RCA sign lights fade as 24-foot letters vanish
A brass-faced 24-foot tubing sign lit by golden-amber helium, once the tallest of its kind and visible for miles around New York, was dismantled Thursday, according to RCA president David Sarnoff. JAP "SILKIES" AMERICANIZED NEW ORLEANS (AP) Japanese silkies at the Greater Orleans show have been dyed and are now red white and blue.
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New Orleans
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Nazis pilot Jap planes in Malaya claim
London AP report says a large percentage of Japanese planes attacking the Malayan peninsula are piloted by Germans. The News Chronicle Singapore correspondent notes enemy losses show many pilots were Germans.
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Malaya
London
Malayan Peninsula
News Chronicle
Singapore
Giant RCA Sign Blanked On Rockefeller Center
The RCA sign atop the Radio City building, 900 feet above Rockefeller Plaza in New York, has been turned off. The announcement confirms the blackout of the massive illuminated sign.
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Radio Corporation of America
Radio City
Rockefeller Plaza
Jap Pressure On Singapore Easing
British and Imperial forces reported Malaya defense holding with air raids slowing. Japanese infiltrations in Kedah frontier area noted as British withdraw to prearranged positions. Penang damage cited with no military objective hit. Singapore experienced four nights without raids and no attacks by air through Friday noon.
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Kedih
Malaya
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Hongkong
Penang
Kuantan
Imperials
Thailand
Imperials in position to hinder further landings
Reports describe reinforcements in good condition forming a defensive line to block additional landings. The force, believed ready for action, could complicate any further coastal incursions and bolster control in the area.
Linn County Relief Roll Drops From November 1940
November relief figures in Linn county show a net decrease of 358 from November 1940, with 873 people aided including 428 general relief family cases and 146 single cases. WPA and medical aid numbers, lunch programs, and food stamp activity are detailed along with applications and closures for the month.
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Linn County
Linn County Relief Department
Surplus Marketing Administration
Food Stamp Office
Fruit Novelties For Holiday Meals
Recipe overview for fruit cocktail use in pies and salads. Includes Creamy Fruit Cocktail Pie directions with ingredients and steps, and a Serves eight Sold Fruit Salad using fruit cocktail and strawberry gelatin.
Pineapple Molded Salad and May 1941 Engine Output
Instructions describe slicing pineapple and making a gelatin molded salad with fruit cocktail and greens, plus an underscored note that three major U.S. aircraft engine firms produced about 3,500 engines with an estimated total of eros horsepower in May 1941.
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