Guadalcanal Diary excerpt features Vandegrift leave plan
The diary entries describe Gen Vandegrift joking about a shower and correspondents leaving Guadalcanal amid mounting Japanese pressure. A B 17 flight with Capt Paul Payne of Des Moines takes the writer toward Bougainville for recon. later notes say the diary ends with editors taking over as Tregaskis departs on another South Pacific assignment.
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Solomon Islands
Ark
Guadalcanal
Richard Tregaskis
International News Service
Tregaskis
South Pacific
Tregaskis and Guadalcanal Dispatches
The excerpt reflects wartime reporting from Guadalcanal with Marine advances and author Richard Tregaskis as a correspondent, noting hope for updates and signaling amidst the Pacific conflict. It references Hitler's rhetoric about national greatness and inclusion in The Great Race.
Midwest crossword clues and puzzle grid solution hints
A list of crossword style clues with partial answers across a historical Midwest state puzzle. Entries include state reference, chemical symbols, abbreviations, and geographic hints, with several rows and numbers indicating positions and intersecting words. The page blends wordplay hints and partial solutions tied to a regional theme.
Proof Wanted in Rhyme Across Ages and Farms
A playful verse reflects aging and memory as a horse returns, a blacksmith and chestnut tree appear, vegetables and carrot growing hint at wartime scarcity, and a note on sugar and saccharin signaling growing age.
10 20 30 Years Ago March 13 1933 School Vote
A school election in Cedar Rapids district logged 607 votes and cost $600. Bank holiday ended with Cedar Rapids banks reopening. C F Luberger and W J Neill won school board seats. Kenwood consolidation proposal failed 320 to 103. Delaware county faced farm labor shortage with single hands at $14 a month plus board. A total lunar eclipse drew interest in Cedar Rapids.
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W. J. Neill
Kenwood
City council weighs 27th street paving center strip plan
Rapids residents heard a paving proposal to lay an 18 foot wide center strip on Twenty seventh street from First Avenue to the Cedar Rapids Country Club. The Cedar Rapids baseball club moves forward with five acres of Alamo Park sold for 8500 dollars.
Let’s Explore Your Mind with Albert Wiggam
Wiggam answers reader questions on marriage freedom and privacy, suggesting that agreeable shared limits are essential. He discusses whether the intelligent feel superior, cites Dorothy Parker on happiness, and notes ushers’ appeal tied to uniforms and status.
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