Conscription Deferment Debated in Washington Amid War Prep
In Washington the draft deferment for farm states during harvest is studied by Maj. Joseph F. Battley with a six month plan. Proposals divide urban registrants by season. register by October 16 for ages 21 to 35 with penalties for noncompliance. Army expansion continues with mass officer promotions and neglected welfare facilities to be run by the service, while Wilkie campaigns in the East face mixed receptions as Roosevelt tours defense sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph F. Battley
Joint
Army-Navy
Battley
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
Congress
House
NAMES in the news logs of World War II era figures
Logs record the death of Col. F. Barrington WPA official in New London Connecticut. Mention notes 1936 Colonel Harrington loan to WPA. Brig. Gen. Francis W. Honesyoult perished in an alc crash southeast Georgia. Julian Besterio, 70, last president of the Spanish republic under Franco, died in Seville prison. Marguerite Clark, early film star, dies in New York at unspecified age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. F. ©. Barrington
Works Progress Administrator
New London
Conn
Harrington
WPA
Army
Francis W. Honesyoult
Southeast
Georgia
Spain
Julian Besterio
Repubiic
Franco
Seville
Marguerite Clark
Matin Bic
Mary Pickford
New York
Ban Frencine Harbor
Pierson Arrives in Buenos Aires on South American Tour
Warren Lee Pierson, manager of the U. S. ExportsIm port bank, photographed on arrival in Buenos Aires during a tour of South American capitals. In an official capacity he is believed to be consolidating Pan American relations for an anticipated trade war among western hemisphere powers and the Axis allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lee Pierson
U. S
Buenos Aires
New Alliance Against U S Links Axis Powers in 1940 Pact
Under world press scrutiny Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini formalized a ten year agreement with Japan to divide influence: Europe to Germany and Italy, Asia to Japan. They pledged joint action if attacked by a non Allied power, signaling potential reach toward the United States and Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Europe
Germany
Italy
Asia
United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Latin America
Pacific
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
America
Britain
Notes of a Bystander The First Nights
Critics praised William Saroyan's Time of Your Life revival with sharp, mixed reviews from Atkinson Anderson Mason Brown and Kronenberger while fans and theatergoers weighed in on the play and the era’s cinema. Eddie Cantor, Dinah Shore, and Frances Langford receive brief mentions alongside radio and film notes, with a punchline about Rover the dog and a college student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Saroyan
Mr. Atkinson
John Anderson
John Mason Brown
Saroyan
Mr. Mantle
Kronenberger
N. Y
Eddie Cantor
Jolson
Wynn
Rover
Pop
Winchell
Daddy
Linton Wells
Africa
Dakar
RAF
Edw
Murrow
London
Germany
Berlin
Lfe
Wythe Williams
WEAF
Dinah Shore
Frances Langford
Kenny Baker
Fred Allen
Waaa
Japan Hinges on Lower Grade Gas for War Planes
Washington reports Japan taps lower cetane U S gasoline despite a steel scrap embargo. Published figures show 187 028 barrels of lower grade fuel imported in the month after the embargo, aiding bombers and fighters with limited opposition. The piece also notes the Terminal Island fishing colony as an espionage concern and outlines U S British plans for Flying Fortresses and PBYs to bolster Allied air power in Europe and the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Japan
U. S
Britain
United States
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Uncle Sam
State Department
Indo-China
California
Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Berlin
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Axis
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Cilities
Booklets in Loose Leaf Ring Binders
Ruth Wyeth Spears notes New England homemaker lineage from Plymouth Colony and demonstrates fastening booklets in ring binders with 34 inch gummed tape. She describes covering binders, mentions five booklets in the series, and invites readers to order Book 5 with 0c for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
New England
America
John Alden
Priscilla
Plymouth Colony
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Edward C. Wayne
Hitler
Mussolini
Great Britain
Western Newspaper Union
Republicans
Wendell L. Willkie
East
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Willkie
Roosevelt
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Henry A. Wallace
Southwest
Albuquerque
N. M
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
LaFollette
Roughhouse
Pontiac
Detroit
Mich
G. QO. P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
England
Brenner Pass
Channel
English Channel
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
NEW Alliance
U.S
Hull
Chicago
Greater Chicago Safety Council
J. Cagney
A. Sheridan
Wyoming
W. Beery
L. Carillo
Harry Carey
Virgina
Martin Johnson
Bob
Taylo
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New Yorke
DES Moines Stove Repair Company
Boileau
Thomas Fuller
Rantons
Moody
Heaven
Sophocles
Tae Ce
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