Washington Daybook notes shifts in draft and politics
Washington Daybook reports selective service debate over extending draft ages possibly via executive order, with a Senate battle looming. It notes Andrew Jackson Houston as oldest serving senator and tallies long Senate and House tenures, plus a debate on Gravelly Point’s airport tax status and boundary questions. It ends with Air Corps education relaxed for college credit holders meeting core subject requirements.
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Tex
Andrew Jackson Houston
Morris Sheppard
Senate
House
Edward T. Taylor
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Taylor
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Ellison D. Cation Ed" Smith
South Carolina
Fairfield
Veterans Administration
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Norfolk
Supreme Court
Washington
Gravelly Point
District of Columbia
Potomac
Richmond B. Keech
Arlington County
Potomac River
Sana Fe
Air Corps
Open door urged to end weekend in defense plants
June 14 Washington organized labor will present to the office of production management a plan for a three shift 160 hour week in defense industries. The plan, from the OPM labor policy advisory committee, cites race discrimination and calls for open employment. Roosevelt urges immediate action to remove barriers to defense production and to unite national morale.
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Organized Labor
Office of Production
OPM
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Railroad Brotherhoods
Roosevelt
William 5. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
San Francisco
Harvey Brown
International Association of Machinists
CIO
Philip Murray
Knudsen
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Shipbuilding
Ordnance
Gov Donnell and Missouri Reform Path in 1941
The Jefferson City Post Tribune argues Gov. Donnell’s restraint on Democrats in the capitol signals a shift toward merit based government. It lauds his aim to reduce costs, balance the budget, and pursue nonpartisan efficiency, predicting GOP justification if he proves an effective administrator.
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Tribune
Tribune Printing Company
Associated Press
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Jefferson Chyise
Sissouri
Godside
Missouri
Donnell
Pelps
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Highway Patrol
Conservation Commission
Navy Seeks 35000 Recruits to Staff New War Fleet
Declares full emergency as the navy urges immediate manpower for operating new ships. Volunteers are emphasized after lowering some recruitment teeth and height standards, opening service to thousands previously rejected. The call highlights staffing as essential to national defense amid wartime urgency.
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Navy
Dempsey in Manhattan Aglow Before July Fourth Reflections
George Tucker profiles Jack Dempsey at his Broadway restaurant, recalling his rise from pearl diver to heavyweight champion. The interview covers his memory for faces, his view on fighters and wrestling, a past Texas incident, autograph request from a Salt Lake City visitor, and a closing note about a lawyer celebrating balance of career and family.
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Jack Dempsey
Broadway
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Beause
Jack
Toledo
Jess Willard
Dempsey
Firpo
Tunney
Swart
Montrose
Colorado
Rio Grande
Ime
Texas
Salt Lake City
Tom
Russian Peasants on Nazi Border Infuriate Hitler
Fred Vanderschmidt analyzes headlines and war notes on German pressure near Russia, British fears of a false Axis threat, Italy’s credit moves, and Stalin’s peasant resistance. The piece links Axis strategy to fuel, Suez defense, and Western border tensions during World War II.
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Germany
Ukraine
Caucasus
Hitler
Third Reich
Fred Vanderschmidt
North Africa
Britain
Winston Churchill
Suez
Tobruk
East Africa
Naziland
Stalin
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Lynchburg Mountaineers Offer to Sniping Troops
In Lynchburg Tennessee residents of the town around the 27th division from New York volunteer to mock-snipe invading mechanized forces. They drum up muskets to simulate shooting against the second armored division if its tanks threaten their area.
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Tennessee
Lynchburg
Tenn
New York
Second Armored Division
Independent Fire Protection Planned for Eastern Cities
Washington reports congressional sources disclosed civilian defense plans to provide independent emergency fire protection for every block in major eastern cities as a precaution against incendiary bomb raids. No funding request has been submitted to Congress yet.
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Washington
Congress
Week End Deaths List of Notable Figures
Maurice Katz 77 Yiddish novelist and former editor of the Jewish World Philadelphia. Col Louis A Carter 63 retiree chaplain and one of the few negro colonels in WA army. Lyman H Davis Sr 71 former racing secretary at Churchill Downs. Dr Blaine F Moore 61 tax expert with US chamber of commerce. Dr Frances G Wick 65 with pedigree at Poughkeepsie room.
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Associated Press
Maurice Katz
Philadelphia
Jewish World
Lewis A. Carter
Tucson, Ariz
Louis A. Carter
Lyman H. Davis
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Blaine F. Moore
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Treatment Used to Fight Blood Disease
Old Point Comfort Virginia June report describes blood irradiation therapy. Patient blood is exposed to ultraviolet rays from a mercury lamp via an automatic transfusion pump, then reinjected. Early cases show 100 percent recovery in 31, while 25 advanced cases show 48 percent. Results compared with sulfanilamide, safety noted, and timing with drugs specified. The method aims to deliver vitamin D like sun exposure through controlled irradiation.
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Old Point Comfort
American Institute of Homeopathy
George P. Miley
Philadelphia
Miley
Plane Research Men Study an Weird Ideas
Dayton June 16 The Post Tribune Special News Service reports Wright Field aero nautical laboratories tests on radical aircraft concepts. Maj. R C Wilson guides tours through models and wind tunnel results, including tail propeller ideas and engine layout problems, to educate procurement chiefs.
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Devon Francis Dayton
Post-Tribune Special News Service
Wright Field
Army
Aeronautical Laboratories Department
R. C. Wilson
Military Academy
West Point
Wilson
America
Department
Norman Moyers
English spiritual, economic union seen at Kiwanis convention
Grattan O Leary at Kiwanis International in Atlanta envisions a postwar spiritual and economic union of English speaking peoples. He says such a union would check tyrants and promote mercy and peace. About 6,000 delegates from the United States and Canada attend, the largest in 25 years. speakers include Hatton Sumners and George McCarty. Mark Smith of Macon is president.
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Grattan O'Leary
Ottawa Journal
Kiwanis International
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Frances G. Wick
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