All Manpower is Drafted To Produce Most For War Effort
Canada begins a sweeping national selective service system for 11.5 million people. Workers may be compelled to take jobs, with seven days notice to quit and permits required for new employment. Employers face strict controls to keep nonessential industries down. The plan aims to mobilize labor for war, with potential lessons for the United States.
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Claude A. Jagger
Ottawa
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Canada
North America
United States
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
W. L. MacKenzie King
Selective Service Office
Selective Service Officer
National War ‘Service Board
Hamilton Steel
Angus
Selective Service
Dominion
Uncle Sam
Congress
Bond Sale in Asheboro Postponed by Rain
The war bond auction in Asheboro was postponed due to heavy rain that disrupted field artillery units at the high school grounds. The event is rescheduled for October 10 while the parade and civilian defense activities proceeded. Congressman Harold Cooley spoke informally and a soldiers’ dance continued despite cancellations to the band concert scheduled for tomorrow.
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Asheboro
Harold 3B
Cooley
Ashebore
Randolph County
Bees block Auckland Post Office entrance. swarm invades halls
Swarming bees barred the entry to the main post office in Auckland and overran the corridors, forcing workers to shelter and relocate operations as animal control responded to the incident.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Radio Schedule Highlights A Sunday of War Era Programs
Readable listing shows September 27 Eastern War Time radio lineup from 1:00 p.m. to midnight with programs across NBC CBS and blue network. Highlights include Robert St John on People nbe. Sammy Kaye Serenade. The Spirit of 42 war program. Rex Stout Our Secret Weapon. The Official Army Hours. Dancing Music Orchestra. Charlie McCarthy Bergen. World News Via Short Waves. Parker Family Serial. This Is Ft. Dix record. and late-night dance shows.
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People
Nbe
Radio City
Blu
Church of the All Sermons
Dbs Philp Keyne
Gordon
Ted Steele
Novachord
Nbc Pest
Camp Wheeler
KYW
Josef Marias
Bobby Tucker
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Haven of Rest
Sammy Kaye
Nbc
Jim
Cbs
U. of Chicago
Blu Rex Stout
John Vandercook
Columbia
Symphony
America
Forum
Ft! Dix
Dr. P. Scherer
Blu Hancock
Paul Lavatle
Andre Kostelanetz
Young People’s Church
NBC Symphony
Morlan Sisters
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Gladys Swarthout
T Hear America
Montezuma
Marines
Wm. L. Shirer
Nbec Sweet and Low
Orchestra
Edward R. Murrow
London
Cbs First Nighter
Mbs
Irene Rich
Gildersteeve
Drew Pearson
Nbe Serr
Gene Autry
Edward Tomlinson
Lionel Barrymore
Screen Actors Home
Chs
Seventh Day Adventist
Lou Holtz
Mildred Bailey
Joe Kelly
We the People
Cbs Midwest Stars and Stripes
Britain
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Earl Godwin
Blu World News
Cbs the American Forum
Gibbs and
Finney
Basic
Gabriel Heatter
Walter Winchell
Conrad Nagel
Mls
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Jane Froman
al Goodman
Dorothy Thompson
Phil Lottainy
Girl Orch
Radgin
Phil Baker
John B. Hughes
Mutual
Joe
Night Flights Over Burma to China by Ferry Command
In Chungking on September 26, a report details the U S Army China India Ferry Command planning experimental night flights over the perilous Burma air road to China. Pilots navigate by instruments through ice, clouds, and enemy air activity, with a near perfect safety record to date.
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Ferry Command
China
Lofty
Himalayas
J. Reilly O’sullivan
Chungking
Burma Air Road
U. S. Army
India
Clayton Bissell
Burma
Joe” Stilwell
America
R. A. Wheeler
United States
Jackson Anderson
Atlanta
Chicago
Jones
Far East
Harold Ziegerman
Chester
Wheeler
Bissell
General Wheeler
General Bissell
Anderson
John M. Tamiraz
Burma Road
Walter Winchell notes wartime curios and Hollywood mix
Walter Winchell comments on fund drives for the USO, midtown glamour faded by tent shows, and Joan Thorson as a model set to front six nation mags. He recalls Sybil Jason in Capetown, hints at gamblers fleeing to boom towns, and contrasts Dodgers and Yankees publicity.
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USO
New York
Joan Thorson
Navy
Sybil Jason
Capetown
South Africa
Lincorn
Dodgers
Yankees
Andy Devine
Universal
44Th St
Highway work resumes on Manzanillo Colima route
Work has been resumed on the new 63 mile highway linking Manzanillo to Colima City in Mexico. The project advances as crews restart construction along the 63 mile corridor, aiming to improve regional transport and trade.
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Manzanillo
Colima City
Mexico
Lent Meaning From Old English Word for Spring
The term Lent derives from the old English lenden meaning spring. This etymology links the season to the idea of lengthening days and the renewal associated with springtime.
Germany's Income Seen At 3.54 Trillion From New Polish Provinces
A Deutsche Bank director states Germany's annual national income totals 3.54 trillion marks including gains from newly incorporated Polish territories.
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Germany
Deutsche Bank
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