Guadalcanal fighting shifts Pacific strategy and Libya target
Heavy fighting on Guadalcanal as U S Marines repel Japanese attacks aided by reinforcements. Allied bombing destroys ships near the Solomons while MacArthur reports raids on Jap bases. British forces open a major offensive toward Libya with U S air support and Eritrean bases aiding supply lines.
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Guadalcanal
Libya
MacArthur
Australia
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Dutch Timor
Koepang
Solomons aviators report Japanese pilot losses
Marine corps aviators in the Southwest Pacific say Japanese fighter pilots are being shot down at ten to one by Allied fliers. Australian officials plan a recorded news service for New Guinea natives as most villages there have phonographs.
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Solomons
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Senate panel OKs overtime pay for federal workers
The Senate civil service committee approved a bill to grant time and a half pay for hours beyond 44 per week. Up to 11,000,000 men had been conscripted into the Chinese army by the end of August, per Gen Ho Yingch in chief of staff.
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Ho Yingch'in
Senate Civil Service Committee
Dempsey Coaches Coast Guard Recruits At Ocean Camp
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, now a 47 year old coast guard lieutenant at Manhattan Beach, directs a 3000 man conditioning program. He runs boxing, wrestling, jujitsu and calisthenics groups, stressing speed, poise and self confidence as recruits train eight to nine hours daily amid windy surf. Dempsey predicts Louis and Conn will struggle to regain peak form after long military layoff.
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Orty
Jack Dempsey
Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Jack
Dempsey
Maumee Bay
Louis
Conn
Joe
Billy
Aviation to reshape Americas living habits after war
Washington Digest notes aviation will spark national air mindedness and transform daily life as air travel and airports expand. It cites Civil Aeronautics Administration data, growth to 2,484 airports in 1942, and state laws enabling local airport development. It envisions faster planes shrinking distances and linking cities worldwide, altering urban sprawl and culture.
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WNU
H Street
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Times Square
New York City
Federal Airways
Beets Harvested by Japanese Descent Workers and Civil Air Patrol Cadets Formed
More than 7,000 workers of Japanese descent along the Pacific coast harvest sugar beets and other crops in western states. The Civil Air Patrol announces a junior volunteer corps named Civil Air Patrol Cadets to parallel the senior CAP. The Agriculture Department previews a Russian quick-cooking mix of oats, soybean flakes, skim milk and sugar. Mason jars, long a frontier home canning icon, will soon appear in a new war dress with a zinc-free cap.
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Australia
Sam
America
Pacific Coast
The
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
CAP
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pattern 41h Jerkin Sizes 12 14 and 16 18
Pattern 41h includes directions for a jerkin in sizes 12 14 and 16 18 with illustrations of studied materials and color suggestions. Send your order to the pattern desk for fulfillment.
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