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Show HIGHLIGHTS . " the week' s news Washington: The United States , has more than 90 monitoring radio stations listening constantly for sig-1 sig-1 nals that might be endangering the ; country's war effort, it was re-I re-I vealed. Sacket's Harbor, N. Y.: The USO opened a radio station "broadcasting "broadcast-ing by soldiers for soldiers" first in the country. It was predicted that they would be opened at all camps. Washington: The havy announced a plan to offer reserve commissions to 14,000 college seniors and juniors in the country, and to permit them to finish their courses. The juniors, however, would be required to serve this conaing summer-vacation on active ac-tive duty. San Antonio: President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's second son, Capt Elliott Roosevelt, was graduated from an air force school and sent out into active service at once as an aerial navigator with a combat group. It was said he would be in the long-I long-I ans- rccrr- nn the Atlantic. Washington: The FBI cautioned auto owners to protect their cars better against thieves since the tire shortage had made them more attractive at-tractive as booty. London: One hundred thousand bomb and shell fillers in ordnance factories in Britain sent birthday greetings to Josef Stalin of Russia on his sixty-second birthday, according accord-ing to official news sources. Paterson, N. J.: A cut in "wage-incentive" "wage-incentive" bonuses at an aircraft factory resulted in a two-hour walkout, walk-out, quickly submitted to arbitration. Cairo: A serious shortage of wheat resulted in a decree that all Egyptian bread must contain only 50 per cent f wheat flour. Bismarck, N. D.: One hundred and ten German "enemy aliens' had arrived at Fort Lincoln for internment, in-ternment, bringing the population of the camp to 410. The new arrivals arriv-als were described as "more sullen, grim, and harder" than the first lot, all German seen i. |