Conviction of Jehovah sect group upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision by Justice Reed, upheld convictions of three Jehovah’s Witnesses for violating the Selective Service Act by refusing civilian work in public service camps. Dissenters urged ministerial exemption. The ruling ties minister status to exemption, rejecting jury reexamination of administrative orders. Licorice candy note follows.
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The Past Is A Mirror Of Faces In War Reflections
AP correspondent Hal Boyle recalls moments and people that shaped his view of war and memory. He lists faces from Egypt to Tunisia, including an Arab guide, a druggist, a schoolmate, Patton, and Ernie Harmon, blending personal recollections with historic scenes.
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Mal Bayle
New York
Funool
Gale Waren
France
Ue Moror
George S. Patton
Tunisia
Ernie Harmon
Nai
Kentucky
War-weary Soldiers Recall Europe as Homeward Hope Grows
The excerpt captures Allied troops abroad across Sicily Belgium and Germany with arrogant Nazi officers and a French hotelkeeper. Soldiers recall the Reich’s collapse and the longing for peaceful days at home. The tone blends wartime bravado shock and relief as troops anticipate return.
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Germany
Belgium
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Hern Goering
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Berg
Drive to end wheat fires in grain elevators urged
New York May 25 A plan by the National Board of Fire Underwriters coordinates city and town fire departments to inspect Nouramills grain elevators to cut grain loss from fires The bulletin notes several illitg nishels of wrain burned in two elevator fires as an emergency facing 200000000 bushels of grain and starving people in the region.
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New York
National Board of Pare
Emergency fire safety push for grain industry areas
The bulletin urges immediate action to prevent grain loss and maintain supply in the United States. Local fire departments should survey fire hazards in elevators mills bakeries and feed stores and urge self inspections by qualified personnel to handle the work.
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United States
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German Workers Seek Pay In Food
In Hamburg on 25, a British Control Commission manpower report shows farm work as the most popular occupation among Germans in the British zone. The ratio rose to 250 agricultural workers per 100 workers overall in 1988, due to wages partly paid in food, a key factor in the country’s hunger.
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Hamburg
British Control Commission
Germany
German economy viewed through high unemployment claims
The report notes a general trend of workers not seeking best use of their plots and warns wages paid in food clothing or marketable goods distort the view. It says unemployment at low levels is not a true reflection of Germany's industrial state and that low figures indicate high pressure rather than healthy output.
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