Army Orders Call For Standardized Arms Production
Washington AP The army was ordered to cut red tape and standardize weapons and materiel. A War Production Board memo by Donald Nelson and Robert Patterson urged simplified specifications, fewer models, and use of plentiful materials to speed mass production. Nelson also floated inviting Keller of Chrysler to join WPB in an advisory role. Keller’s health status may delay acceptance.
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Chrysler Corporation
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Linn County Supervisors Adopt Notice to Depart and Aid Cuts
Linn County Iowa officials met March 10 1942 approving a notice to depart for listed residents and authorizing refunds and tax suspensions. The board approved bids for bridges 1663 and 2213 and suspended 1940 and 1941 taxes for several properties while appointing Gladys Hauser as county treasurer cashier.
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Government Calling All Radio Operators
Walter C. Anawalt secretary of the local civil service commission ordered a broad search to fill radio operator posts. Examinations are open for assistant junior and under communications operators at salaries of 1620 1440 and 1260 yearly. Further information available at post office window No 6.
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Rates on War Loss Insurance Proposed by Commerce
Secretary of Commerce Jones proposed government war loss insurance rates starting at 10 cents per 100 dollars of coverage. The tentative rates accompany a bill authorizing up to 1 billion dollars for the program, amid changes requiring premium payments rather than free coverage up to 15 thousand dollars.
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Sidney Kent dies as head of Twentieth Century Fox
Sidney Kent, 55, president of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, died at home of a heart attack. He rose from a Lincoln Nebraska boiler stoker to a top film industry executive. The Hoangho river spans 2,600 miles, ranking as the world’s eighth longest river.
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