55 000 New Nurses Needed This Year
New York report outlines urgent nursing shortages for both civilian and military sectors. It details targets of 55 000 new student nurses this year and 65 000 next year, with 75 000 the following year, and explains voluntary recruitment efforts facing competition from war industry jobs, WAAC/Navy options, and due to eligibility constraints for Army and Navy nursing corps.
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Trudi McCullough
New York
Army
Navy
WAACS
Army and Navy Nursing Corps
Bataan
Navy Nursing Corps
Office of Facts and Figures
National Recruitment Committee
Schools of Nursing
Red Cross First Reserve
Wallace H. Campbell Dies At Family Home
Wallace Henry Campbell 83 a Tucson resident for 27 years died early yesterday at 226 North Bean avenue He was a cabinet maker for the Southern Pacific railroad and later retired He is survived by his wife Fannie Campbell and daughter Blanche Pierce Funeral arrangements will be announced by Reilly Undertaking company.
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Wallace Henry Campbell
Tucson
North Bean Avenue
Southern Pacific Railroad
Campbell
Fannie Campbell
Blanche Pierce
Reilly Undertaking Company
Negro sergeant held in murder at Fort Huachuca
Staff Sergeant Jerry Sykes, an African American, was held by military authorities on Fort Huachuca after the fatal stabbing of Hazel Craig during an argument. Sykes says he stabbed her with a pocket knife when she rushed at him with a large knife. she died after four stab wounds. He is held for court martial pending a full investigation.
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Fort Huachuca
The
Daily Citizen
Jerry Sykes
Hazel Craig
Army
Sykes
African chief offers warriors to kill Hitler in Germany
A Nigerian bow and arrow tribe chief proposes sending his three strongest sons to Germany to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Governor Sir Bernard Bourdillon quotes the chief declaring he can spare three sons to end the trouble, saying they will stalk and kill him like a jungle beast.
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London
Nigeria
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Bernard Bourdillon
England
Argentina to Grant Loans for Solid Fuel Deposits
Argentina plans to provide loans aimed at supporting the operation of all solid fuel deposits. The program targets financing for mining and distribution activities to bolster the fuel sector’s output.
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Argentina
Canned Beef Held For Use Of Army
The War Production Board froze all large stocks of imported canned beef in the United States for 90 days and made them available to the armed services. After July 2, most canned beef imports will be diverted to the Army or Navy, affecting South American suppliers. Over the past five years imports from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay averaged 63.6 million pounds annually, rising to over 100 million pounds in 1941 for military and lend-lease use.
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Washington
War Production Board
United States
Armed Services
WPB
Army
Navy
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Paraguay
Brass Fixtures Yield Enough Metal for 80 Cartridges
A brass curtain fixture set provides material for eighty rifle cartridges intended for a soldier.
Comedian Roscoe Ates Becomes Captain at Ellington Field
In Texas, Roscoe Ates the stuttering movie comedian is assigned as a captain stationed at Ellington Field near Houston. Daily report shows San Carlos Reservoir data with elevation 2495.55 feet and 1942 weather details.
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Ellington Field
Tex
Roscoe Ates
This Air Field
Houston
Scrap Old Steel Fence At IIT In Chicago
Work crews dismantle the metal fence around Ogden Field at Illinois Institute of Technology. The 15 ton supply of spikes is being scrapped for the war effort.
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Chicago
W.P
Ogden Field
Illinois Institute of Technology
Intoxicated Pilot Fined in Indianapolis
Everett C. Vinings of Indianapolis was convicted in federal court and fined 300 dollars for flying an airplane while intoxicated.
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Indianapolis
Everett C. Vinings
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Stone
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