Attacks Hit Japanese Bases in Aleutians Solomons
The U S Navy reports six raids on Kiska in the Aleutians focusing on the main camp at Kiska harbor and anti aircraft positions. Simultaneous strikes target Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands with Liberator bombers hitting Ballale and Po P
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Washington
INS
Navy Department Today
U. S. Army
Navy
Aleutian
Solomons
Japan
Kiska
Aleutians
Kiska Harbor
Attu Island
Solomon Islands
Ballale Island
Femy Poale Tions
Poporane Island
Solomon Islands air attack report from central Solomons
Navy dive bombers and torpedo bombers struck Munda and Vila, key enemy positions in the central Solomons, as U S air forces conducted operations. No American planes were lost in the Aleutian or Solomons campaigns.
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Ballale
Munda
Vila
Solomons
Navy
U. S
Aleutian
Army Air Forces
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
U. S, Army
JOINT
Army-Navy Personnel Board
OPA Drafts Price Cut on Vegetables
The Office of Price Administration is drafting orders to cut prices of fresh vegetables by 25 to 50 percent and expects issuance this week. The plan targets commodities not requiring subsidies, with fresh vegetables first on the list, and possible rollbacks for fresh fruits and fish. Former President Hoover urges immediate passage of the Fulmer bill to grant a single administrator control over food production, distribution, prices, and rations to avoid inflation and administrative chaos.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Alert Lasts Hour At San Francisco
San Francisco air defense wing reports a 61 minute alert in the bay region due to unidentified targets. The yellow alert began at 12 29 p m PST, blue alert at 7 p m, radio silence at 12 42 p m, all clear at 1 30 p m.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Region
Army Air Defense Wing
Army
Ater
FDR Polish Note Intrigues London
London diplomats speculate over a sealed Roosevelt note to Polish Premier Sikorski. The letter, delivered by Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. to Sikorski via the Caronastovakian government in exile, may influence Russo-Polish relations. Contents remain secret as timing and delivery are debated.
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London
Roosevelt
Sikorski
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Near East
Belr
Moosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Lonon
Japs New Guinea Villages Bombed by UN Forces
United Nations dispatches report Allied Billy Mitchell bombers hit villages in the Markham Samut valley of New Guinea destroying buildings and starting fires. Daylight attacks also struck Salman on the northeast coast, targeting an airfield and ground installations with explosions and strafing. A lone recon plane attacked a Jap merchant vessel under escort, damaging decks and scoring near hits.
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United Nations
Australia
Markham-Samtt
New Guinea
Salman
Solomon Sea
Brenda Will You Step Out With Me Tonight
Fragmentary note expresses dating plea and confusion about work and finances. The speaker references being an ayers groom and mentions stress from calls and Haralng reform, asking Brenda to join for tonight with improbable offers and a casual tone.
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Brenda
Invasion Nears Patriots Strike At Axis Masters
The German news agency DNB says Fritz Schmidt head of the Dutch Nazi department died in a fatal accident during an official journey in France. Vichy reports set up special tribunals to try French terrorists amid rising anti Axis outbreaks. In Belgrade, Nove Vreme admits thousands of Serbs have been executed for Allied propaganda.
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London
INS
DNB
Fritz Schmidt
France
Reuter
Broadewst
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Axis
Europe
Belgrade
Nove Vreme
Istanbul
Man Receives Broken Leg in Auto Accident
Preliminary reports from Kanawha county state police say two people injured in automobile crashes. W. T. Fry of Tyler Mountain suffered a broken leg in an accident involving a car owned by G. B. Burford.
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Kanawha County
W. T. Fry
Tyler Mountain
G. B. Burford
Japanese Prepare For Raids on Isle
London dispatch says Japan readied for early American air attacks on homeland. Berlin cites Tokyo report that reconnaissance showed US forces reinforced the 14th US Air Force in China and new bases in Fukien, from which strikes on Japan are planned. Evatt says Allied air reinforcements will expand in the Southwest Pacific. In Charleston General Hospital are Evatt and W H Collins injured in a local accident. Collins was brought from Ruffner Hollow Road.
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INS
Japvam
Stadio
Reuter’a
Tokyo
Berlin
U. S
China
Fukien
Japan
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Southwest Pacific
BBC
Evatt
Washington
United States Army Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Southwest
Pacific
Charleston General Hospital
W. H. Collins
Rt 6
Ruffner Holtow Road
Meadowbrook
Barlow
Hoover urges single food administration to run war effort
Former president Herbert Hoover demanded immediate passage of the Fulmer bill to consolidate conflicting food agencies into one adequate administration. He said inflation can be curbed without subsidies and criticized current chaos in production, distribution, prices, and imports. He urged Congress to act at once, noting the bill’s favorable committee status.
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Roosevelt
New York
Herbert Hoover
Tzar
Angel Gabriel
Hoover
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Farmers and Admin Plans to curb Inflation and Disruptions
The text argues that competent administration would curb inflation by boosting farmer production, curbing profiteering and black markets, addressing local shortages, and ending distribution confusions and stoppages. It emphasizes government action to stabilize prices and supply.
Piles Relief Ad Promises Home Treatment
An advertisement claims a painless, inexpensive cure for piles from Dr. O A Johnson Rectal Clinic in Kansas City Missouri. It offers free information and asks sufferers to write for details.
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Joneson
A. Joh
Johnson
Dr. O. A. Johnson
Mein Bt
Kansas City
Ady
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