Hopes For Labor Draft Pinned On Popular Demand
Senator Warren R. Austin links national service legislation to public demand for stronger home front support. Hearings on noncombatant conscription for men 18 to 65 and women 18 to 50 resume next Tuesday as opposition grows from Colorado senators and others. Austin cites a need to mobilize manpower while opponents warn of forced labor and peonage risks.
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John L. Cutter
United Press
Washington
Warren R. Austin
Roosevelt
Austin
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Robert R. Reynolds
N.C
Colorado
Eugene D. Millikin
Colo
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Grant Approved For North American Aviation Plant
Washington reports North American Aviation Inc the maker of the Mustang P 51 fighter receiving an extra 1.6 million dollars from the Defense Plant Corporation to expand facilities at Inglewood California.
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Washington
North American Aviation, Inc
Defense Plant Corporation
DPC
Inglewood
Calif
Jap Island Air Fields Hard Hit
Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale reports widespread destruction of Japanese air fields in the Central Pacific from Seventh Army Air Forces raids. Nine bases targeted, 80 percent destruction at two, 60 percent at a third. land forces later captured Gilberts bases. Bombers logged 1.3 million miles in strikes across Tarawa Makin Jaluit Kwajalein Wotje Majuro Maloe-Lap Mili Nauru. 418 enemy planes destroyed in air and on ground.
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William L. Worden
Associated Press
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Willis H. Hale
Central Pacific
Seventh U. S. Army Air Force
Gilberts
Hale
Seventh Aaf
Tarawa
Makin
Jaluit
Kwajalein
Wotje
Majuro
Maloe-Lap
Mili
Marshalls
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Radio ads under watch as publisher urges monitoring
Chicago Sun publisher Evans calls for constant recording of all broadcasts to curb unethical ads. He argues current FCC monitoring is insufficient and urges legislation to capture every minute of broadcast. Evans also proposes a full time ASA president hire to help newspapers address industry problems.
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Chicago
Silliman Evans
The
Chicago Sun
Evans
Convicted Oklahoma fugitive captured in Merced
John Wilbur Voss 28 once escaped Oklahoma's state penitentiary last October 17 and was captured in Merced California by highway patrol officers. He admitted identity and was brought to the patrol office with $1,100 on him. The suspect will be turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Oklahoma
Merced
Calif
John Wilbur Voss
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. A. Burch
California State Highway Patrol
Voss
Highway Patrol
Actress Mary Boland Recovers From Abdominal Operation
Hollywood reports actress Mary Boland is on the road to recovery after an abdominal operation last Wednesday according to her physician Dr. William A. Branch. The update notes minor losses and a cautious outlook as she regains strength.
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Hollywood
Mary Boland
William A. Branch
Cadet Regains Sight After Sudden Blindness
Cadet R. D. Seale of Chico Army Airfield temporarily lost sight midflight but guided to a safe landing by radio. Post surgeon Lt. Col. H. F. Riedel cited hysterical amblyopia possibly linked to grief over a brother’s death in the South Pacific. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Chico
Calif
U.P
R. D. Seale
Chico Army Airfield
Seale
H. F. Riedel
South Pacific
Woman Uses Hatpin To Stop Would-Be Thief
Mrs Louise Cloen of Lubbock Texas era 1946 quoted as saying a boy tried to steal from her under a viaduct in Buffalo New York. She produced a hatpin and jabbed him in the chest, forcing his retreat. The incident highlights hatpins returning as a weapon of self defense for women.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Louise Cloen
Tailor of Picadilly Hall Tied to Nail Origin
A fashionable tailor who adorns Picadilly Hall with his craft is linked to the origin of the nail in Picadilly. The brief item notes a stylistic figure associated with the home and locale.
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Picadilly Hall
Picadilly
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