Critical U. S. Shortages In Arms Listed
Washington reports critical shortages in guns tanks and other defense equipment with war department figures indicating procurement lags and insufficient housing and clothing for new soldiers. Rep Van Zandt cites August 1 stocks and three month totals showing little or no additions in anti aircraft guns large Howitzers mortars small arms and tanks.
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Washington
Ins
War Department
Congressional
van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Guards
Pennsylvanian
LaGuardia Names ex Mayor Walker to Cloak Industry Post
New York Mayor LaGuardia selected former mayor James J. Walker for the chairman’s post of the cloak industry. The appointment came Thursday night during a flight from Washington to New York where LaGuardia announced the decision and the terms of the plum $20,000 a year position.
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NEW York
F. H. LaGuardia
James J
Jimmie” Walker
Washington
laGuardia
New York Cloak Industry
New chairman sought for Coat and Suit Workers dispute
The organized Coat and Suit Workers and their employers asked for a chairman to settle differences at a salary of 20 900 dollars yearly for three years. Walker had resigned the mayoralty eight years earlier when Franklin D Roosevelt governed New York.
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Coat and Suit
Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Arbitration Board End Milk Dispute With Chicago Ruling
A four month dispute involving 4400 union milk drivers and 25 dealers ends after a three man arbitration board rules. The decision cuts 14 hours from the work week and $426 from weekly pay, establishes a new contract base, raises hourly wage from 74 to 81 cents, and sets a 54 hour week versus 84. Both sides accept the ruling.
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Chicago
Msgr
Dennis J. Dunne
Paul Potter
Association
Thomas Haggerty
Young Kelsie and Barbery Kent Drama in a Restaurant
A young woman, Kelsie, navigates a fragile romance with Barbary Kent amid family pressure and social scrutiny. Page Tolman’s engagement to Minnie Baer is revealed, while Kelsie’s father Cole Wright struggles with drink and respectability. Timothy Paget voices neighborhood concerns about young girls and propriety.
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Kassie Weisht
Caledine
Grandma
Pogets
Em Paris
Wricht
Fang
Matt
Dery
Werle
Page Tolman
Kelsie
Robin
Anna
Loria
Metzger’s
Barbary
Chung
Ketsie
Minnie Baer
Minnie
Page
Evan
Kent
Timothy Paget
Wrights
Annie Wright
Cole Wright
Cole
Timothy
Mr. Wright
Reba
Farm Life and Housing Talk Amid Superintendent Job Ambitions
A lingering dialogue images farm living as ideal while a superintendent job is discussed. Paget cheers the perks of free rent milk laundry gas electricity and a telephone. The tone suggests tenant relations and compensation contrasts in wartime housing.
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Ian
Timothy Paget
Weygand Escapes Injury in Plane Accident at Limoges
French defense minister Maxime Weygand escaped injury when his airplane had an accident at Limoges during an inspection of the army. The incident occurred Friday while he toured military facilities in Vichy.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
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Spry
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Lydia
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Con Hillbrunner
First Street
Inuqus Service Music Co
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