Conscription Bill Ready for Action in Congress
Washington reports a peacetime conscription bill approved by joint senate and house committee for final action. It calls for universal registration of males 21 to 36, 1 year of training, voluntary enlistments 18 to 34, and a cap of 900000 in training at any time. It provides for pay increases, deferments, conscientious objector arrangements, reemployment rights, penalties for draft dodgers, and a director of selective service. The act would run until May 15 1945 with yearly cycles and includes Stearman plant orders of 1500 trainers with 1000 since July 1 and deliveries 35 percent ahead of schedule.
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Washington
Senate
House
Western Hemisphere
Philippine Islands
Army
National Guard
Selective Service
Boeing Stearman division boosts training planes production
Seattle dispatch reports Boeing in Wichita Kansas increasing Stearman division output to one training plane every three hours. J E Schaefer, Boeing VP and Stearman GM, said the rate, averaged over two shifts, should rise within four months to a higher plane production rate.
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Seattle
Wash
Boeing Airplane Company
Stearman Division
Wichita
Kan
J. E. Schaefer
Boeing
Stearman
Hoover Family and Community Notes from Lawrence
Sunday dinners mark visits by Gerald Hoover family to Irene and Calvin Hoover. Local residents join the Clayton Hoovers and 4-H members Arlene Flory and Hazel Boerkircher at events and fairs. No. 4 school opens with Evelyn O'Brien as teacher.
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Gerald Hoover
Judith Anne
Carlene
Lawrence
Irene Hoover
Calvin Hoover
Hazel Pauline Boerkircher
Junior Richardson
Vera Postma
Judith Ann
Business College
Arlene Flory
Big Springs
Firefly 4-H
Flory
Clarence Hoover
Melva Dean
Kansas
Oklahoma
Carl Boerkircher
Stull
Denver
Hoover
Betty Hammond
Charles Weybricht
Charles Weybright
Charles
Evelyn O'Brien
Vinland
Aubrey Fishburn
Iona
Melvin
Gordon
Alvin
Frank Haas
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Schaefer
Cali
Gale
The
New York Journal
Washington Creek
Arkacite
America
America’s Finest
Lawrence Mill & Elevator Co
Kansas Public Service Company
Jolly Stitchers Club
Arthur Flory
Loneilies
Charlies Banning
Warren
Gottlieb Nieder
John David
Eudora
Star
Robert Wilson
Bobby
Valley Chapel
Solon Markley
William
Mary Catherine
Chester Weible
Bud
Columbia
Homer Flory
John
Theda
Joe Flory
Roland
Maxine
Olive
Lone Star
Lora Fox
Rovabelle Flory
Charles Haas
Donna Marie
Independence
Mr. Haas
Frank
Haas
Josie Haas
Hutchinson
Warren Craik
Ing
Ranger
Tex
Elva Craik
Missa Lola Craik
Enid
Okla
Krum
Floyd Garber
Mass
N Fall
Glenshire
Gibbs
Roxbury
Gibbs Clothing Co
Negewear
New Fail
Mallory
Lsle
Madras
Coverts
Gabardines
Mark Twain
Mark Twains
Star Brand
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