Midwest Little Fellows Flock to Defense Clinic
More than a thousand small business men flocked to an OPI defense production clinic in Chicago seeking subcontracts from 150 prime contractors. Officials warned that many small manufacturers risk extinction without work while the event drew registrants from several midwestern states and beyond.
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Chicago
Midwest
OPM
Ilinois
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve District
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
American ship construction overtakes Allied sinkings
Rear Admiral Emory S Land, retired, head of the U S maritime commission, said American shipbuilding now matches Allied shipping losses in Europe. He toured California yards in San Pedro and Long Beach and predicted production would exceed six million tons yearly to stay ahead.
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San Pedro
Calif
Emory S Land
U. S. Maritime Commission
Welsch Conducts Speech Clinics In Iowa Towns
Professor J Dale Welsch head of Coe college speech dept conducts speech clinics in Iowa towns this week with county health service and county superintendents of schools. He has held clinics for five years in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas and aims to identify speech impediments and correction methods.
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J. Dale Welsch
Coe College
Iowa
Albia
Creston
Leon
Corydon
County Health Service
Professor Welsch
Cedar Rapids
Vichy Bans Jalopy on French Roads
The Vichy government issued a decree banning all pre-1925 automobiles from roads in unoccupied France to conserve gasoline.
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VICHY
France
Naples Raid By RAF Five Hours Leaves Fourteen Dead
British planes raided Naples for five hours killing 14 people and wounding 27 as incendiaries and explosives caused heavy damage. The communique also noted raids on Catania Acireale in Sicily with one plane shot down and casualties. Further raids on Benghazi Libya reported eight killed and seven wounded among the native population.
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Rome
Naples
High Command
Catania
Acireale
Sicily
Benghazi
Libya
British RAF strikes and Axis bombardments across Europe
British bomber raids hit Bremen while Stuka dives pounded a southeast English coast town. Italian and German air forces shot down two British aircraft near Tobruk as Italian planes bombed La Valletta. RAF coastal command targeted Aarhus harbor and fuel stores. A Berlin note claimed Allied raids caused civilians deaths with limited military damage.
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Tobruk Front
la Valletta
Mediterranean Island
Malta
London
INS
Bremen
R.A.F. Coastal Command
Aarhus
Denmark
Berlin
France
Holland
Stork Visits George Jessels as Wife Gives Birth
Lois Andrea Jessel, 17 year old wife of comedian George Jessel, welcomed a baby girl in Hollywood weighing six pounds 12 ounces. The birth occurred on Wednesday, announced by the couple.
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Hollywood
Lois Andrews Jessel
George Jessel
Former California show girl and baby Jerilynn doing well
Dr Joseph Harris reports the former California show girl and her baby Jerilynn are recovering well. Automobiles use 89 percent of gasoline and 59 percent of lubricants. In Modesto California Mrs Margaret C Munns of the WCTU criticizes liquor ads for hurting national morale.
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California
Jerilynn
Joseph Harris
W.C.T.U
Modesto
Calif
Margaret C. Munns
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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