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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
4
Lockport Township High School selects teams for the annual donkey basketball game to be held Tuesday evening at Lockport High Gym. A preliminary contest features the Lockport Missions against Joliet Junior College champion team with special entertainment planned.
The piece revisits the Dies committee Yellow Paper to defend Rep. Martin Dies of Texas. It argues Dies had no usable data for the FBI and that the bulk of the report covers Japanese traders and spies posing as fishermen, with details drawn from the Department of Justice.
The text discusses the Dies Committee releasing a Japanese report, its portrayal of Japan in alliance with Germany and Italy, and its effect on public hearings. It criticizes the committee’s use of funds to target suspected communists and notes Henderson’s solid performance while labeling Dies a faker, with broader political harm.
Illinois and United States agriculture departments estimate January 1 live stock on farms at peak levels in years. Hogs reach a record 5,912,000, cattle 3,088,000, sheep 936,000, chickens 23,707,000, turkeys 110,000, with livestock value totaling 342,314,000, up 37 percent from last year.
The Will County rationing board announced this week it has five passenger tires, two passenger tubes, 31 truck tires, 49 truck tubes, two available cars, and 20 truck retreads remaining for this week's quota.
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