Air Bases Reinforced As Hawaii Prepares For Further Action
Hawaii Army air bases have been reinforced and crews await further combat. Planes are nearly new with pilots ready, while Lt. George S. Welch vows to return for another fight. Camouflage work by high school girls symbolizes broad civilian help. Pearl Harbor gains a new Navy yard commander, Rear Admiral Furlong, with C. C. Bloch named district assistant. Civilian defense director Earl Doty resigns. Frank Lacey named successor. About 1,100 residents volunteer for registration and fingerprinting starting tomorrow.
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William F. Tyree
Honolulu
U.P
Hawaii
Army Air Bases
George 8. Welch
Wilmington
Del
Army
Navy
William R. Furlong
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Norfolk
New York
Navy Yards
United States
C. C. Bloch
14Th Naval District
Furlong
Joseph B. Poindexter
Frank 8. Lacey
Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry
Earl Doty
Oahu
Roosevelt praised for leading U S wartime drive for victory
A letter to the editor credits Franklin D Roosevelt with shaping American resolve and readiness against enemies. It accuses Republicans Communists and some Democrats of opposing him, citing pacifists industrialists and labor leaders who, the writer says, fought the President and faced opposition from publishers editors and columnists. The piece urges voters to remember who opposed him on election days and beyond.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hitler
Russia
China claims big successes in war fronts
Chinese war communique reports successes against Japanese forces on three fronts north Hunan and Kiangsi plus Suiyuan in Inner Mongolia. Eight Japanese assaults repulsed with heavy casualties as 52,000 Japanese troops operate in four columns near Milo river between Wukaw and Hsinhsih. Census notes cigar production would stretch 63 miles across the United States.
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Wuwa
United Press
San Francisco
Hunan
Kiangsi
Suiyuan
China
Inner Mongolia
Wukaw
Hsinhsih
Washington Holds Practice Air Raid in Capital Blackout
Washington staged a 15 minute blackout on Pennsylvania Avenue as civiliart defense director LaGuardia called the drill excellent. Planes hovered over the city and streets grew quiet with lights off and pedestrians indoors during the alert.
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Russia
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States run liquor monopolies with billions in sales
Sixteen states own and operate liquor monopolies reporting annual sales over 264 million dollars. Profits exceed 58 million dollars, while the average family spends about 26 dollars and 22 cents on liquor in these states.
Sergeant York Tops Box Office For The Year
Variety reports Sergeant York as the top motion picture of the year from a box office view, having grossed about 4 million dollars and playing in peak theater runs. Gary Cooper leads the money stars, with The Dictator and other titles following in earnings. New York critics praise Orson Welles Citizen Kane as the year’s outstanding production.
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Sergeant York
Variety
Gary Cooper
York
John Doe
Yank
Charley
Men of Boys’ Town
Andy Hardy
Abbott
Lou Costello
Cooper
Clark Gable
Mickey Rooney
Bob Hope
Charles Chaplin
Dorothy Lamour
Spencer Tracy
Jack Benny
Bing Crosby
New York Film Critics
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Cochise County Names Defense Coordination Leaders
Thomas Chosen Defense Head For Cochise announces county defense work during Bisbee meeting. Andrew P. Martin chairs the southern district. state officials and county chairmen like A R Spikes Bowie and John Woods Warren are listed to direct health welfare housing education utilities and more.
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Frank E. Thomas
Cochise
Bisbee
Andrew
P. Martin
P. .G. Beckett
Industrial Resources Committee
Samuel ‘H. Fowler
Earl Rooks
A.R. Spikes
Bowie
John Woods
Warren
Henry” “Beard
Douglas
Danterest
F. A. McKinney
Soybean Arrival and Growth on American Farms
The soybean reached American farms in 1898 as an agricultural crop. It was introduced to the United States in 1804 from the Orient and grown only in gardens as a curiosity. Today production nears 100 million bushels yearly with output from factories including oil, cake, and meal totaling about 43.95 million dollars.
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United States
Orient
Ford Sees United Europe Key to Global Prosperity
Henry Ford argues a United States of Europe with a rights bill will end centuries of European slaughter. He says extending the American system to Europe, with freedom of speech and religion, and open access to raw materials, could create a self-governing federation-like continent in time. He criticizes perpetual campaigning in politics.
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Detroit
America
Henry
Ord
United States of Europe
Ford
Europe
World” Federation
Infant mortality in 1940 fell below 1915 levels
Census records indicate 1940 infant deaths reached 47 per 1000 live births, less than half the 1915 toll. The decline reflects improved early-life survival compared with 1915 figures.
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Census Bureau
Dutch Urgently Seeks More Planes for Defense
Dutch authorities pressed for additional fighter aircraft as Japanese raids hit the East Indies provinces. A communique cited Medan and Menado shelling with no casualties, while experts said Japanese pilots could not have escaped unless Dutch fighters were lacking. General Hein Ter Pooten urged reinforcements.
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Batavia
N.E
Netherlands
East ‘Indies
Cand
Ain
Aneta
Menado
Celebes
Sumatra
Medan
Hein
Ter Pooten
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