Navy accelerates ship production under two ocean plan
Washington reports the defense commission says new warships are commissioned about once every 12 days. The accelerate two ocean program cuts cruiser build time, halves submarine and destroyer schedules, and boosts shipyard employment to about 300,000. Contracts total roughly 3.8 billion with 150 million funneled into new shipyards and facilities on the west and gulf coasts.
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Washington
Hatloral Defense Commission
Navy
St Ent
Gulf
Berberich to Guide Hotel Architects for Jefferson City Project
The Jefferson City hotel fundraising effort accelerates as Berberich plans to issue orders to architects soon. Attendance at the planning meeting was low due to room shortages, yet backers expect a substantial boost to hotel receipts, estimated between 530000 and 300000 annually, with the campaign gaining momentum and broad state support.
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Berberich
Page Jefson City
Jefferson City
British Health Good Despite War Hardships
UK health official statements report better overall health in wartime than in peace, despite air raid shelters and cold. Data show lower infantile paralysis deaths, rising diphtheria yet manageable typhoid, and measles upturn. Measures such as purges, disinfectants, masks, and mobile units curb disease, with war-time tumor of infection kept in check.
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London
Britain
Health Ministry
Alan Anderson
Bank of England
Hospital Savings Association
Ellen Wilkinson
Ministry of Home Security
Commons
New Colonists Face Eviction in Alaska
Thirty of Matanuska Valley's 150 new colonists, many Midwest migrants, face eviction for unpaid debts as ARRC mortgages foreclose on land bought in 1935. Most work at the Anchorage army air base, earning high wages and neglecting farms. Sixty-three have hired attorney Almer Peterson to challenge contracts claiming ARRC consent needed to transfer title and that terms shifted from 30 years to five.
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Palmer
Alaska
Matanuska Valley
Midwest
Army Air Base
Anchorage
Herbert C. Hanson
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp
Almer Peterson
Corporation
ARRC
States
Hanson
Army to add 7000 horses and mules this Christmas
Washington reports 7000 more horses and mules will join the army as Christmas purchases. In five months the remount service bought 12,832 horses and mules to support expanding personnel, with mules averaging 140 dollars and riding horses 166 dollars. Twin volunteers John and James Houpt from Pittsburgh become the first twins to enlist for one year under the selective service act in Allegheny county.
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Washington
War Department
Army Pittsburgh
John and
James Houpt
Allegheny County
Deanna Durbin to wed young producer next summer
Deanna Durbin, just turned 18, announces engagement to Vaughn Paul, a 23 year old producer, after a four year collaboration with her production crew on the Universal lot amid prior romance controversy. Walter E. Surething is noted as the first inductee in Windsor County under the Selective Service Act.
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Hollywood
Dec
Deanna Durbin
Universal
Vaughn Paul
Surething
Ludlow, VI
Windsor County
Salina clerk shoots and kills store manager then kills self
Angered by his discharge from Montgomery Ward in Salina Kansas, Armstrong obtained a gun and killed manager Marcus Miller and then killed himself after shooting assistant manager Claude Stone. Stone survived with critical injuries after being shot three times. Miller, 35, left a wife and two young children. Armstrong, 28, was discharged earlier. Local police described Armstrong as hot tempered and traced the sequence from Miller’s home to the cafe and store.
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Salina, Kas
Montgomery Ward and Company
Marcus Miller
Thomas G. Armstrong
Miller
Claude Stone
Harold Joy
Armstrong
Stone
Joy
Arm
Strong
Captain Joy
Sedalia
NAME SPONSORS FOR SYMPHONY
Continuation listing sponsors for a local symphony event includes individuals and organizations such as Hammon Baking Company, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hanes, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hawkins, and many others. The page credits community groups like Hawthorne Garden Club, Immaculate Conception Church Circles, Jefferson City Invest ment Co., Lions Club, and Jordan House of Flowers among donors.
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W L. Hager
Hammon Baking Company
C. C. Hanes
A. L. Hawkins
R. W. Hedrick
Hawthorne Garden Club
W. C. Hoefer
Stanley Howard
Immaculate Conception
Church Circles
W. C. Irwin
Jefferson City Investment Co
Jefferson City Art Club
Jordan House of Flowers
Lloyd King
L. B. Lake
A. Linxwiler
Lions Club
Geo. Lord
Henrietta McMillan
Air
Bill Meyer
C. OG. Millsap
Ernst Moer
Opening concert flags season with U of paste Glee Club guest artists
A long roster of sponsors including Schell Montgomery Ward Penney Co and various clubs is listed for the season kickoff. The opening concert is set for Monday evening in the Junior College Auditorium featuring the University of paste Glee Club as guest artists. The Hawaiian alphabet is noted to contain only 12 letters.
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Gus Schell
Schell Construction Co
Paul A. Schaefer
Seruges Guhleman Lumber Co
Otto Schultz
Irene Slate
H. A. Starks
H. 8. Stauffer
Hugh Stephens
James Stewart
John B. Sturm
Dale P. Summers
Win
H. Tellman
T. B. Society
E. J. Tietjen
Chas
Sweedie
Wm. Sweedie
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Viola Wachal
Weber Ice Cream Co
Women’s Council of Christian Church
L. E. Woodman
Waneen’s Society of Christian Service
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