General Motors Plans 1500 Aviation Engines Monthly
General Motors announced a plan to produce 1,500 aviation engines monthly plus parts for 200 B 25 bombers in cooperation with North American Aviation. The program aims for full part and sub assembly output by late summer with 40,000 workers at peak, including plants in Kansas City and soon Flint.
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General Motors
Detroit
General Motors Corp
C. B E. Wilson
North American Aviation, Inc
Wilson
North American Aviation
Kansas City
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Pratt & Whitney
Buick Motor Division
Flint
Mich
Allison
Indianapolis
Cadillac
Anderson
Ind
Fisher Body
Cleveland
Goodyear
Martin
Packard Motor Car Co
Great Britain
United States
Twins Set New Weight Record Born in Illinois Farm
In Jacksonville Illinois on January 8 a Clay County farmer's wife gave birth to twins weighing 11 pounds each a total of 22 pounds The birth was described by Dr B F Steely as unheard of in authenticated medical history The mother Mrs Homer Paris 35 weighs 160 pounds and has one other child a two year old boy The girl twin arrived two hours after the boy twins total weight stands as a record with no similar case known
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Jacksonville
Illinois
Homer Paris
Clay County
B. F. Steely
Paris Farm
Steely
Paris
Jobless clerk gets suspended sentence after nickel search
James Snyder, a jobless clerk, kept a subway train waiting several minutes while he searched the tracks for a dropped nickel. He said, You'd do it, too, if youd lost your last nickel, and his remark earned him a suspended sentence.
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New York
James Snyder
FASTEETH Helps Dentures Stay Firm and Fresh
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline powder, holds false teeth more firmly for easier eating and speech. Sprinkle a little on plates to reduce denture odor with no gummy taste, and buy FASTEETH at any drug store.
Murder Rules Mrs. Deane as Secret Papers Drive Shadowed House
Nancy Deane enters the Cary Essex household as secretary to the aged seafarer’s grandson and uncovers a feud over a genealogy. Suspicions target Aunt Althea and Horace Rand as notes vanish from the preserved papers. Cary, torn between ambition and affection, vows to protect the truth while the pair conspire, and Nancy faces a choice between loyalty and justice.
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Nancy Deane
Cary Essex II
Cary Essex IV
Cary
Althea
Nancy
Horace Rand
Home Demonstration Club Reports January Activities
The Ryan Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. J. A. Crawford's home. Sixty five quarts of meat were canned seven quilts made two coats made and twelve pillow cases sewn in January. A Miss Rowe demonstration on Food Production followed. refreshments were served to members and one visitor. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Mary Brambiet's home on February 21.
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Ryan Home
J. A. Crawford
Alabama
River cargo move reported on Tennessee river voyage
The Destreham of Pan American Petroleum passed Johnsonville January 19 upstream, towing four barges of gasoline for Gulf Refining terminals. Arrow Transportation Com- stays noted in TVA river traffic report prepared by the River Transportation Division.
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River Transportation Division
Commerce Department
TVA
Destreham
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Johnsonville
Tennessee
Gulf Refining Company
Arrow Transportation Com
Wagner Foresees Pension Hike For Unemployed Aged 65
Sen. Wagner predicts Congress will pass old age benefits of 30 to 40 dollars monthly for unemployed persons over 65. He favors paying regardless of other Social Security or state benefits and says the plan would boost purchasing power and help younger workers enter the labor market. He also backs amendments to extend old age coverage to some 11 million people and proposes voluntary savings with annuities as a supplement to retirement income.
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Washington
Wagner
Congress
New York
Addresses Slated In Mid West For Cotton Crisis Help
Montgomery Alabama January 21 aid of the South's efforts to solve a critical cotton situation caused by loss of exports due to the European war will be sought in the Mid West this week by Wal-
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Montgomery
Ala
Mid-West
Wal
Towboat Norman Crawford En Route with Pig Iron and Ties
The towboat Norman Crawford passed Perryville Tennessee on January 19 with a Birmingham pig iron barge loaded at Decatur Alabama and towed a tie barge from the Tri Cities area.
DAILY CROSSWORD Clues Packaged Inactive and Smoothing Tools
Crossword puzzle entries list several clues with numbers including Inactive smoothing instruments Individual and twelve dozen formerly artist's workroom dread extend to bog cebii e monkey zodiacal sign stables discolor webbed footed bird adjudge sailing vessels strings low islands and down clues pen point single unit girl name charter suave final Siamese coin letter Z to do wrong of.
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Low Islands
First Indiana quadruplets all four survive barely five days
Mrs Eva Swanson gave birth to four babies by Caesarean in Michigan City Indiana. Phoebe died within hours, Jennifer and the others perished within six and a half hours. Attending physician Dr Russell A Gilmore blamed atelectasis as the cause. The four weighed about 2 pounds each, two girls and two boys. The family includes Melbert Swanson, 32, a foundry clerk.
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Michigan City
Ind
Eva Swanson
Indiana
Jennifer
Philip
Phoebe
Linda
Russell A. Gilmore
American Medical Association
Chicago
United States
Randolph to speak at farm organizations in Midwest tour
Ter L. Randolph president of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation will address the Minnesota Farm Bureau at St Paul tomorrow. He will also speak to the Iowa Farm Bureau at Des Moines the following day and then at the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday.
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Ter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Randolph
Minnesota
St. Paul
Iowa Féderation
Des Moines
Des Moines Chamber, of Commerce
Polio Campaign Aimed as Alabama Reports 54 Cases
Alabama health officials report 54 poliomyelitis cases in 1939 an increase of nine from the previous year with four cases listed last month. The 1940 peak among 13 victims occurred in July as authorities urge ongoing fundraising for control efforts.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Alabama
Two Tips For Cold Prevention From Aable Advice
Practical tips emphasize moderation in eating fresh air and exercise while avoiding exposure and exhaustion. If symptoms appear call your doctor and try early remedies like Penetro products to ease headaches sneezes and chest discomfort.
The Unwritten Law of Freedom of Choice
A concise rant extols freedom of choice in American commerce as the supreme enforcement against misrepresentation. It argues buyers punish unsatisfactory merchants by shifting spending to preferred stores or brands, more effective than any legal remedy.
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America
Advertising as a shield for free choice in a free country
A persuasive defense of unfettered advertising argues that allowing all sellers to reach consumers preserves choice. It warns that government control would create monopolies that limit access to competing products and truthful information in a democracy.
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