Women Job Force Emerges as Local Hero
P F Johnson of the Ohio State Employment Service reports a shift in the labor market with fewer unemployed men and ample qualified women. Nurses waitresses and secretaries are in short supply while clerical and stenography workers are plentiful. 850 female applicants were registered, including 280 inexperienced, 200 with sales or office experience, and 100 with semi skilled factory know how.
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P. F. Johnson
Ohio State Employment Service
Vail Ave
Johnson
OSES
Army denies gas use eyed at Iwo Jima
Army officials say no record exists of the War Department proposing poison gas for the Iwo Jima invasion. The Chemical Corps studied ways to shorten war after heavy casualties, but press reports and interviews question if any formal proposal was made. Admiral Nimitz’s remarks frame the debate on wartime ethics and gas warfare.
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Army
Iwo
Washington
War Department
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima Island
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Napa
Calif
Register
Pacific
Nimitz
Chemical Corps
The
Chemical Services
Organization For War
Okinawa
Navy
Raymond Jena Wins Best Speech at Toastmasters Meeting
At Eastern Lanes last night Raymond Jena of Armco Steel Corp. auditor won best speech for his talk on Who's Boss. Leroy Meier served as toastmaster with Basil Fleming as topicmaster and fellow speakers included Mike McGee Jim Rokovich and George Glass.
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Toastmasters Club
Eastern Lanes
Raymond Jena
Armco Steel Corp
Leroy Meier
Basil Fleming
Mike McGee
Jim Rokovich
George Glass
Army seeks kinder way to notify casualties
The Army studies using military resources instead of Western Union to inform next of kin of overseas deaths. Rep. Horace Kornegay cited a mother who was notified at home by a taxi driver. A May 1 decision is anticipated on developing a military notification system.
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Washington
Horace R. Kornegay
D-N.c
Kornegay
Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
J. L. Blackwell
Legislative Liaison
Hiram Strickland
Graham
N.C
Knight of the Year honors Rivers of Lafayette Lodge 37
John Rivers 71 a former welterweight boxer and boxing instructor at the YMCA received Lafayette Lodge 37 Knights of Pythias first Knight of the Year award. He has 46 years in the lodge serving as outer and inner guard with many committee roles.
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John Rivers
S. Main St
Lafayette Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Lodge
Rivers
YMCA
William Wilson
Don Treadway
Karen
Hall
Roy Bowling
Liberal Markets, Inc
Parliament Debates Appearance Of Prime Minister Gandhi
In New Delhi members of India's Parliament briefly paused business as H V Kamath of the Praja Socialist party praised Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as the world's most beautiful. Sahida Mukherjee protested the personal remarks, and Speaker Hukam Singh warned against such talk. Hem Barua continued the discussion.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Praja Socialist Party
H. V. Kamath
Gandhi
Chickenhawk Joins Debaters in Viet Nam War Debate
In Washington Sen. Lee Metcalf of Montana declares I am a chickenhawk a term for hawks who fear widening the war. He says he supports victory in Viet Nam yet opposes U S involvement in Cambodia Laos or a land war with China.
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Washington
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
Viet Nam
United States
Cambodia
Laos
China
Body Of GI Hero Arrives Home In New Mexico
The body of Spec. 4 Daniel Fernandez, 21, killed in Viet Nam last Friday while sacrificing himself to shield comrades, arrives home at LOS LUNAS New Mexico. Brig Gen Burton R Brown from Sandia Base leads a flag and honors detail. Fernandez, twice decorated in Viet Nam, is nominated for the Medal of Honor. Burial with full military honors planned Saturday at National Cemetery Santa Fe.
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Los Lunas
N.M
Cap
Daniel Fernandez
Viet Nam
Burton R. Brown
Sandia Base
Albuquerque
Fernandez
National Cemetery
Santa Fe
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Larry S. Pierce
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Central Ave
DIAL
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Rivers Kp’s ‘Knight of Year
Parliament
Trenton First Church of God
E. Home Ave
James Faulkner
Montford Neal
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Monroe
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