U S Leaders Urge Rapid Defense Production and Risk Taking
In remarks across cities, officials urge aggressive production efforts for defense needs. John D. Biggers calls for all techniques to speed output, Donald M. Nelson stresses emergency measures, and Knudsen urges focus on national welfare. OPM notes planes on schedule and record April output of 1,427 military aircraft. Major General Wesson reports mass production near.
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John D. Biggers
Philadelphia
Defense
Donald M. Nelson
Washington
OPM
Knudsen
Detroit
Glancy
OPM Ordnance
Wesson
Army Chief of Ordnance
Rochester
U. S
Behind the Scenes In America Today
New York May 12 Business report on reactions to a Treasury proposal to up taxes by 3.5 billion dollars. Tax fear mixes with rising factory worker income, boosting household purchases and shifting spending toward appliances, bathrooms, kitchens, furniture, carpets, and clothes. Congressional mail shows more supporters than objectors to the individual income tax. Businesses largely withhold opposition, fearing burdensome policy.
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Treasury Department
Tietr Permes
Congressional
Navy Offers Advantages To High School Graduates
The Naval Reserve Act of 1938 creates Midshipman U S Naval Reserve appointments for V-7 enlistments to recruit future officers. Applicants must be native born unmarried males 20 to 28 with BA or BS or engineering degrees, math credits, and a trig course, plus letters of recommendation and birth evidence. Enlisted apprentices receive training, transport, uniforms, and an inside view of naval life, with potential promotion to Ensign after completion and pay equal to Regular Navy midshipmen.
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U. S.naval Reserve
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Reserve
United States
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy
Sary
Naval Reserve Midshipmen
D-V
TU. S. Naval Reserve
Volunteer Reserve
Navy Department
Church Services Schedule With Evening Devotions
Friday evening devotions and Saturday morning service followed by Sunday Mass at 8 and high mass at 10, 645. Young People's service at 7 30. Evening worship. Mrs Goodale will lead the evening service.
Five rules for personality and charm from Fassifern School
Dale Carnegie presents Dr Joseph Sevier's five guidelines for building character at Fassifern and Camp Greystone. Build a faith foundation, use sound material, plan a life with unselfishness, cultivate inner and outer beauty, and furnish the life-house with growth through poetry music and art.
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Down
North Carolina
Joseph R. Sevier
Fassifern School
Hendersonville
N. C
Dr-Sevier
Fassifern
Camp Greystone
Dale Carnegie
War Time Labor Plans Spearheaded With AFL and CIO
Associate Director Hillman outlined a four shift 160 hour week for defense industries with Sunday shutdowns 3 PM to 9 AM for machine repairs. He urged bonuses for workers who forego vacations and highlighted minimal labor disruption on defense housing projects. Roosevelt urged speeding bomber production and agricultural support for defense, while Stimson warned of continued sacrifice and naval action to secure munitions delivery as democracies press for air and sea superiority.
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OMP
Hillman
AFL
CIO
Defense
Defense Industries
Roosevelt
War
Stimson
Department of Agri~ ‘Culture
Great Britain
Wickard
Charlotte
N.C
Army Navy announces large peacetime maneuvers this summer
The War Department plans the Army’s largest peacetime maneuvers from May 24 in California and across the nation through summer and fall to train troops in modern warfare. Ed Wynn to headline a nationwide army post entertainment series. Railroads get rate relief to 1.25 cents per mile for service personnel. Navy to enlist 4,900 graduates in Class V-7 for officer training.
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Army-Navy
War Department
California
Army
Ed Wynn
Army and Navy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armed Services
World's Largest Tomb in Bijapur Revealed by Collier's Weekly
The Gol Gunbaz private mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah in Bijapur, built 1626 to 1656, covers 18 225 square feet and rises about 25 stories. It surpasses Rome's Pantheon in interior volume and could hold roughly 900 000 ordinary baskets.
