American Push Sparks Newfoundland Base Job
Newfoundland residents describe the American base project at Quidi Vidi near St. John’s. The 400 acre site will host administrative offices warehouses and barracks with plans for a joint Canadian American airport to support military training and operations. Locals describe housing shortages and higher living costs as thousands of Americans move in.
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Tracy Richardson
NEA
Aidi Vidi
Newfoundland
Uncle Sam
Quidi Vidi
US Army
England
St. John’s Harbor
St John’s Proper
Canada
Argentia
St. John’s
St. John's
Alabama
Conference Proposed To Draft National Economic Constitution
Washington a federal monopoly committee member urged Congress to convene leaders from business labor farming and consumer groups to draft a national economic constitution The four point plan calls for national charters for national business stricter anti trust enforcement incentives and new business loans plus a national conference of leaders to align public thought and action
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Washington
ULP
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Federal Monopoly Committee
Congress
O'Mahoney
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin Ad
Constipation and stomach upset blamed on lazy bowels. The ad urges Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin for gentle relief, noting doctors' use of pepsin in prescriptions and its pleasant taste for children. Buy at your druggist today.
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Dr. Caldwell
ICC approves split of Minneapolis and St. Louis Rail
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves a revised plan to divide the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, splitting the receiver company into two units the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Corporation. Each will buy assigned lines and be wholly owned by the new company. The commission also allows borrowing 4 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
48 Hour Week Ordered On Defense Construction
The War Department announced a 48 hour work week on defense construction projects. The order covers defense build sites including airports access roads and building programs at army and navy posts.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
Defense
Army
Navy
Notice of Probate Will in Linn County Iowa
In the District Court Linn County Iowa notice is given that on March 17 1941 at 8 am a document purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Hiram Wesley Stankard will be heard for proof and admission to probate. Cedar Rapids Iowa March 10 Edwin W Lundquirt Clerk District Court Carl Wendrickeon Attorney.
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Frobate
Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Hiram Wesley Stankard
Cedar Rapide
No Proposals Sought By Czech Skater
Vera Hruba the Czechoslovak figure skater faced deportation but will not marry to gain citizenship. Though 2,600 proposals arrived, she declined, aiming to attain citizenship without matrimony. A preexamination in Chicago allowed her to leave and reenter under the quota.
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Kansas City
Vera Hruba
Hruba
Texas
Immigration Department
Washington
United States
Chicago
Fred J. Schlatfeldt
United States Naturalization Bureau
Taft says low earners would pay 15 to 20 percent taxes
New York AP taft asserts that individuals earning under ten thousand dollars annually would contribute 15 to 20 percent of their income in taxes to finance current governmental programs. He warned at the Ohio Society of New York meeting that the policy could destroy the free enterprise system.
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New York
Robert A Taft
Ohio
The
Ohio Society of New York
Button collectors rise at the public library new titles cited
The library features Old But Tons and Their Values by Lorraine Olson for button collectors with price guides and appraising tips. Other new books include Battle for Asia by Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China, Behind God's Back by Negley Farson, and Gems and the Man by Justina Hill.
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Lorraine Olson
Mothers of America
Asia
Edgar Snow
Red Star
China
Mr. Snow
Daily Herald
British Empire
Negley Farson
Africa
Europe
Tanganyika
Justina Hill
Johns Hopkins University Book Notes and New Reads
The article surveys recent works for general readers. It highlights Constance J. Foster’s The Attractive Child and Elizabeth Corbett’s Out at the Soldiers' Home. It also discusses Jan Struthers Mrs Miniver and Glass Blower and Other Poems, plus John Erskine's Casa nova's Women and related readings.
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Constance J. Foster
Elizabeth Corbett
Wisconsin
Jan Struthers
Casanova
Venice
Rome
Paris
E. H
Jealous Husband Sought As Slayer
Chicago police sought Walter Appelt a 32 year old insurance collector as the killer who fired nine shots from a .22 rifle killing Joseph R Lorenz a 47 year old chemical engineer on a sidewalk near his apartment hotel. Wanita Appelt thirty two reported she had been keeping company with Lorenz and planned to divorce her husband.
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Chicago
Joseph R. Lorenz
Lorenz
Walter Appelt
Appelt
Wanita
Gideons to Supply 5 Million Bibles to Armed Forces
National Gideons headquarters announced that it will deliver 5,000,000 Bibles to the army and navy over the next four years. The move, described as the largest Scripture order in Christian history, follows a Chicago dispatch.
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Chicago
The
Gideons
Travelers Organization
Army
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St. John's Harbor
ICC
Edwin W. Lundquirt
Carl “Wendrickeon
George Clark
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Plymouth Division
Bewee
C.B.S
Thoredeys
Johns Hopkins University
May
DRUC
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Iow
Hershey’s
le Rto
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Vigoro
Wright
Korey
KOTEX
Pater
LUX Soap Flakes
May's Price
Libe Polident
Dance
Ite Hill
Bowe Ean
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