War Production and Civilian Supply Efforts Expanded
Pending conversion orders and bottlenecks threaten civilian durable goods. March expenditures for munitions and war construction exceed 2.1 billion with 0.5 billion for payrolls. Steel shipments hit a record while 444 labor management committees mobilize to speed production.
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Committee On Fair Employment Practice
Automobile Loans Open to Sherman and Grayson County
A local lender signals low cost money options with car and personal loan services. The notice highlights Easy terms from Dlgest Loan Company in Sherman and Star Credit Company near Grayson County State Bank with a visible sign in the lobby.
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Dlgest Loan Company
Sherman
Star Credit Company
Qower
Grayson County Stet Bank
Lobiy
Army seeks nurses and doctors for wartime roles
The Army Air Forces plans to commission 500 physicians monthly for active duty while the Army Nurse Corps aims to enroll 10,000 nurses by year end. Attorney General Biddle notes 900 Selec tive Service Act convictions since Oct 1940 with prison terms up to five years. President Roosevelt contemplates voluntary registration of women ages 18 to 65.
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Biddle
Roosevelt
Major Carmichael Details Air Offensive Against Japanese
Maj. Richard Carmichael of Austin Texas describes 40 days of US bomber operations in New Guinea and New Britain. He notes 15 missions with about 20 Japanese ships sunk or damaged and five heavy cruisers caught off guard near Rabaul and Kupang. The largest raid hit Salamaua and Lae, with cooperation from RAAF and UN naval units.
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New Britain
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Texas
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MacArthur
Australia
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Kupang
Timor
Honolulu
George Brett
United Nations
Salamaua
Lae
RAAF
Rabeul
Raymond Swensen
Minnesota
Harry Brandon
Little Rock
Ark
New USO Fund Drive Initiated in Texas May 11
Texas USO expenditures average eighty thousand dollars monthly and are set to rise to one hundred twenty thousand. State publicity head Harry B. Crozier announced a May 11 fund drive, noting Texas' high military presence, its quota of 1 110 000 for 1942, and 530 USO units nationwide. He described 50 current clubs and 14 more planned, with new centers planned at Camp Swift Bastrop County, Houston, Corpus Christi, Freeport, Camp Hood Killeen Temple Paris Gainesville Odessa Sweetwater Harlingen and the Mission McAllen Edinburg tri-city area.
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Texas
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Employment in Nation Rises by 1.8 Million
The Works Projects Administration reports employment in the United States increased from 48,600,000 in February to 50,400,000 in March, a gain of 1.8 million persons. The release cites the nation’s WPA program as the source of the new figures.
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United States
Works Projects Administration
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