Terrible Turner’s Return to Tokyo and War Record
A profile of Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, famed for amphibious plans from Guadalcanal to Eniwetok. The piece details his rivalry with Japan, fearless shelling of enemy positions, devotion to roses, and blunt philosophy on losses, with notes on his career, honors, and nickname “Kelly.”
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Boyd Lewis
Richmond Kelly
Turner
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
United States
Astoria
Tokyo
Hiroshi Saito
Hirohito
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Smith
Holland M
Solomons
Washington
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Navy
Kelly
Naval Academy
Spuds
Keily Turner
Stockton
Calif
U.S.S. Michigan
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Chief of Naval Operations
Pearl Harbor
United States Fleet
Guadalcanal
Russell Islands
New Georgia
Kelly Turner
Rose Garden
Purple Heart Club Plans County Memorial for Veterans
Murray Kentucky report states the Purple Heart club has expanded to include all Calloway County. dues of one dollar per Purple Heart recipient fund a postwar memorial. funds will be placed in trust for erecting a service member memorial after the war.
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Murray, Ky
Murray
Calloway County
T. Sledd
Meeting to Plan 1944 Food Output in Linn County
Mayors and representatives from Linn County towns along with garden and food preservation groups and the Farm Bureau are called to a 2 p.m. Friday meeting at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense, the Iowa extension service and the Linn County Farm Bureau, with speaker L. C. Grove, horticulturist from Iowa State College extension.
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Linn County
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Solons Rebellion Clouds Roosevelt Re Election Prospects
Congress revolt against Roosevelt’s veto of the tax bill drew mixed reactions on its impact. Senators Guffey Overton Barkley and governors offered divergent views on Roosevelt’s renomination prospects and party unity as leaders from Ferguson to LaGuardia weighed the war’s demands and political consequences.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Guffey
D-Pa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen
Overton
D-La
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Buckeye
South
Ferguson
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Virginia Polhill Price
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
American Labor Party
Frank Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Barkley
Washington
F. C. Radke
Democratic Progressive League of Nebraska
Will Rogers, Jr
D.calif
Sen. Barkley
Rep. Sabath
Ill
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Democratic Party
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Will, Jr
F. R
Killian’s
Oxydol
Avoice
A&p
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Iowa
Gerber’s
Cane
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Sunkist
Freeton
Ces
Keokuk
Mystic
Fortening
White House
Ann Page
Jar
Jee
Staley
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Shank
Duz
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ILIX
Kerr Mason
Swan Med
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Dupples
Ironing Board
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Spectator
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