Soldier with seven wives returned to Army under suspended sentence
A 25 year old air force private Lyle Richard Munday admitted four marriages were bigamous and faces prison and a $5,000 fine. The Army, seeking disciplinary action, took him into custody after Flora Munday objected to him and police were alerted. He had married seven women between 1937 and 1942, including Doris Stone, Nina Lee Sharpe, Marjorie Prince, and others, with prior wives dying or annulled.
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Los Angeles
A. W. O.L. Air Force
Army
Lyle Richard Munday
Flora Medlin Munday
Martha Johnson Munday
Santa Monica
Hollywood
Miss Johnson
Mattie Bell Allen
Statesboro
Allendale
S. Co
Doris Stone
Lubbock
Texas
Nina Lee Sharpe
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss Sharpe
Marjorie Prince
Wildemar
Calif
Miss Prince
Dorothy Bowman
Perfect Man Living 125 Years Predicted For Next Century
Chicago era scientist Dr James Shelby Thomas predicts a future where the perfect man stands 6 feet 3 inches tall does not age nor gain fat and could live 125 years He foresees millions of new affordable houses after the war with unbreakable glass plumbing noise transforming filters and wall murals via home automation plus vast advances in medical chemical and dietary sciences by applied science.
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Chicago
James Shelby Thomas
Thomas
Clarkson
N. Y.) College of Technology
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
University of Chicago
American Chemical Society
Prosperous Farmers Mean Prosperity For Everybody
Opinion piece arguing fair farm prices boost all wages and urging justice for all workers. It contrasts high executive pay with factory wages and warns of class war if labor and capital do not share the fruits of production. It calls for purging unions of racketeers and fostering balanced economic policy.
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McKinney Examiner
Right Kind of Husband Mrs Farmer Cartoon Bit
A suitor asks for Rachel at the gate but Mrs Farmer rejects him claiming the family favors a bolder, older style husband. She recalls her own courtship when her father climbed a fence and forced the marriage that night.
Nation’s Death Rate Boosted by Influenza
The Census Bureau reports the national death rate rose to 15.5 per 1000 in the week ended Dec 18 due to the influenza outbreak and a cold wave. This 24 percent above normal rate follows weeks of rising mortality, with early December at 13.3 and Dec 11 at 14 percent above normal.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Heavy cream prescribed as medicine faces withdrawal bid
Washington reports no medical indication for heavy cream of 40 percent butterfat. Physicians in the New York area are said to prescribe it in large quantities, prompting the War Food Administration to consider restricting physician access.
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Washington
New York
Milk Industry Advisory Committee
War Food Administration
National Research Council
Department of Agriculture
Cootie Hazard Eliminated Now
Fort Collins Colorado report states Homer H Henney of Colorado State College says the cootie chemical, found while testing agricultural insecticides, is a wartime tool hidden in plain sight. Meeting of land grant college representatives in Chicago noted the discovery will save the Army hundreds of thousands of dollars on delousing and free soldiers from hours of under shirt inspection.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Homer H. Henney
Colorado State College
U. S
Chicago
Henney
Kaltenborn Sees Japan War Extending to 1946
San Francisco radio commentator H. V. Kaltenborn says his Pacific tour convinced him the war with Japan will likely last through 1946, reversing his 1945 end prediction. He cites talks with top generals and admirals and notes Marines expect the conflict to continue.
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San Francisco
H. V. Kaltenborn
Pacific
Japan
Golden Gate
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