Tender Aids Allied Drive On Pacific Front
A Pacific Fleet aircraft tender joins Allied operations in the South Pacific. The ship prepares to dock, unload bombs, torpedoes, and gasoline while anti submarine drills and air attack precautions are observed. Passengers pass time studying aircraft, letters, and news from the front. In Greenville Mississippi, R C Shelton takes the fire to the fire department after a car fire in his station area.
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John R. Henry
Pacific Fleet
INS
South Pacific
Navy Department
Washington
T.N.T
Greenville
Miss
R. C. Shelton
Shelton
WRA Seeks Jobs for 15 000 Loyal Japanese Americans
Chicago dispatch reports War Relocation Authority chief Elmer Shirrel says 15 000 Japanese American evacuees will be placed in labor shortage areas during 1942. The program aims to relieve manpower needs and restore liberties, with 65 000 Japanese in relocation camps under 40,000 under 40. Applications flow to Chicago, where 10 a day receive offers, plus 100 more from Midwest centers. 150 evacuees are matched with 150 job openings, including a radio technician and welders.
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Chicago
Elmer L Shirreil
WRA
Shirrell
Pearl Harbor
United States
Mid-West
Chicago Center
Baptismal Pool Used by Fort Benning Soldiers
At Fort Benning Georgia a service club swimming pool was used for a baptism. Pvt Arthur Lee Sprogin an evangelist asked to baptize Pvt John H Burgess who had heard him preach. They rose from the pool singing Shall We Gather At The River.
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Fort Benning
Nell Blackshear
Pvt
Arthur Lee Shrogin
Washville, Tenn
Alabama
John H. Burgess
Sprogin
Mrs. Blackshear
OPA Officer Loses Job Over Gas Ration Violations
G Dana Alling Montpelier Vermont junior OPA investigator resigns loses A and C gas rations for six months and thirty days and pays a $25 fine plus costs after pleading nolo contendere to speeding. Chief Inspector Asa Griggs of Bennington led the case with arrest in Montpelier following a pursuit from Waterbury. The incident occurred last Friday with Alling allegedly at 75 to 80 mph and tampering by extinguishing lights at an abandoned station to escape.
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G. Dana Alling
Montpelier
Vermont Opa
OPA
Asa Griggs
Bennington
Aliing
Griggs
Alling
Waterbury
Nolo Contendere
Montpelier Municipal Court
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