Defense Workers Shortage Revealed
Washington reports a nation wide shortage of workers in 104 essential defense occupations. McNutt cites serious gaps in aircraft shipbuilding and machine shop labor with a 50 to 1 demand to supply ratio. By end of 1942 aircraft industry needs 690000 workers to reach a million man industry.
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British Isles
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Hoover Urges Peace Plans Amid War Debate
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the United States to strengthen defenses and stay out of war to oppose totalitarianism at home and abroad. He pressed a four part program, urged arbitration for peace, and warned against forcing four freedoms on others by force while improving freedoms at home for a future peace table.
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Pope Views War As Punishment Says Divine Providence
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII for the first time portraying the war as punishment by Divine Providence for mankind's sins. In a radio address, he urged Catholics to trust God who will restore justice, calm, and peace in His own time, and warned that trials may strike nations as God’s discipline.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
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Theaters Listings for Virginia and Nearby Theatres
The Virginia listings highlight multiple upcoming screenings including Million Dollar Baby featuring Priscilla Lane with Jeffrey Lynn and Ronald Reagan, One Night in Lisbon with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, and They Met in Bombay starring Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell. Also shown are Uncle Occupations, The Singing Hills, Mr. District Attorney, Pals of Pecos, That Night in Rio, The Westerner, and The Model Wife among others, with frequent appearances by Olivia de Havilland, Judy Garland, and Gene Autry across venues such as Village Rialto Greenbrier and Lyric.
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Jeffrey Lynn
Rotald Reagan
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Lisbon
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Fred Mier Murray
Billie Burke
John Loder
Bombay
Clark Gable
Rosalind Russell
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Joan Blandell
Dick Powell
Nellie Kelly
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Buck
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Gary Cooper
Key Trancis
Virginia
Fred MacMurray
George Murphy
Brenda Joyce
Singing Hills
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Mary Lee
White Eagle
Greenbrier
Dennis O'Keefe
Pope blesses Rome and calls for shared faith and suffering
The pontiff praised Rome and the Italian people, urging them to view world events through divine causes. He urged Christians to embrace suffering with love, mirroring the apostles Peter and Paul in martyrdom, while linking God's judgment to distant effects. In Newcastle South Africa a bird plague darkens the city as swallows and hawks swarm.
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Price Contre Law Reported FDR Plan Contested
The article reports criticism of a proposed FDR plan to curb price rises. Henderson accuses unscrupulous scrap dealers of inflating freight and selling dirty scrap at clean scrap prices. Taft supports price fixing powers while Thomas warns of broad exemptions and potential government ceilings on costs and wages.
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Woman Drowns in West Fork River Near Clarksburg
Margaret Wallace 24, of Hazel Atlas Glass decorating department, drowned while swimming four miles from Clarksburg. Her body was recovered soon after. She is the third drowning in Harrison county this week following George Secon 25 who died trying to save 16 year old Carl Deneen Kickol.
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Margaret Wallace
Hazel Atlas Glass Company Decorating Department
West Fork River
Harrison County
George Secon
Carl Deneen Kickol
Astounding Naval Stroke In 187& Seizure Of Moctezu Ma
Explanation of a cartoon describes the Moctezu ma, a Spanish mailboat laden with metals linen coffee and beer, seized by Cuban patriots Prado Morey and Velez. They boarded at breakfast, the captain resisted with a bottle and was killed. Ship overpowered to Cape Haitien, crew and 70 passengers sent to a French vessel. Mocteru m later sighted and scuttled by a Spanish warship. Prado fled, later captured in a battle with Chileans and executed after ordering “Fi” to himself.
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Velez
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Cavalcade of America to dramatize Jean Piéma Blanchard life
Radio log notes Cavalcade of America on NBC WGKV at 9 30 tonight portraying Jean Piéma Blanchard first man to fly the English Channel with Edwin Jerome in the title role. program list includes Irene Wicker story on Rubens and multiple serials and music features across the evening with several station IDs and showtimes.
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Sababiyar Falls To British Forces
British communique claims capture of the Syrian town Sababiyar about 60 miles southwest of the Palmyra base. Allied actions include RAF bombings near Beirut and Palmyra, air combats above Palmyra, and advances by British and Australian columns from Iraq toward the coast and Damascus region.
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Boy Loses Arm After Car Strike In Charlin Fair
Charles Edward Roland, 11, of route 6 Charlin fair con suffered loss of his left arm after being struck by an automobile earlier in the day. He was injured while walking along the road near his home. Medical staff attended him at the scene and transported him to a local hospital for treatment.
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Route 6
Charlin Fair
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