President Outlines Nine Personal Rights and 40 Hour Week
President Roosevelt sends a blueprint for postwar America outlining a nine point personal rights program and a 40 hour work week for all labor. Drafted by the National Resources Planning Board, the plan urges democratic participation in planning and links war aims to peace aims for the United States and its children.
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National Resources Planning Board
United States
Burglars Strip Tacoma Car of Radio and Fog Lights
Bernard Patterson reported to police that thieves stripped his car of a radio and driving lights, along with a horn, leaving the tires and spare intact. The incident occurred in Tacoma, Washington.
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Tacoma, Wash
Bernard Patterson
Actor and diplomat crossword clue puzzle item
A historical crossword style clue list references an actor who recently served as naval attache at a U S embassy in London and escaped from France. The puzzle includes numerous numbered across and down entries such as corrode hops kilns shift internal be carried a prayer surface ship which attacks convoys canvas shelters station etc.
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U. S
London
France
Hunt and Peck Typewriter Gone in Bright Neon Light
Reviewing Stand columnist Henry McLemore notes the shift from slow hunt and peck typing to bright neon lit rooms. He jokes about reporters writing at 25 words a minute with garbled humor and misprints. The piece playfully imagines Chaucer under neon glare in a modern newsroom.
Taught Him a Lesson in a Los Angeles Night
A columnist riffs on learning the touch system amid a city blackout in a playful Old English tone. The piece notes Los Angeles like a town with bold, lit signs, tourists, and a rooftop glow from nearby bars.
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Miami
Los Angeles
Herald
Blackout Night Reflections From A Miami Herald Room
An account from the Miami Herald describes the first blackout in the newsroom. Writers struggle to type in the dark and attempt to compose a column, illustrating the challenge of adapting to a blackout era.
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Notice of Will Probate in Linn County District Court
The notice declares that on January 28 1942 at 8 AM a document claimed as the Last Will and Testament of Adolf V Barta, deceased, will be heard in the District Court at the Cedar Rapids Iowa Court House for proof and admission of probate. Pred Chalupsky attorney dated Cedar Rapids January 14.
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Adolf V Barta
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Cedar Rapids
Iowe
Iowa
Blue Network Offered For Sale In Radio Shakeup
Chicago AP The Blue network formerly NBC Blue is up for sale to the right buyer. Mark Woods outlined a condition to keep the network intact and cue all affiliates. RCA through its subsidiary funds operations and aims to build the largest national network as a civil suit seeks sale of a NBC network.
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Blue Network
NBC Blue
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NBC
Blue
NBC Foreign News
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Army Officer Rapped U S Policy Is Court Martialed
Col. H C Kress Muhlen retiring Fifth Corps area officer faces an army court martial at Ft Hayes Ohio. Trial date not set. He has been confined at home since an address criticizing U S policy of sending military equipment abroad. He formerly commanded Hickam Field Honolulu, target of Japan's Dec 7 attack.
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Czech Population Not Easy For The Nazis To Control
News dispatch from New York notes posters in the Czechoslovakian protectorate warn against sabotage. A typical image shows a woman and child with a caption urging, Don’t ruin your family by sabotage, highlighting Nazi attempts to curb Czech resistance.
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New York
Czechoslovakian Protectorate
Protests Over Food Requisition at Vucov Met with Gunfire
Large crowds in Vucov and Car pathia protested food requisitioning when security forces opened fire dispersing marchers. Casualties and arrests were reported amid chaotic street clashes.
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Vucov
Carpathia
Nazi Order Threatens Death Over Winter Clothing Drive
Reported move by the Czechoslovak Nazi protectorate enforces a death penalty for interfering with German troops winter clothing collection. Earlier notes claimed poor turnout in clothing and ski drives. Soviet circles deny Slovak troop involvement at Donets. Slovak units pulled from front and held in camps in Slovakia on claims of Eastern Galicia deployment amid typhus. Russian sources say Germany halted Slovak active participation due to insubordination.
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Kuybishev
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Galitzia
Slovak Workers Shift to Industry Amid Shortage of Able Bodies
The Czechoslovak newspaper notes a wind of change as Slovak men and women increasingly enter industrial jobs while only about 15 percent of able-bodied men remain active in work or sport amid fears of the Nazi influence spreading in the ranks.
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Tam, Op
Medics Voice Speedup In TE Will Cut Standards
Chicago report says proposes speeding up medical training to increase physician supply for the forces. Editorial in the Uses can Medical association argues curricula could shorten the course while maintaining minimum standards. Students could be available for service before 1946, with no immediate gain from emergency measures.
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