Auto Industry Expands for Government Armaments
Washington April 27 report states auto industry has spent millions enlarging plants to serve government armaments orders. War Department signed contracts for 571 bombers and fighters costing about $50 million. Roosevelt approved a $549 million War Department appropriation. Officials said new planes exceed 400 mph and show the industry’s full cooperation.
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Elyria Eases Dry Town Rules as Mon Day Meeting Planned
Elyria kept alcohol sales shut Sunday by mayoral order marking a dry day in town. A citizens meeting appointed a Chamber of Commerce committee led by George H. Ely to draft organization plans, with a report due next Monday night. Mayor Reefy also fixed 7 am for court as his routine.
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Elyria Man 97 Dies in Florida Residence
George W. Standen, 97, who spent most of his life in Elyria, died Wednesday in DeFuniak Florida. Prohibition agents and the county sheriff raided six liquor establishments, fining several hundred dollars and seizing thousands of gallons of liquor including 6,000 bottles of home brew. A sporadic tornado damaged Lorain County structures, blowing in a wall, destroying garages, and wrecking a $10 000 barn in Pittsfield Township. Cherlin College received a life size aluminum statue of Charles M Hall from Richard B Mellon of Pittsburgh, a longtime Hall friend, and the statue has been shown at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.
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DeFuriace
Florida
Lorain County
Pittsfield
Charles M. Hall
Cherlin College
Richard B. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Hall
Carnegie Museum
Neutrality board proposed as U S debate shifts
Representative Shanley and Representative Corbett propose bills to create a neutrality advisory board for the President on foreign affairs as Congress debates U S response. Woodring calls for reviving officer corps with mandatory enhanced physicals before June 30 for officers above captain. Army and Navy mobilization plans outline force expansion and draft pathways.
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Conn
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Woodring
United States
War Department
Navy
Army And Navy Enlistments Open For Four Year Terms
Army and Navy recruiting stations in the Old Post Office Building Cleveland announce enlistment for four year terms. The Army seeks unlimited enlistments for Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana for single men aged 18 to 35 with three year service. Navy assigns 32 May vacancies from qualified district applicants who will complete 12 weeks training at Newport Rhode Island before further assignment.
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U. S. Naval Training Station
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Rhode Island
United States
Pigeons Ready for Army Use by Cincinnati Club
The Greater Cincinnati Racing Pigeon Club with 40 members trains about 2000 homing pigeons ready for military use if needed. Birds race weekly in summer over up to 600 miles from Topeka, Kansas, and federal sanction supports the club’s wartime plan.
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Greater
Enlistment Rules Stated for The Draft
Citizens aged 17 to 25 must pass physical and mental exams. Enlistment term is four years, with those under 18 enlisted for their minority.
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