Roosevelt urges youths to join free college training plan
President Roosevelt urged American high school graduates by July 1 to consider the government free college training plan for youths not yet eligible for the draft. A March 15 exam will select participants who, after a physical, will study at a government funded college with pay and uniforms, aiding wartime manpower needs and postwar service. The program emphasizes applied sciences, medical tracks, mathematics, physics, and some foreign languages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Scientists Study What Happens to Smoked Nicotine
Boston scientists report that inhaling tobacco smoke delivers ten times more nicotine to the body than noninhalation, while only ten percent is excreted. The fate of the remaining ninety percent remains unknown as researchers seek altered chemical forms.
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Boston
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Busy Justice Shaves While Five Bodies Await Inquest
Lake Worth justice of the peace and barber J. P. Van Wagner finished shaving a man in his courtroom shop as five dismembered bodies waited outside for an inquest. He completed a two minute inquiry and collected twenty five dollars in fees before returning to his barber duties.
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C. C. van Wagner
Lake Worth
Texas Ranger
van Wagner
Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Horseshoe Drive
Justice van Wagner
May Explains Why Pamphlet Was Barred
Kentucky Senator May said the House Military Committee threatened to expose the pamphlet book’s motive and halted Army distribution. He said the text claimed Northern Negroes are the intellectual equals of Southern white men and noted 55,000 copies were bought by the War Department for Army orientation courses after USO centers refused its circulation.
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Washington
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Mayo
War Department
United Service Organizations
USO
Truman Committee urges more civilian goods amid war production debates
The War Investigating Committee says major war production battles are won and calls for increased civilian output. It notes ongoing needs for landing craft and long range aircraft while maintaining that a manpower draft is unnecessary. Strikes in mining are discounted as a defense of a national service law.
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Washington
Truman
Administration
Senate
War Investigating Committee
War Department
Congress
Divorce Petition Served In Grayson County Texas
Citation issued in No. 52580 requires Ida Pugh Miller to appear by 10 A M on Monday March 27 1944 before Judge at Sherman Court House. Plaintiff William G. Miller seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Issued February 10 1944 by Clerk S V Earnest with Deputy Nancy Drake.
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State OF Texas
Ida Pugh Miller
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
William G. Miller
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Manpower Shifts in 1943 Manufacturing and Construction
In 1943 manufacturing and construction saw manpower decline by less than a quarter of one percent of the manpower actually used. Despite this small loss, labor contributed by workers during that period rose 76 percent above the 1939 level.
Tiny hymn books with K rations for soldiers
Pocket-sized hymn books will be distributed with K rations to American fighting men in combat zones. The dark colored folders are designed to be inconspicuous from the air and issued at the request of chaplains overseas whose men turn to prayer and song on the battle line.
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Chicago
Honest Private Wins Five Day Furlough Extension
Pvt. Sidney Bletter of Milwaukee wired his commanding officer in Kearns Utah reporting no death or emergency and requesting an extension of furlough. Maj. George A. Lloyd wired back granting five extra days on the present furlough for honesty.
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Kearns
Utah
Sidney Bletter
Milwaukee
George A. Lloyd
Biggest Berlin Raid Involved 60 000 RAF Personnel
London reports nearly 60,000 RAF men took part in the Berlin raid on February 15 16 with ground crews outnumbering bombers by about 50 to 1. It required 4 000 men five hours to load bombs and 7 000 airmen were briefed. The operation consumed over 1 000 000 gallons of fuel plus oil hydraulic fluids and 750 000 rounds of ammunition.
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London
Berlin
Americans in England Take to Tea and Like It
American troops in Britain now drink afternoon tea and enjoy it, a habit they would not have in the United States. In the Red Cross Rainbow Club at Piccadilly more than 1,000 cups of tea are served each afternoon as doughboys sip it with evident familiarity.
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London
Britain
United States
Red Cross Rainbow Club
Picadilly
Soldiers Advised to Shell Enemies Thick as Peas
A dramatic World War I exchange shows a sergeant’s warning of heavy enemy presence and a captain ordering artillery fire. The terse dialogue captures frontline tension and rapid response under fire.
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