Government seeks wage lockouts and draft changes debated
The piece discusses a proposed system to curb worker quitters by unions and the U S Employment Service, plus Selective Service rule changes to enforce industrial placement. It notes potential nationwide feasibility issues and highlights Selma Alabama scrap metal reclamation as a wartime example, ending with tongue in cheek about hefty Treasury bidding rules.
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U. S
Selective Service
White House
Congress
Former Berlin Newsman Finds The Southwest Eager For War
Former Berlin Newsman Louis Lochner reports the American Southwest is warReady with flying fields and eager volunteers. He notes soldiers and Allied trainees, calls for action over politics, and urges mobilization of farms and war industries to support war efforts.
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Berlin
Southwest
Louis Y. Lochner
Associated Press
Wideorld
United States
American Southwest
Louis P. Lochner
Phoenix
Ariz
Great Southwest
Hitler
Hirohito
Malta Defenders Bay 14 Warplanes As Raids Continue
CAIRO Oct 16 The Malta defenders shot down 14 Axis planes in daylight as raids continued on the island stronghold. Four British Spitfires were lost, total axis planes destroyed since Sunday reaching 95. An additional Junkers was shot down near Crete. two British planes lost on the Egyptian front. In Egypt, attacks on Avis columns by fighter bombers and raids on Tobruk Sidi Haneish Salum were noted. Egyptian land-front patrols only.
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Cairo
Malta
Mediterranean
Avis
Tobruk
Sidi Haneish
Salum
Three Days Cough Warns of Bronchitis Danger
An advertisement warns that a persistent three day cough signals potential chronic bronchitis if untreated. It promotes Creomulsion with beechwood creosote and other medicines as a non narcotic remedy that goes to the bronchial mucus to loosen phlegm, aid healing, and restore rest and sleep.
High Point musings on safety and paper notes
A reflective column recalls improving road safety with reduced speed limits and fewer fatalities, cites a dog Daisy as a near-miss example, and laments waste paper while imagining reuse ideas. It also touches newspaper week visitors and an odd piece from The Christian Science Monitor about Mark Twain and satire under tyranny.
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High Point
Daisy
H. A. Knight
Main Street
Louise Avenue
Twain
Christian Science Monitor
Mark Twain
The
Gestapo
Mark
Vienna
Austria
Raoul Auernheimer
United States
Germany
Tar Heels Urge Congress Fund Solution For Farm Labor
North Carolina lawmakers urge federal action on farm labor shortages. A State Board of Agriculture resolution requests immediate manpower measures to retain trained farm workers, warning that crops rot without harvest labor and future food supplies may face shortages. The resolution bears W Kerr Scott’s signature with board members listed.
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Tar Heels
Congress
Raleigh
North Carolina
Selective Service Boards
State Board of Agriculture
Onslow
D. R. Noland
Haywood
Ethel Parkrr
Gates
Lionel Weill
Wayne
American Planes Start Fires With Assault On Burma
American bombers and fighters raided Lashio Northern Burma yesterday scoring hits in a warehouse area and starting fires visible for 40 miles from Lieut Gen Stilwell headquarters. The Lashio airfield was raided and seven hits were scored at the runway intersection. The bulletin also notes the earlier Sept 27 raid on Mengshieh in Yunnan ending with 30 casualties.
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Chungking
China
Lashio
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lashut
Communiqtie
Bucharest Mayor Forescu Kills Himself
A Bucharest dispatch reports General Forescu, mayor of Bucharest, died by suicide last night. No further details were provided.
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Bucharest
Bern
Forescu
Bomb raids leave heavy losses for Japan
Trucks were destroyed and 400 Japanese troops were killed in yesterday's raids. The operations were conducted without the loss of a single allied aircraft.
Sentimental Surkreys Prompts in Oklahoma Sales Schemes
Emporia Kansas reports Bill Housky of Qwhuska Oklahoma buys horse and buggy outfits for resale to farmers. He notes easy deals if the wife does not appear. Many farm wives, especially middle aged, prefer the outfits as they recall past cutting days.
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Madagascar
de Gaulle
New York
Congo
Vichy
Napoleon
Foch
Legin
Dakar
Oran
Petain
United States
Morocco
West Africa
Emporia
Kas
Bill Housky
Qwhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Nickel shortage aids wartime tank production
A fragment notes nickel used in 1941 output for nickel plated tableware supplied the necessary alloy for producing 43 heavy tanks, reflecting how scarce materials were redirected to combat needs during that period.
Yakima Indian Agency Driving Incident Involving Agents
A fragment reports an automobile driving incident at the Yakima Indian Agency involving Wash agents and employees riding to save rubber. No further details or names are provided in readable text.
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Roosevelt
New York
Yakima
America
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