SEPT 4 PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUZZLE REVIEWED HORIZONTAL
Anny, U S assistant secretary of Nav, reviews a puzzle in a public notice style item. The page includes a horizontal crossword with clues across and down and mentions air, insurance and freight terms, and various abbreviations and symbols. The mixed readable fragments show several entries like Erbium and Zirconium symbols, and names such as Eisenhower, with scattered clues for words like measure of area and feminine forms.
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Eisenhower
Goebbels Lashes at London Bombing Claims Sparks Controversy
The piece critiques Nazi propaganda surrounding London flying bomb attacks. It asserts Goebbels exaggerates success, lies about destruction, and relies on inflated claims as German forces falter in France and the East. It argues the lies mislead even Germans while the attacks remain a grim sideshow.
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London
Dr. Goebbels
Goebbels
France
Hitler
Balkan
Berlin
Turn To The Left Predicts Europe Embracing Socialism
A former Romanian diplomat in the United States foresees postwar Europe adopting a modified socialism in stages. France whispers of a left leaning temper, the Dutch government-in-exile notes popular support for crown socialism, and Sweden shows early progress toward state socialism. The piece argues this shift should not alarm Americans, asserting the U S system remains strong, capable of reform, and preferable to fear of red danger.
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Europe
France
Sweden
United States
Washington Calfing Norris Leaves Mark In American History
Marquis Childs recalls George Norris from McCook Nebraska noting his humble origins and steadfast integrity. The piece lauds his legislative skill and long career, highlights his pivotal role in the TVA fight and Norris Dam, and urges Americans to remember his courage and persistence in shaping public policy.
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Washington Calfing- Norris
Marquis Childs
Washington
America
George Norris
McCook
Nebraska
Norris
Senate
Ory
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Norris Dam
Missouri Valley
MVA
Tennessee Valley
Norrises
Mom Wimpy keeps in touch with sons in service
Ruth Millett recounts how a Grand Rapids hamburger shop owner known as Mom Wimpy writes to 75 servicemen overseas. She notes how small, everyday comforts like barber chairs, hamburger joints, and drug stores symbolize home for soldiers, sailors, and marines on furlough and abroad.
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Mom Wimpy
Grand Rapids
Pacific
Leaders differ on peace terms after war
Norwegian Ambassador Wilhelm Morganstierne argues a strong peace is needed not a just one that would expel and murder Germans. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz notes the challenge of delivering German-scale bomb tonnage on Japan. Winston Churchill credits the Russian army with decisive action.
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Wilhelm Morganstierne
Japan
Adml
Chester Ww
Nimitz
Winston Churchill
Robot bombs and airpower fear in de Seversky forecast
A summary of Maj. de Seversky’s analysis in The American Mercury predicting robot bombs and air attacks across the globe. He argues Germany’s use of robot weapons is only beginning and outlines “torpedo boats of the air” launching bombs from varied directions and altitudes. The piece weighs costs and immunity in future wars and urges renewed U.S. airpower leadership to avoid being bombed in the next conflict.
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Minneapolis Star Journal
Maj
de Seversky
American Mercury
Maj. de Seversky
United States
Medics deserve combat badge say Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle lauds frontline medics in Normandy for courage under fire and argues medics in battalion detachments should receive the combat infantryman’s badge. He notes 19 casualties among 33 medics in seven weeks and urges policy change. He also recounts a gift stove from the Coleman Stove Co. crew in Wichita, a chromium plated keepsake with his name, in Paris.
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Ernie Pyle
France
Stars and Stripes
Congress
Taeir
Normandy
War Department
Italy
Coleman
Coleman Stove Co
Wichita
Kan
Sovereignty and relinquishment guide new world order
The excerpt contemplates sovereignty, relinquishment of old prejudices, and a willingness to pioneer in new ways of international order and amity, seeking an enduring framework for peaceful global cooperation.
Ration Calendar Clarifies Stamp Use and Validity
Office of Price Administration warns stamps must remain attached when exchanging rationed goods. Red Stamps Book Four AB through Z8 and AS through D5 now valid indefinitely for meats fats and other items. Blue Stamps Book Four AB through Z8 and A5 through F5 valid indefinitely for processed foods. Sugar Book Four stamps 30 31 and 42 cover five pounds indefinitely with home canning validity through Feb 28 1945. Gasoline colors and other stamps also listed with three gallon limits and revised expirations.
Period four and five fuel oil coupons extend through September
Period four and five fuel oil coupons remain valid in all areas until September 30. New period one coupons can be used immediately after receipt from local rationing boards. Report ceiling price violations to the price panel by phone at 508 or bring concerns to the regular panel meetings held Wednesdays at 2 p.m. in the courthouse.
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Paris
Japanese Drive Closer to Lingling Airbase
Japanese columns about 40 miles from Lingling airbase near the Kwangsi border surge along the Hunan Kwangsi rail line. The move aims to fragment China, with Kiyang 50 miles southwest of Hengyang as the Chinese high command reports. U S 14th Air Force backed Chinese efforts by hitting enemy concentrations and supply lines.
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Chungking
Lingling
Kwangsi
China
Kiyang
Hengyang
Walsh
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Custer Wing Inc Incorporates in Pierre
The Custer Wing Inc filed articles with the secretary of state to promote aviation. Incorporators and directors are B D Peterson M E Lindsey and J B Broyles, all residents of Custer South Dakota. The incorporation was recorded Sept 6 in Pierre.
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Custer Firm
Pierre
Custer Wing, Inc
To. YY
Custer
S.D
B.D. Peterson
M. E. Lindsey
J. 3. Broyles
Hollywood Mountain Top Serenade For Sugar Foot
ERSKINE JOHNSON reports Lauritz Melchior and his wife on a private Hollywood mountain estate called The Viking. The Danish baritone, about to debut in a film with Van Johnson and Esther Williams, talks of opera, rest for the voice, and tax support for living arts.
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Erskine Johnson
NEA
Shangri la
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Eale
San Fernando Valley
Sugar Foot
Metropolitan Opera
Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz
van Johnson
Esther Williams
M-G-M
Cupid
Mrs. Melchior
Van
Esther
Sugar
Geay
Childs
Alaska
Canada
South America
New York
Ouse
Melchiors
Privan
the Viking
Melchior
Laurity Melchior
Destruction and Atrocity Reported in Martincourt
War correspondent Wes Gallagher and Lt. Philip Wagner describe Martincourt in ruins after a German Panzergrenadier division burned the village and killed civilians. Survivors, including a 72 year old grandfather, a young man in bed, and others, were found amid burning houses. German soldiers looted, torched, and executed prisoners. a woman begged for mercy and temporarily halted one execution. Local villagers and allied soldiers recount subsequent burnings of nearby villages Beury and Rolw't Espange as part of a broader pattern.
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Wes Gallagher Martincourt
France
Jez
Martincourt
Earl Maze
Greenville
3. C
Stars and Stripes
Philip Wagner
Elmore St
Cincinnati
Ohio
FFL
Panzer Grenadier - Division
Grandther
Yvy
Roin
Wagner
Robert Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Rolw
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Anny
U.S
Air
Peter
Fraser
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
New England
Frontier
Ruth Millett
Bisa
Virduth
Dakota
Daliea
By Galbraith
IMC
M. Reo
U. S
OFA
Con
Office of Price Administration
Avery
Pall
Pikes
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