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Gol Gunbaz
Mohammed Adil Shah
Bijapur
India
Collier's Weekly
Rome
Rubber conservation talks push for speed limits
Everett G Holt outlines defense driven measures to stretch rubber supplies. K D Smith argues trimming speed saves rubber and boosts safety. If 13.5 million drivers cut unnecessary speed over Memorial Day, enough rubber could equip 378 Army cars with endless tracks.
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Everett G. Holt
Department of Commerce
Akrom
K. D Smith
B. F Gordrich
Smith
Things to Watch For in Columbia Record Album Gershwin
Super indirect lighting of wall translucent panels by Monsan to Chemical admits suffused glow from lamps placed behind. Doodler's delight telephone booths with chalkboard wall and eraser. Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue new Columbia album with Alec Templeton at piano and Andre Kostelanetz orchestra. Ice cream sold by the pound in a Boston restaurant trial challenging factory packed prices.
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Monsanto Chemical
Doodler's Delight
Columbia
Alec Templeton
Andre Kostelanetz
Boston
Tire deflation alert flashes on dashboard
A tire deflation indicator flashes a red light and blares a warning whistle when a tire starts to lose pressure. In White Plains New York a store now offers an entire stock of frozen foods.
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White Plains
N. Y
First Baptist Branigan Hall to Hold Sunday Services
The First Baptist Church Branigan Hall led by Pastor Bill Echols will meet next Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for worship in the hall over Kroger Grocery. Sunday School begins at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Echols weekly broadcast now airs at 9:00 a.m. Sundays on WJW Ak ron. Young People meet at 7:00 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Bible study is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Singing occurs first and third Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Kroger
Rev. Echols
WJW
Akron
Young People's Meeting
First Baptist Church
Branigan Hall
Bill ‘Echols
Bible School and Easter to Pentecost Sermon Note
The notice promotes a $30 Bible School with Superintendent Ralph Fixler and morning worship with Communion. A sermon by the pastor centers on the subject From Easter to Pentecost.
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Ralph Fixler
The Church of the Nazarene Bro. McClung, Pastor
Church notices list Bro. McClung as pastor of The Church of the Nazarene. No further details on service times or events are provided.
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the Church of the Nazarene
Bro. McClung
Presidential proclamation cites national emergency in 1939
The text notes the president’s September 8 1939 proclamation declaring a national emergency. It reflects on the legal basis and ongoing state of emergency arising from that historic action.
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United States
Fantasia Ends at Hanna Theatre After Nine Weeks
Walt Disney technicolor spectacle Fantasia with Fantasound music by Leopold Stokowski and Deems Taylor will close at the Hanna Theatre Cleveland after nine weeks. Remaining performances run to May 17 with dismantling to begin May 1 and complete by May 22.
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Walt Disney
Hanna Theatre
Cleveland
Pantasia
Hanne Theatre
Welmer Named Administrator of Minto Welmer Estate
In probate court Merle S. Welmer of Marshallville was appointed administrator of his mother Minto N. Welmer of Chippewa Township. He posted a $1,000 bond as the court set, with two sons listed as next of kin Merle S. Weimer of Marshallville and Dean H. Weimer of Wooster.
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Merle S. Welmer
Marshallville
Minto N. Welmer
Chippewa Township
Merle S. Weimer
Dean H. Weimer
Wooster
Will of Anna Kline Disposes Estate to Five Children
The last will filed in probate lists executor Theodore Clinton and directs that after debts and funeral costs are paid, the estate be divided equally among five children. Dated January 25 1940 the next of kin include Theodore Clinton Marshallville George Clinton Akron Henry Kline Barberton Ida Fisher Rittman and Ethel Lents Cleveland.
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Anna Kline
Rittman
Theodore Clinton
Marshallville
George Clinton
Akron
Henry Kline
Barberton
Ida Fisher
Ethel Lents
Cleveland
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Cincinnati
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Britain
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Best
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International Harvester Company
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