Raid on Kiska Ravages Jap Fleet In Aerial Bombardment
The Catalina air crews report heavy damage at Kiska as US ships blasted defenses and ships in fog, sinking several vessels and crippling a light cruiser. Japanese losses include cargo ships and subs. some enemy vessels remain afloat amid wreckage. The operation, praised as a hit and run success, slows but does not finish the invasion.
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Japan
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Aleutians
Service shops must post ceiling prices nationwide
Washington inspectors announce that dry cleaners, shock repairers, laundries and auto repair shops must display ceiling prices in their premises. The Office of Price Administration requires every establishment providing common services to keep a price statement visible for the public during inspections.
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Office of Price Administration
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OPA
West Beadle Soil District Supervisors Nominated
Election notice announces candidates Supervisors WA Vollenweider Harry Martens and Joe Curtis for the West Beadle soil conservation district. A 25-operator petition backs each candidacy. Voting is Saturday September 4 from 8 to 11 p m at six polling places Hitchcock Dawson s Barber Shop Bonilla Peterson s Store Wol sey News Printing Shop Wessington Flutie Cream Station Virgil Old Bank Building Huron County AAA Office. Voters may choose any convenient polling site.
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Harry Martens
Joe Curtis
West Beadle
Hitchcock
Dawson's
Bonilla
Peterson's
Wolsey
News
Wessington
Virgil
Old Bank
Huron
Public debt hits new peak as war costs surge in August
Washington reports August war expenses at 4.88 billion, with total government outlays around 5.22 billion. Public debt climbs to 86.28 billion as the budget bureau expected about a 5.0 billion month. New Mexico 1939 tuberculosis death rate 1.2 per 100 thousand.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Treasury
New Mexico
Cowboy Poem Always Keeps Cowboys From Factories
Washington dispatch quotes a Oregon senator arguing cowboys resist high paying factory work. He says a true cowboy is a blend of whisky and poetry, romantic and self sufficient, favoring open range life over rivets and shipyards despite $1.50 hourly wages and overtime rates.
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Washington
Dustries
Republican
Oregon
Ina
Happy cowboy rides the prairie and sings
A lively rustic figure enjoys payday in town cleaning a dance hall playing poker and pool then spends his wages on his girl. He rides his pony across the prairie shouting his poems into the west wind with carefree contentment.
Lunch with Hedy Lamarr Costs War Bond Push
Philadelphia business leaders paid 4.55 million dollars to lunch Hedy Lamarr. Attendees pledged at least 5 thousand dollars in war bonds to gain admission, a figure announced by the Treasury Department.
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Hedy
Philadelphia
Hedy Lamar
Treasurry Department
Female Fire Brigade Takes On Village Duty
In Netzkow Silesia Germany twelve village women organize and run a local fire brigade after men neglect the duty. The by product coking process in steel production bakes coal at 1706 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 to 29 hours.
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Netzkow
Silesia
Germany
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