House Draft Aims to Delay Conscription After Election
The House voted 185 to 155 to pass a draft bill with amendments. Col. Hershey leads draft planning and may become a key power behind conscription. The bill sets ages 21 to 35, enlarges registration, and trims a 60 day volunteer delay.irteen lines
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Col. Hershey
Fish
Senate
Miss America 1941 and founder Lillian Ward dies
Lillian D. Ward founder of the Henry Street Settlement and cofounder of the federal Children's Bureau dies at 73 in Westport Connecticut. In Atlantic City Frances Marie Burke, 19, of Philadelphia, is named Miss America of 1941, listed at 5 feet 9 inches, brown hair, 120 pounds.
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Henry Street
Lillian D. Ward
Westport
Conn
Federal Children's Bureau
Atlantic City
Frances Marie Burke
Philadelphia
London Under Siege Nazi Bombardment Surges Through Week
In the fifty third week of the war Nazi air raids target London with hundreds of bombers at 30 minute intervals. Homes hospitals and newspapers suffer damage as fires and blackouts spread. Royal observations and civilian resolve highlight a city defying terror while Berlin faces raids of its own.
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Hermann W. Goering
France
Luftwaffe
Channel
London
British Empire
Berlin
Churchill
Annapolis
West Point
War Department
Army
Bill Green
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Fahy Promoted to Assistant Solicitor General
Charles Fahy, longtime council for the National Labor Relations Board, is promoted by President Roosevelt to assistant solicitor general. He led the NLRB through five years of injunction battles and Supreme Court tests and now handles the government’s side in hearings before the Supreme Court.
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Charles Fahy
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
NLRB
Supreme Court
Trendy global shifts and wartime politics summarized
A collage of world events notes a congressional recess ahead, Vatican mediation halting Reich attacks, and new U S lens tech from Bausch and Lomb. Japan may lose rayon dominance as U S process blends rayon with wool fabrics. U S unemployment lows spark education projections for 32 million in school by October. Weygand’s French cabinet reshuffle aims to slow colony shifts to Free France, while Daladier, Reynaud, and Gamelin face arrest. Rothschilds and others lose fortunes to state ownership in France. Henry Haye arrives in New York amid protest.
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Vatican
Reich
Bausch and Lomb
Japan
U. S
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Federal Office of Education
Petain
Maxime Weygand
France
Vichy
General de Galle
London
General Weygand
Charles Huntziger
Huntziger
Adolf
House of Rothschild
Hitler
New York
M. Henry Haye
International diplomacy and war notes and Coughlin broadcasting plans
Reports from Washington detail ongoing state department talks with Russia and Cripps in Moscow about easing tensions and potential cooperation against Germany. Cripps aims to win Stalin’s support while Hitler shifts toward Western Europe and plans actions in France and Italy. Coughlin plans a presidential radio campaign using station time due to network bans, facing resistance from owners. Canada seeks a U S trained winter pilot school with 5000 cadets, funded by Canada, to operate on U S soil.
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State Department
Oumansky
Japan
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Stalin
Red Army
Balkans
England
Sir Stafford
Hitler
West
East
Russia
Poland
Berlin
Germany
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Western
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
National Association of Broadcasters
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Network
U.s.-Canadian Defense Board
Ottawa
United States
Canada
U. S
Dominion
U. S.S
U. S. Army
Commandeering Power in War and Peace Debate
General Johnson argues the Burke-Wadsworth bill’s commandeering provision mirrors eminent domain and urges the President should hold this power. He recalls Wilson’s 1918 controls, warns against private-plant seizure, and notes public use must satisfy just compensation. The piece ends by recounting Civil War draft methods and a dramatic opening number draw.
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Washington
Secretaries of War
Navy
War
Wilson
War Industries Board
Smith
Senate
Buncombe
War Department
Rug to Crochet in Simple Crochet Stitch
Simple shell stitch rug pattern 6601 outlines a multi color project using four strands of string or rags. Directions, illustrations, materials list, and color schemes are included. Send order to:
Spirit in Action in Chesterfield Advice
A quotation asserts real spirit shows in gentle speech and firm deeds not rash talk or timidity. It warns against overbold words and urges balanced conduct through steady resolve.
Simplicity as Supreme Standard in Character and Style
Quotation on the value of simplicity across character manners and all things. Emphasizes concise virtue and refined conduct as the highest form of excellence.
Our Patience How Patiently You Hear Him Groan
The line voices a somber reflection on enduring another’s trouble as the case is not yours to bear. It contemplates shared burden and restraint amid hardship.
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