Bitter Fight Looms Over Roosevelt National Service Plan
A broad clash over Roosevelt's call for national service drafts 18 to 65 men and 18 to 50 women looms in Congress. Supporters split between approving amid cost and tax reforms and opposing as a fascism risk. Labor leaders condemn the plan as ineffective while leaders urge talks with Roosevelt. The House Military Committee, led by May, weighs reopening hearings or shelving the subject.
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William F. Arrogast Ashington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Wheeler
D-Mont
Representative Wadsworth
RNY
CIO
Philip
Murray
AFL
William Green
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Wadsworth
Austin
R-Vi
Committee
Congress
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
Hitler
Stalin
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Capitol
McNutt
Austin- Wadsworth
Austin-Wadsworth
Selective Service
Causes of epilepsy booklet offered free by Educational Division
A booklet compiling doctors opinions on epilepsy is offered free to readers who write to Educational Division Fifth Ave New York NY Dept 4994. The notice promotes learning about epilepsy and its causes through the mailed publication.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Firing Line Terms Considered By Webster Scholar
W A Bivins explains firing line as the main body in action with reserves behind. He notes the term differs from Revolutionary era usage and recalls George Washington era limits. The piece cites Bunker Hill Guilford Courthouse and misreading of American heroism in early reports.
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Bunker Hill
Guilford Courthouse
Greensboro
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Bertha
France
Hitler
Fish Channel
Europe
Sherman
Earth
Heaven
Congress Not Amenable To Higher Taxes
President Roosevelt urged higher taxes in his state of the union message but Congress rejected the idea, signaling little appetite for a $10.5 billion revenue boost. Debates focused on wartime labor draft measures and government conscription, with opposition warning of liberty risks while administration factions pushed for broader authority and wage protections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Oves
America
Greensboro
Congress
Goldsboro News- Argus
WACs in Air Forces Highlighted by Runyon Column
Damon Runyon recounts Lt. Ned Moss promoting women in the Women's Army Corps attached to aviation. He notes roles such as parachute riggers and control tower operators, stressing practical contributions over glamor and urging recruitment while praising the dedicated volunteers serving at air depots and overseas.
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Peggy Mitchem
Warner Robins Air Depot
Macon
Pat
Billy Miller
Italy
Peggy
Georgia Field
Ned Moss
Steve Hannagan
Air Corps
Fort Worth
WAC
Air Forces
Hannagan
Wacs
Women's Army Corps
Moss
Air Wacs
Women’s Army Corps
South Pacific
Molly Pitchers
America
United States
Florida
Two-Step Relief With Carter's Little Liver Pills
Aimed at headachy and low spirited feelers, the ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a double action remedy. It claims to stimulate liver bile flow overnight and then clean out the intestinal tract, providing general relief and improved digestion. The message urges purchase at 25 cents and adherence to directions.
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Carter
Democrats Are Without Usual House Majority
The House balance shifted to a numerical Dem surplus after Rep. Cavagan of New York resigned to join the state court bench. The chamber stood 217 Democrats, 208 Republicans, four minor party members, and six vacancies, with a majority at 218.
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Washington
Cavagan
New York
House
Uden Tablets Sale Claims Money Back Promise
An ad claims Uden Tablets relieve ulcer and stomach pains with a double your money back offer. It directs readers to Manns and drug stores to buy a 25e box and return if unsatisfied.
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Gore
Mann's
Insect lays 125 eggs per batch and new fluorine refrigerant
A female grasshopper may lay 125 eggs at a time. A new fluorine refrigerant is described as suitable for air conditioning, used in submarines, non poisonous, odorless and non explosive.
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Greien
Jerry Voorhis
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U.S.A
Damon Runyon
Nows Tonic Seips
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Jadvantage
Roney Plaza
Egypt
Bloom's
Composte Line
North Main Street
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Coca-Cola Bottling CO
High Point
East
Washington Stree
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