Mosquitoes Made Sieve Out of Me Marine Says
Pfc. Charles Gill of the Marine Corps returns home after 17 months in the Pacific with malaria and combat on Guadalcanal. He Li es in Iowa and heads to Hastings Neb for duration duty. Gill praises the Red Cross and recalls encounters with Cedar Rapids marines and New Zealand nurses.
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Marine
Pfc
Charles Gill
Marine Corps
Pacific
Hawaii
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Australia
Gill
States
Naval
Hastings
Neb
U.S.A
John Gill
Eighth Street SE
Pfc. Gill
Marines
McKinley High School
Guadalcanal
Pfe
Tarawa
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Bill Matus
Qarrett Matus
Seventh Street
Bill
Everett Harrelson
Matus
Kenneth Dillon
Nimitz Drives Pacific Fleet Amid Personal Vendetta Myth
A 1942 profile depicts Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with a hinted personal vendetta against Japan. It recalls his early command of the Panay, sunk in 1937, and his 1941 Pearl Harbor response, framing his leadership as both national duty and personal grievance amid the Pacific war.
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Chester W. Nimitz
United States Battle Fleet
Pacific
Nimitz
Annapolis
China Station
President Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet Command
Navy Department
Truk
Pearl M Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
China
Japan
Aleutians
Pacific Islands
Marshalls
Gilberts
Carolines
Chester Nimitz
United States
Prince of Anzio Talks War and Manners in Rugged Interview
Treanor records a wartime chat with Prince Stefano Borghese of Anzio during air raids at his palace. He discusses Mussolini and his parrot, Italian governance, antisocial behavior among locals, and his own Fascist ties while recalling Nimitz and Pearl Harbor battles shaping WWII strategy.
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Anzio
Stefano Borghese
Mussolini
Rome
Ife
Business Leaders Attack Labor Report On Living Costs
Washington article reports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and NAM condemning members of President Roosevelts cost of living committee. They urge review of all facts and upcoming BLS comments. Leaders say the panel risks a split report and accuses the group of acting as a publicity sounding board.
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Washington
INL
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
H. B. Horton
George K. Batt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ralph J. Thomas
George Meany
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber
Robert Gaylord
N.A.M
Kelloggs All-Bran Turns Constipation Story Into Regular Life
Mrs Daisy Dean of Columbia Tennessee shares a life changing experience with Kelloggs All-Bran. She describes severe longstanding constipation resolved by regular All-Bran intake explaining its cellulosic elements aid natural evacuation. Scientists note it aids gut flora and unlike purgatives does not sweep the system.
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Daisy
Dean
Columbia
Tennessee
Kelloge
Battle Creek
British Sink Three German Submarines At Gibraltar
British warships and planes sunk at least three Nazi U boats attempting to slip through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean in an 11 day engagement. Forty nine prisoners were taken from one submarine and 19 from another. Three large Allied convoys passed safely through the straits without interference.
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London
INS
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Admiralty
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Mimitz
America
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Treanor
Prince
Tom Treanor
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Nettuno
Edda Ciano
Ciano
Fredericksburg
Texas
Charles H. Nimitz
Lone Star
United States Military Academy
Submarine Service
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Sub
Atlantic
R.O.T.C
University of California
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Coral Sea
Port Moresby
Southwest Pacific
Midway
Solomons
Mignette
Newman
Business Heads
Labor Report
St. Joseph
Times
Iowa
Gou
Second Street
Kowa
American Building
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