Industry on a war basis debated by General Johnson
General Johnson argues about mobilizing American industry without crippling peace production. He praises decisive leadership over mere speedups and cites shipbuilding efforts led by Charlie Schwab as a model. He notes NLRB and selective service head vacancies hinder rapid defense progress and calls for experienced administration.
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France
England
Charlie Schwab
Charlie
Ballyhoo
Intensive Preparations for Conscripts Under Burke-Wadsworth Act
The article outlines army plans to equip camps with shelter hospital and sanitation for selectees under the Burke Wadsworth act. It describes local boards screening and sorting registrants, induction stations nationwide, and a three phase training system from grade school to college level to produce well trained soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Jashington
D. C
Army
Fifth Column Evidence Stirs U S Germany Rift Fears
The Dies committee reveals documentary proof of Nazi fifth column operations in the United States. It links consulates and papers to a global propaganda network led by Dr. Manfred Zapp, with suspected leaders including Capt. Fritz Wiedemann and Herbert Scholz. The panel warns of a pending recall of German diplomats as U S Axis tensions rise.
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Dies
U. S
Germany
State Department
Department
Berlin
Great Britain
Ind Ss
Fuehrer
Manfreid Zapp
Trans-Ocean News Service
New York
Washington
Zapp
South Africa
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Herbert Scholz
Boston
Scholz
Friedrich Ernst Auhaugen
American Fellowship Forum
Los Angeles
Japan
Anhaugen
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
Officers Attend Classification Course In Washington
The War Department runs a specialized program for 48 selected regular army and reserve officers to classify conscripted soldiers by experience. The system tracks a soldier through service to place him in suitable civil work after discharge. Civil service and the U S Employment Service cooperate on the effort, and the officers are now dispersed to supervise classification activities.
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Sidney Hillman
National Defense Advisory Commission
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Leiserson
Smith
Madden
Selective Service
Stimson
Gullion
Hershey
War Department
Washington
United States Army
Civil Service Commission
United States Employment Service
Early grenades trace back to ancient China
The hand grenade, over two millennia old, began in China around 300 B C. Bamboo cylinders held gunpowder and metal fragments. The devices were hurled at foes and exploded on impact, showering the ground with fragments.
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South
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Seventeenth Signal Service Company
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