War plan for all-out fight against Japan and Pacific bases
Allies outline a global war strategy against Japan and discuss controlling Pacific bases such as Marshall Islands Marianas Carolines Bonin Volcano Guam Palau Okinawa and possible links to Dakar Greenland and Solo mons. The piece notes fortifying air and sea bases, postwar trusteeships, and cooperation issues with Britain Russia and China amid preparation for the invasion of the Japanese homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Marianas
Carolines
Bonin
Volcano
Gilbert Islands
Solomons
South Pacific
Palau Islands
Dakar
West African
Greenland
Roosevelt
Forrestal
Philippines
Britain
Russia
Far East
Patrick Hurley
Moscow
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Army
Okinawa
Nagasaki
Sasebo
Kure
Kobe
Japan Sea
China
Navy
Air Army
Korea
Formosa
Indo-China
Thailand
Rangoon
Burma
Malayan
Chiangs Hold a Precarious One China
The piece argues Chiang Kai-shek governs a fragile base of patriotic Chinese millions scarred by years of hunger and hardship. It notes the Republic of China since 1911 lacks a constitution after 34 years, with centuries of monarchy, bandit rule, and foreign extraterritorial protection shaping the nation's early governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chiang
Republic of China
Truman's methods unify nation on wartime policy
Western Newspaper Union reports Mr. Truman gains broad support for cabinet shifts and policy moves. Scouts find national approval despite some radicals and New Dealers dissatisfaction. The piece notes unconditional surrender stance, maintained at home and abroad, and praise for Truman's restructuring and bipartisan backing.
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Washington
Hannegan
White House
Truman
CIO
Schnellenbach
Labor
AFL
Dave Beck
Mr. Biddle
Congress
Roosvelt
Mr. Vinson
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Treasury
Morgenthau
Judge Rosenman
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Stettinius
War dogs aid in U S operations against Japs in Pacific
Lieutenant Head and his 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon fought with German shepherds on Luzon near Balete pass after deployments across Biak Aitape Morotai. The dogs served as scouts messengers and sentries, carrying messages up to three miles and detecting enemies up to 800 yards under favorable wind. Jim Head, 29, and his unit earned the Combat Infantry Badge.
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Balete Pass
Luzon
Jim Head
Saudi Arabia
Captain
Head
James 5S
Carlyle
Biak
Aitape
Morotai
Jim
Pacific
Balete
Army Quartermaster Corps
Oakland
Calif
Arabia
California Arabian Standard Oil Company
Ibn Saud
Pyle Memorial Fund to Aid Indiana University Journalists
Ernie Pyle memorial scholarship fund to aid budding reporters at Indiana University will honor the war correspondent killed at Le Shima Okinawa. Veterans receive scholarship preference. Mrs. Ernie Pyle chairs the effort headed by James Adams of Standard Brands as national chairman. The Indiana University Foundation coordinates donations from across the country.
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Moscow
Argentina
New York
State Department
Indiana University
Ernie Pyle
le Shima
Okinawa
Herman B. Wells
Univer
Sity
James §. Adams
Standard Brands
Indiana University Foundation
General Quiz HO Oe Answers Review
The quiz asks ten questions with supplied answers: line 1 quotes a phrase, line 2 notes wind direction, line 3 Medusa, line 4 Solomon and Queen of Sheba, line 5 Apex, line 6 Newspapers, line 7 Nevada with 91 000, line 8 The Dead Sea, line 9 No the Colgate clock is largest, line 10 Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haile Selassie
London
Fleet Street
New Holland
Equator
Medusa
Queen of Sheba
Apex
Nevada
Dead Sea
Colgate
New York Harbor
Australia
U S Friendly Gesture To Japan Sent Ashes In 1939
Franklin Roosevelt sent the ashes of Japan’s ex-ambassador Hiraji Saito home aboard the USS Astoria in March 1939 as a gesture of friendship. The timing followed the Panay sinking 15 months earlier and preceded Pearl Harbor by 32 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hiraji Saito
Franklin Roosevelt
Astoria
Panay
China
Pearl Harbor
Tim the Paddington Dog Collects Rails Fund
Since 1892 in Paddington Station London a mongrel named Tim collected coins for the widows and orphans fund of a British railroad. For 11 years Tim met trains begging for coins to fill a tin box on his collar. After dying in 1902 his mounted body remains in a glass case continuing the collection through a slot in the stand.
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Paddington
London
Tim
Collier’s
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Los Banos
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Lydia E. Finkham
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