The Raft Rescue of three Navy men in open sea
The tale recounts Robert Trumbull Harold Dixon Gene Alfrich and Tony Pastula forced to land a scout bomber on Jan 16 194% and surviving 34 days at sea. They built a raft from a damaged plane and endured storms hunger and loneliness before reaching safety on a remote atoll.
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Robert Trumbull
Harold Ro" Dixon
U.S.N
Gene Alfrich
Cunner
Tony Pastula
U.S. Navy
Pastula
Aldrich
Tony
Panama
Gene
Navy
Naval Museum
Annapolis
Goodyear
Harold Dixon
Gene Aldrich
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Advice From Mary Manners Advice From Mary Manners
TEW PROJECTS are greeted by Jean with great enthusiasm but her fervor wanes quickly as she seeks a new niche. Dear Miss Manners answers two reader queries about dating while a boyfriend is away and whether a rejected suitor can be won back.
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Jean
Miss Manners
D.L
Old Romance Dispelled After Friend’s Visit
A speaker urges calm and honesty in a relationship, noting no lingering ghosts of past romances. The message counsels explaining feelings clearly and appreciating the absence of past ties that could complicate the current romance. The tone emphasizes happiness with the outcome of an old friend’s visit.
Labor Groups Unite For Scrap Drive In War Effort
The CIO AFL and railway unions pledged full cooperation in the scrap salvage campaign. Leaders Green Murray Luhrsen and Lund urged active participation of all union levels to boost scrap collection, warning shortages threaten furnaces and war production.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor and Railway Brotherhoods
Enright
AFL
William Green
CIO
Phillip Murray
J. A Luhrsen
Railway Labor Executives Association
Wendell Lund
War Production Board
Labor
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Luhrsen
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Murray
Roosevelt
Liability Rate Cut Proposed in Seaboard Gas Ration States
New York AP report says auto bodily injury liability insurance rates in gas rationed eastern states will drop. Reductions of 20 percent for A card holders and 10 percent for B and C card holders apply to policies dated July 22 or later and take effect October 1.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Mutual Casualty Insurance Rating Bureau
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