Army Denies Pacific Coast Jap Landing
San Francisco based Sixth Army rejected claims by Kenneth Hammaker that Japanese forces landed on the U S Pacific coast in November 1943. Hammaker cited an army source but the army said no hostile forces landed and suggested the reports referred to Western Defense Command maneuvers with troops in disguise.
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Kenneth Hammaker
OCD
Stockton
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Hammaker
California
Western Defense Command
Marin County
San Francisco Presidio
United States
Army
Coast War Maneuver Used Realistic Ocean Defense Drill
Police and civilian defense personnel cooperated in maneuvers described as entirely realistic. Shortwave listeners may have heard radio messages from defenders showing raider movements. Hammaker, ex Sacramento newspaperman, spoke at a 400-person San Joaquin county Young Democrats dinner about the staged landing to illustrate Pacific coast vulnerability during the war. he has resigned as OPA director for northern California and seeks a Congress seat in California's third district.
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Sacramento
San Joaquin County
Young Democrats Club
Pacific Coast
OPA
California
Congress
Coalition Party Defeats Pendergast in Kansas City Mayoral Race
In Kansas City the Coalition Party, formed six years ago to challenge the T. J. Pendergast machine, won its fourth election. Mayor-elect William E. Kemp defeated Robert K. Ryland by 63,756 to 51,896 as Tuesday’s voting concluded.
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Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast Democratic
William E. Kemp
Robert K. Ryland
Pendergast
Vargas Sues Esquire Over Varga Girl Credit Infringement
Alberto Vargas filed his second federal lawsuit against Esquire demanding damages of 200000 for an April issue image titled Esquire Girl instead of Varga Girl and for lacking a credit line. He seeks an injunction to stop Esquire from using twenty additional Vargas pictures.
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Chicago
Alberto Vargas
Esquire Magazine
Vargas
Esquire
Lawsuit Claims Esquire Owes Vargas Fifty Thousand
Vargas sues Esquire Inc for 50 000 alleging sketches delivered to the magazine and seeks contract voidance on grounds promises made by David Smart, president of Esquire Inc, violated terms. The suit was filed February 11.
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Vargas
Esquire
David Smart
Esquire, Inc
Rail arbitration boards finish hearings on wage demands
In Chicago testimony ended Tuesday as two arbitration boards studied wage demands from 18 railroad brotherhoods and unions against 134 class one railroads. They held joint hearings and planned to report a decision within a week. One board addressed operating employees and the other non operating workers.
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Chicago
Govt Breaking Faith with Vets, Stelle Charges
Detroit AP John Stelle national commander of the American Legion says the federal government is increasingly breaking faith with veterans. In a WJR Detroit radio address he cites disposal of surplus property and alleges deals off the bottom of the deck, claiming veterans get the deuces while others profit.
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Detroit
John Stelle
American Legion
Stelle
WJR
Veteran’s war material access limited despite priority claim
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that a veteran could buy only one ninth of war materials released, despite alleged priority claimed by the veteran. A Legion official comments on the disparity in access to supplies.
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Cedar Rapids
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Detroit Expected to Top 40,000 Civilian Vehicles This Week
DETROIT production of peacetime cars and trucks likely will exceed 40,000 units this week marking the first civilian output above that level since February 1942 when war halted civilian manufacture. Last week's output, according to AP, rose toward that threshold.
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Detroit
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