Fighting Ships To Be Preserved
Washington Navy officials announced a program to place fighting ships in reserve after the war with cold storage and dehumidification to keep interior machinery rust free. The bureau has salvaged over 600 million in shipping this war and completed refloating the El Estero after it was scuttled at Bayonne. A new self contained diving outfit aids salvage in enemy waters and ports.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Bureau
New York
Bayonne
N. J
Price Ceilings on Fresh Cranberries
The OPA set price ceilings on fresh cranberries for home use marking the first time such fruit is under price control. The move aims to stabilize prices and ensure affordability for consumers.
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Washington
OPA
NAVAL AIR UNIT HORIZONTAL 1 7 Depicted Insigne
Puzzle style listing of naval aviation terms and abbreviations with clues and answers, naming symbols, units, and phrases related to a U S naval air unit and its insignia Across clues include chemical symbols Pacific theater terms and standard abbreviations, with several entries referencing months and measurements
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U.S. Naval
OPA Raises Retail Ceiling for Crop Prices
The Office of Price Administration announced immediate effect for sales before retail with a forthcoming schedule. Prices rise slightly above the preliminary plan due to greater weather damage, pushing the top retail ceiling to about 41 cents per pound instead of 40.
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OPA
Mechanical brain gunsight exposed by Kodak
Rochester New York reports that Eastman Kodak unveiled a new mechanical brain gunsight that uses an electrical gyro computing mechanism. The device feeds enemy information via a dialing system and directs machine gun fire, now in combat use with army approval.
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Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Army
Jailed For Cheering Lincoln In 1859 Recall
Amos Lyons aged 102 recalls his 1859 imprisonment in St Joseph Missouri for cheering Abraham Lincoln who was refused permission to speak. He says free speech is wider today amid wartime and notes walking barefoot to Elwood Kansas to hear the Republican nominee after his release.
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Marysville
Kan
Amos Lyons
Lyons
St. Joseph
Abraham Lincoln
Elwood
Merrill Plans Flying Tour in CBI Theater
A tired Merrill makes a rapid circuit through the CBI theater aboard Uncle Joe's Chariot a C-47 transport plane used by Gen. Joseph Stilwell, in a morale boosting rest period during wartime.
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Merrill
CBI
Uncle Joe
Gen
Joseph Stilwell
Edgar A Guest Poem Reflections On Excess And Faith
A fragmentary poem critique notes overindulgence in food drink dance and idle living while praising restraint and prayer. It cites a line on mortals learning and ends with a disruptive, unexplained sentence about armor piercing projectiles as a shock explosive.
Marauders' Chief Returns to Burma in undisclosed mission
Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill, commander of Merrill's Marauders, who captured the Myitkyina airstrip, returns to the CBI theater on an undisclosed mission, after receiving a new star in the United States.
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Myitkyina
Frank Merrill
Burma
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