Readers debate women work, wages, and press
Letters discuss whether women should be penalized financially for working long hours at home or in offices. Marjory Phillips argues against unequal pay, while readers from Oak Park Pasadena and beyond respond to Hearst, praising and critiquing his column and dog Melon memories, urging a return to enduring writings.
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Chicago Heralds
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Garfield Street
Oak Park
Pasadena
Calif
Witlin
Randolph Hearst
Winteon
McCloud
Mr. Hearst
Lecome
Ranett
Roy
Hearst
Flying Tigers Halt Japs in China Drive
Allied air and ground forces report a May 5 engagement where Flying Tigers and Chinese troops disrupted Japanese lines in China. Tigers blasted trucks, killed hundreds of troops, and forced a retreat toward the Burma frontier while Kittyhawks attacked a Hanoi air base. one pilot did not return.
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Flying Tigers
China
Lea
Red Dragon Armored Division
Burma
Piying Tigers
David Bee
Tex” HI
Gan
Anton É
Tom Jones
Seattle
Ed Rector
Marshall
N.C
Franch Lawlor
Pensacola
Fla
Anateep
Ealween
AVG
Jones
Frank Schiel
Prescott
Atsy Jack Howard
St. Louis
Charlie Laughlin
Ashland
Hil
Glatre Lypebennantt
Camp Hit
Selwsen
Inter
Hanoi
Indo-China
J .T. Donovan
Montgomery
J. X. Pelach
Perth Amboy
N. J
Boxe
Paoshan
Hasley
Chipley
Gil Bright
Reading
Roth
Popular Jo Ann Sayers to Be Married Soon
Seattle born actress Jo Ann Sayers, rising from stage to film, is engaged to Anthony A Bills of Long Island. The couple plans a June wedding at Riverside Church in New York, with Jo Ann leaving Broadway to join Tony in Newport while he serves in the Navy.
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New York
WiderWorld
Jo Ann Sayers
Northwest
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Rose
Ellen
UN Jo Ane
Anthony A. Bills
Long Island
C. PB. Morgan
Jo Ann
Seattle
Wash
Tony
Riverside Church
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Broadway
Newport
Hollywood
Jatbert J. Lilygren
M-G.-M
T.-K-O
Mickey Rooney
Huck Finn
Sun Jo Ann
Marc Connelly
Max ¢Anrdoty
Eileen
Gordon
Joan
East River
Morisi Jenne
Scottie
Mr. Moto
Pearl
Smodeher
Baptist Women's Head Re-Elected At Southern Baptist Convention
Mrs. F W Atsuationg of Pistisburg Missouri was re elected president of the Woman's Missionary UnionAuxiliary of the Southern Baptist convention at the forty fourth annual convention held at the Mountpelier auditorium Six general officers were re elected with no opposition and new officers were chosen including Miss Kathleen Mallory and others A religious pageant closed the union meeting with delegates missionaries and visitors reported Total attendance 2497 London May 16 Norwegian teachers escape to England report German threats to children and parents published in dispatches
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Pistisburg
Seein
Woman's Missionary Union
Sothern
Anstraug Wis
Muntelpad Auditort
Kathleen Mallory
Bloomington
Juliette Mather
Birmingham
Ann
W. C. Tyler
Hive Mountain
Miss
J. BP
Lee
Resstiner
Als
Mio
W. 4. Cox
Memphis
Tenn
Ramer
San
President's View on Pay Bill Seeks Senate House Opinion
Washington May 16. Congress weighs pay raises for army privates and navy apprentices with Senate $42 and House $50 scales. A joint conference seeks Budget Bureau guidance, guidance expected to reflect the president's views. Tax bite could offset gains, with lower exemptions pushing single privates into higher tax brackets.
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Cal World Uke
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Senate House
Budget Bureau
Reynolds
Zaid
Georges
D.-Cia
Congress
Texans Propose Names for U S Ships in Convention
Galveston May 16 A petition to name two destroyers after Texas naval heroes was adopted by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas before final convention sessions. They also voted more than 4000 dollars to UT for war savings bonds. Names suggested include Commodore Edwin Ward Moore and Commodore John Grant Tod who served in the U S Navy before joining the Texas forces.
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United States Navy Department
Daughters of the
Republc of Texas
Enoragh
University of Texas
United States War Savings Bonds
Edwin Ward Moore
John Grant Tod
United States Navy
Texas Force
Thi Troyers
War Fraud Cases Readied For U S Jurors
Washington May 16 Attorney General Riddle said evidence on alleged fraud in war production contracts will be presented to federal grand juries as investigations by the Justice Department expand. Charges already include faulty materials and workmanship in government deliveries, inflated plant and factory costs, and practices increasing food and supply costs for war materials.
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Grand Jur Les Ss
Riddle
Justice Department
Wll
Usy
Tye Unlt Ese
Severn Andictments
Tages
Biddle
Drafttees to Get 14 Day Respite
An official announcement effective June 15 states registrants desiring will be transferred to an enlisted reserve corps on induction and sent home at government expense for 14 days to arrange personal affairs before returning to active service. The plan ends 10 day furloughs, avoids homeward trips from reception centers, and reduces embarrassment from prior rejections on physical grounds.
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Cney
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War 25 Years Ago Today 1917 May 16
Compiled notes recount a British admiralty report of American destroyers joining forces with the British fleet as the war shifted. German efforts to retake Roeux clash with Allied air and sea actions on the Struma and Balkan fronts. Six planes reportedly shot down over the southeast coast as British forces advance in Macedonia and Syria.
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Tlawte
Mal Walley
Willa Fiadelph Hearst
Wynloan
Metsloun
Cullivrus
Parc Joinyon
Pior
Atse T Nailer
New York
N.Y
Reece
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Roeux
Macedonia
Ralan Front
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Krupti
Struma
Syria
Bolum
Tibya
Britain
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