Unified command eyed for U S military forces
Congressional sources said the army and navy study a unified tactical command plan for land sea and air forces. A general staff would direct operations while civilian control remains with the secretarys and Congress. Marshall warned against a German style oligarchy, noting our system limits.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Navy Department
War
George C. Marshall
Milwaukee
Germany
Hayden Refuses Bid To Return To Films
Gloucester skipper Captain Sterling Hayden, 25, who left the film world to lead his own life, returned to his home port after a Hollywood trip in which he declined film industry requests to reconsider. He said no plans beyond returning to sea. He turned down the role of Robert Jordan in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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Gloucester
Mass
Sterling Hayden
Hollywood
Hayden
Robert Jordan
Ernest Hemingway
Rhett Butler
CEA Checks On Soybean Trading
Chicago AP says L A Ritz head of the Chicago office of the commodities exchange administration announced that CEA auditors are examining transactions in the soybean market on the Chicago board of trade. Bean prices have surged about 50 cents a bushel in the past month to record highs. The CEA oversees major markets and receives daily trader position reports but seeks to ensure no irregularities.
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Chicago
L. A. Ritz
The
Commodities Exchange Administration
CEA
Chicago Board of Trade
Fitz
Japanese boats accused of violating Alaska fishing pact
Senator Wallgren told Secretary Hull that Japanese fishing boats violated the agreement not to fish in Alaskan waters and that a Japanese floating cannery operated there this summer. He called it the first incursion since the pact was made two years ago and questioned if they were there for another purpose.
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Washington
Senator Wallgren
Hull
Alaskan
Wallgren
Beating Ends in Bride's Injury and Self Killings
Pensacola Florida AP Lieutenant Edward K Harrison of the naval medical reserve killed his bride of three days with a sword and then wounded himself fatally after a quarrel over small tips given hotel employees. Sheriff Mayes said the couple argued on their wedding night in Point Clear and continued at a Pensacola hotel.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval Medical Reserve
Howard Mayes
Edward K. Harrison
Harrison
Mayes
L. B. Morgan
Jed
Point Clear
Community PTA focus and rising traffic death age groups
The speaker notes each PTA is concerned with its own community and stresses responsibility. Data shows traffic deaths in 1941 rose 17 percent, while the preschool group ages up to four years saw a 33 percent increase, the largest among all age groups.
Lighthouse Worker Wins Second Prize At Fair
Tacoma AP reports lighthouse keeper Fred Myers spent quiet hours at Tatoosh lookout station learning needlework and earned second prize in the Western Washington fair pillow top contest.
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Tacoma, Wash
Fred Myers
Tatoosh Lookout Station
Greenland Exile Hundreds Leave for Air Base Work
A stoic group of nearly 200 men from the north country began a year long voluntary exile to Greenland to build a $20 million US air base. They will endure sub zero winters with wages from 50 to 125 dollars weekly and a 500 dollar bonus for a second year. The crew, mostly Finns and Swedes with some Norwegians, will be housed and fed by the government, far from civilization as they work on a jack hammer team hired by McWilliam Dredging and Nick F Helmers Construction.
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Stoic
Greenland
Minneapolis
North Country
United States
Sam
George Chumb
Chumb
Chicago
Ironwood
Mich
Hurley
Wis
New York
McWilliam Dredging Company
Nick F. Helmers Construction Company
Mail service plan for Greenland supply voyage
Sept 25 on a navy supply vessel arrives in Greenland eight days later. Officers expect a mail boat every two to three weeks unless the army arranges more frequent air mail.
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Navy
Greenland
Army
Lawes Named Executive President Of Bay Rangers Of America
Lewis E. Lawes, retired Sing Sing warden, was elected executive president of the Bay Rangers of America, a philanthropic group with noted backers including former President Hoover and Alfred E. Smith. The 1940 census counted 13,521 tourist courts and camps in the United States.
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New York
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Bay Rangers of America
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Parents and Teachers Mobilize for Traffic Safety Campaign
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers urged its 2.5 million members to act after a rise in child traffic deaths. A 56 page safety manual was distributed to 28,000 local associations to guide regional conferences study courses and community activities. Miss Marion Telford led the safety committee and tied the drive to Roosevelt's national safety campaign.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Roosevelt
Marion Telford
Congress Safety Committee
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