Rudy Vallee Plans Civilian Return From Coast Guard
Hollywood May 29 Lieut Rudy Vallee of the coast guard says he will fold his unit this summer and return to civilian life between July 15 and Aug 22 after completing the final tour with his non sea going jazz band He is 43 and joined the coast guard in 1942 hoping to fight the enemy but will resume movie work and may return to stardom after a lengthy career as a bandleader and actor
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Coast Guard
Frank Sinatra
Vallee
Mexico
Cervillan Fe
Navy
Naval Reserve
Maine
Preston Sturges
Veterans To Get It Jobs Back With Same Pay
Regulations require employers to restore returning veterans to their prewar jobs with same pay and seniority. All veterans including women who served after May 1940 may seek reemployment. disputes may go to state and federal agencies and courts for back pay and reinstatement if delays occur.
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Washington
Ocal
Orth
A . S. District Court
Kentucky
State
Elective Service Headquarters
National Selective Service
Justce Department
Gasoline Use Cuts to 43 Percent of 1941 Levels
Washington dispatch reports the average American motorist now uses 43 percent as much gasoline as in 1941. Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies says mileage is down 37 percent from peacetime, with England down 88 percent, and supplies are expected to stay near current levels for two more years.
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Washington
U.R
Ralph. K. Davies
Davies
England
Liberty Ship Captain Firefight Ends in Shipboard Death
Sailors recount a Liberty ship skipper Captain Carl Larsen firing on his crew and natives on a South Pacific island after drinking. Navy guards subdued him and a combatant younger guard killed him in a gun duel. the Tom Walsh sailed from San Francisco months earlier with Larsen aboard.
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Wilmington
Cal
Tom Walsh
Carl Larsen
New York
San Francisco
South Pacific
Larsen
Navy Armed Guard
Stone
Maritime Commission
Washington
Father and son reunited after San Francisco quake
Spokane resident William H. Merrick and his son Ross Dennis Merrick, long believed to be dead in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, are reunited. Ross, a marine lieutenant, arrived by plane from San Francisco, learning his father is alive after decades of separation.
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Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
William H. Merrick
Ross Dennis Merrick
Merrick
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific
Rebuke In Okaying Bill By House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee reported a $1.105 billion supply bill for independent offices and another near 67.95 million for the Labor Department for the next fiscal year. It trimmed budgets for the Federal Security Agency and War Manpower, and eliminated funding for the War Manpower Commission’s foreign worker recruiting program. The committee criticized government workers in the Children's Bureau and Office of Education for aggressive lobbying and circularizing Congress for funding.
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Washington
Congress
House ‘Appropriations Committee
House
Labor Department
Federal’ Security Agency
National. Labor Relations Board
National. Mediation Board
War Manpower Commission
Children's Bureau
Office of Education
Children’s Bureau
Committee On Appropriations
Calling Men Under 26 To Cut Copper Output
A WPB vice chairman told the House Appropriations Committee that drafting men under 26 could force a substantial copper production cut by July 1. He noted copper output in the first quarter stayed roughly even amid a Metals Reserve Co stockpile and a 170 thousand ton monthly usage rate.
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Washington
H. Bunker
War’ Production Board
WPB
House -Appropriations
Bunker
Metals’ Reserve Co
Arizona Captain Wins Promotion To Major
John Kevin Dowling of Grand Canyon Arizona has been promoted from captain to major according to a War Department announcement.
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Arizona
Washington
John Kevin Dowling
Grand Canyon
Ariz
War Department
Seaman Charles Lyon Jr Joins Catalina Island Training Station
Charles Lyon Jr. has joined the U S Navy training station at Catalina Island aboard the 48 apprenticeship seaman unit. He studies to gain knowledge and experience to help deliver Victory Cargo to combat fronts. First Lt. James C Courtright, formerly of Tucson Arizona, earns the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial flight in the Mediterranean theater.
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Charles
Lyon
Avenida - de
James .C. Courtright
East 12Th — ‘Street
Tucson
Mediterranean Theatre of Operations
Air Medal Awarded to First Lt. George E Richards
First Lt. George E Richards of 1150 East Speedway Tucson Arizona received the Air Medal from Lt. Col. Dexter L Hodge deputy commanding officer of the veteran Eighth AAF Liberator group. Richards participated in celebrated aerial attacks on Frederichshafen Berlin and Bramsche.
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George. E. Richards
East’ Speedway
Tucson
Arizona
Pledger
Tex
Eighth Aaf Liberator Group
Richards
Frederichshafen
Berlin
Bramsche
Air Cadet Brandson Brown Assigned to Tuskegee Field
Air Cadet Brandson Brown of 133 West Second Street has completed primary training and is assigned to Tuskegee Army Air Field for further duty.
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Brandson Brown
West Second Street
Tuskegee Army
McMakin Graduates From Strother Army Air Field
John B. McMakin son of Mrs Frankie K McMakin of 739 North Seventh Avenue graduated this week from Strother Army Air Field and will receive another assignment soon.
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John B. McMakin
Frankie K. McMakin
North Seventh
Avenue
Strother Army Airfield
Army nurse corps officer ordered to Camp White Oregon
Second Lt. Norman Ashburn of 314 North Park avenue Tucson has been commissioned in the United States Army nurse corps and ordered to report for active duty at the hospital station at Camp White Oregon.
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Norman Ashburn
North Park Avenue
Tucson
United States Army
Camp White
Oregon
Tucson Teen Receives Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Commission
William R. Brewer Jr has earned high wings and a commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. Brewer is the son of Mrs. Carrie Jane Evans of 2607 East Helen Street Tucson and attended Tucson Senior High School.
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Wiliam R. Brewer
Army Air Forces
Lt. Brewer
Carrie Jane Evans
East Helen Street
Tucson
Tucson Senior High
War Department reports oil that traps germs in camps
The War Department announced an odorless economical oil that traps germs like flypaper. Used on floors bed lining and blankets in Army camps it ensnares bacteria and viruses so tightly they cannot be pulled out. Blanket treatments cost two cents each lasting two months floor treatments cost six dollars per barracks lasting four months.
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Washington
U.P
War “Department
Army Campa
Oswald H.robertson
Army
Dive Bombers Strike Yanks On Road to Valmontone
German dive bombers hit an American convoy near Valmontone during an air attack that killed and wounded several soldiers and scattered the unit. First Lt. George Hogden, a DSC recipient, described the devastation and praised his company, which bore the brunt of the assault.
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Robert
Valmontone
Italy
Anzio
George’ Hogden
Pittsburgh
United States Army
Observation craft sighted and Spitfires pursue on southern front
Soldiers halted to watch the sky as an observation craft emerged. Hogden ordered retreat and urged his men forward as Spitfires closed in. The force pressed on along the road, Hogden pushing Hill's unit and guiding leftover companies in pursuit.
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Hogden
Higden
Nazis Lili Marlene Hit Tops Britain Music Scene
A UPI report from London notes the Nazi era song Lili Marlene has become a major hit in Britain. The piece highlights its long shelf life as a popular tune despite wartime associations and public sentiment.
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Lili Marlene
Britain
London
U.P
Lil Marlene
Eighth Army Men Publish Captured Tobruk Phonograph Song
Jimmy Phillips found a group of eighth army soldiers playing a song in a German phonograph captured in Tobruk. He obtained the record and spent months negotiating with the alien property custodian before getting permission to publish it.
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Eighth
Africa
Jimmy » Phillips
Britain
Tobruk
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