Weep Not Peeling Other People's Onions.
Australians in Solomon campaign guide Tulagi landings. Spencer, a former Tulagi clerk and native scout trainer, joined U S Marines and led a landing party at Haleta Point and Tanambogo in the first American offensive of the war. He built a sand relief map for staff briefings and guided raids on Florida Island, recounting near misses, shrapnel hits, and naval bombardment.
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Haleta Pome
Haleta Illawe
Januniboxo
Gavuta
Gavia
Lulagi
Australia
Speicer
KAA
Sydney
The
Solomons
Spencer
Tulagi
Colonial Civil Service
Island
Florida Island
Pacific
U.S
Haleta Point
Fialeta
Lem
Gayuti
Iales
Thay
U.S. Navy
Gayutu
Tanambogo
Kas
Navy
Dead Island
Wise Beach
Buil
Tula
H.mlas
Canberra
Canada Drives War Machine From Ford Plant Signage Memory
Canada’s role in mechanising armies is highlighted with references to Windsor Ford plant remnants and salvaged steel. The piece notes Canada’s vast rail network, wartime production milestones, and Churchillian backing for mechanized combat vehicles built for allies, including Valentine tanks shipped to Russia.
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Samma
Ford
Windsor
Detroit
Ford Co
Aviating
Lewiie
Toronto
Tr. C.D. Howe
Canada
North Africa
Ford Motor
Rubber shortage seen as Allied problem in war talk
A wartime analysis notes Japan held vast rubber regions but Allied air and sea campaigns have hindered Japan’s access. Experts urge synthetic rubber as key to relief, with White warning limited Central American output. The Allied plan distributes available rubber by need, while Australia pushes for more bomber and fighter aircraft to use rubber efficiently.
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Japan
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Indo-China
Borneo
Yast
Pacific
America
W Lo White
South America
Mexico
Miles Jong
White
Hey “Allas
Australia
Thought for the Week from Bengai Franklin
Thought for the Week warns against wasting time and notes one today is worth two tomorrows. The piece references national rubber stock for aircraft, highlighting tyre manufacturing as a focus for Australian industry and the impact on private motor vehicle tyres amid wartime shortages.
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Bengai Franklin
Australi Tyre
Australia
War time telephone limits in New South Wales
The Posts and Telegraphs Department reports that about 500 applications for new telephone installations are refused each month in New South Wales. On average 1,000 telephones are disconnected monthly, while new connections are prioritized for essential services. Deputy Director Hamilton says private lines are useless unless for essential work, with supply shortages forcing conservation. Lettergram traffic for the nine months of the current year is up 50 percent from the prior year.
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New South Wales
Hamilton
Posts and Telegraphs Department
Sheridan Openly Supports Women Amid Wartime Dress Debate
Ann Sheridan expresses readiness to assist U.S. women during wartime fashion. She criticizes male interference in women's dress choices and jokes about starting "Animal Kingdom" after a sequence of sweaters. She notes eventual freedom after these projects.
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Sheridan
Animal Kingdom
Nazi booby traps in Libya attributed to Rommel retreat
Three Fighting Frenchmen now in Sydney recount booby trap tactics left by Rommel in Libya. Sgt Marcel Dremon Lance-Sgt Sylvestre Leconte and Star-Sgt Alexandre Cordier said traps included whisky poisoned bottles and soap that caused skin to peel. They described traps targeting Eighth Army units and the danger of mines attached to the dead.
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Syme
Rommel
Libya
Sydney
Marcel Dremon
Sylvestre Leconte
Alexandre Cordier
al-Hir Hakim
el Mekile
Eighth Army
Sgt. Dremon
The
Foreign Legion
Tragedy Cited As Senate Blocks Workers Board Efforts
Mr Poster chairman of Mr Ward's Women's Employment Board calls Senate actions a tragedy. He cites disallowance of regulations that would equalize pay for women with men and notes Judge O'Mara's remarks at the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. A conference of 73 ACT unions and Mr Ward addressed concerns over wage scales for female workers.
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Poster
Ward
Women's Employment Board
Senate
O'Mara
O’mara
Judged by Heredity in a Norwegian Illegitimate Child Case
A historical court tale explains how heredity laws were used to identify the father of an illegitimate child. A brachydactylic birth led the judge to seek a man with short fingers, locating a lone nearby man who must acknowledge paternity, as his inherited traits matched the child.
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Norway
Bob Hope Birthday Event At Hitchin Ends With Uproar
A fragmented notice recalls Bob Hope and a birthday celebration in Hitchin England. The piece hints at a past event linking Hope to entertaining U S troops with sparse details about family and housing.
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Bop Hope
Anrest
Bob Hope
Bob Hi
Bob Willage
Hope
Hertfordshire
Hitchin
U.S
Tenarian
Analysis of Poultry Manure Composition
A ton of poultry manure contains about 20 pounds of nitrogen 16 pounds of phosphoric acid and pounds of potash.
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Bridgetown Advocate
Solomon
Marine
Queensland Insurance Co.ltd
Barrack Street
Perth
Hearne
In. G. Hearne & Co. Ltd
Geelong
Tasmania
Ford Motor Company of
North American
Cananda
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlat
Tic
Pacific Coast
CNR
C.P.R
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
United States
Great Lakes
Great Railway
United Nations Rubber Supplies
Desert Army
Axis
Sth
Egypt
Highland Division
Ann Sheridan
NAZI
Rter Po
Debi Tacids
Rian
Tre
Bob
Dr. Williams
Ren
Men Phcod
Dr. Wil
Aavernsers
Bent Hoardman
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Suppanes
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