Sparta Radio Equipment Defended by Congressman
Congressman William H. Stevenson defended Monroe County emergency radio plans after a War Production Board ruling denied priority. The Monroe County board approved two way radio systems for the sheriff office and police vehicles with test requirements for all operators. Sparta city agreed to equip its police car and officials will begin tests once funding and approvals proceed.
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Sparta
Wis
William H. Stevenson
Monroe County
Fn Temant
War Production Board
Stevenson
Bert O
WPB
Steven
Gripsholm Sails for Second Geneva Exchange Mission
The Swedish liner Gripsholm sails to carry out a second exchange of seriously sick and wounded war prisoners under the Geneva convention. The exchange will occur at Barcelona around May 17, with American repatriates due to land in New York next month.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Barcelona
New York
Nazis Urge More Marriages to Boost German Birthrate
A Nazi campaign in Germany aims to pair war wounded and bereaved soldiers with spouses to raise the birthrate. Municipal marriage bureaus offer free matchmaking as food rationing eases to allow gatherings for prospective couples, with 625,906 marriages and 1,539,841 babies recorded last year.
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Lisbon
Germany
Reich
Eire Nurses Bullied by Executors of Selfless Cause
Max Millard told Dublin University Biological Association nurses face bullying, overwork, underfunding and poor health care in Eire. He cited county hospitals with up to 140 hours per fortnight and 168 on night duty, noting trained nurses paid only 10 dollars weekly.
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Max Millard
Dublin University Biological Association
Eire
Vermont gardener winters Brussels sprouts with root transplants
Stamford Vermont farmer Robert Jepson explains winter growing by transplanting strong roots from the garden into boxes of rich earth in the cellar. The method yields fresh Brussels sprouts rhubarb and celery even in cold months.
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Stamford
Vermont
Robert Jepson
Madison Professor Leonard Dies at 68 After Phobic Prison Life
Prof William Leonard 68 UW English instructor died at his Murray street home in Madison after a long period of limited movement and a heart ailment. He authored poems and translations, supported Tom Mooney causes, and endured multiple marriages with a notable early loss shaping his life. He held degrees from Boston University Harvard and Columbia and studied at Gottingen and Bonn.
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Madison
Wis
William Leonard
University of Poet
Leonard
Tom Mooney
N. Murray Street
San Francisco
Mooney
Prof
Charlotte Freeman
Charlotte Charlton
Grace Golden
Green Bay
Prof. Leonard
Murray Street
Plainfield
N. J
William James
Martha Leonard
Wisconsin
United States
Boston University
Harvard
Columbia
Gottingen
Bonn
Europe
Modern Language Association of America
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Wisconsin Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Wisconsin Archeological Society
Beta Theta Pi
Plainville
Mass
Lynn
Lippincott
Hitch-Hiking Sailor Gets Ride From Evans Near Greeley
In Greeley Colorado a sailor hitchhiked a ride with Mrs Philip Forquer and her child. The sailor asked for a bite of the ice cream cone and continued to request more. The scene ended when they reached Evans where the sailor said he would stop. Prime Minister de Valera reports Ireland faces acute food shortage with wheat imports to total 180000 tons and barley need of 100000 tons to avert child hunger.
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Greeley
Colo
Philip Forquer
Mrs. Forquer
Evans
Forquer
de Valera
Roscommon
Eire
Search for radium in ruins of Hampstead hospital
Under a scientist’s direction demolition workers search the bombed Marie Curie hospital in Hampstead for a 12 000 half grain of radium amid the ruins.
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Marie Curie Hospital
Hampstead
Eng
Tots Love Pied Piper Plays for Refugee Children
Captain Pond a Brighton accountant turned conjurer entertains Yugoslav refugee children near Mediterranean tents. He travels with magic and toys, drawing cheers from youngsters and soldiers alike as he brings moments of joy amid wartime danger. Let's Get U. S. A. Keep ’Em Flying.
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Captain Pond
Brighton
England
Mediterranean
Jap Deserter Sees An Early Nazi Collapse
A Stockholm interview published by the London Daily Mail quotes Prof. S. Sakimura an economist and former Japanese embassy staffer in Berlin as saying that opening a second front may cause economic collapse in Germany and hasten it. He lives in Stockholm fugitive from Japan's dragon society and notes that until a year ago large convoys carried rubber to Germany from Japan via French ports, now halted by the Allies.
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London
Stockholm
Berlin
London Daily Mail
S. Sakimura
Germany
Sakimura
Japan
Dragon Society
Deaths Noted Across Nation In AP Dispatches
Col Charles A Wickliffe 59 judge advocate general of third service command completed nearly 30 years in regular army. Ira Lawrence File 67 chief engineer of Chesapeake and Ohio railroad since 1939 with over 40 years tied to the road. Rev Matthew A Daly 80 known as sky pilot to Minnesota lumberjacks.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Aquinas Singers Present Concert Demonstrates School Talent
The Aquinas High School vocal department under Sister M. Agnes Claire presented a Monday evening concert in the school auditorium. The program featured girls and boys glee clubs, mixed choir, and soloists Patricia Sciborski and Art Klein, attracting a large, enthusiastic crowd.
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Aquinas High School
M. Agnes Claire
Patricia Sciborski
Art Klein
Judge praises tactful reply from Springfield staffer
In Springfield a judge learns a tactful dodge from Mr. Smith who runs the court yard commissary. When asked why he worked on a holiday he said he was there by choice. The judge calls it a pleasant diplomatic phrasing and says he must remember it.
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Springfield
Smith
Cc Courtyard
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