Army Navy Urge Passage of Work or Fight Bill
Army Navy and production chiefs urged passage of a work or fight selective service amendment to back up fighting men and ease resentment toward higher paid home front workers. The bill would give the selective service authority to order men 18 to 45 to essential jobs with noncompliance risking induction or work battalions.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Owen Brewster
Josiah Bailey
N. C
Armed Services
James V. Vortietel
Robert P. Patterson
Donald M. Nelson
Forrestal
Navy Yards
Thomas L. Gatch
South Dakota
Pacific
Gatch
Nelson
Iron and Steel
Bailey
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Mind Therapy Cuts Down Rate Of Discharges
Philadelphia May 19 Major Berkwitz reports mental therapy at Army posts reduces discharges by inductees who struggle with army life. He cites 40 to 60 percent of recent discharges linked to adjustment issues from home privacy and discipline. Treatments include mild brain stimulation. over 1,000 sessions reported with no fatalities.
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Philadelphia
N. J. Berkwitz
Crowder
Army Post
Berkwitz
American Psychiatric Association
Esther B. Tietz
George N. Thompson
A. van Harre
Brandes School Pupils To Graduate Tomorrow
Brandes School will hold closing exercises at 8 p m tomorrow. Several pupils receive certificates of completion for junior high school. Diane Resnick of Philadelphia finishes tenth grade. Principal speaker is Mrs Alfie French Raffman from the University of Arizona English department. Rabbi Aron Moskowitz gives the invocation. Diane Resnick delivers salutations and Martin Golds of Detroit gives the valedictory. An original play The Stars Foretell will be performed by the dramatic group. Refreshments and the annual bonfire follow as friends remain for the summer.
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Brandes
Diane Resnick
Philadelphia
Alfie French Raffman
English Department
University of Arizona
Aron Moskovits
Martin Golds
Detroit
Girls Still Topic Of Seamen's Talk
HAL BOYLE reports from London on how sailors trade tales of girls and danger, with veterans recalling U-boat scares and bombing, while a young crewman longs for home and a girl in Bayonne. Names include Boson Al Bybus, Red Dodge, A. S. Aitken, Houston Woods, and Alphonso Johnson.
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Hal Boyle
London
Army
Navy
United States
Boson al Bybus
Murmansk
Bybus
Madison Square Garden
al Rother
Baby Arizmendi
Red
Dodge
New Orleans
Trinidad
A. S. Aitken
Newes
Houston Woods
Wilmington
N. C
Mess
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Alphonso Johnson
Big Stone Gap
Bayonne
N. J
Service Cash Remittance Program Expands for Armed Forces
The Eleventh Naval District announces a new cash remittance option for service personnel outside the continental U S. They can transfer cash accumulations to designated persons or for war bond purchases. Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard members and eligible civilians may use this facility with alternate payees allowed. Minimum remittance is ten dollars.
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Continental
United States
Eleventh Naval District
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Bureau of Supplies
Will of Cardinal O Connell Leaves Estate to Church and Charities
The will of William Cardinal O Connell, Boston church leader, leaves about 100000 dollars to the church and charitable institutions. Specific bequests include 10000 to valet Christian Riedi and chauffeur Pio Zappa, 5000 to housekeepers Mrs. Riedi and Delia Hynes, 2000 to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and 5000 to St Vincent de Paul and to St Peter's parish in Lowell for relief of the poor. The remainder goes to church and charities.
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Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
America
Suffolk
Christian Riedi
Pio Zappa
Delia Hynes
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
St. Peter's
Lowell
Cardinal
Disabled Vets May Get Pension Boost in Congress Action
Millard W. Rice of Washington says a 15 percent increase to pensions could lift the average annual disability payment in Tucson from about 460 to 530 dollars if H. R. 3356 passes the Senate. The Disabled American Veterans backs the measure and a separate bill for increased dependency allowances.
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Congress
Tucson
Millard W. Rice
Washington, D. C
National Service Director
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
Senate
Rice
House of Representatives
Conas
War Bond Purchase Terms Clarified
The notice states that payments must be in five dollar multiples for larger sums with an exception that the exact purchase price must be remitted for war bonds. It outlines the payment structure and amount requirements for investors and buyers.
Electrically Induced Sleep Rebuilds Thinking Apparatus
California scientists report electronarcosis or electrically induced sleep as a new treatment for schizophrenia and related mental issues. The method uses head electrodes and mild current to induce seven minute sleeps, aiming to rebuild thinking in brain gray matter with reported improvements and few adverse effects.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Psychivaric Association
California
Esther Bogen Tietz
Los Angeles County Hospital
George N. Thompson
University of Southern California
A. van Harreveld
C. A. G. Wiersma
California Institute of Technology
Hixon
Scottish Rite Mason
Lothar B. Kalinowski
New York City
Germany
United States
Half Million Naval Dependents Now Receive Family Allowances
More than half a million dependents of naval personnel are now eligible for and receiving family-allowance benefits, reflecting expanded support for military families.
Toledo Men Re-Enlist After Judge's Plea On Jury Duty
In Toledo Ohio 23 men facing 1-A jury duty status were persuaded by Common Pleas Judge Herman A Kruger to re-enlist. He urged that if soldiers serve three years for the country the men should serve three weeks in jury duty.
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Toledo
Common Pleas
Herman A. Kruger
Kreuger
Gibbon ape inhabits Southeast Asia and Borneo and Sumatra
The gibbon, a species of ape, lives in southeastern Asia and on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Asia
Borneo
Sumatra
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