Women Leave Jobs To Care For Children
Los Angeles report shows lack of child care threatens warplane output as 8000 productive hours hinge on a single center. Aircraft War Production Council notes 101000 local women need outside care for 19000 children, with 220 more facilities required by December to sustain production.
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Glendale
Half Tracked U S Deadly To Foes In Battle
Army sources describe the half track as a fast, heavily armed vehicle combining truck and tank features. In Tunisia a unit of eight half tracks kept vital supply routes open under attack, while Allied air power deterred German fighters in three months of operations starting January.
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Camp Edwards
Mass
North Africa
Joseph E. Harriman
Second Corps
Tunisia
Cape Cod
Harriman
Messerschmitts
Morris C. Handwerk
AAATC
Oldest Policewoman in California Celebrates 22 Years
Mrs. Arvilla Beckman, 80, of La Mesa California, claimed as the oldest policewoman in the state, marked her 22nd year in the force with city officials present. A former schoolteacher and widow of a railway engineer, she continues public service.
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LA Mesa
Calif
Arvilla Beckman
California
Australia Grants War Pensions to TB Veterans
Australia will award full war pensions to 2,092 soldiers who contracted tuberculosis in the last war and 107 who have done so in this one.
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Australia
Balloon Barrages Protect New York from Air Attacks
The Army demonstrates a 100 seconds notice balloon barrage system for the New York metro area. Maj. Gen. Sanderford Jarman explains the setup from a golf course clubhouse as 34 balloons rise to form the first defense. Cables,1,000 feet per minute rise, and a 60 foot balloon with a 13 man crew provide layered protection against enemy dive bombers and low flying planes.
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Long Island
N. Y
New York
Sanderford ‘Jarman
Maine
Florida
Harry Knox
Army
Maj
Joseph Thompson
New York Region
Antiaircraft Artillery Command
New York City
Dies Group To Open Jap Camp Quiz Thursday
Washington June 30 The Dies subcommittee preps for the opening of a prolonged congressional hearing on conditions in Japanese relocation camps. Chairman Dies says the full committee will also probe causes of racial disturbances, including Detroit rioting. Witnesses include WRA director Dillon S. Myer and Japanese American Citizens League officers.
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Dies
D-Tex
Detroit
Costello
D-Calif
West
War Relocation Authority
Dillon S. Myer
WRA
Weather Forecast for Tucsom and Vicinity
Night and tomorrow show little temperature change with scattered showers across the area. A Venezuela survey of 594 communities found only 23 had both water and sewage facilities.
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Tucsom
Venezuela
Local Judge Fines Ora Hennon In Vivid Description
Acting Sergeant Ed Mayo reports Ora Hennon of Hudson House received a ten dollar fine after being described as incoherently staggeringly obnoxiously inebriated in Vancouver. The incident blends legal action with colorful police wording from the scene.
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Vancouver
Wash
Ora Hennon
Hudson House
Ed Mayo
Hennon
England Publishes Fewer New Books Than Peacetime Average
England released 5742 new books last year, well below the peacetime average of 10500, reflecting a sharp decline in publishing volume.
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England
Let George Do It Password Circulates at Willamette Cadets
At Willamette University Naval Training Center in Salem Oregon the password Let George Do It circulates among back passing cadets. Key Georges include Lt George C Bliss commanding officer Capt George W Shepard of the naval medical corps and George Herbert Smith president of Willamette University.
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