Citizens of Hawaii Train to Meet Sabotage Threats
Honolulu reports a quiet program training bonafide American citizens to patrol essential sites and crack down on saboteurs. The police and FBI run the select school for about 10,000 recruits, replacing them with loyal volunteers as needed, amid broad wartime anti-espionage and alien-barring plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Federal Bureau of Inves
Widdiam A
Pacific
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Marines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
FBI
Pearl Harbor Navy Base
Samuel Wilder King
Congress
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Priest Louis J. Smet dies in Belgium after Virginia service
The Right Rev. Monsignor Louis J. Smet, who served 18 years as a priest in Virginia before becoming vice rector and spiritual director at the American College in Louvain, Belgium, died in August at Reverend Waal. News reached Richmond through war crippled channels confirming his death at a sister's home. He had intended to return to the Richmond diocese but could not travel due to illness.
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Richmond
Louis J. Smet
Virginia
American College
Louvain
Waal
Belgium
Peter L. Ireton
American College of
Mon- Smet
Treasury Debt and Expenditures Reported for September Day
The Treasury shows points totaling 32,389,686.20 and expenditures at 45,707,583.73 with a gross debt of 43,906,286,148.54. The day ends with a decrease of 6,865,375.38 from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
Pts
Chemists Act On War Plans
The American Chemical Society announced plans to census 30 000 to 40 000 chemists and chemical engineers to optimize national defense. Initiated at the President's request, the effort aims to prevent wartime brain drain and ensure vital scientific support for munitions and new inventions. E M Billings of Eastman Kodak directs the census with about fifty chemistry leaders assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Blakeslee
Detroit
America
American Chemical Society
United States
Mosley
Gallapoli
Society
War
Navy Departments
E. M. Billings
Eastman, Kodak Company
Rochester, N. Y
Billings
Horse kick left tooth fragment in nose after fifty years
In Hagerstown Massachusetts a man named Roger C Harp suffered an earache traced to a tooth piece lodged in his nose. The fragment broke off during a horse kick fifty years earlier and only now caused discomfort.
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Hagerstown
Roger C. Harp
Harp
Double Doublecross at Roark Filling Station
In Indianapolis on September 11 a man attempted a hold up at Harry Roark’s filling station. Roark resisted and the robber fled, discarding a toy pistol after Roark claimed a police presence. The washroom Roark referenced was empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Roark
Roark
Answers to Today’s Quiz on Page Four
Answers to today’s quiz include 3 13 stripes and 48 Pittsburgh M An e Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota Guitestland 9 to 0 Rhode Island A Jesuit missionary.
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Pittsburgh
Tmane
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Guitestland
Rhode Island
Never Refuse Services to Any Family Despite Finances
A policy statement declares a steadfast commitment to serving all families without discrimination based on ability to pay. It emphasizes equity and ongoing support across financial situations.
Books in Review: War, Physics, and Murder Tales
Handley Library highlights several wartime and nonfiction titles including Canada: America's problem by John MacCormac and The Strategy of Terror by Edmond Taylor. Mysteries and novels such as Murder in a Nunnery by Eric Shepherd and The Unquiet Field by Beatrice K. Seymour are praised alongside Kasner and Newman's Mathematics and the Imagination and other notable works.
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Canada
America
John MacCormac
United States
Europe
Edmond Taylor
Munich
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Beatrice K. Seymour
H. W. Nevinson
Eric Shepherd
Catholic Book Club
Farmhand quips on school enrollment in Iowa
In Des Moines Sept 11 a farmer told the state employment service he needs a farmhand with at least two school age children so his district can keep its school open. Iowa law requires rural schools to enroll at least six pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Employment Service
Perfect Teacher Bent Makes Hole In One At Hillview
Mrs Wylie Bent learning golf in San Jose. husband Bent teaches her the game and achieves a hole in one on the 226 yard second hole at Hillview Golf Club.
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San Jose
Calif
Wylie
Bent
Hillview Golf Club
Roosevelt Is Defended By Bankhead
Maryland Democrats unite behind Roosevelt in a mass campaign plan across counties. Governor OConor read Bankhead's prepared speech praising New Deal and third term, while Bankhead argued for re election and defended admin policy against claims of meddling in foreign affairs.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Democrats
Howard Jackson
United Front
Roosevelt
Wate É
William B. Bankhead
National House of Representatives
O’conor
Bankhead
United States
Alabama
Chicago
Cordell Hull
Family battles appendicitis waves through household
SCOTTSBLUFF Neb Sept 11 a local family endures a string of appendicitis surgeries. Mary underwent an operation a month ago then Pauline Reva and Charles Britton also faced acute appendicitis.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Tom Britton
Mary
Pauline
Reva
Harles
Radio Highlights and Teen Quiz Star Cleared for Air
Radio highlights list shows 6:00 WJSV Memory Lane with Navy music, 7:00 WMAL Quiz Kids featuring 14 year old Cynthia Cline and Chicago teens Edith Lee James Jack Beckman 13 and newcomers Jack Ducal 13 Geraldine Hamburg 14. 8:30 WJSV Bernard Herrmann conducts the Columbia Concert Orchestra. 8:30 WRC Mr District Attorney attracts film executives. 9:30 WISV WMAL Roosevelt addresses International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs at Constitution Hall.
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WJSV
Lanny Ross
United States Navy
WMAL
Cynthia Cline
Edith Lee James
Jack Beckman
Oldsters
Jack Ducal
Geraldine Hamburg
Chicago
Bernard Herrmann
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Preciosa
Shostakovitch
WRC
WISV
Roosevelt
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and
Chauffeurs
Constitution Hall
Wmal I
Wwisov
Easy Aces
Fred Waring
Amos 'N
Andy
Keen
Europe
Star Theater
Ranch Boys
Abbott & Costello
District Columbia
Shields
Attorney
E. C. Hill
Herman
Bankdage of
Russ Morgan
Leibert
Noble
Ted Weems
Chester
Desire ! Orch
Circuit Judges Favor Audits of Fee Officers
Virginia judges largely support a plan from the Virginia Bar Association to audit fee officers. The system would standardize service costs, require prepayment checks, and add about nine auditors at an estimated $20,000 in court funds. Governor Price notes a few objections and awaits further judge responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. H. Price
Virginia
Virginia Bar Association
White Sulphur Springs
John L. Ingram
Robert Arnold
Waverly
Frank Armistead
Williamsburg
Bar Association
L. McCarthy Downs
No Famine Seen For Continental Europe In Winter
Secretary Wickard said continental Europe as a whole will not face famine this winter. He cautioned that northwestern Europe could see shortages due to cod imports and occupation forces subsisting on invaded regions. He noted livestock and supplies are being shipped to Germany from surplus regions like the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Chicago
Claude R. Wickard
Europe
University of Chicago
Round Table
Germany
Netherlands
Denmark
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Handley Library Notes
Edward Kasner
James Newman
Dr. Kasner
Columbia “University
Jamnes Newman
Kasner
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Edmond Jackson
W. M Horton
Otto D. Tclischus
Reich
Hitler and Company
Philip Gibbs
Marc de la Roche
Jalna
Renny
Whiteoak
Raymond Postgate
England
James W. Bellah
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
E. Piccadilly St
ARS
Rea Vietor Radio Tuhes Baker Anderson
Northern Virginia Power CO
B &C
Capitol Limited
National Limited
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
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