James Stewart Learns Army Life Amid Duty and Humor
Hollywood star James Stewart, conscripted March 22, describes army life at Moffett Field. He rises at 5:30 AM for long drills, earned the rank of corporal, and serves as squad leader while praising fellow draftees. He attends a Los Angeles enlistment meeting for national defense and receives a warm MGM studio welcome after a day of training.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
Anic Stewart
Moffett Field
Fran
San Francisco
Stewart
Los Angeles
United Service Organizations For National Defense
Salvation Army
M-G-M
Shearty
Clark Gable
Jeannette MacDonald
Waljeece Beery
Moffett Yeld
Farm boy cites late sleep as reason to join Marines
An 18-year-old farm boy from Andover New York explains to a recruiter that the chance to sleep late motivates enlistment in the Marine Corps. He jokes that getting up at 4:30 a.m. would be like a vacation, though Marines wake at 5:45 a.m.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Marine S
Edward F. Stackell Jr
Andover
N. Y
Marine Reveille
Unsung AP Cable Desk Shows How News Goes Global
Inside the AP cable desk, a network of editors, printers, and wireless links moves dispatches from Athens to New York in moments. The column explains the 24 hour operation, the “visible relay” method, and how urgent news travels from foreign fronts to 2000 newspapers nationwide.
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Globe
Saco
Sacramento
Calif
Long Island
London
New York
Panama City radio scene boosts kiddie revue and talent
WDLP advertises a ten o clock morning Kiddie Revue from the RITZ theatre with more broadcasts on Saturday. Chavers-Fowhand Furniture sponsors All-Request Hour daily at 4 pm with requests at stores in Marianna Chipley Port St Joe and Panama City. Other notes praise visitors and sport plans while a whiff of war commentary closes the column.
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Ritz Theatre
Eca
Panama City
Chavers-Fowhand
Marianna
Chipley
Port St. Joe
Chavers-Fowh and Furniture Company
Roosevelt McBride
North Africa Loses Chief in Air Raid Death
Brigadier General Alighiero Micle chief of staff of the Italian high command in North Africa was killed April 22 by a bomb during a British air raid on Tripoli. Appointed last December, he was a veteran of the Libyan, World War I and Ethiopian campaigns and had served as chief of staff of the army of the Po and as aid to the army general staff.
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Rome
Alighiero Micle
North Africa
Tripel
Libya
Army of the
Germans Use Psychology In Picking Key Army Men
Chicago May 1 The German army uses a psychology driven method to select soldiers for dangerous duties. Trainees volunteer for parachute tests in isolation to gauge willingness and nerve. Officials say this process began in 1926 and now involves many officers and psychologists assessing will power decision making and leadership in formal tests.
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Chicago
Place
Poland
Stock Market Mixed as Revival Appears to Pause
New York May 2 AP The stock market extended tentative gains in early trading with strong showings in steels, rails and industrials but activity eased by mid day. Notable moves included Du Pont General Motors and United Aircraft with several issues edging up or down amid a quiet session and scattered fractional gains.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Mernett Poup
Noutt
al Chem & Dye
Rea Motors Cl
Reynolds
Kidnapping Charged In Shanghai Case
Mrs Chow Zing-Tsan, secretary of the Chinese court in the international settlement, her husband their 18 month old child and a servant were kidnapped from their home in Shanghai. Authorities said they were investigating reports that agents of the Japanese sponsored Nanking regime seized them.
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Shanghai
Chow Zing-Tsan
International Settlement
New Economic Plan Outlined By Scientist
A Virginia scientist proposes a national program to pay every adult 5 to 10 dollars monthly to equal the gap between total yearly production and goods purchased. Allen T. Gwathmey of the University of Virginia says issuing this money would avoid inflation and keep private ownership, with war taxes adjusted to reflect excess purchasing power from war production.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Richmond
Virginia Academy of Science
Allen T. Gwathmey
University of Virginia
Gwathmey
Cleaning Job Goes to Window Display in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska a possum wandered into Norman Crounse's downtown cleaning shop. Rather than cleaning the fur the proprietor put Mr Possum on display in the window attracting curious locals.
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Lincoln
Neb
Norman Crounse
Crounse
Holy Land Calls Jews to Colors
In Jerusalem on May 2 the Jewish agency urged all bachelors aged 23 to 30 to enlist with British forces. It said arrangements with employers would release many men for active service. About 8,000 had already volunteered, but the agency insisted that many more were needed.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Panama City Local Man Earns Master Feeding Advisor Title
Shannon Wilkes of Panama City has earned the Master Feeding Advisor title from Ralston Purina after two years of study on livestock and poultry feeding and management. He attended councils starting May 1939 in Gadsden Alabama and six more councils at six month intervals, applying lessons to advise customers without charge. He invites locals to Stewart's Grocery to discuss problems and receive personal attention.
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Shannon Wilkes
Panama City
Ralston Purina Company
Wilkes
Gadsden
Ala
Stewart's
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Panama
Tomorrrrow
Vale
Ray
Emmett Lynn
Virginia Whitey
RKO Radio Picture
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Asserseonce
Soney Olenichertioe
Captain Marvel
Athens
Balkans
Anthony Mnden
Brush
Alexander Papaos
Alexander Korysis
AP Cable Office
Special News Service
Balkan
Foreign Office
Adriatic
Associated Press
Associated Press European Communications Center
Berne
Switzerland
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Kalabaka
J. Reilly O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
WDLP
Whie Sunny State Oil Company
Wadlp
Cosmo
Widlp
Ger Inman
Grecian
Cable
Hitler
Clyde Lewis
WEA Service, Inc
T. M. Red
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OFF
Camp Life
Army
Navy
Camp Robinson
Ark
H. P. Grounds
Haskell Institute
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Wiliam E. Rabb
Holy Land
Fourth St
Grace Ave
ACA
Tampa Florida Breweries (Incorporated
Tampa Florida Breweries, Inc
Rae S Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich
Blackburn Auto
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