Smallpox cases rise in United States says insurer
An insurance company report notes 2849 smallpox cases in the United States last year, with most occurrences in the North Central and Western regions. It highlights vaccination as essential and calls for jail for those who defy vaccination laws, while also touching on Japanese attitudes toward expansion and wording.
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United States
Insurnce Company
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
South Atlantic
North Central
Minnnesoua
Towa
Colorado
Defense Council Organized for Hempstead Officials Meet
Arkansas Defense Council members met Friday with Hempstead Mayor Albert Graves and appointed Rep. Talbot Feild Jr. as chairman. L. A. Henry and B. H. Wooten led the state group, a branch of the Office of Civilian Defense under Fiorello La Guardia. The council, part of Roosevelt’s emergency program, will assess civilian needs and fund emergency projects such as new Hope school buildings for increased enrollment at the Southwestern Proving Ground. Feild said local plans are still forming with committees to be named soon.
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Arkansas Defense Council
Albert Graves
Hempstead Defense Council
Talbot Feild, Jr
L. A. Henry
B. H. Wooten
Office of Civilian Defense
Fiorello H. la
Juardia
New York
Office of Emergency Management
Roosevelt
Hope
Southwestern Proving Ground
Rep. Feild
My. Feilds
Hen Conscripted When Gas Fails
St Bartholomew's Hospital received eggs from a gift of vegetables. When gas cuts halted operations a hen was brought in by a hospital official to hatch the eggs in the pathologist laboratory sidecar. The plan aimed to keep the eggs warm during wartime shortages.
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London
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Evacuee From Robinson Tells Her Own Story
Open Forum letter from a Robinson evacuee describes being forced from home for Camp Robinson. The writer criticizes lack of local coverage and notes families were told to move without tents, recounting displacement around Hope and appeals for broader attention.
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Robinson
The
Star
Poer
the Star
Arkansas Gazette
Little Rock
Hope
Local Hope News
Camp Robinson
Daily Oklahoman
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Denver Post
Chicago
Cranium Crackers Summer Reading Quiz
Readers answer questions about libraries and authors. Questions ask which two American statesmen opened libraries, MacLeish and Carnegie connections, authors of Pulitzer Prize books The Good Earth The Bridge of San Luig Rey and The Yearling, authors who won Pulitzer and Nalye prize, and new titles by Bromfield Cronin and Steinbeck.
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Archibald MacLeish
Andrew Carnegie
Nalyel
Louis Bromfield
A. J. Cronin
John Steinbuck
Japan Begins Occupation of Indochina Bases
Saigon reports Japan starts occupation as ranking army and naval officers disembark at the Saigon airport and a column of military trucks from northern bases moves in. Gen. Rishiro Sumita, head of the Japanese mission, smiles as three bombers circle overhead.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
Rishiro Sumita
Lanse
Rescue at Laguna Beach as guards save two sailors
In Laguna Beach California Captain Roll Beck and a guard assistant pulled two men from heavy surf after a call for help interrupted a beach test lineup. They revived the sailors, then mosquitoes swarmed for days after each feeding.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Roll Beck
Beck
Draft Calls 9 County Boys Inducted to Camp Robinson
Nine youths from Hempstead and Nevada counties were notified by the focal draft board to report to Camp Robinson on August 1 for induction into the U S army under compulsory military law. Selectees and alternates listed include Robert Ruggles, Eston Bruce, Terry Brown, Allen Taylor, John Rogers, Leroy Haltom, William Wheat, Utho Barnes, James Rider, with Jim Simpson and Tommie May named as alternates.
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Hope and Hempstead County
Focal Draft Board
Camp Robinson
U. S. Army
Robert William Ruggles
Eston Floyd Bruce
Terry Minor Brown
Allen Lane Taylor
Johnnie Carl Rogers
Leroy Lewis Haltom
William Wheat
Utho Tommy Barnes
James Warren Rider
Jim Simpson
Tommie May
Reverend Evans Broadcasts Sermons From Bisbee Church
Bisbee pastor Joseph Evans recorded four sermons for broadcast over a local Bisbee station during a month long vacation. A receiving radio was installed in the Bisbee Community church to deliver the sermons each Sunday.
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Bisbee, Ariz
Joseph Evans
Bisbee Community Church
Bisbee
Bitten Man Chokes Rattlesnake to Death in Arizona
Douglas, Arizona resident John Morey, 34, fought a rattlesnake that bit his finger and refused to release. He throttled the snake with his free hand until it went limp, opened the bite with a knife to bleeding, then sought hospital care in Willcox.
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Douglas
Ariz
John Morey
Willcox
Morey
Soviet Military Mission to Meet Welles in Washington
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles will confer Saturday with a Soviet military mission that has arrived in New York and will fly to Washington to discuss coordinating supplies for Russia with Welles and General George Marshall.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
New York
Welles
George Marshall
United States
Russia
Gen Lear to Set Up Offices in Prescott
The Maneuver head quarters for the Second Army, led by Lieutenant General Ben Lear, will officially open in Prescott on August 11. Major Leland S. Power, Assistant Headquarters Commandant, is stationed in the new Armory. Lt. Col. G. B. Barth has inspected the site and will arrive during maneuvers. Headquarters will begin with about 210 to 300 personnel, using City Park area for quarters and mess hall as war games proceed locally.
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Prescott
Second Army
Ben Lear
Leland S. Power
G. B. Barth
Roosevelt Calls Philippine Forces Into U S Army Service
President Roosevelt orders all organized Philippine military forces into American service. Philippine units to be placed under American officers with a general to designate timing. naval units under the 16th U S Naval District commandant. Command authority from U S and Philippine constitutions. Possible plan to seize Shanghai settlement and French concessions as Japan moves to tighten control in the region.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
United States
Phillipine
Pacific
Indo-China
U. S
16Th
U.S. Naval District
White House
George Marshall
Army
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