Fort Des Moines to host first WAAC trainees claim standards high
At Fort Des Moines the first 330 entrants of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps will begin training under Col. Don C. Faith. He says standards are high and will enforce discipline, while allowing a beauty parlor and seven daily classes with drill. The corps aims to reach about 25,000 women in service in roles from kitchen police to clerks and messengers.
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Generals Praise Teamwork and Language in War Efforts
General Bradley credits aerial gunners and crews with mission success, noting teamwork beyond piloting. Separately, Russian fronts report Soviet counterattacks near Rostov and Novocherkassk as German advances press into the Caucasus, with heavy air and naval actions across the Mediterranean and North Africa.
Gandhi Open Letter to Japan and U S War Casualty Update
Gandhi denounces Japan in Harijan urging nonviolence andIndia's drive for independence alongside a War Information Office casualty tally. The report lists 44,143 total U S armed forces casualties with branch breakdowns and missing, including Philippine Scouts figures.
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Congress Forms Rubber Supply Agency to Control Synthetic Rubber
Congress moves to create the Rubber Supply agency via the Gillette bill, taking authority over synthetic rubber plants using agricultural inputs from Donald M. Nelson WPB chair. Petroleum based rubber stays under the War Production Board, with priority deliveries certified by the new agency.
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Wages Rise in Manufacturing Earnings
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, reports that average hourly earnings in manufacturing rose 1.5 percent from April to May. The May average of 83.1 cents per hour is 14.5 percent higher than a year ago, driven by overtime, expanding work forces in high wage industries, and wage-rate increases.
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NEXT JAP MOVE Fool s Paradise
Premier Mitch Hepburn warned of Japan s likely next strike on Dutch Harbor to threaten U S West Coast production. He said Britain faces danger amid Russian setbacks while Germany could seize France and the French fleet. War production expands with higher munitions output and shipping pools coordinate Allied efforts. A searing wartime labor shortage of seamen grows as munitions and production rise across the U S and Canada.
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United States
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Repairs shift to United States air force in England
The RAF or American crews will no longer maintain planes in England as the United States air force takes over to boost efficiency and speed. The Australian government plans to raise service pay in the new budget with added allowances for dependents. The government also confiscated 29 ships from Italy and Germany, including a German vessel seized in the Caribbean last year and ships damaged by crews in American ports in March 1941 as part of sabotage. Diana Barrymore and Bramwell Fletcher have filed for a marriage license and expect to wed within weeks.
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England
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Caribbean
Diana Barrymore
John Barrymore
Bramwell Fletcher
Enlisted Aliens Fill U S Army and Latin Nations Explore
A U S Army overview notes large numbers of aliens serving including 2720 Germans 2472 Italians and 644 Japanese along with 3000 Japanese Americans. It highlights naturalized citizens and foreign battalions planned for Norwegians and Latin Americans amid war pressure and draft rules. It also recounts a Rome embassy tale of fascist propaganda and growing Italian and German hostility to Mussolini.
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German Forces Dig In as Don River Kes in Front Lines
German spearheads across the Don River are established after heavy losses as Nazi troops dig in along the Egyptian front. Gandhi admonishes Japan to withdraw, urging them not to be welcome in any theater of conflict.
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Caucasus
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Iet
Red Army
Novocherkassk
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Double Wedding Ring Quilt Pattern No 28131
The advertisement offers pattern No 28131 for the Double Wedding Ring quilt with six or eight piece segments. It provides cutting guides and states the quilt size is 86 by 99 inches. Prints plain color white or pastels can be used. The pattern costs 15 cents and orders are to be sent to the listed address.
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Angelica
Henry Wallace
Arnolds
Iowa
Claude Pepper
Pepper
Florida
Washington
Congressional Country Club
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