Autos Will Be Rationed Like Tires
Washington officials move to ration new automobiles mirroring tire controls. Plans target cars produced this month and stock from January 1, with a one year hold on new cars to meet future needs. Dealers warn of economic hardship and panic over possible private car commandeering.
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Jan
Leon Henderson
House
Small Business Committee
Henderson
Floyd V. Odlum
OPM
Odlum
L. Clare Cargile
Texarkana
Tex
Cargile
National Automobile Dealers Association
Bill Reagan
Chicago Automobile Trade Association
Victory car proposed to ease postwar auto shortage
National Automobile Dealers Association officials urged a civilian Jeep like vehicle for five passengers with rugged capabilities and low cost under 1000 dollars. The plan aims to meet essential need without impacting defense production amid hearings on new car curtailment. Also a Wyoming Colorado note on price ceilings for farm equipment.
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Washington
Army
Jeep
National Automobile Dealers Association
L. Clare Cargile
Texarkana
Tex
Arthur Center
Springfield
Mass
House
Cargile
Automobile
Denver
Colorado Wool Growers’ Association
Civilian Radio Production to be Cut Under War Controls
The Office of Production Management plans to reduce civilian radio production by about 30 percent and then end it, with tighter controls on home construction and metal use for defense needs. Officials say existing sets and a strong parts supply will lessen hardship, while other rules aim to keep defense housing unaffected and prioritize war effort projects.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
Signal Corps
Shortened Easter Vacations Release Student Teachers
The Education Department announced a program to release students in New York State colleges for civilian defense employment this summer to speed teacher training. The move aims to address a serious shortage of elementary school teachers by shortening vacations and allowing quicker completion of training courses.
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Albany
Ad. Vhc OL Bradual
New York State
Education Department
Swank Ciro's Closes Doors After Pearl Harbor Fadeout
Hollywood reports Swank Ciro's nightclub shuts down as Pearl Harbor fear and air raid rumors drive away tourists and stars. Owner William R. Wilkerson notes tax fears and the lack of patrons, with autograph seekers remaining as the sole loyal audience.
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Ciro’s
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Pearl Harbor
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Sheridans
First Aid Promised Pets in Air Raids
The Humane Society urges owners to keep dogs cats and birds safe during air raids and not destroy them. The society announced 58 streets will pick up animals wounded during bombing attacks to support morale in wartime.
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New York
Rover
The
Humane Society
Famine Kills Thousands in Greek Cities
King George of Greece heads to the United States amid debates on Allied military links and relief for Greece. Reports describe Greece starving cities and islands with many deaths, wounded soldiers denied food, and limited aid reaching Athens under Red Cross supervision.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
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United States
Red Cross
Greek Islands
Europe
International Red Cross
Athens
Britain
Ministry of Economic Welfare
Hugh Dalton
Tred Cross
Istanbul
Middle East
Caucasus
George
American Red Cross
Youth Missing In Draft Found In the Army
A Dallas report items a Selective Service registrant found in the Army after a deputy marshal searched for him. The youth had signed up last week. he was traced and located in military service.
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Dallas
Tex
Ted Hinton
Selective Service
Tenens
Waeneatthaw Hinton
Army
Red Cross Fears Typhus Wave Across Front
London reports say typhus spreads westward with virulent cases in the German army. Verminous Russian clothing blamed. Germans most susceptible and anxious to keep the epidemic from Germany. Red Cross warns on preventing wounded from returning home and notes vaccines and anti typhus efforts.
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London
Red Cross
Germany
United States
Saltis faces divorce suit over alleged abuse and threats
Chicago January 14 Joe Saltis a former top beer baron in prohibition days faced a divorce suit by his wife Anna age 48. She charges habitual drunkenness since 1939 and says he fired a shotgun at her last May and threatened her with a pistol last November.
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Chicago
Joe Saltis
Anna
Joe
Children Heroic Rescue Clears Street Car Obstruction
In Chicago on January 14 Amelia Petrone, age 15, was pinned under a street car wheel after stepping onto a safety island. Twenty passengers lifted the car while others pulled her free. she is expected to recover.
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Chicago
Amelia, Petrone
Mavinnan
100 Japan Made Vases Sell Fast in Detroit Shop
Detroit January 14 Nippon made vases were priced by bidders in a local flower shop. Owner Josephine Grame Weatherall displayed vases handles and cushions and let customers break one vase for any amount. Three youths aged 8 to 11 paid pennies to smash more, prompting a warlike outcry that ended the stunt.
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Detroit
Josephine Grame Weatherall
U S Vichy Attache Marries Frenchwoman in Paris
Lieut. Col. Robert Raynsford, assistant military attache at the U S embassy, wed Marie Anne Tome of Lorraine in Vichy. The ceremony, approved by the War Department, followed by embassy luncheon with staff. Raynsford, a 1922 USMA graduate, holds a Yale master’s degree.
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U.S. Vichy
Vichy
France
Robert Raynsford
United States
Marie Anne Tome
Lorraine
Raynsford
U. S
Tenant Ejected From Cathedral Dwelling
Gus Baker, 67, who used the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as a dwelling, was removed to the Onondaga County Home after Detective James Byrnes evicted him from the church. Janitor Frank Walters complained the homeless man slept and ate at the rear pews, leaving papers and crumbs. West Point notes Maj. Gen. Francie Wilby assumed duties as superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy, succeeding Maj. Gen. Robert L. Eichenberger transitioning to active Army duty.
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Usig
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Onondaga
James Byrnes
House of Worship
Byrnes
Frank Walters
Wilby
West Point
Francie Wilby
V U. S. Military Academy
Robert L. Eichenberger
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