War News Highlights Tokyo Defeats and Allied Advances
MacArthur reports Australian troops clear Milne Bay in New Guinea sealing a major Allied victory. Japanese raids near Port Moresby are countered by heavy Allied air offensives as U S Marines hold Solomon positions amid ongoing enemy air attacks. Yorktown carrier sunk after Midway battle. Price and labor officials announce fuel oil rationing and new farm machinery controls as wartime manpower and production priorities intensify nationwide.
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WPA employment figures show 850000 on active July file
Approximately 850,000 persons were employed or awaiting assignment to WPA projects July 1 20 per cent of the total active file of the employment service.
War Bond Promote Slogans Circulate In Tokio Columns
Readers in Tokyo encounter crowded lost and found columns as wartime posters and bonds prompt readers to invest 10 percent from every payday. A tone of morale and public finance pervades the column.
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Tokio
Farm Price Controls Cited As Raise Hurts Food Costs
Price Administrator Henderson warns higher farm prices under current rules will lift American food costs by two billion dollars this year. Agriculture Secretary Wickard notes cash farm income will lift per capita farmer income about 33 percent above 1909-14 levels due to higher output. The Commodity Credit Corporation funds an Agricultural Marketing Administration plan to buy pork products from about 1,000,000 hogs to ease small packer squeeze and bolster supplies from the 1942 spring hog crop. Small packers defined as those slaughtering under 250,000 hogs in 1941. OPA to set first ceiling on fruit at the producer level for dried prunes and raisins.
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Henderson
Wickard
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agricultural Marketing Administration
OPA
Health of the Army in Training Improves Says Stimson
War Secretary Stimson told reporters the health of the Army in training in the United States is better than ever during war time. He noted hospital admission rates in 1942 are expected to be about ten percent lower than in 1941 and that death rates in 1941 and to date in 1942 are the lowest in Army history. The Army Administration Officer Candidate School offers commissions to enlisted men in limited service and ages 45 to 50 with equal qualifications, preference over combat eligible men.
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Stimson
Army
U. S
Army Administration
War Department
Selective Service Director Signals Army Size Rise and Draft Outlook
Selective Service Director Hershey said the Army size this year will exceed the 4,500,000 1942 objective set by Chief of Staff Marshall. He indicated married men with children may be called by late 1943 at the earliest but noted the Army’s needs could rise. Draft plans anticipate 18 and 19 year olds next year and possible calls of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 family men, with unmarried men with dependents slated for this year.
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Selective Service
Hershey
Marshall
Gen. Hershey
When Kickoff Means a Car and a House
A humorous exchange shows Bobby asking when football returns. Rich Uncle jokes about a new car and a house as Dad plans ahead. The quip captures lighthearted family banter around sports and a promised reward.
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Bobby
Notable Industry Leader Fired Seven Times
A dramatic exchange reveals the husband of a prominent industry figure has been dismissed seven times from his prime role. The dialogue implies high stakes and ongoing leadership upheaval within the company.
Divorce petition cited in Grayson County Texas case 49155
Catherine Casey is commanded to appear by 10 A M on November 9, 1942, before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman. Plaintiff I P Casey seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment after a marriage on November 11, 1940. Allegations include abuse, sale of home furniture, cashing government bonds and elopement to Oklahoma.
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State OF Texas
Catherine Casey
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
I. P. Casey
Plaintiff
Oklahoma
W. R. Henderson
R. C. Steed
Leona Perry
15Th District Court
Pat D. Perry
Strict Control of Social Diseases Urged in Texas
Dr. George W. Cox Texas health officer called venereal diseases a vital Texas health problem. He warned the influx of workers and armed forces heightens the need for early diagnosis and thorough treatment of syphilis. Self diagnosis and self treatment are dangerous. see a physician.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Texas
Cox
Farmer Enlists in Navy Battalions After Army Quit
Bill Linton a 24 year old farmer near Cooper quits a $106 weekly Army job to join the Navy construction battalion at $54 monthly. He says the United States has done right by him and wants to pay back his country by helping win the war. He notes his income over three years totals about $9 1000.
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Bill Linton
Cooper
Navy
United States
Pittsburgh Gazette
British Navy claims steady strength after losses in 1940
London report states Admiral A. V. Alexander announced Britain has rebuilt from wartime losses by replacing four battleships four aircraft carriers and twenty two cruisers and claims substantial numbers afloat now including fifteen battleships five carriers and seventy eight cruisers. He notes several ships sunk since June 1940 and warns against an immediate second front while urging allied coordination.
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London
A. V. Alexander
Britain
Alexander
Barham
Prince of Wales
Repulse
Hood
Glorious
Ark Royal
Hermes
Eagle
Royal Oak
Courageous
Russia
Height Stops Him But He Keeps Trying
John Laxton, a six foot eleven and a half inch tall man, has been rejected by the Army Navy Coast Guard Marines Air Forces military police prisoner escort service because of his height. He posts daily bulletins at his workplace to inform friends of his efforts to enlist. Laxton was once known as the world's tallest bartender.
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Boston
John Laxton
Armed Services
Secson
Laxton
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Air Forces
Federal Workers Face Transfers Under War-Effort Order
Denison area civil service workers at Denison U S Engineers are among about 2.3 million federal employees who may be reassigned to other federal jobs under a new order approved by the President and the War Manpower Commission. The plan takes effect Sept 27 and aims to place workers where their experience best serves the war effort, with appeals to the Civil Service Commission allowed by either side. Transfers to private industry for war service require employee agreement.
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Denison
Civil Service
Denison U. S. Engineers
Civil Service Commission
Federal Service
War Manpower Commission
Permanently Disabled Veteran Drafted for Army Service
Ralph Anderson, 41, of Seattle, a long time World War I veteran with a Purple Heart and Silver Star, has been deemed fit by Army doctors and will report to Fort Lewis for induction. He has drawn government compensation for 24 years as a permanently disabled veteran.
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Seattle
Wash
Ralph Anderson
Fort Lewis
Anderson
Ill-clothed, ill fed, ill housed echoes in Turkey Ridge tale
A playful line from a Turkey Ridge student answers a new teacher’s question about who is ill clothed ill fed and ill housed. The freckle faced girl names stenographers who go to Washington D C as the answer.
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Turkey Ridge
Washington, D. C
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