War manpower fears and oil shortages cast doubt on 1940s home front
Senator Reynolds predicts 18 and 19 year olds will be drafted by year end to meet a 4.5 million trained army. He says big numbers may be needed to win the war, contingent on Allied outcomes in Russia and China. He warns about securing heating oil and energy for civilians to maintain morale at home while conscription decisions hinge on draft boards and a labor deferral list.
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CINS
Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Europe
Asia
War Department
Russia
China
Mth
Lions to Hear Major Waggaman on The Defense of Our Nation
Maj. Ennai Waggerman of Washington will address the plans club Wednesday on The Defense of Our Nation. Major Waggerman, commander-in-chief of the Military Order of the World War, will speak. A musical program featuring Wiss Eleanor Mansfield is arranged.
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Maj
Ennai Waggerman
Washington
Plans Club
Tiger Breaks Loose in Alexandria City Raid
Tigers roam near Alexandria as alarms sound and alarms, three escaped from the zoo today. Keepers fired shots to end the threat, with the city facing added peril from the raid.
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Alexandria
Optimists to View Film on Rubber Conservation
Optimists will watch a motion picture on rubber conservation titled Keep Yours Rolling. The program is set for 12 15 p m at the Optimist club meeting in Gunter. Merbert Buharta will introduce the film.
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Dub Crera
Gunter Fotel
Seee Merbert
Buharta Wil
Gloria Swanson Performs Stage Debut in New York
Gloria Swanson makes her stage debut in a Broadway stock company, rehearsing in a high school gym turned dressing room, surrounded by telegrams from Ruth Chatterton and others. She notes lines jump in her mind, carries a blue script, and remains meticulously organized, while the production team prepares for opening night amid fanfare and press attention.
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New York
Owsic
Gloria Sanson
Poughkeep-Isle High School
Ruth Chatterton
Margaret Sullavan
Danny Kare
Fisa Maxwell
Michele
Miranda
Gloria
Gloria Swanson
Jstage
She Toles
Roosevelt
Miss Swanson
Ida
Tallulah Bankhead
Wttle
Senatorial word duel sparks Texas campaign tour
Asperlatnd Press reports senatorial candidates W Lee ODaniel and James V Allred clashed in Abilene and West Texas while Dan Moody campaigned in East Texas. Moody attacked ODaniel for unkept promises and voting against the selective service act, saying winning the war is everyone’s job. Allred mocked ODaniel as a war veteran while urging vigilance over remarks about war as an issue. ODaniel denounced labor racketeers and touted defense and democracy against communism amid the campaign trail.
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Asperlatnd
W. Lee O'Deniel
James V. Allred
Abilene
West ‘Texas
Dan Boody
Gilmer
Kilgore
Carthage
Marshall
Texas
O'Daniel
Moody
Allred
Two Men Held for Stealing Gowns
Two men from San Luis Potosi Mexico are in custody after arrests for theft of forty dollars in merchandise from Joske’s store and eleven dollars of nightgowns from Bern’s store at 100 Bolivar Street. Nightgowns were recovered.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Joske’s
Bern
Two Escaped Convicts Captured in Dallas
Horace Posey and Jack Williams, two inmates from Eastham prison, were recaptured in Dallas after hitchhikers George Hynam and John Pesavento reported them. The fugitives abandoned their car in mud, leaving two other escapees at large, M. W. Barbee and Floyd Elston. The convicts had attempted to flee using improvised gas pipe shotguns that proved useless.
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Dallas
Horace Posey
Jack Williams
Eastham
George Hynam
John Pesavento
Clinton
Ind
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Williams and
Posey
J. Ri. Reeves
J. A. Bohard
Eastham Farm
Weldon
M. W. Barbee
Itching First Application Agoriaing Hehing of uely cceema
An unclear regional notice mentions an application and home comfort products. It references a money back offer and potential hire ads for assistance. The fragmentary text includes names and stray phrases about skin care and classifications.
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