Marines land in Solomons in bold night assault
In a secret sequence of events, United States Marines conducted a night landing in the Solomon Islands and have since consolidated positions and captured prisoners. The operation, described by a correspondent, featured jeeps and amphibian tractors in use against Japanese forces driven into the interior near Tulagi Florida Guadalcanal. Marines face extreme heat, rain, and thick undergrowth while mopping up stragglers and bracing for a possible counterattack amid rumors of a larger Japanese setback.
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San Francisco
United States
Solomons
Tulagi-Florida-Guadalcanal
Sherman Montrose
Pacific Coast
NEA+Acme news pictures
Mill Valley
Pacific
Montrose
United Press War
Robert Miller
United States Navy
Marines
Joe James Custer
United Press
the Solomons
A Fellow Just Can't Have Any Privacy At All These Days
Aviator C A Bohle spotted 50 foot initials C B D R in a dark green hayfield and alerted Sheriff Marcus Damisch. The trio flew to confirm and questioned owner Joseph Bagge who said his son Charles, 15, mowed the field, ending the spy hunt.
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Elgin, II
C. A. Bohle
Bohle
Marcus W. Damisch
Kane County
Damisch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Joseph Bagg
Bagge
Charles
High School Romance Inspires Mower Initials Carving
A teen from the same class as Dorothy Russell requested to cut his initials with a mower. He planned to carve C B and D B into an oak tree after mowing the field, saying the initials honor his name and his girl.
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Dorothy Russell
Damisch
Charles
United Air Lines seeks sheet metal trainee candidates
United Air Lines will interview applicants at the local employment office, 308 Third Street SE, Friday. Mr Murray of United Air Lines will discuss training positions in Cheyenne Wyoming for women aged 21 to 45 and men aged 18 to 40. Single men with selective service classifications 1, 2 or 4 are ineligible.
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United States Employment Service
Murray
United Air Lines
Third Street
Cheyenne
Wyo
Have Children Now Clare Luce Urges Wives of America
Clare Boothe Luce urged American wives to have children now, calling it a patriotic and courageous act during wartime. Speaking at a Greenwich Republican club outing, she argued delaying motherhood until after the war shows less faith in the country, the man she loves, and civilization.
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Greenwich, Conn
Clare Boothe Luce
America
Child Fires Spilled Gasoline Garage Burns
A 7 year old girl, Sandra Billick, narrowly escaped serious burns when she struck a match near spilled gasoline while filling a barrel on Nichols sidewalk. The resulting flash ignited the gasoline and flames swept over her hair before catching a nearby garage on fire. a car was saved by the fire department.
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the Gazette West Liberty
Sandra Billick
Leland Billick
Nichols
Aid Pledged To Kaiser's Cargo Planes
LOS ANGELES War Production board committee appointed to evaluate Henry J Kaiser's plan to build 500 giant cargo planes pledged support and said it will do everything in its power to help carry out any government deemed feasible program. Kaiser and Howard Hughes said there is no change in the plan as they work on materials and details before starting. The committee, led by Douglas Martin Northrop and Loening, will assess the program from a practical manufacturing standpoint and decide the most effective plane type.
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Los Angeles
War Production Board Committee
Henry J. Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
Kaiser
Howard J. Hughes
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn L. Martin
Martin Aircraft
John K. Northrop
Northrop Aircraft
Grover Loening
WPB
Hughes
Buy War Bonds On Every Pay Day Message
A wartime exhortation encourages readers to invest in War Bonds with each paycheck, noting that while not everyone can shoot well, everyone can contribute financially to support the war effort by purchasing bonds regularly.
