiners are asked to turn their stills over to the city salvage drive. Salvage Chairman W O Patterson appeals to shiners to show patriotism noting sugar rationing limits sugar for moonshine. No questions will be asked.
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Griffin, Ga
Griffin
Salvage
W. O. Patterson
Negro Soldier Kills Cop and Wounds MP in Macon
Macon police and more than 100 military police from Camp Wheeler searched the city block by block Friday for a Negro soldier who killed a policeman and wounded an MP sergeant on Thursday night. Police officer J. G. Favors and MP Sergeant Marvin Whitmire confronted the quarrel between soldiers and civilians when the gun was snatched from Whitmire and fired at them.
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Macon
Camp Wheeler
J. G. Favors
M. P. Sergt
Marvin Whitmire
Whitmire
Hhe
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Quinlan Symphony
Quinlan
Rayon
Martex
M. P
Bunny
Esmond Mills
Cedar Rapids
Merle E. Garmoe
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North Star
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