Allied forces tighten grip on New Guinea coast and Mambare
Allied forces report heavy Japanese losses in the Mambare area of New Guinea with 700 killed and 100 captured. US air forces destroyed Japanese ships near Mambare and Kumasi estuaries, and bombed Gasmata on New Britain. Additional air raids attacked Lae and Lorengau harbor as parts of a broader campaign to disrupt any renewed Japanese southward offensive.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mambare
Buna
Ambasi
Kumusi
Opi
Kumasi
Gasmata
New Britain Island
United States
Guasmaata Airrome
Admiralty Islands
Solomons Sea
Milne Bay
War Bond Drive Encourages 10 Percent Home Support
The message urges Americans to contribute 10 percent of their income to War Bonds, stressing that civilians must do their share to support service members and national defense during wartime.
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America
800 Percent Increase in Red Cross Aid Requests
In St Louis the first U S home service training school discussed wartime Red Cross aid requests rising from 500 to over 1000 daily. Mrs J B Sigmund reported Cedar Rapids requests climbed from 56 to 321 monthly, mainly for servicemen communications. Other schools planned for San Francisco New York and Alexandria Va.
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Red Cross
St Louis
United States
J B Sigmund
Linn County
Red Cross Home Service
Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
New York
Alexandra
Japanese Radio Safety Hint Urges Sleep and Parcel Removal
A Bangkok radio broadcast urged locals to stop sleeping on tracks and storing parcels there to reduce rail accidents. The Office of War Information reported the suggestion as part of wartime messaging.
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Unitedress
Bangkok
Radio Monday
Office of War Information
Seed starting box and wick feeder guide for 1943 gardening
A 1943 gardening tip describes making a two by four foot seed starting box with a central wick to draw water from a pan. The box, kept damp and warmed in sun as sprouts appear, provides ideal moisture for germination before transplanting to outdoor beds.
Use Objectors as Mobile Land Army
About 500 draft deferments for conscientious objectors are available to serve as a mobile land army to aid farmers. Mershey said they can be moved where agricultural need is certified, with potential to grow by 1000 more. An agreement with Treasury will withhold their tax as farm workers for peaceful postwar uses. Some objectors have volunteered to train as troopers to combat forest fires.
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Washington
Mershey
Department of Agriculture
Hershey
Treasury
Posthumous Purple Heart for Sergt Meyer KIA in Africa
The Army Air Forces sergeant Maurice B. Meyer was killed in the African theater in January and awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. A War Department letter to his mother Mrs Goldena Meyer at 1239 First Avenue SE confirms the decoration and an engraved certificate will be sent later.
Florists Cut Mileage with City Delivery Pool
Downtown florists implement a delivery pool cutting mileage by 20 to 350 percent. Over three weeks two daily city deliveries are split between rotating trucks with one driver per shift. The Beedek Green House truck handles west side routes, meeting the florist truck at the shop each morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Delavenes
These Women! Pickup and dispatch schedule note
Fragmentary OCR note describes two trucks exchanging items and routes to customers. It mentions a deadline of 10 am for dispatch and a last truck leaving at 10:45, with flowers to arrive by noon. Names and locations are unclear due to garbled text.
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Devers
Florist truck delivery deadline set at 3 p.m
The notice states the truck must be placed by 3 p.m as it departs the final florist stop at 345. The delivery pool was adopted following a request from the Office of Defense Transportation.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Speaker outlines plan to amend Rail Retirement Act at Marton meeting
James I. Cospiove of Chicago, president of the Railroad Employes National Pension Association, will address a meeting at Memorial hall in Marton at 7:30 pm Thursday. The proposal would provide widows and dependent children of railroad workers with protection equal to that under the Social Security Act. Currently wives have protection only if the worker retired and received a small annuity.
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Marton
James I. Cospiove
Chicago
Railroad
Employes National Pension Association Inc
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