Marriage makes soldiers tougher tests of duty and wit
In Henry McLemore's column, the value of marriage for soldiers is praised as superior training. He cites Attila, Napoleon and MacArthur as examples and argues married life builds obedience, resourcefulness, and guerrilla-like adaptability, claiming a wife’s demands sharpen a serviceman more than campaigns.
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New York
Attila the Hun
Attila
Napoleon
George Washington
Martha
Ireland
Ferrying Bomber Sets New Transatlantic Record
An American built four engine Liberator bomber flew 2,200 miles from Newfoundland to Britain in six hours and 40 minutes, setting a new ferrying record. The feat, announced by the ferry command, beat the previous record by exactly one hour.
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London
Newfoundland
Britain
Ferry Command
OPA Upholds Price Freeze for Anthracite Coal
In Washington the Office of Price Administration rejected a request from Pennsylvania anthracite coal producers to raise prices. Acting Price Administrator John E. Hamann announced the regulation freezing hard coal prices at the October 1 to 15 levels would stay in effect after a conference with five mine owners.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
Pennsylvania
John E. Hamm
OPA
West Coast Japanese Relocation Begins With Train Exodus
A train carrying 420 Japanese men women children and babies departed to Manzanar in the Owens Valley marking the start of a mass relocation of about 139000 people of Japanese birth or ancestry from California Washington and Oregon. The move aims to place them in inland detention centers under wartime orders.
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Los Angeles
INS
Army
Manzanar
Owens Valley
America
United States
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Oregon
Draftees Leave for Camp With Spirit of Duty
A group of draftees marched to camp amid pledges from leaders that cooperative compliance with evacuation orders would serve the United States in the grim war. They departed not as exiles but on a mission of service and duty.
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United States
Legion Membership Growth Breaks Previous Records
In Indianapolis AP report Donald G. Glascoff said American Legion membership at close of Tuesday’s business stood at 1,005,167, the first time a million veterans enrolled this early in a year. Growth surpassed last year by 51,257 and forecasters anticipate total 1942 enrollment well above the 1,107,075 record set previously.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Donald G. Glascoff
Glasscoff
Post counts rise as departments top 1942 quotas
The report notes a new posting high of 11 830 and 28 of 58 departments exceeding their 1942 quotas including Iowa and Nebraska.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Yugoslav Airmen Seek US Aid for Chetniks in Serbia
Eleven Yugoslav airmen arrived in Washington to press for American support for the Chetniks led by General Draja Mihailovic in Yugoslavia. Col Dragutin Savich said the resistance was in an anemic state and needed supplies, with about 100,000 men in the field.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Dragutin Savich
Draja Mahailovic
Serbia
Bosnia
Col Savich
Long-range missions and volcanic echoes in 1883 Krakatau tale
The report describes long range air drops in Syria and Yugoslav efforts to disrupt German communications. It notes a Krakatau eruption in 1883 halving the island area. Houston editor Mefer Foster dies at 71 after a heart attack.
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Syria
Krakatau
Java
Sumatra
Houston
Texas
Foster
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