Giant Synthetic Rubber Plan May Grow in Future
Washington reports a push toward a giant synthetic rubber industry within years to replace natural rubber. Officials say costs could drop to around 8 cents a pound with developments from Standard Oil and other processes. public tire supply unlikely soon due to war needs and facility build times.
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Washington
INS ‘Mh
United States
Truman &B-Mo
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Burch
Elvillin
Cate Donald M. Nelson
Standard
Truman
San Sul
Broadway
Amer
Forth Street
Father of Three Sons Enlists in Virginia
Hartey Merriman, 32, father of three in the armed services, prepared to enlist in Virginia tonight after hearing of Estaan's failure. He hugged his wife and patted his young son goodbye, recalling his service as a cook in field artillery during the last war.
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Virginia
III
INS
Hartey Merrilian
Armed Services
Ins Ss. Louis
Estaan
Tefi
Merriman
Superintendent Kept From School By Permanent Injunction
Belton April 11 district judge Wesley Dice issued a permanent injunction restraining Bartlett High School superintendent J F McAlister from going near his school after a hearing on a temporary restraining order arising from a dispute with his board of trustees.
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Belton
J. F. McAlister
Bartlett High School
Wesley Dice
Captain Jesse Reed, Unsung Hero of Pacific
Melbourne dispatch profiles Captain Jesse Reed of Santa Barbara and Long Beach, a U S Pursuit pilot who died in Java. The piece lauds his three years training Dutch pilots, his lobbying for combat duty, and his pivotal role in building Allied air power in the Pacific, ending with vows from Dutch and American flyers to honor his memory.
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Jesse Reed
Hero
Pacific
Vanatta
Melbourne
INS
United Nations
Santa Barham
Calif
Long Tslang
Parnel
Tani
South Pacific
Macissar Straits
Davao
Reed
Navy
Bul Rob Insor
Hollywood
a_xetton
Liewk
Hardy
Australia
Harold Gatty
Pronkurtz
Los Angeles
America
N Reed
Java
Alshome
Mirport
Ang United Nations
Sores
Lem
Etforia
Netherlands
Hin
Wrute
1000 Tons Hit Ruhr in Week
London April 31 INS The air ministry announced Britain dropped more than 4000 tons of bombs on western Germany in the past week. The raids targeted factories in the Ruhr and Rhineland with four large scale operations, plus additional attacks on Nazi-occupied targets. About 19 bombers were lost.
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London
Britain
Germany
Western Reich
RAF
Rhineland
Ruhr
Hitler
Air Ministry
Jap with 30 Years in Navy Moves
In San Diego, Kanssawa, 67, the last Japanese resident escorted from the city by force. He claimed 30 years service in the US Navy and naturalization in Philadelphia in 1919, protesting his removal as authorities explain the risk to security.
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Ban Diego
Calif
Isekich
Kanssawa
Jay
San Diego
Kanasawa
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Philadelphia
Vanderbilt Quits Bridge Tourney
Vanderbilt announces retirement from contract bridge tournament competition. For the first time since 1928 he will not defend the Van derbilt cup, planning to play for a new trophy instead. Cupping starts in New York next week.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Nazis at Peak Halifax Claims
HOUSTON April 11 INS Germany is at its military peak and is drafting men from industry as Britain and the United States have not yet reached their full potential. Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington today and urged greater Pan American solidarity and war-effort coordination toward victory and peace. He warned against underestimating Japan while noting Russia’s efforts to supply its needs.
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Houston
INS
Germany
Britain
United States
Lord Halifax
Honalan
Thes Ambarsador
Halifax
Russia
War 25 Years Ago Today In World War I Report
Combat report notes unit actions across Europe and the Middle East. Unit forces in France seize villages near Arras while Argentine fliers and a German submarine clash off Beaufort. British troops advance toward Gaza as Greek armies repel German attacks in Florina and Yanitza. Slavic fronts see Skopje counterattacks and German retreats along a central Serbia line. Tobruk is described as defended by British forces in Libya.
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Wiencourt
Heninel
Arras River
Quentin
Beau
Gaza
Palestine
Florina
Yanitza
Mageslav
Courter
Skopiia
Serbia
Vrapcista
Presevd
Tobruk
Zlbse
Parents of Twins Die From Gunfire in Domestic Quarrel
In Chicago on April 11, police report that 43 year old George Mertell shot and killed his wife Lillian during a taxicab incident after she allegedly snatched five dollars from their daughter and then turned the gun on himself. Their twin children, Donald and Joan, were involved as witnesses.
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Chicago
Donald
George Meurtell
Lillian
Evacuation Planned for Mombassa Civilian Population
Wainobi April 1 Plans have been drawn up for the evacuation of the civilian population of Mombassa British East Africa port Special arrangements have been completed for the removal of the citys women and children and tents urged those whose presence was not essential to leave voluntarily.
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Wainobi
Mombassa
Knights of Columbus Names National Treasurer
The Knights of Columbus announced Francis J. Heazel of Asheville North Carolina was elected supreme treasurer. Heazel, an attorney, wed Daniel J. Calla Jr. of Washington D C, who had interim appointment after his father’s death end of last February, who held the office 33 years.
