Arrest author of Fane linking yarn stirs wartime caution
Horace B. Murray Jr., 38, jailed on charges of wilfully making false reports to interfere with military operations. He claimed to be master of a torpedoed tanker Queen B or Queen Q, a tale told to Palm Beach reporters and investigated by Lt. Stinson before transfer to A US attorney for action. March 20 final hearing set before U S Commissioner Davis.
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Miami
Fla
Horace B. Murray
Murray
United States
Roger Edward Davis
Palm Beach
Naval
P. L. Stinson
Fort Lauderdale
Beer and coffee stocks released by WPB
The War Production Board freed canned beer and coffee it had frozen in February unless needed by wartime agencies. The decision implies government will not seize beer and coffee, making them available for civilian distribution. Canned hams remain held.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Lend-Lease Administration
Pearl Harbor Hero Identified as Borie Miller
The Pittsburgh Courier identifies Borie Miller, 22, of Waco Texas, as the Pearl Harbor hero cited in naval dispatches. Miller, a young mess attendant, manned a battleship machine gun during the Dec 7 attack and kept firing until his ammunition ran out.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Pearl Harbor
Pittsburgh Courier
National Negro Weekly
Borie Miller
Waco
Texas
Courier
Miller
Navy
Crowley Named Alien Property Custodian by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt designates Leo T. Crowley as alien property custodian with potential control over about 7 billion dollars of frozen assets. The move ends a dispute between Morgenthau and Biddle and transfers authority from the treasury to Crowley’s office, a branch of the Office of Emergency Management.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Leo T. Crowley
United States
Treasury Morgenthau
Biddle
Treasury
Crowley
Office of Emergency Management
Occupied China Excluded From Greater East Asia War
Nanking dispatch quotes Wang Ching-wei, head of the Japanese sponsored Chinese government, saying occupied China will not take part in the Greater East Asia conflict. The recording was by UP in San Francisco.
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Torio
San Francisco
Wang Ching-wei
China
Nanking
Doctor's Olive Tablets Claim to Improve Bile Flow
A historic ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate bile secretion and aid digestion for constipation and sluggish bile. It promotes relief from headaches and a tired feeling, urging readers to buy a box for 60 cents at all drugstores.
Wage proposal boosts grain handlers in milling sector
New York AP reports a 40 cent per hour minimum for grain handling and milling workers, affecting about 19 500 of 64 000 in the industry mainly in the South. A 21 member committee representing industry workers and the public recommended the change after two days study. Walling will schedule a public hearing to consider approval or disapproval of the recommendation.
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New York
L. Metcalfe Walling
Department of Labor
South
Walling
Professor Claims Man Energy Value Roughly One Cent Hourly
A professor argues that the average man provides energy at about one cent per hour, framing human labor in economic terms as a crude energy measure.
Roosevelt Seeks 11 Million More for Agriculture Dept
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 11.55 million dollars in additional funding for the Agriculture Department this fiscal year. The proposal allocates 5 million for forest fire prevention on public and private lands, 500 thousand for national forest protection and young growth care, 1.85 million for entomology and plant quarantine to fight pests, and 4.2 million to support planting of guayule and other rubber bearing plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
German inventor Robert A. Bosch dies at 80 in Stuttgart
German inventor and industrialist Robert A Bosch, age 80, founder of the Bosch firm, died Thursday in Stuttgart after a short illness. His company produced the well known Bosch magneto and other automotive machinery.
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Berlin
Robert A. Bosch
Bosch
Stuttgart
ANZACS' Joint Plan Of Defense Drafted
Supply Minister Daniel Sullivan said Australia and New Zealand formed a defense in depth plan at a war conference. The plan would be sent to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and calls for base building followed by an offensive against Japan. Sullivan, returning from the Australian conference with J G Coates, said the plan is ready for action.
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Wellington
N. Z
Daniel G. Sullivan
Australia
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Sullivan
Japan
J. G. Coates
Radio advertising outlays reach 200 million dollars in country
Advertisers spent about 200 million dollars on radio time in the last year, reflecting strong demand for broadcasting spots. The figure highlights radio as a major medium for marketing.
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