War plants tilt into slogan contest across nation
War production boards 2 five division plants launch a slogan campaign among workers. Messages range from clever puns to bold declarations, urging faster output and morale boosts. Amid the drive, officials note slogans often outpace schedules as communities rally behind war effort. In other news, Hartford mourns Major Hippolyte Hardy, 84, former WWI burial leader. Two merchant ships, a rover and an escort, were destroyed in Arctic air attacks per German command.
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Erlin
Rover
Arctic
Speaking Dates Begin Campaign for Election
Campaign events start Thursday in Falcon and proceed to towns such as Laneburg Boughton Rosston Emmet Cale Sulton Bodcaw Willisville Liberty Bluff City Waterloo Prescott en route to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Lt Scott will be stationed. Also notes the arrival of Samuel Steele Moore son of Mr and Mrs Steele Moore of Dallas. Local social visits include Captain and Mrs HL Berkey Bishop Jr and others visiting or hosting in Hot Springs.
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Falcon
Laneburg
Boughton
Rosston
Emmet
Cale
Sulton
Bodcaw
Willisville
Liberty
Bluff City
Waterloo
Prescott
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Scott
Steele Moore
Florence Logan
Dallas
Samuel Steele Moore
HL Berkey Bishop Jr
Ide Martin
Carolyn Guthrie
Little Rock
Adam Guthrie
Hot Springs
Fay Loomis
Blevins
Marie Ward
Norman Whitaker
Margaret
Helen Whitaker
Norman Whitaker Jr
Ben Whitaker
Lake Hamilton
Richard White
Fargo South Dakota
W. R. White
Chicksaw
Georgia
U. S. Army
Jennie Mildred McRae
Mary Helen Sage
Mildred Guthrie
Kay Bemis
Hope
H. Berkey Bishop Jr
Westminster Guild Meeting Set for July 13 at 7 30 P M
Calendar notes show The Westminster Guild of the First Presbyterian church to meet with Miss Katherine Buchanan at 7 30 P M Monday July 13. Lt and Mrs 5 B Scott Jr were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Mark Justiss and other relatives and friends.
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Westminster Guild
First Presbyterian Church
Katherine Buchanan
5. B. Scott Jr
Mark Justiss
FBI Academy Turns Grads Into Counter Espionage Aces
Wide World Features describes Quantico base training where FBI agents undergo a 42 week program likened to West Point. The curriculum, 12 hour days, covers sabotage methods, weapons, and emergency drills to snare spies before they strike. Forty five new agents join weekly from legal or accounting backgrounds.
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John Grover
Winter Quantica
FBI
FBI Academy
U. S. Marine Base
West Point of Law Enforcement
PBI
West Point
Way to Raise Normandie
A humorous NYC column recounts readers offering wildly impractical methods to raise the sunken Normandie from the Hudson. Commander Sullivan dismisses most ideas after three months of study, noting 1400 letters were received while preserving the salvage plan already in motion.
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Paul J.C. Friedlander
New York
Normandie
Navy
Hudson River
WH Ham A. Sullivan
U.S.N
Sullivan
George Washington Bridge
New Jersey
Greater
FBI Training and Global Methods Elevate U S Agents
The article outlines an FBI training regime blending physical drills with deep academic study in criminal law chemistry identification and photography. It notes international briefings with Scotland Yard and Surete, and credits the academy with expanding field agents from 900 to 3500 by 1942 as spy threats rose.
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FBI
J Edgar Hooyer
Scotland Yard
Surete
Sam
Salvage Debate Over Normandie Surcharge and Steam Systems
The discussion centers on salvage methods for the Normandie with Commander Sullivan noting most systems are practical on smaller ships, while proposing a bold idea to run pipes into the hull to pump steam and displace 100,000 tons of water as a possible approach.
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Sullivan
Normandie
Famous Burma Road Now Turns to Burma Airway
An American pilot recalls the shift from land routes to airlift over the Burma corridor. Flight crews from India to Chungking fly planes loaded with ammunition and supplies to China, amid Japanese pressure and route hazards. Pilot Joseph A. McKeown, with Northwest Airlines roots, recounts the perilous mission and compares it to earlier dangers over the Kalasap Reeckies region.
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Burma Road
Pet
India
Chungking
Northwest Airlines
China
Joseph A. McKeown
Minneapolis
Minn
America Airlines
Burma
Mountain flight crews brave high passes to China supply run
In a wartime account, pilots Olen E. Cupp and Tex Pether of Lubbock Texas guided a freight flight through Burma's mountains and a perilous Himalayan pass. With limited visibility they flew blind for more than 00 minutes, dodging ice and peaks, to reach northeast India and continue toward China where supplies were desperately needed.
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Mountain Pass
Burma
Meckeown
Capp
Ney
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Arma Corp
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Arma
Jose
Michael
Hartford, Conn
Hippolyte Hardy
France
West Hartford
Helen Hesterly
By William Ferguson
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Lexington
Kentucky
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Waal
Packer
June
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Lung
Preston Grover
Wide World
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