Clark Gable Enlists For Army Air Forces As Buck Private
Clark Gable, 41, to enlist in the U S Army Air Forces as a private after basic training, aiming for officer candidate school in Miami. Recruiters note he seeks to be an aerial gunner despite uncertain chances. height and weight may affect eligibility. Gable's identity kept quiet as crowds gathered at the examination scene.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
U. S. Army
Gable
Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy
Gabl
Army Air Forces
Officers Training School
Miami
Fils
Gebte
Tyaigh
Excerpted Kidney Health Claim Promotes Cystex Drug
An advertisement touts Cystex as a cure for kidney and bladder issues with claims of removing excess acids and boosting energy. It promises results in ten days or less and offers a money back guarantee, urging purchases via drugstores.
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Deanser
Milan
Free Clinic X-Rays 30 000 in Bexar County Campaign
Bexar County health groups and tuberculosis organizations run a free X-ray clinic at 502 Matamoras Street to screen 30 000 residents. Through October 1 about 12 000 have been examined. The Public Health Service partners invite business personnel for workplace X-rays. Clinic hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Monday Wednesday and Friday, with no charges.
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Bexar County
Matamoras Street
Public Health Service
Walter Winchell On Broadway
Walter Winchell on Broadway paints a bustling portrait of Manhattan through vignettes from Bryant Park to Radio City, Lindy’s to Coney Island. It highlights the city’s diverse people, landmarks, and nightly presses shaping New Yorkers’ dreams and ambition.
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Bryant Park
Coney Island
Forty-second Street
Lewisohn
Rons
Central Park
Walt Disney
Ast
Fifty-ninth Street
One Hundred Twenty-fifth
Wedding to Join Army Navy Forces Unite In Fort Worth
Miss Alice Velva Oppenherry of the Second Air Service command is to marry Lieut. (J. G.) Bayard P. Griffin Jr, naval flight instructor, in St. Andrea's Episcopal church Fort Worth. Both natives of Boise Idaho they met in high school and will unite in a ceremony expected to reflect joint Army and Navy air forces.
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Pasty Wuryh
Navy Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Alice Velva Oppenherry
Second Air Service Aves Command
J. G.) Bayard PF. Griffin Jr
Naval Flight Ihestructor
Corpus Christi
St. Andrea's Episcopal Church
Fort Worth
Oppenheim
Criffin
Boise
Idaho
Twenty four pass L A police written test
Twenty four applicants from Los Angeles police auditions achieved passing marks in the recent written examination. Eddie Cox, secretary of the five and police civil service board, noted nine of 16 for the five department spoke. One applicant weighed 460 pounds and scored 9 percent. William G. Morgan led with perfect 100 percent. The Marian age was raised to four due to the war.
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Eddie Cox
Five and
Police Civil Service Board
Sppken
Bremen
Cox
William G. Morgan
Uhote
Problems of Labor Face U S Agencies
Pressing labor problems in war industries involve worker piracy, unbalanced wages, and copper production. The war labor programs, War Production Board, and War Manpower Commission consider wage freezes, suspensions, and transfers to copper mines. Roosevelt seeks facts before comment.
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War Isber Board
War Production Board
War Manpower, Commission
Debroit Tool and Dle
WPE
Roosevelt
Management-Labor Policy Committee
The
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Army Nurse Thought Dead Writes Home
Hillsboro August 12. Mrs Oscar Easterling of Abbott Hill County received a letter from Lt Dorcas Easterling long listed as missing since May 12. The parents learned she was at Corregidor two days before its fall and the letter says she is on active nursing duty, though undated and without a return address.
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Hillsboro
War Department
Army Horse
Lleud
Dorcas Easterling
Oscar Easterling
Abbott
Hill County
Easterling
Corregidor
State Solon Enlists in Coast Guard Training
State Representative Fred V. Klingeman of Wilson and Harney counties has enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was sent to the Coast Guard Training Academy in Groton Connecticut. Klingeman was nominated for a second term in the Texas legislature at the July primary. Hig hore is Karnes City.
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Sloresville
Fred V. Klingeman
Wilson
Harney
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard Training Academy
Groton
Conn
Klingeman
Texas
Hig Hore
Karnes City
Draft deferral granted for Barber in federal court
Joseph Chester Barber, 24, of Del Rio, had his sentencing deferred by United States District Judge W A Keeling after pleading guilty to failing to report for induction. The delay follows orders from his draft board and sets Barber slated for later induction.
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Joseph Chester Barber
del Rio
United States District Court
Barber
W. A. Keeling
Food Price Advance Set to Affect U.S. Markets
Washington August 12 advances in food prices, possibly totaling 1.2 to 3 percent, were set to take effect mid September to avert a squeeze in the food distribution system. Price Administrator Henderson said changes in the general maximum price regulation were needed after the industry petitioned for relief from hundreds of stores nationwide.
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Washington
Coliege
Henderson
Qpa
Aveyvage
Mexican Rubber Plantation Claim Explored
Theo Simmang said a Mexico City plantation owner described 309000 untapped rubber trees capable of producing 7200000 pounds of rubber annually. The owner spoke at a Masonic meeting in Mexico City and asked if the U S needed rubber, offering details on a tree yielding six kilos twice yearly. Simmang promised to relay the inquiry to Washington.
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Theo Simmang
Mexico City
Simmang
Capltad
U. S
A. m0
Jalisco
Simmarng
Washington
Tomato Pepper in Valley Transplanted
Truck farmers, hoping for rain, transplant tomato and pepper plants to fields from seed-beds in Dawson around August 1. Most movement of the crop normally begins in Geteber, with irrigation aids. Some transplanting targeted to irrigated areas.
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Dawson
Local Classifieds Highlight Special Store Offers
Ads show specials at multiple stores with phrases read buy save. Readership is urged to scan listings for limited time markdowns and compare prices across merchants for bargains.
Aqua-bombers plan to curb submarine menace gains support
Congressman Frank W. Boykin of Alabama proposes thousands of small depth charged boats, dubbed aqua-bombers, to bottle up the Gulf of Mexico and protect merchant ships. He outlines an anti-submarine plan to Secretary of the Navy and notes US Mexico cooperation with ambassador Castillo Najera praised. The entourage, including J Harry Thiebly and Brice Hoover, would visit Mexico City and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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Alabama
Ae Boykin
Navy
Frank Knox
San Antonin
Mexico
J. Harry Thiebly
Baltimore
Nid
Gulf of Mexico
National Boat Building Association
Boykin
United States
Francisco Castillo Najera
Mexico City
Tehuantepec
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