Finns Oust German Foe In Finland War Progress
Finnish troops push to drive Germans from Finland and fulfill armistice terms with Russia. They seize parts of Suomussalmi and near Janka after overcoming mines and road blocks, with Sweden noting a four week timeline. Finns praise American correspondents and express goodwill toward the United States.
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Robert N. Sturdevant
Finland
Russia
Suomussalmi
Janka
Stockholm
Great Britain
Germany
America
Helsinki
United
Port wine gains name from Oporto Portugal
The term port wine derives from the city of Oporto in Portugal, reflecting the drink’s origin and historic trade routes. Local winemakers and merchants used the name to identify the fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley and shipped from Oporto.
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Oporto
Portugal
Three Questions Before Buying Any Laxative
Before buying any laxative consider three questions. Most people prefer one satisfactory in action and thorough in results. One way is to ask for Black Draught, economical at 25c for 25 to 40 doses. Caution, use only as directed.
Engineer L L Brown Killed in Nashville Atlanta Train Wreck
Engineer L L Brown of Atlanta is killed and seven trainmen injured when Nashville to Atlanta No 3 derailed two miles north of Marietta Georgia. Fireman J W Jones badly scalded and baggage master M H Greeson bruised. Eight cars left tracks as engine overturned. Passengers not reported injured. Cause under investigation.
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Atlanta
L.L. Brown
Marietta, Ga
J. W. Jones
M. H. Greeson
Marietta
W. A. Swindell
Marietta Hospital
Nashville
J. P. Bramblett
Wartrace, Tenn
J. A. I. Bailey
Railroad
New York City Waterfront Reaches 578 Miles
City records show 578 miles of shoreline along harbors bays and rivers. Officials note vast access for recreation commerce and transport shaping urban planning and environmental policy.
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New York City
If New York Were In Tokyo's Spot
The article argues that if Japan occupied Haiti with their air and sea supremacy New York would face regular bombings from Superfortresses and carrier aircraft. It imagines Bermuda raids, Bermuda invasion risks, and a city under blackout with rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building protected by sandbags as hospitals brace for bomb-wounded and a grim, harrowing ordeal. The piece stresses that today this scenario is a real consideration facing the Japanese empire.
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Manhattan
Haiti
Tokyo
Marianas
New York
Saipan
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Bermuda
Bonins
Rockefeller Center
Empire State Building
America
Nazis Seize Norwegian Hostages Demand for Mercy by Germans
Norway’s ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne told a UN relief conference that thousands of prominent Norwegians have been rounded up by the German occupation army and sent to Germany as hostages. He cited a torpedoed boat and reports of further roundups, estimating 8,000 to 9,000 already imprisoned and warning of serious consequences for Norway’s population. He noted 250,000 Germans remain in Norway.
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Montreal
Norway
Germany
Wilhelm Morgenstierne
United Nations
Sweden
Oslo
Morgenstierne
Srene
Sensitivity in Radio Receivers Defined
A radio receiving set’s sensitivity measures how strongly it responds to signals at its tuned frequency. The term reflects the minimal signal strength needed for clear reception and is a key spec in radio design and performance assessments.
Allied airlift helps Tito and Partisans gain guns
The Allied air command disclosed that over 5,000 tons of guns ammunition and supplies were flown in two years to Yugoslav Partisans and Patriots in Greece Albania and other Balkan areas. RAF led gun runs with American pilots aiding a vast clandestine network supporting Tito’s armies.
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Noland
Norguard
Rome
Allied Air Command
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Royal Airforce
Tito
RAF
Balkans
Middle East
Balkan
Jews Found in Nazi Army
Fort Custer prisoner of war camp receives Jewish captives from Normandy. Chaplain Martin Perley recalls about twenty men, some exconcentration camp survivors, requesting Jewish prayer books, scriptures, and mezuzahs while still in German uniforms. Most were half Jewish. one full Jew.
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Charles E. Marentette
Fort Custer
Mich
Normandy
Martin M. Perley
German POWs Recruited From Labor Battalions On Normandy Shores
Camp officials report a manpower shortage in Germany led to drafting men into Nazi labor battalions. At D-Day they wore uniforms and joined the German army. Some served only eight days before capture. Chaplain Perley describes tending to German POWs as a surprising duty for a Jewish U S Army chaplain. Estimated US forest growth totals about nine billion cubic feet annually.
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Germany
D-Day
Normandy
Fes
Perley
U. S
Dozen Killed in Mass Parachute Jump Crash
Dozen paratroopers and crewmen died when a C-47 crashed during a mass parachute jump at Camp Mackall North Carolina. Four paratroopers survived. a board of inquiry will investigate. The operation involved about 10,000 troops and aimed to test airborne tactics near Siegfried line strategies.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
Red Army
Mackall Landing Strip
Sandhills
Siegfried Line
Mackall
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Paul Fowler
Craig
Sara Ann
Russell Martin Mattox
Charles Mattox
N. E. Bailey
Hartselle
J. C. Mattox
Guin
Alabama
Mattox
San Diego
Chatham Label
Chatham “ Woolwich
Han —Urniture CO
Cuba
Constan
Mighty Task Force
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
James K. Russell
J. H. Russell
Acion
Guam
Caddell Drug CO
Walgreen Agency and
Ave. Pheas Prescription Service
Arta
Wanen
Universal
WBC
Hardware Company
2Nd Ave
Moulten St
The
United States
Edgar A. Gamble
Lacey’s Spring
Ninth Engineer Command
France
Sara M. Gamble
Lacey's Spring
R. A. Gamble
Pettey’s Cleaners
S.royal Life
U.S
U. S&s. Tire
Royal Tire Service
Lee Street
1St Avenue
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