Nelson on scrapping old output ideas in wartime production
Washington reports that Donald Nelson, head of production, urged scrapping old standards and adopting a new system to boost war output. He warned against complacency, pressed for 100 percent equipment for troops, and called for smarter, faster approaches with management and labor concessions if needed.
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Washington
Donald SO Nevison
America
Supmy
Vincennes
Nelson
Tokyo
Golfing Preacher Kills Rabbit With Club in Park
In College Park Georgia on January 15 a group of golfers including a preacher and two others chased a rabbit that darted toward a waiting foursome. A misstep led one man to strike the rabbit in the head with his golf club, killing it and breaking his $8 club.
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College Park
Parsons
Louisville
William B. Morgan
Sanford Geary, Jr
Morgan
Dutch Indies Harbor Bombing Targets Amboina Base
Japanese bombing attack near Amboina targets the Netherlands East Indies military and naval base as Dutch forces defend scattered munitions dumps hidden in jungle. Reports describe concealed stores, extensive precautions, and Allied support for the Indies command, pledging victory from the region.
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Dutch Indies
Dutch Base
Batavia
N. E
Netherlands East Indies
Amboina
Molucca
Celebes
New Guinea
Davao
Philippines
Borne
Minahassa
Aneta
Netherland East Indies
Java
Tokyo
Sir
jaMeibaida
Veascin
The
Indies
Netherlands
Ternate
Moincess
Car Stripped Yet Driver Says He Was Happy
A report from Portland Oregon notes an incident where a driver claimed he stripped a car but kept all tires intact. The article mentions dates and names in a garbled OCR form, including reference to an automobile driver with long-tenured work history and a repeated place/story motif.
Abergee Buys 1916 Ford Plate in Prewar Planning
Abergee notes the license plate for his 1916 Ford as a practical purchase for the looming conflict. He mentions the vehicle helped him endure a previous world war and expects to do so again, while continuing to drive it to work.
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Abergee
AL EL Beaudett
Ford
Grounded at Shepard Field Jan 15
Report from Shepard Field Texas notes a grounded event on January fifteenth with unclear details from the fragmentary text. Possible reference to a person or unit but specifics not readable.
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Grounded Shepard Field
Tex
Van Etten Resigns RAF Commission to Fight with Own Forces
Van Etten left the Royal Air Force to return home and join U S forces after awaiting papers from England. He was drafted and, pending orders, remains in the ranks as a private. Local reports place him in Louisville and St Louis coverage of wartime civilian and military moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Etten
Royal Air Force
England
U.S. Air Corps
Two Dentists Volunteer Amid Vow to Seek Justice
J Herpert declares a pledge to avenge his brother's death while noting two dentists volunteered for support. Local officials discuss next steps in the investigation and community safety measures.
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J Herpert
Indians increase to thirty million in Western Hemisphere
Washington reports John Collier says the Indian population in the Western Hemisphere now totals 30 million, up from Columbus era estimates of about 900 thousand in this country. He credits better health and economic conditions and a growing national interest in Indian issues.
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Washington
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Western Hemisphere
Columbus
Railroad trustees seek funds to expand Fort Leonard Wood station
Frisco Railroad trustees asked for 27300 dollars to enlarge the station near Fort Leonard Wood Missouri as defense boom activity surges. Revenue rose from 26569 dollars in the first nine months of 1940 to 2370128 dollars in the same period of 1941.
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Army Rooms
St Louis
Frisco Railroad
Fort Leonard Wood
Axis Losses Put At 1 050 000 Men Outside of Russia
London Jan 15 INS says Axis forces have suffered about 1 050 000 casualties in campaigns outside Russia. Brigadier General Lord Croft, under secretary for war, reported 600 000 killed or wounded in Europe and 450 000 in Africa including Libya Egypt and Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
Lord Croft
Africa
Libya
Egypt
Ethiopia
German Guns Melted in Nova Scotia Scrap Drive
German artillery captured in World War I is being melted down at Fort Point to produce new guns for Canada in a large scrap metal salvage campaign. Three blue-ribbon oxen pulled the guns through Liverpool to a local melt shop for the process.
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Liverpool
N. S
Old Fort Point
Raiees aha Metathik Receives Dutch Knight Honor
Old Greenwich Connecticut reports Raiees aha Metathik Vine was notified on his 60th birthday that Queen Wilhelmina conferred upon him the Order of Knight of the Netherlands Lion, the oldest and most prestigious Dutch award.
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Greenwich
Conn
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
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Kiewele
St. Louis
Department of Streets and Sewers
Hagerstown, Md
Chester A. Herbert
Japan
Pearl Harbor
New World
Wells & Coverly
Manhattan
Wells & Coverty, Inc
Sling St
van Loon
Clarence Havenga
Gibson Guitars
Gibson
Band Instrumentament Dept
Fark "Music
Salina St
Ceature Cruwys
Burlington Club
Wells & Coverly’s
Fashion Park
Stein Bloch
Rochester
Hickey Freeman Suits
Famous Mills
Wells & Coverly, Inc
Betts Building
S. Salina ST
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