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New York
INS
Knights of Columbus
Francis J. Heazel
Asheyilly
N.C
Heazel
Auce
Daniel J. Calla Jr
Washkinton
D.C
Paper curtailment seen in US Canada newsprint flow
Washington April 11 potential curtailment of newsprint shipments from Canada grows as non war uses of electric power to Canada may be cut this year. War production board plans change could limit Canadian power usage, affecting US newsprint rates and supplies from Canada. Rating factors depend on water levels. low water would cause drastic curtailment, high water minimal impact.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Gambion
War Producion Board
United Rates
Sub Jeers Survivors of Two Ships
Two medium-sized American merchant vessels were torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Four survivors reached St Simons after five lifeboats abandoned ship. one crew member died, another was injured, and 22 are missing. The torpedoes struck within an hour of each other, and observers reported possible enemy subs nearby. A crew member, William Howell, died in a lifeboat after being trapped in his quarters. The Navy confirmed the sinkings as the ships were attacked while evacuees braved the sea and lifeboat hazards.
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ST. Simon
Anu
Atlantis
Glen Naval District
St. Simons
Burgiy‘ors
William
Howell
Port Arwho
T. P. Davenport
Micaelin MacPhee
Bostewaln Hetty Maghs
Disillusioned Hermit Fights Draft Law
Gregory Carhart a 29 year old hermit from Lehigh refuses the draft saying no faith in future peace. He has threatened to shoot it out with law officers if arrested and intends to discuss the matter calmly with visitors while warning he will resist to the end. His death threat board in Easthampton has warned of jail for resisting draft orders.
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West Chesterfield
Mass
CNS
Slamus
Lehigh
Gregory Carhart
Easthampton
Y W C A Prepares For Southern Meet
An all YWCA meeting is set in the Central Building at 409 Path Street at 8 p m on Tuesday to discuss plans for the Southern Regional Conference planned for May 10 in New Orleans. A panel directed by Leone Skelton will explore employment trends living conditions and health of girls and women in defense industries. The conference will emphasize Responsibility at the YWCA in War Time.
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Path Street
New Orleans
Leone Skelton
Forced Savings Plan Debated by Two Georgia Congressmen
Washington April 11. Two Georgia lawmakers Senator Walter 8. George and Representative Garl Vinson proposed a compromise on suspending the 40 hour workweek and urged strict limits on wage profits. They floated a compulsory saving plan via wage withholding and a 48 hour week with time and a half overtime, aiming to replace the push for full overtime suspension. Vinson planned to request the change Monday with George signaling possible Senate sponsorship.
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Washingtun
Georgia
Walter 8. George
Senate Finance Committee
Garl Vinnon
House
Naval Affair Committee
Helief
George
Vinnon
Sogielding
Browlai
Vinson
Senate
Sixty four German veterans rounded up on Ellis Island
New York, April 11. Forty four veterans of the German army, members of the Ordnung Bund, an organization pledged to aid Germany in wartime, were rounded up and held on Ellis Island, the FBI announced. Among the prisoners were 30 naturalized citizens, including the 20 year old son of one suspect who possessed a German storm trooper uniform, checked United States, and five passes to the United States.
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New York
Civnb
Kyfthavuser ‘Bund
Germany
Hays
Fills Island
FHT
United States
Rubber plant to rise in Gary Whiting area
Congressmen William T. Schulte of Indiana announced in Gary that a major synthetic rubber plant will be built in the Whiting area. The $50,000,000 project will utilize by products from the nearby standard Oil refinery and expand industrial activity in Northwest Indiana.
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Gary
Ind
America
Whiting
Executions Reported in Vichy Slayings of Prisoners
Vichy dispatch says German forces executed Litut Heng Caron and Bal Emile Mattel of the French army. They were condemned by Nazis for ordering the 1940 Abbeville killings of 21 prisoners from Belgium and others arrested during the Allied retreat.
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Litut
Heng Caron
Bal
Emile Mattel
Asoldiers
Abbevillé
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France
Actress Notified Ex Husband Missing In Pacific Waters
Hollywood dispatch reports film actress Marjorie Weaver was notified that her ex husband Lieut Kenneth Ceorge Schact U S N is missing in aetian in Pacific waters. The couple kept their marriage secret for four years and were divorced last year.
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Hollywood
Marjorie Weaver
Kenneth Ceorge Schact
Pacific Waters
Unions to Fight Machine Politics in Nurse Aide Drive
Unions urge volunteers for the Red Cross nurse aide unit to be organized April 20 in Béxar County with Mrs. Frederic Oppenheimer as chairwoman. First aid training is stressed. aides must complete a 20 hour course and commit to 160 hours of hospital service within a year. Applications to Volunteer Special Services La Visita. Spring field Illinois, April 11 INS report notes unions urging votes against machine-backed candidates in Illinois Democratic primaries led by Ray McKeough for senator.
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Red Crocs
Meade
Prederley Oppenheimer
Béxar County
Red Cross
Oppenheimer
Nurses' Aide Corps
Pnet
Juattine
al Nospitel
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Glving
Dolne
Roberts, Green Hospital
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Ray Edmundson
United Mine Workers Union
Kelly-Nagh
Raymond McKeough
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