Navy Seeks Technical Men For Radio Electronics Exams
The local navy recruit station invites men to qualify for radio and electronics work. Examinations run daily 9 am to 5 pm and evenings at the navy recruiting office room 313 post office building. Successful candidates become radio technician first class with ten months training valued at $12,000 civilian equivalent. Exams scheduled for Richland Center and Prairie du Chien with boards, as announced.
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Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Digestion Help
An old health ad urges readers to use Carter's Little Liver Pills to boost olive juice liver bile flow for digestion. It claims natural balance prevents heaviness and fatigue and markets pills at 25 cents as a simple health aid.
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Nature Fin
Carter
What War Bands Mean The Price Of Victory And Bomb-Free Nights
London reports on the emotional impact of the war and the demand for victory. Citizens recall nightly air raids and shortages while emphasizing resolve, sacrifice, and the need to buy war bonds to secure Allied victory.
War reporter recalls bombing of AP building in London
Robert Bunnelle, AP London chief, recounts wartime coverage since the December 1940 blitz and the grim task of cataloging clothing from the dead. He notes more than bombs mark the war as queues, fear, and endurance shape daily life in England.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Hitler
Pays $4 To Conscience Fund After 44 Years
Aurora Illinois receives four dollars to its conscience fund from a former resident in Los Angeles. The payment honors a 1900 theft of wooden pavement blocks taken for firewood. City officials say the contribution is gratefully accepted.
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Aurora
Ill
William Given
Los Angeles
Andrew J. Carter
South Africa Eyes Postwar Trade Freedom
In Cape Town the Associated Chambers of Commerce expressed hope wartime controls would end and private enterprise gain a freer postwar period. Premier Smuts had signaled that continuing measures would protect against indiscriminate competition while not hindering private initiative.
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Cape Town
Union of South Africa
Smuts
Postwar Plan Body Proposed Governor Speaks At GAR Convention
Gov Goodland calls for a non political economic commission to plan Wisconsin postwar policy with open public debate before legislation. He condemns non voters as real slackers and urges citizen participation across agriculture labor industry and government groups.
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Walter S. Goodland
Economic Commission of Representatives of Agriculture, Labor, Industry
State University
Wisconsin
De Gaulle Accused of Impairing French Cooperation
In the final hours before the invasion of France General Charles de Gaulle allegedly cancelled orders for hundreds of French officers landing with Allied forces. Officials say cooperation with the occupied Normandy population was impaired though de Gaulle later allowed 20 officers to accompany the liberation troops.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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de Gaulle
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Mother Protecting Her Children Gets Measles
SHREVEPORT La Mrs Marjorie Emery grew worried her two children might have measles. She watched over them for days. Finally her husband a pilot instructor at the local airport said she looked ill with measles and he was right.
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Marjorie Emery
Guatemala Extends Credit to Farmers via National Mortgage Bank
Guatemala provides credit facilities for farmers and rural industries through the National Mortgage Bank which has established agencies and branches on orders from New Guatemala authorities. Credits up to 500 dollars are granted to develop agriculture, raise cattle, and promote small rural industries. Interest stands at six percent annually and loans are secured by crop, cattle or industrial liens, with mortgages in special cases.
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National Mortgage Bank
New Guatemala
Northern Ireland widows receive extra pension funds
The Minister of Labor in Belfast announced a 300000 extension for supplementary pensions making widows and young children eligible since last September. About 3000 are now drawing pensions and 40000 are paid. a review is soon due and yearly costs will exceed the current appropriation with another request anticipated before year end.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Dublin Receives Largest U.S. Medical Aid Convoy Since War
The Irish Red Cross in Dublin received 986 cases from the American Red Cross, the largest of seven consignments since the war began. Items include 45,000,000 diphtheria serum units, 2,500,000 sulfanilamide tablets, 500,000 vitamin tablets, 4.5 tons insulin, 10,000 gallons cottonseed oil, and 15 operating tables. The seven consignments totalling 160 tons are distributed to 27 Eire depots for emergency use.
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U. S
Irish Red Cross
American Red Cross
Eire
Busy bachelors and leaders shy of marriage say Bramwell
B S Bramwell of the London Eugenics Society cites a study of prominent men in military science and the arts. He notes many leaders remain single or marry late and have few children due to their demanding careers.
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B. S. Bramwell
London Eugenics Society
Bramwell
Single men favored in Chile labor scheme sparks irregularities
The Chilean Minister of Labor accuses companies of evading family allowances by hiring only single men to provide housing for married workers. Officials in Santiago say the tactic undermines social laws and harms the legal rights of families.
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Wilkinson Receives 30 Year Term For Morals Offenses
Capt Morrison J. Wilkinson Jr. is sentenced to 30 years in prison at hard labor after a army general court martial convicted him on statutory rape and related morals charges. He was dismissed from the service and acquitted on four other counts. The 28 year old former China theater flyer remains jailed at the air base pending appeals. Prosecutors warned that forcible rape charges could carry death or life imprisonment under military law. Wilkin sons defense team argued the evidence was flimsy as he denied any force against five accusers.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson
Washington
Wilkinson
Caprice Capron
Jesse C. Duvall
Mountbatten Pioneers Mobile Breweries in Combat Units
Lord Louis Mountbatten becomes the first commander to include mobile breweries as part of the equipment of advanced combat units. This innovation aims to sustain troops with on site beer production during operations.
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Lord Louis Mountbatten
Making irons banned in South Africa due to uneconomic prices
Pretoria reports the manufacture of electric irons is forbidden as prices run far above prewar levels. Authorities say the industry has inflated costs by splitting production steps, turning mass production into profiteering. Stocks of elements and wire will be kept to repair existing irons.
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South Africa
Pretoria
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