Push to Aid China Hit Japan
Rear Adm Clark H Woodward discusses strategic shifts in Asia as monsoon delays Burma operations. He notes creation of an east Asia command under Gen Claude Auchinleck, potential fall offensive, and need for massive amphibious, air, sea, and ground forces with ports Rangoon and Moulmein as targets.
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Clark H Woodward
Naval Service
Puashington
INS
Burma
Burma Road
India
Arakan
India-Burma
Rangoon
Moulmein
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Bay of Bengal
Pacific
United Nations
China
Chennaults
Hainan Island
Burma Road to China and Allied Air Power Shift
Allied planners see Burma as pivotal to opening China supply routes and expanding air operations. RAF and US forces hold bases along the frontier, with Tenth Air Force strikes reaching as far as Diamond Isle while plans consider seizing Andaman islands to base land based aircraft for future campaigns.
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Burma
Andaman Islands
RAF
United States Air Force
China
Tenth American Air Force
Diamond Isle
Rangoon
Arakan
Upper Burma
Yunan
Kunming
Akyab
Allied strategy stresses Burma lifeline to keep China in war
The text argues that sustaining China in World War II requires revitalizing her through Burma as the vital life line to defeat Japan. It emphasizes that without Burma, China cannot remain active in the broader Allied war effort.
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China
Japan
Burma
Heiress Doris Duke Cromwell Works at Disease Study Job
Doris Duke Cromwell, 30, heiress and benefactor, works at University of North Carolina tropical diseases project as unpaid research assistant from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. under Dr Harold W. Brown. She lives at the Carolina Inn while pursuing scientific research after a 1940 separation from her husband James H. R. Cromwell.
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Doris Duke Cromwell
Chapel Hill
N.C
James B. Duke
James H. R. Cromwell
Canada
Harold W. Brown
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
Brown
Cromwell
Carolina Inn
Howard Quits As Censorship Aide
Washington AP Byron Price announced the resignation of N. R Howard as assistant director for voluntary press censorship. He will resume editorship of the Cleveland News. Jack Lockhart takes over censorship division night operations and is on leave from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Washington
Byron Price
N. R Howard
Ancient Britons Used Woad for Body Staining
Ancient Britons stained themselves with woad, a herbaceous plant used for blue body color. The practice highlights early dye technologies and cultural aesthetics in prehistoric Britain.
Cedar Rapids Cleared of Wasting Foodstuffs
Cedar Rapids is declared not guilty of wasting food as FDA figures clash with local data. The Gazette cites city records showing May 1942 disposal at about 24 tons daily, less than 21 percent of kitchen intake goes uneaten, and locals adapt meals to conserve food amid wartime shortages.
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Jack Illian
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Cedar Rapids
Alice Nichols
Bureau of Home Economics
the Gazette
Tony Trusty
Tony
Wasting Food Virtue Voiced In Heated Debate
A columnist argues that Americans are somewhat virtuous about food waste, claiming a tendency to finish meals and licked plates, contrasting with wider waste concerns and urging practical thrift in consumption.
Congress Violates Spirit of No Strike Pledge Says Whitney
A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and R E Edrington of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers condemn Congress for passing the Smith Connally anti strike bill over President Roosevelt s veto and call for a no cause for strike pledge by Congress and war agencies saying labor kept the pledge while Congress spat on it and shirked wartime responsibility
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Washington
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Congress
Smith-Connally
Roosevelt
War
Whitney
R. E. Edrington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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