Navy Recruit Must Master Many Tricks
Navy recruits must learn to move in darkness and confined ship spaces and locate all escape routes. Lt. Comdr. Armstrong, the morale officer, broadcasts from the bridge and dodges AA fire, while some sailors end up in Portsmouth naval prison as the navy balances discipline with public pressure.
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Navy
Atlantic Fleet
J. Gillespie Armstrong
St. ’S Episcopal Church
Ardmore
Portsmouth Naval Prison
Portsmouth
Congress
Boston Accent Islander Gives Lowdown From Yank
A Savannah War correspondent on Majuro Atoll recalls meeting a Boston accented native leader Michael Meddison who explained island life since December 7 1941 He describes limited war news from Japanese traders and a local sitdown strike affecting copra and island goods with a world weary view of the conflict. The tale blends humor and distant world knowledge amid post landing life on the atoll.
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Majueo Atoll
Marshall Islands
INS
Boston
New England
Michael Meddison
San Francisco
Italy
Mussolini
Poland
Meddison
Tokyo
Daily Lenten Devotional on Freedom and Service
Prepared by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America, this devotional urges liberty to be paired with servanthood. It envisions golden inscriptions on government domes and state houses, urging self-control, shared governance, grace, and obedience to divine order as central to true freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America
Capitol
Washington
Prayer fragment closes letter with blessing and Amen
A short prayer fragment ends a letter praising freedom and blessings. The closing invokes God and concludes with Amen, signaling a devotional close to the text.
Labor-Management Mutual Aid Treaty Urged by Johnston
Boston report quotes President Eric A. Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce urging a non aggression and mutual assistance pact between labor and management to keep both in good standing with the government. He lists seven deadly sins as labor faults including arbitrary union refusals fines union meetings and strikes and picket line violence.
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Boston
LLP
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
No Immediate Sugar Ration Cut, OPA Says
Washington AP report says no immediate cut in family sugar rations is planned. five pound stamp 30 and stamp 31 will remain valid with indefinite duration and advance notice before expiration. Industrial curtailment begins April 1 but will not affect bread cereals paste products or baking mixes allocations. Medicines and pharmaceuticals will keep current industrial allotment about 80 percent of 1941 level.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
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John A. Moroso
By d’Allessio
Yank
William C. Harris
Savannah
Champlin
Patsaione Pontects
Enid, Oklahoma
J Champlin
Champlin Reseing Co
God
I Peter
Dr. Atkins
Johnston
Ent
Canada
Pillsbury’s
Pillsbury's
Copia
Shaggy Tuft
Jenny Lind
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