Convicts Seize Four Officials At Atlanta Federal Prison
In Atlanta four prison officials were held hostage by 25 long term convicts barricaded in the segregation unit at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Heat and light were cut off as guards monitored the standoff while Army observers denied direct involvement. Warden Sanford and James Bennett watched from the scene as details remained scant.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Army
Fort McPherson
Joseph W. Sanford
James V. Bennett
Washington Airector
Bennett
Giant Sky Giants Dominate Navy Budget Test Plans
The 78th Congress passed a $415 million appropriation with $286 million for the Navy. Secret tests on giant sky craft may dwarf B-29s, while $52.5 million in surplus funds could be used by the Navy. Additional items fund statistics for postwar readjustment. plans for $1.5 billion construction were dropped for now. Clara Barton is noted as Civil War horsewoman in a separate line.
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Washington
78Th Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Navy
Tokyo
Bureau of Yards
Commissioned Second Lieutenant Herbert Clark Home On Leave
Herbert Clark, son of Mr and Mrs S B Clark of Coal City was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Stuttgart Arkansas Flying School. He is on a ten day leave visiting his parents at Coal City and Huntington before returning to Greenwood Mississippi for assignment.
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Army Air Corps
Herbert Clark
S. B. Clark
Coal City
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Huntington
Greenwood
Miss
Insurance policies in force rise after war
The United States now has 158 million life insurance policies and certificates in force, averaging over five per family. This is an increase of 18 million from the number in force at the war’s outbreak.
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U. S
Harry R Payne Wounded in Action in Southwest Pacific
Private Harry R Payne son of Mrs Massie V Payne of Oak Hill has been wounded in action in the Southwest Pacific, according to a War Department announcement today.
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Register
Oak Hill
Harry R. Payne
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Massie V. Payne
Conquest Of Japan Seen As Costing 71 Billion Per Year
New York Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell warned that conquering Japan will cost the United States about 70 billion dollars annually after Germany falls. He urged a production upsurge and noted secret weapons ready for Pacific advances. He cited heavy ammunition costs and highlighted massive wartime expenditure and manpower needs across Allied fronts.
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Japan
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
Man quotes wife on health woes from constipation
Mrs K A Keaton of Wickham West Virginia describes her husband’s condition and symptoms. She cites difficulty sleeping nervousness and fretfulness caused by constipation and related digestive distress including gas brief breathlessness and heartburn.
Milk Homogenized to Prevent Cream Separation
Historical note describes milk treated with ultrasonic sound waves beyond human hearing to achieve homogenization, ensuring the cream remains evenly distributed and does not separate.
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