Answers to Vet Surplus Deal Queries
A summary of veteran preference for surplus property notes eligibility for active veterans after Sept 16 1940 and World War II, with no regard to length of service or combat. It explains disposal agencies sales, credit options, and limits on property use. The piece also briefly mentions Busse and instrument mutes in a separate anecdote.
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Associated Press
United States
Congress
War Plants Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
SWPC
U S Clerics in Japan Seek Foundation for Peace
A deputation of American Protestant churchmen arrived in Tokyo to lay spiritual foundations for lasting peace between the United States and Japan. They stressed the visit was not tied to the occupation, but approved by President Truman, General MacArthur, and the State Department. The group said Japanese church leaders welcomed the effort.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
State Department
Busse Plans Invention Mute For Policeman's Ball
Henry Busse, head of a band to perform at the Memorial Coliseum on November 12 for the Policeman's ball, is the inventor of the mute used in brass instruments. The metal gadget fits the end of trombones and trumpets to produce the soft sound, and Busse once toured with a nine piece band across the country.
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Busse
Henry Busse
Memorial Coliseum
Tiger Woman Remains Calm After Husband's Death
Winnie Ruth Judd learned of her husband William Craig Judd's death in Los Angeles and remained composed in her Arizona State Hospital cell. She asked that funeral plans be handled by her Los Angeles brother Burton McKinnell, while officials doubted she could attend the funeral due to legal hurdles. Judd had murdered her two Phoenix roommates in 1931 and disposed of the bodies in trunks and a hatbox.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
William Craig Judd
Los Angeles
Burton McKinnell
Charles E. Clark
How Military Training Plan Would Be Run
About one million U S youths would enter annual universal military training under President Truman. 18 to 20 year olds and cooperating 17 year olds would train, with 200000 physically disqualified. Training would be staged quarterly with a separate trainee force run by army and navy officers, civilians cooking and clerical work, unique dress, and different discipline and pay.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Reserve
National Guard
Actress Ann Dvorak Files Divorce Suit
Los Angeles AP reports film actress Ann Dvorak says her husband Screen Director Leslie Fenton deserted her on September 1 1944 and she filed a divorce suit seeking to end the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Ann Dvorak
Leslie Fenton
New British Barons Bolster Banks of Labor
King George created seven baronies to strengthen Labor representation in the House of Lords. Admiral Edward R. G. Evans who served in World War I as Evans of the Broke is among the new peers noted for his polar explorations and naval heroism. Other appointees include Robert S. T. Chorley, Alexander D. Lindsay, Robert C. Morrison, George Muff, and Robert.
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London
House of Lords
Edward R. G. R. Evans
Evans
Broke
Swift
Robert S. T. Chorley
London University
Alexander D
Lindsay
Balliol College
Oxford University
Robert C. Morrison
Labor
Commons
George Muff
Robert
Attlee Grants Seven Peerages to Strengthen Lords
A Downing Street statement announces seven gentlemen awarded peerages to bolster Labour in the House of Lords. The measure—saying not political honors but state policy—aims to ensure government business is dispatched with efficiency.
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Clement R. Attlee
Labor
House of Lords
Supper House
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No. 10
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