Deepest Kuriles strike by Liberators nears Japan
Aleutian based bombers reached Kita Island in the Kuriles 310 miles from Japan in a second major blow after Balikpapan raids. Domei News agency reported 12 Liberators attacked Kita twice with two shot down in fierce air combat.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Kurile Islands
Tokyo Broadcast
Nippon
Domei
Kita Island
Kuriles
Kita
Tokyo
Pacific
St. Clair Street
13Th Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Amboina
Ceram
U. S S
Volcano Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
U. S
No Relief for Dogs of War at Sea Front Bay
In Saipan five serious casualties arrived from the battlefront as Coast Guard corpsmen rushed to supply plasma and oxygen. A passing passenger asked for treatment for athlete’s foot, but censorship deleted the reply.
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Saipan
Coast Guard
Virginia resident returns tax slip with $1.07 due note
A Virginia resident handed back an Internal Revenue Service slip showing $1.07 owed on income taxes with a back endorsement reading Please cash this check. Separately the National Metal Trades Association notes women have lacked opportunity to work on complex production equipment, not ability.
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Richmond
Virginia
Internal Revenue Office
National Metal Trades Association
Downtown Amarillo USO Hamburgers Draw Pacific Fleet Cadets
The Downtown USO snack bar in Amarillo sells 10 and 15 cent hamburgers and other staples from 9 AM to 11 PM, drawing sailors from Mare Island to Puget Sound. Hamburgers are its best seller, with a $3,600 monthly business and 869,331 patrons served at USO bars nationwide through Sept. 1, 1944.
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Mare Island
Puget Sound
San Diego
Seattle
Amarillo
Pacific Coast
George Rector
USO
National War Fund
Thewntown
USC
Pittsburgh
Army
Navy
Marines Quit Matches In Tropics During War
A Marine Corps combat correspondent reports World War II may popularize cigarettes as World War I did. About three of ten Marines smoke and carry lighters. one in three has two lighters. Jungle dampness and tropical downpours wreck matches and temper.
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South Pacific
Marine Corps
Fitting Tribute for Centenarian Zoo Elephant
In Los Angeles a funeral was held for Tom Tommie the park elephant who died after a century of entertaining visitors. The services honored the longtime resident as mourners and staff reflected on her life and impact.
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Los Angeles
Tom Tommie
Zoo
Ineland Fertilizer Company
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