Factories Ready for Emergency Says Army Officers
Army ordnance officers say U S industry could be ready within weeks in a national emergency, unlike the last war when it took months. A vast system of arsenals, standby plants and munitions depots exists with 100 ordnance plants and depots in various readiness states. The War Assets Administration blocks further sale of surplus plants as the list is reviewed.
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Ashington
Army Ordnance
Army
Emer
War Assets Administration
Army Ordnance Department
United States
From WWII Armories to Savannah Ammunition Depots
The text notes how World War II storage sites spread across the United States, listing vast armories and ammunitions dumps such as Savannah and Illinois ordnance depots. It highlights the scale and distribution of wartime reserve facilities.
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Savannah
Lll
Ordnance Depot
Jinx Boat Docks With Two Bodies
In San Diego on April 12 the tuna boat Anna K, known as a jinx boat, docked with two dead aboard after a fatal clash. Captain Harold W. Hansen 49 said crewman Luis Zamora 30 stabbed Carlos Asin 28 and wounded him before Hansen was stabbed. a 12 gauge shotgun was used to subdue Zamora. The killings occurred off the Mexican coast a week earlier. no charges were filed as the ship fled Mexican authorities.
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San Diego
FBI
Harold W. Hansen
Luis Zamora
Zamora
Carlos Asin
U. S
Asin
Hansen
Tex) Salzer
Mother Abused Youth Kills Kin in Detroit
In Detroit a 20 year old factory worker, Joseph Slumba, admitted fatally wounding his stepfather George Hamerick with a shotgun to protect his abused mother. Assistant Prosecutor William Brett said Slumba confessed after authorities questioned his account of the early Sunday shooting as the man slept.
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Detroit
William Brett
Joseph Slumba
George Hamerick
Brett
Slumba
Japanese Antarctic whaling expedition nets 1321 whales
The Japanese whaling expedition returns with 1321 whales and forecasts 17829 metric tons of whale oil and 35000 tons of meat and other products. Oil offered to the International Emergency Food Council for oil-short countries. Three Allied observers back after five months aboard a factory ship.
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Tokyo
Antarctic
Allied
International
Emergency Food Council
Japan
Truncated citation implies fatal shooting by stepfather
Witnesses describe a stepfather arming a 12 gauge shotgun and shooting Hamerick in his sleep after claiming fear of renewed violence. The fragment recounts a claimed motive and the sequence leading to a deadly act.
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Hamerick
Moscow Radio Director Muraviev-Volkonsky Dies
Nikolai Osipovich Muraviev-Volkonsky, director of the literary and dramatic broadcasting section of Moscow radio, died yesterday in Moscow, officials announced. His death follows a long career shaping Soviet radio programming.
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Moscow
Nikolai Osipovich Muraviev-Volkonsky
Moscow Radio
Woman Injured Falling at Municipal Auditorium
Mrs. Fern Wheelwright aged 65 of 916 Elm Ave suffered lacerations to both legs after losing balance and falling while descending stairs at the Municipal Auditorium. She was treated at Seaside Hospital.
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Fern Wheelwright
Elm Ave
Municipal Auditorium
Seaside Hospital
War Trial of Jap Women Begins In Japan
Yokohama reports that two women and 15 men including Lt. Gen Seiji Nozaki were arraigned for wartime murder aiding and abetting in the beating and torture of 2nd Lt John V Scanlan Jr of Louisville Ky after his P 51 crash in Chiba Prefecture June 23 1945. Defendants Touko Ishihara 30 and Wakako Hagihara 23 are among the first Japanese women to face war crimes trials alongside Shizuko Tsutsui in a vivisection slaying case.
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Yokohama
Seiji Nozaki
John V. Scanlan Jr
Louisville
Chiba Prefecture
Tokyo
Touko Ishihara
Wakako Hagihara
Shizuko Tsutsui
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