President Roosevelt outlines vast war production plan
In a joint session, President Roosevelt unveils a massive arms program to defeat the Axis, detailing targets such as 60 000 planes and 45 000 tanks this year, 125 000 planes and 75 000 tanks next year, and a 56 billion dollar budget for 1943, framing victory as defense of freedom worldwide. He presses for all-out national effort and warns against complacency and defeatism.
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Quote on victory over good and evil
A historic declamation asserts that only total victory can reward champions of tolerance decency freedom and faith. The speaker rejects compromise between good and evil and frames victory as the moral end state for defenders of liberty.
Total Defense To Call All Men To Some Type Service
Col John M Andrews of federal selective service headquarters urged that all available manpower may soon be needed for total defense. He spoke at an American Association of Junior Colleges meeting while Roosevelt urged victory and a strong postwar peace. He said college leaders must plan a two fold contribution and that all men fit for service should enlist or work in defense roles as deferments for medical and engineering students continue.
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Col. Amens
Surplus Foods Listed in January Order
The U S Department of Agriculture reports raisins removed from the national surplus foods list, making them unavailable this month with blue food order stamps. The January Surplus Marketing Administration list includes butter, pork, fresh grapefruit, pears, apples, oranges, vegetables, corn, meat, shell eggs, dried prunes, hominy grits, dry beans, various flours, and whole wheat flour.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Surplus Marketing Administration
Birds Rank Between Reptiles and Mammals in Animal Scale
In the scale of animal creation birds occupy a middle position between reptiles and mammals, reflecting their evolutionary and anatomical characteristics.
Missing workers paychecks frozen hit families hard
In San Francisco Calif families of American workers on Wake, Midway and Guam suffer as paychecks are frozen. Timothy Riordan, member of the California Industrial Accident Commission, said banks cannot carry out a deposit agreement between contractors and workers whose fate was unknown after Japanese attacks. Riordan noted many letters arriving at his office.
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California Industrial Accident Commission
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Democratic primary candidates listed for County Clerk
The Sun notes the following have authorized publication of their names as candidates in the Democratic primary in July 1942 for County Clerk H. Grady Thompson seeks a second term.
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