Army orders to speed munitions production in wartime
Washington report shows Louis Johnson briefing 200 procurement officers on simplifying designs and speeding mass production. He outlined five objectives including standardizing arms, surveying plant capacity, training factories, and streamlining contract forms to meet potential war orders under Roosevelt’s national defense plan.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
High Command
Roosevelt
Army
War Department
Congress
Johnson
Aoaty
Flashes and Oddities From The Week In News
A light, collage style item notes Elmer Kotutlits, 20, juggling with a bowl of goldfish in a car rear seat, surviving a collision with fish intact. Also recalls a missing St. Louis news hound named Butch and a money changer dog trick, a Dallas estate case on hay prices, and a Portland hunter on catching a coyote. Alarm clocks in the U.S. near one million in count.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Elmer Kotutlits
Kotulik
ST. Louis
Butch
Kilroy
Vanderbilt Stocking Fight Sparks Female Protest
In Nashville on December 1 AP reports Vanderbilt women comply with a faculty ban on bare legs and ankle socks while plan a protest for Saturday. Dean Ada Bell Stapleton refused to explain the order or comment on the rally as students cite comfort cost and convenience for ankle length socks.
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Nashville
Vern
Vanderbilt
Ada Bell Stapleton
May Dump German Cannon In River
A petition signed by 64 residents requests dumping the German cannon placed on the Tarrytown library lawn last Armistice Day into the Hudson River. Red Cross official cites bad psychological effect on children. village officials note cannons are common memorials.
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Tarrytown
Hudson River
Homer Foot
Red Cross
Fred A. Graber
France
Judge says spies receive fair trial to teach nations
Federal Judge John C. Knox urged that foreign states learning from the spy cases be reminded of America’s humane justice. Three Germans and a German-born man were convicted of conspiring to steal U S military secrets and face up to 20 years. He warned jurors to weigh Rumrich’s testimony carefully, calling him a liar in parts yet noting truth can surface. The article ends noting a home economist’s $12,000 figure for family food over 22 years.
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New York
John C. Knox
Theall
America
Johanna Hofmann
Otto Hermann Voss
Erich Glaser
U. S. Army
Knox
Guenther Gustave Rumrich
Rumrich
State retreat ends pension aid bar in Missouri cases
Missouri abandons 30 court contests in Springfield court of appeals, dropping suits that held outside assistance from relatives did not bar old age pension eligibility. The move limits appeals to actual contests and does not imply reinstating more than 4,000 applicants denied pensions.
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Missouri
Springfield Court of Appeals
Tailor Emil Schulz Sentenced on Extortion Charge
Emil Schulz a 64 year old tailor who pleaded guilty to attempted extortion was sentenced to six months in jail and placed on probation for two years Assistant U S District Attorney Henry G Morris said the case stemmed from notes delivered last July demanding 500 under threat of death by poisoned darts The case involved Martin Arbelger a public service company employee postal inspectors caught Schulz who admitted the crime Deer noted as the most common big game in the United States numbered about 1450000 in national forests
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St, Louis
U. S
Henry G. Morris
Emil Schulz
Schulz
Morris
Martin Arbelger
Public Service Company
Seek Agreement On New McDonald Jury
Los Angeles December 1 AP state and defense sought agreement on a jury to try Charles E McDonald convicted of assaulting Mrs Karl Krueger with a deadly weapon on his insanity plea. The Hollywood electrician faces 1 to 10 years unless it is proven he did not know the nature of his acts when he shot Mrs Krueger last Aug 19 after blaming her for his wife s estrangement. A jury that found him guilty was dismissed and 12 new jurors began selection.
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Los Angeles
Charles E. McDonald
Karl Krueger
Hollywod Electrician
City Philharmonic Conductor Paralyzed by Wound
The City Philharmonic Orchestra conductor sustained a spinal wound and is paralyzed. Details on the incident and current condition are not provided in the fragment.
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City Philharmonic Orchestra
Pennsylvania Little New Deal Adjourns After Sessions
The Pennsylvania legislature, in and out since July 25, adjourned today ending a major Democratic era. The House stood 154 to 54 for Democrats and the Senate 34 to 16, under Governor George H. Earle, marking a retreat from Democratic control in state government.
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Harrisburg
Little New Deal
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
House
Senate
Gover
George H. Earle
Legislature Set for Republican House and Democratic Senate
The forthcoming session will feature a Republican controlled House and a Democratic Senate after the election. Arthur H. James is the governor-elect, representing the Republican party. The administration composition signals a divided leadership as January reconvenes.
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Cratic
House
Senate
Arthur H. James
Brookfield Man James H. Smith Dies at 83
Brookfield Missouri December 1 AP James H. Smith aged 83 longtime first secretary of the Missouri Dairy Association formed in Kansas City in 1890 died yesterday He was born in Salisbury North Carolina.
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Brookfield
James H. Smith
Missouri Dairy Association
Kansas City
Salisbury
N. C
Forest fires in unprotected U S areas average 104,816 yearly
Forst fires in unprotected areas of the United States averaged 104,816 per year from 1933 to 1937, causing estimated annual damage of 33,613,000 dollars.
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Forst
U. S
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