Defense Mill Watchmen War About Brief Cases
A Los Angeles report chronicles factory security at defense plants. FBI and military agencies tightly control visitor access, badges, and clearances while guards, fences, and checks insulate sites from saboteurs. The author jokes about the burden of transporting a briefcase amid the heightened scrutiny.
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Defense Mill
Devon Francis
Los Angeles
Neds Service
Plantion Service
Coom
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
Navy
Wright Field
Spne
Aeronautical
Dayton
Pacific Northwest
California
FBI
Navy Intelligence Service
Newspaper Man Seeks Release for Ham on Rye
A guard jokes with a newspaper man about obtaining a release for the ham on rye in his brief case. The exchange reveals a light moment as the guard agrees to a playful concession.
Mothers On Farms Aid Harvest as Labor Shortage Grows
Chicago reports farm mothers and children joining harvest efforts as skilled farmhands enlist for defense work, driving tractors and operating combines. President O Neal of the American Farm Bureau calls this a widespread labor shortage across the Midwest East and South and notes dairymen struggle to match factory wages. Drafts and local deferrals affect farm labor with 30 day furlough granted to Private John V Proch aska from Azalia Michigan who runs the only threshing machine locally.
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Chicago
Sam
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
East
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Illinois
Gulf Coast
O’neal
Fort Sheridan
John V. Prochaska
Azalia
Mich
Bible School At St. John's Church
The Bible School at Historic St. John's Lutheran Church near Mt. Williames will be held the first week of August beginning Monday evening the fourth at 5 30 o clock. The school is under the supervision of the pastor Rev. E B. Smith. The public is cordially invited.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mt. Williames
E. B. Smith
Three Killed As Car Darts Into Tree Near Elkton
Three Elkton youths were killed and two others injured when a northbound 1940 Plymouth sedan ran over an embankment and hit a tree near Verbena Tavern on the Eastside Highway north of Elkton about one this morning. Herman Morris was the driver. Ray Phillips Everett and Herring were dead. Joseph Kyger and Richard Walton injured with serious leg fractures and minor cuts.
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Harrisonburg
Elkton
Verbena Tavern
Everette Herring
Herman Morris
Joseph Kyger
Richard Walton
Roy Kyger
Convention Set at Cedar Cliff Sun Day School Meet
The Thirty first annual Ope quon District Sunday School convention convenes at Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church on Thursday August 7 1941 with theme Christian Education Advances Morning program runs 10:00 to 12:00 and afternoon session begins 1:30 concluding with reports and committee appointments All are welcome please bring lunch Also included in the page is a note stating Wisconsin was the first state to ban heavy trucks on weekends and holidays with a 1934 regulatory act and a report of a measurable decline in highway accidents afterward.
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Opequon
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church
R. G. van Meter
Cc. S. Head
S. P. Waly
Minor
C. Miller
D. D
W. L. Riggleman
Miusic
Leslie Shirley
J. T. Brown
B. A
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Preservation methods for Crypt of Civilization objects at Oglethorpe
Most items are sealed in individual glass and stainless steel containers filled with an inert gas to prevent natural disintegration. The literature collection is stored as an indestructible microfilm.
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Oglethorpe University
Soldier Assigned to Important Duty After Transfer
Recount mentions his transfer to a destroyer where he received an important station of duty and is expected to uphold the duties of his new role amid his parents relatives and friends observing the moment.
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Griffin
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Vultee Aircraft, Inc
Downey
Soen
S. Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
Tommy
Brookfield Zoo
Bible School
St. John’s Church
Bulletin
Ray Phillips
Morris
Cedar Cliff
Energi
Austin Pentz, Jr
U. S. Navy
Haldeman’s
Safeway
Our Banquet
Libby’s Sauerkraut
Wheaties
Pillsbury Flour
Gorton’s
Sunkist
Ats Pretes
The
Vnoernoon
Kraft Cheesers
Tagis
Heinz Baby Foods
Heinz Beans
Winchester
Pretec
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