Americans Expect Long Hard War and Sacrifices Ahead
Fortune’s May 1942 survey shows 80.6 percent believe victory will come with great difficulty and that the war will last beyond June 1943. Most support drastic sacrifices such as government takeovers of factories and universal defense work, with Roosevelt widely trusted and public unity strong despite mixed views on pay and bonds.
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Slingshot Case Tied to Disorder in Kansas City
In Kansas City four youths were arrested on charges of breaking street lights using a home made slingshot. The weapon was carved from a forked tree trunk with 19 inch prongs and required two police to pull back the inner tube bands. it could hurl stones larger than a baseball. In a separate note from Ogden Utah war industry leaders seek workers over 40, even 80, as older labor shifts fill roles.
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Fortune
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Miss Carver Delights with Piano Recital at Huron College
Edith Carver, known as a fine violinist, offered her first complete piano recital at Huron College chapel. She performed Bach two part inventions, Beethoven Sonata Op 2 No 1, and included her own piece Idyll. The Huron College violin quartet accompanied and provided interludes. The program closed with Lento and Scaring, and an encore of another Carver composition titled boy a girl and a monkey.
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William Lampe
Gordon Anderson
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William Wagner
Miss Carver
Legion Officers Nominated At William Reaves Post Meeting
The American Legion William Reaves Post will nominate officers at its regular meeting tonight in the Legion Hall. Two candidates for each office will be nominated. election is set for May 21. Other topics include junior baseball Memorial Day program Employment Week and Marine Corps Week.
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Citizens urged to boost war effort with personal sacrifice
The piece argues citizens should sacrifice personal interests and trust leaders during the war. It notes that individual contributions are lagging not from unwillingness but from the untapped willingness of citizens to act.
Can Buy Bomber With Bond Quota
Huronians pledged to purchase enough war bonds and stamps to buy one heavy bomber and a tank or two yearly. H H Cook, Huron war bond chairman, reported cooperation nearly 100 percent among those contacted. Missed residents can sign pledge cards at Northwest Security National Bank with George Fullinweider, Beadle County chairman.
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Northwest Security National Bank
George Fullinweider
Beadle County
Artificial mother hatches chicks after hen dies
In Leonardtown Maryland Veronica Abell saved eggs with a rubber hot water bottle test and over the eggs to keep them warm. The result is a brood of a dozen healthy chicks peeping in her yard today.
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