Great Lakes Built Frigates Shipyard to New Orleans Route
Battleship class frigates built on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan face waterway challenges. Vessels 300 plus feet long travel via Illinois and Mississippi rivers using ballast and air filled pontoons to clear bridges and locks, then are reassembled at New Orleans for sea passage. The Orlando completes a test voyage through Lockport to the Gulf.
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St. Louis
Memphis
New Ileans
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Duluth
Iinn
Superior
Wisc
Lake Uperior
Milwaukee
Sturgeon Ay Wis
Lake ,Michigan
Orain
Cleveland
Ohio
Lakerie
U. S. Maritime Commission
Maritime Commisson
Island Perations
Commission
Lake
St. Lawrence River
Upper
St. Lawrence
Illinois
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
New Orleans
Lockport
Illinois - Mississippi Waterway
Des Plaines River
Orlando
Ill
Des Plaines
Rambling Rhymster by Les Plettner and a Checkers Match
A quirky verse about Checkers expert Les Plettner who studies moves with intense focus. He sits, broods, and analyzes combinations, stalling and weighing options as he seeks an advantageous, winning line against his opponent.
Destroyer Named as Nemesis Bow by Rookie
A rookie aboard the vessel issues a sharp claim that the bow structure of the destroyer acts as a nemesis, suggesting ongoing tension between new crew and ship design.
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Ern
Enjoy Summer Sun Safely With Simple Backyard Sunning
This feature urges a sunny season plan for vitamin D, recommending a few deck chairs and a bright umbrella for aFat home vacation. It emphasizes sunglasses to avoid squint lines and sunscreen to prevent sunburn, framing sun exposure as healthy and enjoyable.
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Ledger Syndicate
GRYY GADGETS a WIN Features Teens Ear Adornments
Teens embrace bold ear fashion with velvet bows clipped to earring screws. DIY ideas include picture-gallery earrings with pasted faces, initial noodles as letters, peanut shell earrings colored with nail polish, and felt floral accents on screw earrings.
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C.a.d.’S
Dime Store
Sippin Cider and Other Vintage Drinks for Parties
A playful catalog of mixed beverages with steamy hot cider served in cups with brown sugar and cinnamon, and playful concoctions like Velvet with maple syrup and milk plus ginger ale, Blackout with root beer and ice cream, Half n Half with grape juice and ginger ale, Hollywood Secret blending orange juice milk sugar and egg.
Ace Flier Rescued After Eight Days Trapped in Wreck
Ernie Pyle details a British RAF flight lieutenant trapped eight days in an upside down British plane. American rescue troops freed him amid a battle vacuum with Germans and Americans fighting nearby, the pilot calm and grateful in Oxford speech.
G I Jokes Punchline On Army Air Cadet Duty
A wartime joke panel shows an air cadet asking about wings while serving as a KP and a private explains his chicken-camouflage gag. An officer assigns a motorbike message delivery as the humor escalates.
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G. I
K.P
Beauty Eye Care Routine Tips For Soft Eyelids And Eyes
A compact guide suggests daily eye exercises and a routine using eye cream on the eyelids after powder to create a soft baby sheen. It also recommends dark blue mascara to enhance a gentle eye appearance.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Trixie Teen Advice on Double Dates and Style
Trixie Teen warns against selecting dull partners for double dates and urges asking a lively, stylish girl who can outshine the competition. She argues social success hinges on pairing with someone who projects energy, charm, and poise rather than dull company.
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Trixie
Pope Pius X Body Placed Ahead of Beatification Ritual
The body of Pope Pius X who died in 1914 was placed in the iron barred chapel of relics at St. Peter’s Basilica as part of a beatification process that could lead to saintly canonization. Thousands viewed the body including many American soldiers. it will later be moved to the cathedral crypt. He wore ceremonial robes presented by Pope Pius XII.
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Vatican City
Pius X
Basilica of
St. Peter's
Hidden War Paint Aims At Surviving Guam Landing
A marine crouches on an assault landing craft as it nears Guam shore. War paint on his face helps him blend with the terrain and reduces glare, aiding concealment and visibility for land and air threats.
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Guam
War boosts pawnshop business in Portland area
Wartime salaries and higher employment push pawnshops to report about a 50 percent rise in business over the pre war period with people paying for goods and services in wartime Portland.
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Portland, Obe
Wounded GI Clings to Hope After Air Crash
A wounded American soldier enduring thirst delirium and pain remained hopeful as rescuers freed him from a plane wreck. Medics reported his leg broken and foot pinned, but his resolve to survive persisted despite the grim odds.
West Point Cadet Chapel Pipe Organ Now Largest in America
The Cadet Chapel organ at West Point, installed in 1911 with 2418 pipes for 12000 dollars, has expanded to 13529 pipes and an appraised value of 150000 dollars through graduate memorial contributions, becoming the Western Hemisphere's largest church organ.
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West Point
America
Hemisphere
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