New War Work Plan Placed in Effect in Town
The Stanley plan will be permanently operated across the Chicago region including Illinois Indiana Iowa and southern Wisconsin. WPB regional director Joseph Overlock ordered the rollout after weeks of trials with Chicago area plants. James S Stanley arrived to help inaugurate the system, while a rival plan by Walter Wheeler surfaces in New England.
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Washington
Chicago
Walter H. Wheeler
WPB
New England
Stanley
Wheeler
Runners Must Supply Finish Line Tape in France Meets
The French commissariat of sports ruled that runners must bring their own finish line tape at future track meets. Officials freed meet sponsors from furnishing yarn due to textile shortages.
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Vichy
Commissariat of Sports
Pelley Loses NC Appeal Over Suspended Sentence
North Carolina Supreme Court rejects William Dudley Pelleys appeal challenging a two to three year prison term for violating a suspended sentence. Pelleys 1935 Asheville securities case stemmed from Pelley Publishers Inc. earlier counts included a $1000 fine and probation conditions for stock offerings in Silver Shirt literature. He faces federal sedition charges tied to publishing activities in Indiana.
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Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina Supreme Court
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of America
Pelley
Darien
Buncombe County
N. C
North Carolina
Pelley Publishers, Inc
Asheville
Cuba Arrests Two Suspected of Aid To Axis U-Boats
Two men were arrested in Havana on orders of army intelligence investigators for allegedly supplying Axis submarines in the Caribbean. Felix Baquero of Santiago de Cuba and Nicolas Deutsch of Antilla, both connected to schooners believed used to carry fuel and supplies to enemy subs.
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Havana
INS
Caribbean
Army
Felix Baquero
Santiago de Cuba
Nicolas Deutsch
Antilla
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Sayer
Seav
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Uncle Sam
Chest OF Drawers
Ers
Smulekoff
Armstrong
Adirondack
Iowa
Smulekoffs Cor
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