Pearl Harbor Report From The Navy Recount
The piece presents a full Navy report on Pearl Harbor damage and losses, noting multiple battleships and aircraft destroyed, the absence of key task forces, and questions over command failures. Henry Kaiser comments on women's roles in mechanical war tasks amid rubber shortages and governmental inaction.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl
Church Call
Hitler
British Isles
Washington
Oahu
Henry Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilder
Climate Makes the Man and Other Books From Recent Reviews
A review roundup discusses Clarence A. Mills's Climate Makes the Man and its analysis of how climate shapes life and energy. It also covers The Truth About Soviet Russia by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, with Shaw’s preface and a Beatrice Webb essay, plus a new Tales From Shakespeare edition illustrated by Elnore Blaisdell.
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China
Harper
Clarence A. Mills
University of Cincinnati
United States
Mills
Soviet Russia
Longmans, Green
Sidney
Beatrice Webb
England
Webbs
George Bernard Shaw
Anna Louise Strong
Stalin
Ussr
Europe
Crowell
Charles and
Mary Lamb
Santa and the Skeptic
In Poopa-Poona Michael Woffington Bartholomew declares no Santa while a witch’s spell makes him emit smoke and hot air. His family and school react with fear and anger as Michael hides, fearing punishment and mockery before fleeing toward the West Gate. Tomorrow Santa Claus Refuses to Make Toys.
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Michael Woffington
Bartholomew
Santa Claus
Michael
Abigale
Miss Trum
Poopa-Poona
Desert Frontline Diary from Solum to Halfaya Pass
Cecil Brown recalls a harsh desert morning at the Egyptian Libyan frontier where British forces pursue a German patrol. Amid 25-pounder bombardment and blistering heat, Colonel George praises grit as Indian troops manage radios and supply water, while a captain muses over Bugbug water.
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Egypt
Desert
Mediterranean
Asia
Africa
Sahara
Seii Fielding
Solum
Central India Horse
No-Man's Land
Halfava Pass
George
Halfaya Pass
No Man’s Land
Raedio
TODAY'S PUZZLER CROSSWORD CLUES AND ANSWER KEY
A compiled list of across and down clues with numbers and fragmented phrases for a horizontal and vertical crossword puzzle puzzle answers included as a practice item. The page mixes multilingual abbreviations and old spelling conventions typical of period newspapers.
Iran’s role grows as America aids and builds in Tehran
NATO Allies center on Iran as America expands influence via advisers in ministries. American engineers plan roads and a railway. Abadan refineries and GM and Douglas plants bolster Allied fuel and industry. Tehran becomes a pivot linking Europe, Russia, and the Persian Gulf amid wartime strategy.
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Iran
Britain
Russia
Teheran
Karachi
India
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Abadan
Tran
Germany
Egypt
America
Edward Stratemeyer and His 800 Juvenile Novels
Frederick Chase recalls the Elizabeth New Jersey youth who wrote early in life after reading Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger Jr. His 18,000 word tale appeared in Golden Days and earned $75. Stratemeyer, author of The Rover Boys, built a fortune from hundreds of novels in his lifetime ending in 1930.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Oliver Optic
Horatio Alger, Jr
Golden Days
Philadelphia
Edward Stratemeyer
Arthur M. Winfield
Ralph Bonehill
Stratemeyer
Manners Guide Quiz Answers and Garbled Quote
A noisy Q and A item asks if a woman should expect a man to pull her chair and if a server should respond with jokes. The provided answer set is Yes No No and ends with a garbled quote about France and Gaulle, implying misplaced context.
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Amarillo
Texas
National Association of Manufacturers
Japan
Santa
Lucrece Hudgins
Suez
Singapore
Cecil Brown
Random House, Inc
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
DUCE
Italia
Talse
Latvia
Patrick
Tun-Lovin Tom
Sam
Rovers
Rov
Strameyer
The
New York Times
Solomons
Leatherneck
W. J. Phipps
Rover Boys
Frederick Chase
Christian Science Monitor
France
Noth
Charles Gaulle
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