Navy Recruiting Week Plan For August Activities
Gov Saltonstall announces Navy Recruiting Week from August 16 to 23. Towns will double recruitment efforts to meet Navy Department quotas. A recruiting officer will coordinate, with a mass swearing-in ceremony in Symphony Hall Boston on August 25. A parade and celebrity entertainment are planned to publicize the event.
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Hof
Saltonstall
Navy Department
Fred ‘Ain
Navy
Evmphiony Hall
Boston
Allies Launch Pacific Naval Attack and India Sabotage Foiled
Editorial note introduces wartime columns listing events: Allied naval strike in the Solomon Islands, British sabotage thwarted in India, and Nazi profits from the Russian drive. The Western Newspaper Union releases the item. opinions reflect the provider, not necessarily the paper.
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Pacific
Solomon Island
India
Sualyets
Western Newspaper Union
Cotton to England in early centuries
Cotton remained a novelty in England until the eighteenth century. It originated from foreign soils such as India and the West Indies and, as a nonnative material, was quicker to adopt technological changes than linen or wool.
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England
India
West Indies
Allied Strike Opens First Major Pacific Offensive in Solomons
In a bold move eight months after Pearl Harbor, U S forces push into the Solomons while Admiral Nimitz emphasizes strong enemy resistance. The action marks the first large Allied offensive in the Pacific theater with naval air and gun power aimed at Japanese bases in the Coral Sea region. A separate raid near Kiska in the Aleutians targets Japanese ships and installations as about 10,000 Japanese troops are reported entrenched.
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Pearl Harbor
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
United States
Pacific
America
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Coral Sea
Japan
Navy
Solomons
Pacific Fleet
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Labor peace efforts amid AFL CIO divisions and global events
AFL and CIO peace committees prep discusses labor peace with Philip Murray and William Green signaling support. Gandhi arrested as Britain suppresses nonviolent protests in India amid war priorities. Nazi sabotage trials proceed. six saboteurs executed in DC. Pelleys sedition verdicts. death sentence for Max Stephan in treason case.
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AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
William Green
Green
House of Labor
CIO United
District of Columbia
White House
Herbert Hans Haupt
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Edward John Kerling
Hermann Otto Neubauer
Richard Quirin
Werner Thiel
Agnés Marion Henderson
Lawrence Brown
Pelley
Silver Shirts
Arthur J. Tuttle
Max Stephan
Detroit
Lost Bank Book Duplicate Request at Assabet Inst for Savings
Assabet Institution for Savings announces a request for a duplicate bank book to replace Bank Book No 13019 lost. Sidney K E McCleary, Treasurer, Maynard Massachusetts, signs the notice.
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Assabet Institution For Savings
Sidney KE
McCleary
Maynard, Mass
Probate Court Notice for Sarah Elizabeth Pratt Estate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss PROBATE COURT cites interested parties in the estate of Sarah Elizabeth Pratt late of Sudbury to object to the first account of the executor. Written appearances must be filed in Cambridge before ten in the forenoon on September 14, 1942, the return day. Witness John C Leggat Esquire First Judge. Loring P. Jordan Register Aug 13 20 27.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Sarah Elizabeth
Pratt
Sudbury
Cambridge
John. C. Leggat
Italian historian Ferrero dies in Geneva at 71
Guglielmo Ferrero, renowned Italian historian and anti Fascist foe, died in Geneva at age 71. Once targeted by Mussolini's government seven years earlier, his books were seized and he fled Italy. He previously taught history at government institutions before his exile. The War Production Board ordered limited typewriter production to 12 percent of last year’s sales from July 1 to October 1.
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Geneva
Guglielmo Ferrero
Italy
The
Int
War Production Board
Probes Roll Over Steel Black Market Charges
Investigations by Price Administrator Henderson and Rep Carl Petersen launch probes into a national steel black market amid claims of deliveries from bulging warehouses. Senate and House panels also scrutinize Higgins ships contract cancellation and Navy tank landing boat models.
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Leon Henderson
Frank Higging
New Orleans
Carl Peterson
House
Maritime Commission
Higgins’ Company
Harry $. Truman
Senate
National Defense
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Truman
Navy
Frank Knox
Higgins Company
Housewives Face Draft for Munitions Jobs
Spokesmen for the manpower commission say one in four American housewives aged 18 to 44 may be needed for munitions work to reach full war production. A nationwide registry of women could catalogue adult female resources. Paul V. McNutt estimates five million more women must be placed in war jobs by year end 1943.
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Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Army and Navy Approve Large Cargo Plane Push
The army and navy endorse a major cargo plane program with a go ahead for future construction. General Arnold says 21 percent of 1942 bomber output will be cargo and 30 percent when including all long range planes. The program moves para troops, gliders and supplies, with about 2.5 million tons moved weekly. Admiral Towers confirms a vast navy cargo plane build up.
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Army
Navy
Henry H. Arnold
Air Forces
Senate
Arnold
John H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Submarine Threat Eases As Convoys Harden Atlantic Lanes
British officials say German U-boats no longer target U S coastal waters and have shifted to other seas. Adoption of Panama Caribbean convoy systems and stronger air defenses coincided with a reduced submarine hit rate as Allied Atlantic supply lines remain heavily convoyed.
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London
United Nations
Panama
Caribbean
North Atlantic
Accidents on Farms Warned as Preventable
Farmers are urged to prevent farm injuries and deaths by prompt repairs. A U S Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering memo notes hazards from loose boards stairs and windows. It recommends a household tool kit and speedy fixes to avoid broken rails ladders nails and sharp glass.
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U. S
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
Agriculture as a basic industry in New England
The New England farming base shapes politics and society and backs the War Food program. The piece calls for improved marketing and distribution research, faster dehydration and broccoli expansion, and plans for a regional agricultural push led by the New England Council with farms facing labor shortages and box supply issues.
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New England
North East
Federal
Massachusetts
Newgland
New England Council
Rubber Tire Care Tips Extend Farm Equipment Life
Farmers can extend the life of rubber tired implements by careful maintenance since production of such equipment except combines has ceased. Key tips include keeping tires inflated, avoiding oil exposure, inspecting for damage, timely repairs, proper weighting to prevent wheel slip, and avoiding rough roads to reduce wear.
Hybrid corn in the laboratory stage a decade ago
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee notes heavy yielding hybrids were still in the laboratory stage ten years ago. They were planted on several acres of west farm land according to estimates. The hybrids owe their high yield to strong properties but require soil nutrient replenishment each year to offset greater soil drainage.
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West Farm
Middle West
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