Iowa Debuts the Greatest U.S. Battleship Thursday
The 45 000 ton Iowa will launch in Brooklyn seven months early, exceeding all American battleships in size. Keel laid June 27 1940. Sponsor Mrs Ilo Browne Wallace. guests include Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Jean B Wallace.]]>
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New York
Iowa
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Third Naval District
New Jersey
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Ilo Browne Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James D. LeCron
Washington
Fruit Jar Fends Off Purse Snatcher on Fifth Avenue
Mrs. E.Coonley of 321 Fifth Avenue SE reported a young man followed her on Fifth Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets SE. He grabbed her purse but she swung a fruit jar and yelled, causing him to release the bag and flee.
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E. Coonley
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Knows Too Much About Peoria Case To Try Rail Head
Federal Judge J LeRoy Adair steps aside from Toledo Peoria and Western railroad cases as another judge will try George P McNear Jr on railway labor act charges. McNear posted a 2500 dollar bond after being indicted for dues checks and failing to post act notices. No trial date set.
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Peoria
Peoria, Ir
J. LeRoy Adair
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Adair
George P McNear, Jr
MccNear
McNear
Red Cross Delivers First Aid Diplomas to Graduates
Advanced standard and junior first aid certificates were issued to participants who completed Red Cross courses in late July. Recipients include students from Miss Leona Grace Burke’s Cedar Rapids and Springville classes and Mrs. John P. Galway’s Cedar Rapids class.
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Red Cross
Federal Building
Leona Grace Burke
Cedar Rapids
Springville
John P. Galway
Tomatoes in a Rarebit Victory Garden Dish
A historic ready to serve rarebit recipe uses canned tomatoes with onion celery and green pepper. Melt butter cook vegetables, stir in flour then tomatoes add cheese and salt, fold into beaten eggs, and cook slowly until thick and creamy.
Cooking Page Editor seeks reader recipe swaps in Gazette
The Gazette Cedar Rapids invites women and men readers to exchange tested recipes. Share your favorite dish or request a recipe you want. Write the Cooking Page Editor with your submission or request.
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The
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Macaroni and Cheese Serves Four to Six
A classic macaroni bake with a two cup portion of macaroni and a creamy milk sauce. Cook pasta until tender, make a fat based roux, add milk and nutmeg, melt shaved cheese, layer with sauce, top with breadcrumbs, and bake about thirty minutes.
Willies remark on collection plate humor
Willie Willis quips about Mr. Jones placing a nickel in the collection plate, noting that it isn’t held in hand so it won’t show if it’s a dollar bill. The joke implies a playful observation about church donations and appearances.
Dorothy and Margaret Lawler Recipes Shown in Fragment
A mixed OCR snippet shows several vintage recipe fragments credited to Dorothy and Margaret Lawler. It includes measures for her Meat Souffle, a four hour rolls dough, and a seafood rice dish, with ingredients like salt paprika vinegar rice salmon butter and egg yolks, plus directions to bake at moderate heat. The text is partial and interleaved with errors and line breaks.
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Margaret Lawler
Lemon Delicious Pudding Instructions
A historic recipe shows mixing eye yolks cup sugar two tablespoons flour pinch baking powder lemon juice and grated rind with one cup milk then fold in two egg whites beaten stiff. Set in a dish of hot water and bake in a moderate oven.
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Fleischman
Dorothy
Market Fresh Produce Prices From The Region
A rundown of fruit and vegetable offerings with notes on quality and price. Tomatoes are excellent for canning and cheap, cucumbers firm and affordable, pears Colorado Bartletts for canning with medium price, and peaches Colorado Elbertas arriving at slightly higher than bushels but excellent. Bittersweet items include watermelons Muscatine and muscati ne cantaloupe, both cheap, and a range of other staples from bananas Mexico to seedless grapes, imported fish prices, and regional crops showing favorable quality and market pricing.
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Colorado
Mexico
Minnesota
Malaga
California
Malagas
Texas
Africa
Mississippi
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Bond
Clare Luce
U.S
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Thompson
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FOX DE Luxe
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Willie Willis
Salmon Hedgerie
SBS
Maxwell Wouse
Rks
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St. SE
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