Governors Study State Laws on Federal Ballots for Service Voting
The Associated Press reports that governors of California Maryland and Kansas told President Roosevelt their states will permit use of federal ballots for service members voting if required by a new bill. Many others anticipate reviewing the measure awaiting copies or legal opinions before replying.
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Associated Press
California
Maryland
Kansas
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Tate
Rankin
Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Committee
Mother Has Twelve Children in Service War Family
New York report on Emma Van Coutren whose 11 of 12 children serve in wartime forces. Daughters join WACs, six sons in Navy, one in Army, one in Merchant Marine, and her 12th son James joins Marines. She writes to Roosevelt that the supply is exhausted and signs as a Minute Woman in the War Loan drive.
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New York
Emma van Coutren
WACS
Navy
Army
James
van Coutren
Roosevelt
Board of Selective Service
Magnesium Scraps Aid New Bombs in War Effort
Magnesium flakes and chips, lightweight and inflammable, are diverted from scrap piles to form a crucial part of U S incendiary munitions. At Bendix Eclipse Pioneer division in Teterboro New Jersey workers sort and collect these materials for daily shipment to the U S Chemical Warfare Service arsenal at Edgewood, supporting mass aircraft component production and wartime needs.
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Teterboro
N.jwp
Violinist Invents Bow Merges Bach Classic And Chords
Henryk Kaston of the Cleveland Symphony invents a patented bow with a tight loose switch allowing simultaneous note playback. The device aids Bach era playing and enables modern composers to fuse Bach tradition with new works. Wurlitzer partially financed the development assisting revisions over three years.
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Cleveland
Henryk Kaston
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Kaston
Polish Foreign Legion
Fritz Kreisler
Bach
Kreisler
Wurlitzers
Music House
Kasten
Next Comes Prosperity in Frog Level Act Context
A fragmented report notes an 1873 state act affecting Prosperity and a pond infested with frogs once misread as cloaking a so called Frog Level. The item references Frog Level’s lingering naming impact and a legislative change tied to Prosperity, hinting at a historical, humorous place-name origin.
Creed Rivalries Vanish in Battle
In a wartime scene aboard the battle line the democracy of religion appears in surprising forms as Marines receive spiritual comfort. A Jewish sergeant prays with a transport chaplain and expresses hunger for the word while recalling the moment Marines were evacuated and aided.
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Creed
Washington, D . P
Fosewart
Onneune
Protestant chaplain gifts silver medals to Catholic soldiers
A Protestant chaplain presented Mazuzah jewelry medals to a Jewish civilian merchant who in turn distributed 134 sterling silver Saint Christopher medals to Catholic soldiers in appreciation of their service.
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