Legislation Defeated Over Wiretapping Bill in House
The House rejected the Wire Tapping Bill by 154 to 146. The measure sought DOJ authority to tap telephone and telegraph lines for espionage and other cases, requested by the Attorney General.
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House
Elouse
Department of Justice
Selective Service Headquarters
Atlantic
Gulf
West
Congress
Grazing Service
Department of the Interior
Edward T. Taylor
Colorado
Ten Thousand Americans Fight With Allied Forces in London
London report shows about 10 000 Americans under 25 serving with Britain and allies. Robert Hutchinson of the American Eagle club describes it as a rescue canteen supported by private gifts and low prices. He notes many volunteers come from Canada and that dormitory space is urgently needed for bomber crews and other U S personnel in London.
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London
Britain
Robert Hutchinson
American Eagle Club
Eagle Club
Atlantic
Hutchinson
United States
England
Hitler
Great Britain
Russia
RAF
Stalin
Sugar Industry Pioneer Honored In Louisiana State University Kettle
A blackened old iron kettle on LSU campus memorializes Jean Etienne De Bore, who helped launch Louisiana sugar production after indigo declined. Born in the Louisiana Purchase area and educated in France, he returned to New Orleans and established a plantation near Audubon Park, pioneering sugar from cane juice despite indigo’s collapse and bankruptcy fears.
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South
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Jean Etienne de Bore
de Bore
Illinois
Louisiana Purchase Territory
France
New Orleana
Audubon Park
Former Cripple Starts New Club for Shut-ins
Vivian Brown, 25, cured after 12 years on crutches, organizes Shut-in Club with 295 cripple members. She launched the Ship of Joy to aid shut-ins nationwide, distributing 12 wheelchairs, 10 radios, two typewriters, and many gifts. The club maintains a library of 100 jigsaw puzzles and 600 books.
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Watehloo
Jawa
Vivian Brown
High School Close Has Grandma Mother and Bride
In West Mansfield the 1941 graduating class includes a grandmother 53 with 11 grandchildren a mother and a bride. Agnes Chambers waits to complete schooling after four years back in class while Donald Steinhelfer’s wife mothers an eight month old son and Gerald Rea’s wife becomes a bride who chose to continue studies.
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Bride
West Mansfield
Agnes Chambers
Donald Steinhelfer
Gerald Rea
Girl regains sight after twelfth operation in 21 years
Burlington report details Miss Elizabeth Barnard, 29, who recovered her sight after the twelfth operation in 21 years. She now walks with vision but says the color blue differs from her imagination, describing it as something very different from “lovely and good looking.”
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Burlington
Elizabett Barnard
Barnard
Disarming the Foo by Charles Michelson in wartime view
An opinion piece argues for supporting Soviet Russia against Nazi Germany as a strategic necessity. It frames the conflict as a broader struggle involving democracy, Britain, and arms production, warning against idealizing Russia while stressing expediency in aiding the anti‑Hitler coalition. The essay references Sweden, Finland, and Baltic states amid the polarizing war rhetoric. It transitions into U.S. agricultural and industrial production data and ends with a probate notice for Martha Janes Openshaw in Utah.
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America
Hitler
England
Great Britain
Sweden
Finland
Soviet
Baltic Countries
Russia
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Cineinati
Fackard
Ford
Studebaker
Buick
American Car and Foundry
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Poultry Yard
New Yorke Extension Service
Cornell
Marco Polo
China
Ke Granger
The
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Charles Michelson
Vengane
Soviet Russia
Reich
Germany
Japan
Andrew Jackson
la Pitte
New Orleans
Agate
Mary
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Fifth Judicial District Court
State of
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St Lton
Martha Janes Openshaw
Milford
Beaver County
A. D
Joan N. Opensha
Morris & Matheson
Bank of Southern Utah
Cedar City
Furst
Chevrolet
Ole
Bradshaw Chevrolet Company
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