Law Officers Mobilized For U S Defense Plan
In Washington on May 22 Director J Edgar Hoover announced 150000 local law enforcement officers are volunteering to support national defense. The plan aims to deter fifth column activity reduce undetected travel and train state and local police as adjuncts of the FBI while opposing vigilanteism and proving no national police force is needed. Also noted: locomotives and freight cars for the Lourenco Marques Johannesburg line were sourced from the United States.
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Washington
WUP
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
National Defense
Army of the Land
Hoover
Lourenco Marques
Giant Planes With 100 Troops Promised by 1940s Air Armada
Kansas City May 22 A fleet of 80 giant 72 ton planes capable of carrying 64 passengers or more than 100 soldiers each will be ready by next summer. Led by Jack Frye of Trans Continental West Air the project is tied to Howard Hughes and Lockheed. Production approved by government as a high speed transport with 814 hour transcontinental and 12 to 14 hour Atlantic crossing potential.
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Kansas City
United States
Canal Zone
Jack Frye
Trans-Continental & Western Air, Inc
Frye
Howard Hughes
Sportsman
Lockheed Company
TWA
Pan-American Airways
Atlantic Ocean
U. S
Alaska
Hawaii
Tungsten Production Surges 42 Percent in Defense Drive
U S tungsten ore and concentrates output rose 42 percent from 3593? to 5120 short tons as defense buildup spurred mining. Value reached $6,576,318 with 20 pounds per unit FOB mine averaging $20.61. California overtook Nevada as top producer. shipments came from Arizona Colorado Idaho Missouri Montana New Mexico Utah Washington. Imports jumped 211 percent to 9,666,228 pounds from about twenty countries.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Mines
California
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Nebraska Unicameral Debates Self-defense Skunk Measure
Lawmakers discussed a fur bearing animal protection bill in Lincoln, Neb. The measure aimed at safeguarding fur bearing animals. The vote ended with Johnny Skunk victorious 13 to 10.
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Nebraska
Johnny Skunk
Tough Lifers Fail To Escape From Alcatraz
Four of the hardest lifers at Alcatraz failed in a late escape attempt in San Francisco Bay. They overpowered three guards, were recaptured, and the break occurred in the jute mat shop. Names include Joseph Cretzer Arnold Kyle Lloyd Barkdoll and Sam Shockley. The attempt involved breaking a sash and cutting bars with an emery wheel.
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San Francisco
U.p)p
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
James A. Johnston
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Arnold Thomas Kyle
Lloyd Barkdoll
Oregon
Sam R. Shockley
Oklahoma
Johnston
Ellwood City Youth Signals Induction Departure
In Ellwood City a drafted youth painted signs on his clothes to warn others. The message read keep away from these clothes I am only going away for a year. The draft tale contrasts with an unrelated note that forest fire losses have halved over the past decade.
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Ellwood City, Pa
Ellwood City
Parents And Children Die As Cottage Burns
Fremont Iowa May 22 U P reports Frank Townsend 34 his wife Elsie 30 and their three children Jay 10 Janice 5 and Frank 3 burned to death trapped inside a flaming two room cottage after a gasolIne stove exploded and blocked the only door W M Slane who owned the property found the cottage in flames and another nearby Slane and his two sons also lost their dwelling in the blaze
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Fremont, CO
U.P
Frank Townsend
Elsie
Jay C
Janice
Frank
W. M. Slane
Townsend
Slane
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SKUNK
Lincoln
Neb
Alcatraz
Shanghai
China
Penny le
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation
É& Plumbers
New York Corporation
Pittsburgh
Epsom
Congress
Lighthouse Cleanser
Armour
Phillip
S&f
Johnny Bulla
Recreation Soft Ball
Crookes
ANSOL
West
VRAY
Walgreen Coupon
Fesh
Walg
NERS
Walgreen's
Kenmore
de Luxe
Kenmore Portable
SEARS
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Pennington St
Daniel
Bulova
Dean
Jewel
Beatrice
Cambridge
Miss America
Diamo
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