Roosevelt asks Congress to keep Trainees in service
Congress split on Roosevelt request to declare national emergency to retain army selectees guardsmen and reservists. He warns that danger to American safety is greatly greater today and urges removal of annual selectee limits while Congress weighs unlimited callups and extended enlistments amid debate over warlike threats in the Western Hemisphere.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Hemisphere
Norris
Nebraska
Johnson
California
Smith
South Carolina
Overton
Louisiana
Barkley
van Nuys
Indiana
United States
Americas
Germany
America
Eight day clock critiques wavering conversation
A humorous exchange unfolds as a peace loving husband complains he has walked for an hour without words, while an eight day clock retorts that he has not spoken but has listened in a sassy manner, sparking a witty domestic moment.
Most Accidents Occur on Dry Roads Report Shows
The Travelers safety booklet Here Today reveals that over 75 percent of fatal motor crashes last year happened on dry roads. The 1940s highway death record analysis covers 35,000 deaths and 1,320,000 injuries with 15 percent on wet pavement, 4.3 percent on ice, and 2.6 percent on snow.
Old Gags That Find New Victims
A Mineola Monitor note recalls timeless office pranks aimed at new hires. The piece describes classic gags from type lice to buck ets of salutes and left handed tools, illustrating how newcomers chase trivial keys or items before work resumes.
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Prentice
Mineola Monitor
Modified Requirements for Naval Aviation Cadets
The Navy Department eased entry for Naval Aviation Cadets. Changes soften educational and physical standards, allowing broader eligibility and quicker potential assignment. Key updates remove college math credit, drop eye balance restrictions, lower minimum height to 5 ft 4 in, reduce minimum weight to 124 pounds, require 18 solid teeth and 2 opposing molars, and make weight rules more flexible. Commander Laverents predicts more applicants and ample Navy training slots.
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Navy Department
Naval Aviation
Laverents
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Dallas
Navy
U. S. Navy
Toonerville Toots Lays Laughs On Small Town Editor
The quote from Toonerville Toots in the Sanger Courier jokes about the local editor’s recurring mistakes and public ribbing. It notes the editor laughs after each issue and keeps producing weekly, year after year.
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Paul the Apostle
Toonerville Toots
Sanger Courier
Police count crowds with math and meters
New York police use methods to estimate crowds at events. Chief Inspector Costuma explains counting by subway meters, parking cars, parade rate of 5,000 per hour, and one person per three square feet for spectators.
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New York
Louis F. Costuma
Coney Island
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