Savage Sea Battle Related by Officer
Lieutenant Commander Harry Heneberger recalls the midnight clash off the Solomon Islands on August 9 as Japanese warships attacked the U S cruisers Quincy Vincennes and Astoria. Captain Samuel N Moore was killed on the Quincy. The three heavy cruisers were sunk while screening Marines near Guadalcanal. Heneberger describes a fire engulfing the forward control station and the crew's near death before the engagement ended.
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Walter Clausen
Pearl Harbor
Samuel N. Moore
Quincy
Solomon Islands
Harry Baker Heneberger
U. S
Vincennes
Astoria
Conning Tower
Navy
Washington
Tuilagi- Quadalcanal
Heneberger
Three Questions to Pick a Gentle Thorough Laxative
A vintage advice column promotes Black-Draught as a best seller prized for gentleness promptness and thorough action when directions are followed. It notes new granulated form and a friendly herbal laxative in a yellow box priced 25 to 40 doses for 25c.
Tuberculosis Increase Warns Public Health Officials
Dr H T Spector told the American Hospital Association war conference that war time living and working changes create an increased tuberculosis threat. He cited long hours, crowding, unsanitary conditions, new industrial exposure, and mass migration as factors, plus shortages of physicians and nurses that hinder sanitoria care and raise home transmission. He warned that despite Pearl Harbor gains, TB mortality could rise without sustained public health action and notes early WWI experience showing war ashift raises TB incidence.
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ST. Louis
United States
American Hospital Association
H. T. Spector
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
France
Germany
Prison Works Nights To Aid War Industry
In Ohio at the state penitentary the courtyard shadows glow as over 750 prisoners work overtime in cotton, knitting, and woolen mills to bolster war production. Night shifts raise pay from 1.5 to 5 cents for singles and 5 to 10 cents for dependents, with aims to cut outside labor and supply sheeting for state institutions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Robert R. Bangham
State Welfare Department
Bangham
Sleeping in the Movies Proves Highly Expensive
In Atlanta James E. Hunter paid for a dull film, fell asleep, and woke to find his billfold gone. The incident plus a separate Los Angeles note reports Wei Lew, a 28 year old Chinese man, charged with moonshining in a first for his race, with a grand jury to investigate.
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Atlanta
U.P
James E. Hunter
Hunter
Los Angeles
Calif
Wei Lew
Japan
Italy Loses Many Ships in War Effort
New York report on October 14 states two thirds of Italy’s prewar merchant marine of 3,500,000 tons has been knocked out, with 2,366,000 dropped from the total and 1,500,000 on the destroyed list. Allied air and naval actions plus fuel shortages hamper Italian ship construction and movements in the Mediterranean.
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Hollywood
Cal
Spence D. Turner
Board of Supervisors
New York
Italy
Mediterranean
United Nations
United States
Vicks VapoRub Claims Chest Cold Relief
An advertising claim promotes Vicks VapoRub for chest colds with instant relief. The text urges rubbing the throat chest and back to relieve symptoms and suggests trying the product tonight.
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Vicks VapoRub
Vicks
VacoRua
Air of Kiska Free of Japs
Air of Kiska remains quiet with American air forces continuing raids to suppress Japanese positions on the island. Since October 3 there have been few enemy fighters, while American pilots report heavy bomber activity and high losses for Japan. The text notes shifting naval actions and references Mediterranean shipping losses.
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Alaskan Army Air Force
Kiska
Aleutian
Riseno
Useles
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Regul
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Eeru
Stork
Panhandle
Baracat's Oriental & Stork Shop
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Norito
Sands
Boxwell
Sod
Geo
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Mussolini
Bozeman
Blackburn
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Continental Oil Company
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