Linn County Rural Schools Add First Aid To Curriculum
Superintendent Walter Shupp outlines Linn county rural schools expanding reading writing and arithmetic with first aid and safety first. Over 100 of 127 teachers completed Red Cross first aid, with classes run by Red Cross and AAA traffic safety posters guiding pupil instruction weekly.
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Nadine Subotnik
Linn County
Mr. Shupp
Linn
Red Cross
A E. A. Millikin
Red Cross First Aid
Central City
Center Point
Junior
AAA
The
Charlie Michel
West of Marion
Gazette Hamblin
Marie Booth
Third Avenue SE
Center
Lone Willow
Hawkeye Downs
Donald Bizek
Janet Wessale
War of Supply Drives South Pacific Clash Early
An advanced U.S. air base in the South Pacific frames a vast supply and reinforcement battle. Marines on Guadalcanal push from the island’s brush as Japanese armor and ships threaten. Pilots face brutal weather while Nimitz Arnold inspect routes and plan Solomon Islands operations.
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U. S
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Solomons
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Henry H Arnold
Army Air Force
United States
Nimitz
Bomber Recounts Dawn Raid Against Zeros
In a wartime account the pilot notes taking off at 7 a.m. and attacking at meal time. He describes flying between clouds, spotting about 60 Zero fighters on the ground, and dropping bombs along the row. He returns home through a storm, hands blistered after muscle‑straining work. Recon reports show a mass of planes burned at the airdrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buka Passage
Senate debate seeks civilian manpower agency nationwide census
Sen. Pepper urges a central civilian agency and a nationwide census to map man power supplies to avoid relying on army and selective service control. He cites postwar worker migration and calls 1940 data outdated. Congress plans hearings on four manpower bills including Taft pool and Hill blanket authority. Manpower Director McNutt to testify Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Army
Selective Service
Reynolds
D-N.c
Military Affairs Committee
Sens
Bilbo
D-Miss
Austin
R-Vt
Taft
Ohio
Hill
Dala
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Wartime Blamed for Jump in Delinquency
Kansas City police report a surge in youth crime amid wartime shifts. Police Chief Harold Anderson links 17 year olds delinquency rising 107 percent in the past year to wartime conditions with more mothers working and greater child freedom. Delinquency also climbs for 18 19 and 20 year olds by 46 72 and 64 percent respectively.
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Kansas City
Harold Anderson
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