Voters Split on Defense Production Pace and Causes
Gallup survey shows public improving on defense output yet many remain dissatisfied. Strikes and labor disputes cited by 48 percent, with 18 percent blaming lack of coordination in administration. Public focuses blame on government and labor, not big business, and notes political pressure for faster reorganization.
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Washington
Gallup
Princeton
N. J
America
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts Republican
Samuel I. Rosenman
Mackenzie continues on the hurricane and Allied strategy
The report discusses why Britain avoids sweeping action against Hitlerism despite vulnerability in Traly and fear of Nazi reprisals. British leaders favor caution, hoping to spur revolt without provoking harsher German retaliation, a stance echoed across allied nations including France amid unrest with the Vichy government.
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France
Europe
Hitler
England
Germany
Italy
Traly
Britain
Vichy
Weird Eskimo Slayings Trial Opens in Belcher Islands
In Belcher Islands Hudson Bay, seven Eskimos face murder charges as nine others die in a dispute over Christ's return. Victims include four children, some killed by gunfire, others by beatings, with some cast naked to die in the cold. Justice C. P. Plaxton presides in a tent courthouse. The case centers on tribal power and beliefs about divinity and Satan. Atec Apawkok is charged with killing his sister Sarah Apawkok, who died after being struck for not believing Peter Sala was divine or for failing in winter camp work.
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Belcher Islands
Hudson Bay
Canada
Earth
C.P. Plaxton
Ontario Supreme Court
Satan
Christ
Sarah Apawkok
Atec Apawkok
Peter Sala
City Briefs from Huron include locals traveling and hospital note
George A. Deklotz, Huron High coach, admitted to hospital for a severe cold. Leigh French family visiting from Gladstone. C E Potter of Spokane visiting relatives. Potter’s daughter-in-law and children to accompany return trip. Florence O’Kane travels to Leeds after mother’s death. Emma Davis returns home to Reedstown. Mrs Lewis Potter and Sharon Kay back to Huron after months in Deadwood. Rev H E Udd visited Huron en route to Omaha. spoke at St Lawrence gathering. Ardene Roeber leaves Northwest College for Tulare then Northwestern Public Service. Chester Wood and family from Duluth visited. Wood noted as former coach and now principal. John Patton host with Newton Bales and Theodore Knouse visiting Des Moines. S. W. Husted returns from Chicago and Cleveland trip.
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George A. Deklotz
Huron High
Huron Hospital
Leigh French
Jimmy
Tommy
Gladstone
Cre
Spokane
Inlaw
Harold Potter
Larson
Wolsey
Eilers’ Farriers
Florence O'Kane
Leeds
Emma Davis
Reedstown
Wis
L. G. Lockswood
Lockwood
Lewis Potter
Sharon Kay
Deadwood
Potter
Montgomery Ward
Huron
H.E. Udd
American Sunday School Union
Mondey
Omaha
L. G. Lockwood
South Dakota
Udd
Mr. Lockwood
St. Lawrence
Ardene Roeber
Northwest College of Commerce
Tulare
Northwestern Public Service, Company
Chester Wood
Duluth
East Junior High School
John Bales
Newton
Theodore Knouse
Dean
Des Moines
John Patton
Patton
Bales
Knouse
S. W. Husted
Chicago
Cleveland
J. B. McGinty
K. P. Twombly
Canadian Troops Drill In Readiness For Offensive Drive
In a week long invasion exercise in the United Kingdom several thousand Canadian forces trained in sea landings and coastal assault tactics for a future offensive against the Nazi held continent. Infantry engineers gunners signals machine gunners and medics were ferried to simulate rapid beach disembarkations and joint operations with the Royal Navy. By week end they conducted rapid landings in full battle kit.
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United Kingdom
Britain
Royal Navy
Second Wind Birthday Feat From Confederate Veteran
Danville district notes Henry J. Scare, a Confederate veteran and father of fat children, celebrated his 96th birthday by blowing out 92 cans. In Denver, Colorado, a fish and game commission pheasant breeding project shows odd results as Rosie’s eggs disappear and her name changes to William. In Janesville Wisconsin Ruth Sister reports a duck found dead at the bottom of a tub of water, suggesting water issues.
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Danville
Henry J. Scare
Canales
Denver
Cole
Colorado Fish and Game Commission
Charles
Rosie
William
Janesville
Wis
Ruth
Mundt Sees South Dakota Faring Well in Defense Funds
Representative Mundt reports South Dakota receives substantial defense aid relative to its population and coast distance. Notable items include Fort Meade and Camp Rapid reconstructions, western airport improvements over 250000, a defense highway program 1 to 2 million, a manganese pilot plant near Oacoma 500000, and Missouri River development. He notes transport, water, labor, and rail gaps as limits while signaling two more defense units may be added in the state.
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Washington
South Dakota
Mundt
Fort Meade
Camp Rapid
Oacoma
Missouri River
Catholics urged to resist Naziism and aid Russia
Atlantic City Aug 20 Justice Frank Murphy at the Knights of Columbus 59th convention urged Catholics and other Christians to aid Russia in the war against Germany while denying sympathy with Nazi or Communist doctrines. He warned Naziism threatens religious freedom and national liberty more than Communism, and stressed no religion would remain free under Nazi rule.
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Frank Murphy
Knights of Columbus
Atlantic City
N. J
Supreme Court
Russia
Germany
Murphy
Nazi Germany
United States
Onions Taboo Ordinance Passes in Waterloo 1910
A Waterloo Nebraska ordinance from 1910 bans barbers in the town from eating onions between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The quirky rule reflects period city humor and local flavor documented in the historic clipping.
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Waterloo
Neb
Asthma Torture Treatment Promises Quick Relief
Promotional text touts POTASAFRAS as a miraculous asthma cure. Claims include rapid easing of choking, wheeze, and restored appetite and sleep without injections or narcotics. Endorsed by H H Sumphrey, urging immediate in person visit.
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Potasafras
H. H. Sumphrey
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