Landon Attacks Bureaucracy in Labor Speech
M Landon in Kansas, Oct. 5, told College Republican clubs that labor and government must harmonize to save the economy. He warned wage boards threaten free bargaining and predicted a Republican shift in Congress by 1948 with sweeping party control.
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Texas
Avalanche Journal
Landon
Pera
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U.P. M
Don
College Republican Clubs of
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Lief
Frank Ison
AFL International Warors Union of North America
Washington
Republican Party
House
Udf
Senate
White House
Congress
Butterfly Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Found in New Guinea
The bird winged butterfly from New Guinea has a wingspan of about ten inches making it the largest butterfly known. It surpasses prior record holders in size and draws attention from naturalists worldwide.
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Queen Alexandra
New Guinea
Ex Marine Pilot From Lubbock Receives Fifth Gold Star
Harry Stephenson Soladay a former Marine pilot from Lubbock now with Aluminum Awning Manufactur ing Co is decorated with his fifth Air Medal gold star He shot down an enemy plane over Ie Shima and earned prior honors including the Distinguished Cross and the original Air Medal He flew with VMF 422 the Buccaneers from 1944 to 1945 survived heavy flak and a shark encounter in the Marshalls before returning to Texas Tech.
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Harry S. Soladay
L. R. Cloern
Marine Corps
Dallas Marine Office
Okinawa
VMF 422
Texas Tech
U. S. Marine Corps
Harry Stephenson Soladay
Ie Shima
Soladsy
Japan
Formosa
Buccaneers
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Marshalls
Butch
Soladay
Navy
Army Plans For Airborne Forces
Brig. Gen. William M. Miley reveals in the AAF review that the army aims to move all forces airborne. Plans include redesigned ordnance, giant transports, and aircraft such as the C-82 Packet with 50 troops, plus C-97 Stratocruiser, C-84 Globemaster, and C-99 XB-36 cargo variants with heavy lifting capacity and long-range reach.
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Washington
WUPA
Army
William M. Miley
Airborne
Fort Benning
AAF Review
Air Force
Miley
Price Boosts for Meat Meals Approved by OPA
Washington observers report the OPA authorized restaurant owners to raise meat meal prices by up to 15 percent next Thursday. National Restaurant Association president Walter F. Clark notes many will not use the full increase, as adjustments reflect higher costs only in necessary cases. The move ends the June 30 price cap and sets rises to the nearest nickel for items 20 cents or more, with smaller items increasing in even cents.
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Washington
OPA
Walter F. Clark
National Restaurant Association
Clark
Texas Construction Awards Slump Amid Lower September Totals
Texas Construction awards for September slipped to the year’s low but remained above prior years. The Construction Trade Journal reported 1,516 contracts totaling $28,827,694, while residential construction fell to $9,987,228 led by $8,410,600 for homes under $7,000. Soladay, a Navy aviation cadet, is returning to Texas Tech after service with the Bucaneers from El Centro, California. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Soladay of Spur. his wife is Pat Patterson of Spur.
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Austin
Texas Construction Awards
Texas
Construction Trade Journal
Ber
St. Mary’s
Calif
Norman
Okla
Corpus Christi
Buccaneers
el Centro
California
Soladay
Eagle Mountain Lake
Texas Tech
Carlsbad
N. M
Scarcity of Medicine Linked to Meat Shortage Warned by Bolton
Rep Frances Bolton warned of a looming shortage of essential medicines if meat supplies do not increase. She cited insulin adrenal and thyroid extracts and other gland products used in public health stressing millions depend on these medicines. She noted beef and mutton on the hoof are not gland essence for doctors and urged action.
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Washington
Frances Bolton
Ohio
International group for bar is planned
Lawyers from almost all nations will assemble in New York for a two day session to organize an international bar association. The meetings will be under a special committee of the American Bar Association led by Robert Nelson Anderson. Invitations have been sent to and accepted by all nations except Germany, Japan, and their former satellites.
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New York
International Bar Association
American Bar Association
Robert Nelson Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Germany
Hos
Japan
Army Air Forces defer bid on British air speed record
Delayed by bad weather and mechanical issues the Army Air Forces indefinitely postponed the dual assault on the British held air speed record of 616 miles per hour in Los Angeles on October 5.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Growth Hormones Double Size in Animals
Scientists report experiments using pituitary fluid from oxen and sheep to double the size of bulldogs salamanders and rats via injections. They also note the 1940 grapefruit crop exceeding 43 million boxes, a thousandfold rise since 1899.
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International Group For
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