Sugar ceilings announced by U S agriculture agency
The Sugar Rationing Administration in Chicago announced dollar and cent ceilings for granulated brown and powdered sugar to take effect May 1. Group distinctions for small independents and larger stores determine priced ceilings, with chain stores retaining their own pricing but never exceeding group one and two ceilings.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Roy B. Martin
Department of Agriculture
Duty as Guards and Instructors Now Open In Army Posts
Former servicemen aged 22 or older and 66 inches tall may enlist as guards specialists or instructors at Milwaukee or Fort Leavenworth posts. About 200 positions for guards plus 50 other fields including history and English instruction are available. Contact the U S Army recruiting office in the local post office for details.
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Milwaukee
Ft. LeavenWorth
T-5
Charles L. Anson
U. S. Army
Washington
Anson
Dye Yarn Specialization in Oriental Rug Weaving
In rug weaving districts of the orient a single dyer handles dyeing for each color. With a dozen colors used, each color has its own specialist. The dyer’s formula remains a personal secret in most cases.
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Orient
Starvation Plan for Russia Highlighted at Nazi Trial
At Nuremberg, prosecutors presented German plans for mass starvation in Russia aimed at destroying Moscow and Stalingrad if captured. They cited Goering as the instigator and Rosenberg remarks stressing feeding Germans from the East, plus a decree to ignore Hague conventions in the Soviet Union.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Stalingrad
Hermann Goering
U. S
Goering
Economic Ministry
Ukraine
Alfred Rosenberg
Soviet Union
Navy Demonstrates Radio Controlled Hellcat Flight Tests
Atlantic City witnesses a public demonstration of remote control flight with a Grumman F6F Hellcat. Navy officials say radio control reduces risk by handling takeoffs maneuvers and landings, enabling safer data collection during high speed air warfare testing.
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Atlantic City
Navy
Navy unveils P2V super patrol plane with long range
In Burbank California the Navy announced the P2V midwing land based monoplane claiming the greatest range speed and armament of any scouting bomber. Powered by two duplex engines totalling 4600 horsepower the craft can fly 5000 miles non stop from Seattle to Tokyo at 300 mph and carry two 2000 pound torpedoes rockets bombs or depth charges. Engineers say 100 production models will be delivered soon.
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Burbank
Calif
Navy
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Seattle
Wash
Tokyo
Guam
Wake Island
Manila
New Britain
Iowa Labor Plans to Fight State Labor Laws
In Des Moines the AFL congress is organizing a policy committee of 104 members to oppose restrictive bills from the 52nd general assembly. John Connolly and C. I. McNutt warn the anti‑closed shop and secondary boycott measures violate federal and state rights. The group plans a May 7 meeting to coordinate action against the laws, including a secondary boycott ban and closed shop prohibitions. Town becomes the 13th state to adopt a closed shop rule.
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Des Moines
52Nd
General Assembly
AFL
John Connolly
C. I. McNutt
Connolly
Robert Blue
Inventor in Fitchburg builds bathtub with door in side
Fitchburg Massachusetts April 80 UP Alfred P Cate a 1 year old former hospital attendant has invented a bathtub with a door in the side He hopes the U S commerce department will approve his patent His door 20 inches wide swings outward and when closed rubber gaskets prevent leakage He notes you cannot fill more than eight inches of water before entering but once inside you can use the faucets freely
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Fitchburg
Mass
Alfred P. Cate
U. S. Commerce Department
FCC Grants First Civilian Radar Permit
The Federal Communications Commission issued its first permit for civilian radar use. Raytheon Manufacturing received special temporary authority to run a mobile experimental glass tube radio station aboard the SS Kalakala off Puget Sound Washington. The program tests radar in radio aids for commercial marine navigation.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
Kalakala
Puget Sound
How Germans Killed Babes Told at Trial
At the Smolensk war crimes trial 10 Germans, witnesses testified that during occupation German forces snatched infants from mothers and threw them against stone walls. They said Germans carried out systematic shootings of large groups of men, women and children twice weekly during a period of occupation.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Iowa Leads in Popcorn Production
Iowa is the leading popcorn producing state, with Indiana ranking second in output.
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Iowa
Indiana
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Clinton
Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Sugar Raioning Administration
Illinois
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ligerty Building
Lyon
Emmet
Osceola
Dickinson
Kossuth
Winnebago
Worth
Mitshell
Howard
Winneshiek
Alla
Pemmels
Ott
All America
Chenille
Ward Week
FCC
Babes
Gia
Coca-Cola Company
Burlington
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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