Japs Wage Systematic Battle of Starvation in Captive Lands
Dispatch by Bernard Covitt recounts 22 months as a Japanese POW observer in Shanghai and the Philippines. He details a deliberate starvation campaign across occupied territories, with looting and deprivation fueling Japan's war effort and causing extreme price surges and mass hunger.
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Bernard Covitt
United Press
China
Philippines
Japan
Covitt
Manila
Gripsholm
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Europe
United States
U S Develops Zipper for Hammocks in Jungle Gear
Philadelphia reports a new quick release feature for slide fasteners used in army jungle hammocks and field jackets. A pin on the zipper allows instant release with minimal effort, enhancing soldier health, comfort, and combat efficiency. Army purchases of slide fasteners have totaled millions in 1941 to 1942 with continued high demand in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot
Army
Wane
Hollywood Realism, Not Fairy Tales, Postwar View
Jimmie Fidler reports on Bruce Cabot now Lt. Etienne du Bujac of the Air Force who says after World War II Hollywood must deliver realism. He cites veterans from Guadalcanal and North Africa as a critical future audience. Also recaps a tale of Ted Donaldson tears, Cary Grant coaxing, and baby Euline Martin earning $25 a minute for 18 days old, with early SSN and SAG credit.
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Hollywood
Bruce ‘Cabot
Etienne du Bujac
United States Army Air Force
Air Transport Command
Cabot
Guadalcanal
South Sea
Algiers
Ginger Rogers
Euline Martin
Baby Euline
Actors’ Guild
Terrier Disappears from 1607 Travis Street
Mrs W E Swenson reports her six month old wire-haired terrier named Stinky missing from her yard at 1607 Travis Street. White with a black and brown face, he was last seen recently. call 5711 for information and a reward is offered.
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Tack
Travis Street
Stinky
W. E. Swenson
Kansas City Livestock Hogs Steady to Higher Tops 14.15
Hogs market in Kansas City activity improved after a slow start with 4,500 head salable. Prices rose to a top of 14.15 per hundredweight, with 180 lb pigs bringing around 14.00 to 14.15 as good and choice offerings moved higher.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A pamphlet with the opinions of noted doctors on epilepsy invites readers to request gratis from the Educational Divisions at 535 Fifth Ave New York Dept L-1278. The offer promises insights into inheritance and causes of epilepsy, limited while supplies last.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept
Warships flee as Allies close Bougainville fight in Solomons
Japanese warships fled toward Rabaul after a heavy naval battle as Allied ground troops pressed on Bougainville Choiseul and the Treasury Islands. Marines smashed through entrenched defenders in a ferocious assault near Empress Augusta Bay while Allied air power neutralized nine major Japanese airdromes in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Solomons
Bougainville
Choiseul
Treasury Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Rines
Sland
Rabaul
New Britain
George E. Jones
Guadalcanal
Empress Augusta Bay
Buin
War Chest Campaign Falls Short In Community Drive
The War Chest board reports the $172,000 campaign is blowing up in failure with only $75,000 pledged. Solicitors lacked time to reach all potential donors, and the board will extend the drive to Friday and may enlist war mothers to handle solicitations.
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Community and War Chest Board
War Mothers
Jewish State in Germany After War Suggested
Dr. G. F. Courrier, associate pastor, says postwar Jewish state should be in Germany. He sees it as poetic justice to turn militaristic Prussia into Judah while suggesting southern Germany stay German. Lightning causes about 10 percent of farm fires in the United States and about 12 percent of all forest fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Germany
G. F. Courrier
St. James Methodist Church
Prussia
Judah
United States
Charges Expected After Levelland Disturbance
Sheriff Hofacker said charges would be filed after a Saturday disturbance in Levelland Texas when 3000 Latin Americans gathered before a restaurant that displayed a sign saying Mexicans would not be served. One person was injured by a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Ed Hofacker
Levelland
Tex
Urrea
el Paso
Tom Sutherland
Austin
Office of inter-American Affairs
Hockley
Texas
Sutherland
Hofacker
Plastic Window Lightens Weight of Divers Helmets
In Wilmington Delaware a new lucite window for divers helmets reduces weight and improves visibility. Developed by Du Pont plastics, the curved window is already worn by 70 government divers including crews from the Lafayette project in New York Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
U.P
Plastics Department
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Lafayette
New York Harbor
Twin daughters born to Miller couple in same Knoxville hospital
On August 30, 1942 a baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs Rhea Miller in a Knoxville hospital. A year later on August 30 1943 another daughter was born to the same couple in the same hospital and room. The note also mentions soft coal heating about half the nation's homes.
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Tack
Irene Furness
N. Taylor St
Knoxville, Tenn
Rhea Miller
Knoxville
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Muppet
Cary Grant
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Stromboli
Vesuvius
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Consol
Atone
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National Biscuit
National Care
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Ry
North Amer Aviation
Ohio O Ene M2
Packard Eee
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Southern Pacific
Studebaker Oy
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Tex Gulf
Financial Industrial Fund
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