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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
2
Washington reports a corps of specially trained army interviewers began evaluating the first contingent under the conscription act. They classify trainees by private occupation and skills, recording data on Soldiers Qualification Cards to guide assignments and future promotions. A punch card system will speed quick selections from qualified groups.
In San Francisco a group of six boys aged 16 to 18 used a football style formation to steal a roasted turkey from a restaurant. One boy waited with the car running outside while the others, led by a swift passer, moved the turkey down the line and escaped before the owner recognized the play.
Belgium reports 18 days of battle destroyed 9,632 houses and 116,710 slight damages while 352 factories and over 100 railway depots were ruined. Reconstruction costs reach 13.0 billion Belgian francs about 417 million dollars. Major cities fared lightly. towns like Tournai Louvain Nivelles Ostend hit hardest.
Newspapers criticize authorities as resources run thin. Chestnuts replace potatoes and bone marrow is used for fat while aromatic grasses season meals in oilless kitchens. Flower beds are dug up and vacant plots, even urban home gardens, are planted with vegetables. Soup kitchens aid the homeless and a one-thousandth income contribution is requested from workers and employers until next April.
Stacey Jones a 68 year old veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars has secured a physical examination from army officials. He says his wife is dead, his children grown, and he feels duty bound to serve. He suggests a posting that could free younger men or even lead him to command army mules due to lifelong livestock experience.
Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller says fifty three towns lack sufficient population for representation in the 1941 state legislature. The disqualified towns span every county, signaling widespread impact.
Leavenworth Kansas December 5 The army uses a card index system to classify draftees by about 300 job codes. Numbers such as 15 for bricklayer and 57 for a sorter are used to match candidates to openings, including a dental assistant the post dentist found unsuitable.
In Boyston Massachusetts a man named Gray Harris keeps an unusual, man made brook inside his living room with a real tree growing from a ledge beside it. The scene, described by UP, notes Harris never seeks a Christmas tree yet the unique setup persists as a local curiosity.
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