Great Break For Papas At Hospital Delivery Ward
In a Los Angeles hospital delivery ward a humorous loudspeaker broadcast greets two expectant fathers. A baby boy is announced for Rev. John L Mixon while another father-to-be, J. J. Duschanek, hears news of a daughter as the box keeps delivering playful congratulatory messages.
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Los Angeles
Idasifornia Hospital
John Lon
J. J. Duschanek
Rev. Mixon
Mixon
Dushanek
Rex
Mr. Duschanek
Pyle: Clayton’s sniper skill and wartime warning sounds
The piece recalls Clayton learning to use the bullet’s vacuum pop as a warning before the rifle crack to locate a sniper. He trains to gauge direction by sound, enabling him to shoot a Japanese sniper who emerges from a tree, highlighting pathos in war.
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Clayton
Tommy
Ernie
Incredible Courage in War Front Line Rescue
Gene Ahern recalls an Indiana private Tommy Clayton who shot a German soldier only to find he had killed a corpse. The piece travels through battlefield weariness and lonely aftereffects, then details a ruined La Detinais village and a chance meeting with Ed Sasson, graves registration officer, before a dramatic rescue of a man trapped in a plane.
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Tommy
Clayton
Indiana
Tommy Clayton
la Detinais
Ed Sasson
Mulholland Terrace
Los Angeles
Pilot Saves Nineteen From Pacific Rafts
Lieut Robert B Martin Jr of Fleet Air Wing Two spotted liferafts adrift for up to six days saving nineteen American airmen near Truk and Ellice Islands. The rescued include Vernon Pugh Paul Hardy and John Smithson. Martin earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal.
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Eugene Burns
Fleet Air Wing
Central Pacific
Robert B. Martin Jr
Freeport
N.- Yo
Vernon Pugh
Pensacola
Fla
Nuku Fetau
Ellice Islands
Martin
Paul Hardy
Huntington
W. Va
Eniwetok
Truk
John Smithson
Macon
Robert Finucane
Rockville Center
Long Island
Rogers Named for Birmingham Brothers in Navy Destroyer
The USS Rogers will join the Navy’s destroyer force on Armistice Day from Orange Texas shipyard. It honors three Birmingham brothers Seamen First Class Jack Ellis Rogers Edwin Keith Rogers and Charles Ethbert Rogers who died December 16 1942 when their ship was sunk in a South Pacific engagement.
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Washington
Rogers
Orange
Tex
Jack Ellis Rogers
Edwin Keith Rogers
Charles Ethbert Rogers
Birmingham
Record fertilizer supply forecast for 1944-45
Auburn reports the War Food Administration forecasts farmers can receive a record amount of fertilizer in the year starting July 1 1944 if at least 412 million tons are delivered to farms in the last six months. This would exceed deliveries in the prior six months by about a million tons.
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Auburn
Ala
War Food Administration
James I Ambition as Poet Manners a Divine Art Poe sie
The text notes James I of England aimed to excel as an author with his first work a volume of verse titled Essays of a Preatise in the Divine Art of Poesie.
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James I
England
Truman Yarn Irks Kimmel Over Pearl Harbor Claims
Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel challenged President Truman on a Collier's article about Pearl Harbor. Kimmel argued the Roberts report lacks basic truths and denounced alleged false statements. He asked Truman to stop repeating charges not tested by public scrutiny while awaiting court martial for Kimmel and General Short.
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Washington
Husband Kimmel
Truman
D.-Mo
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Charles B. Rugg
Boston
Collier’s
DDT Not Universal Insecticide Says U S Bulletin
Auburn report notes the U S Department of Culture warns DDT is not a universal insecticide and is not available for civilian use despite popular demand. The bulletin stresses restricted agricultural and governmental applications and advises caution in civilian contexts.
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Auburn
Ala
U.s.department of Culture
Beekeeping Tip for Legume Seed Pollination
Agronomists from the U S Department of Agriculture advise one hive per acre of legume seed crops. Place hives close to fields to ensure effective pollination and crop yield.
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Auburn
Ala
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Pyle
Sniff
Bear
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Royal Tire Service
Joe Hagler
Lee Street
1St Avenue
Pelt
Irks Kimmel
Bank St
Mayflower Transit Co
Elliott
Women’s Army Corps
Australia
Bowen
WAC Womens Army Corps
U.S. Army
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