Army relaxes rules for temporary officer promotions
The War Department issued new rules allowing about 3,700 regular army and reserve officers to receive temporary promotions during the emergency. Promotions target reserves mainly junior lieutenants and certain regulars, with potential reversion to permanent ranks or civil life after the emergency ends.
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Washington
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
War Department
Medical Department
Chaplain Corps
Rhode Island Refuge Of Fishermen Repaired
The Harbor of Refuge at Point Judith Rhode Island is under repair with over 30 000 tons of granite used to fill seawall gaps from the September 1938 hurricane. A 3400 foot rebuilt seawall will feature a 20 foot top level and a 50 foot base.
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Point Judith
R. I
Harbor of Refuge
Peter Rabbit Plans Bold Night Visit To Buster Bear
Peter Rabbit, worried by a hunter's impact, plans to seek help from Buster Bear to scare the hunter. He explains to Little Mrs. Peter that Farmer Brown's Boy is not the foe this time, and that action is needed to protect the forest neighbors.
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Peter
Green Forest
Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Peter
Hunter
Mrs. Grouse
Jumper the Hare
Farmer Brown
Buster Bear
Buster
Associated Newspapers
WNN
Selectee Finally Learns He Is 38 Years Old
Riverside California report states William L. Marks of Flemington West Virginia learned he was 38 and not eligible for the draft after receiving his birth certificate. He had been inducted February 14 and sought discharge when the war department allowed release of drafted men over 28.
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Riverside
Calif
William L. Marks
Flemington
W. Va
Army
Marks
War Department
British tailors seek coupon suit to save cloth
Britain's tailoring chiefs work on a secret plan to save material by possibly abolishing trouser cuffs pocket flaps and jacket lapels. The proposed coupon suit remains under study with no public verdict yet.
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London
Britain
Island Landing On Tiny Alaskan Island Rescues Bomber Crew
Army sergeants Powers and Davis recounted a forced landing of a two engine bomber on a nearly island sized landmass after the right engine failed while descending from Juneau. They rode a mountain approach, braked near deep water, and waited seven hours before Canadian forces rescued them.
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Washington
Barron C. Powers
Ralph S. Davis
Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Air Corps
Juneau
Sergeant Powers
Royal Canadian Air Force
Prince Rupert
Nip Bess Goes to Get Her Share
A brief comic note describes Nip Bess racing to secure her portion before a cat claims some, presented in a light public ledger voice.
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Public Ledger
WNU
Married Men Forbidden Hawks in Ancient Libyan Law
Ancient Libyan custom allowed hawk meat only for married men who could legally eat the delicacy. The practice tied social status to marital state, making meals scarce for unmarried individuals.
Secrets of ancient Indo China tombs unearthed by Harvard-Yenching
Harvard Yenching Institute expedition led by Prof. Olov R T Janse uncovered 2000 year old relics in Indo China including Han dynasty brick tombs in Annam and burial urns from the First century A D. Finds span bronze mirrors coins iron tools ceramics and later Ming period objects. Excavations paused by rains and landslides, then shifted to the Philippines to study early Ming graveyards.
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Cambridge
Mass
Indo-China
Harvard-Yenching Institute
Olov R. T. Janse
Institute
Indo- China
Philippines
Janse
Annam
Phillippines
Washington’s delays in Moscow climate and politics
Reports attribute U.S. mission slowness to two factors: technical flight challenges across German territory and Chinese involvement. Notes on appeasement policy, Harriman, Magruder, and Mrs. Roosevelt’s role in Civilian Defense accompany broader wartime observations and civilian life details.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
U. S
Moscow
Joe Stalin
Germany
China
London
Averill Harriman
Washington
Harriman
Stalin
State Department
United States
Hitler
Japan
U.S.A
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Thornton W. Burgess
Queenie
New York
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U.S
John Magruder
Chiang Kai-shek
General Magruder
Switzerland
Magruder
Austria
Vienna
Merry
Evangeline
Tom Dewey
U.S.O
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
West Point
J. H. Crutchfield
Pittsburgh
Carlos Davila
Chile
Davila
Bones
S Weten
Billings
Pierce P1 Packing CO
Montana
Grosz
Acme Trading CO
Montana Ave
Powell
Wyoming
Marshall Field
Carlyle
Poultry Division
Pierce Packing CO
AMA
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia
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