War Production Board curbs brogue shoe soles and paint
The War Production Board asked shoe makers to stop double soled brogue shoes to save leather. It assigned a defense preference rating for plumbing and heating material and proposed new traffic paint specs to cut chrome yellow use. The ban on bright work extends to auto replacement parts. The Giant's Causeway is noted as an Ireland basalt formation.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board Today
Fense
Survivors recount torpedo attack on freighter and escape
Captain Manolis and Elton Hewett describe the sinking of the freighter after a torpedo struck near the midship. Survivors, including Nicolas Ray and Francisco Rivera, battled water, lifeboats, and rafts while a submarine loitered with a yellow light. Rescued after hours at sea, the crew reached New Orleans aboard a merchant ship with Red Cross aid.
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Elton Hewett
Southport
N. C
Manolis
Mr. Hewett
Nicolas Ray
Miami
Fla
Louis Salata
Windber
Gerald Thibodeau
Fall River
Mass
Hector Aranda
Pisagua
Chile
Francisco Rivera
United States Marine Hospital
Capt
Rivera
A. L. Baxley
Beaumont
Tex
Haiti
W. G. Darnell
Houston
Darnell
Red Cross
20 Men Survive Caribbean Sinking
The American freighter Cardonia was torpedoed twice and pounded by gunfire before sinking in the Caribbean. Twenty crew members survived and were later reached by rescuers in West Palm Beach, Florida, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cardonia
Caribbean
Ohio labor leaders invited to meetings
About 1,500 Ohio labor leaders and industrialists are to meet government representatives the week of March 23 to speed war production per Donald M. Nelson. Invitations go to 600 managers and labor reps in Cleveland March 23, 400 in Toledo March 25, and 500 in Cincinnati March 26, with conferences led by a War Production Board consultant and AFL and CIO representatives.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Office of Emergency Management
Nelson
Toledo
Cincinnati
AFL
CIO
Softball poised for big year in wartime 1942
Detroit March 14. Amateur Softball Association president Wilbur E Landis says 1942 will be the sport’s biggest year. He notes the short game time of about one hour suits busy war days and boosts participation nationwide.
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Detroit
Mich
Wilbur E. Landis
Amateur
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