Unwinding Deep Sea Gold Heist From the Reichsbank Vaults
The narrator recounts a perilous salvage operation aboard the K S R. divers recover gold and ship papers from a wreck, endure a brutal undersea entrapment, and survive with multiple injuries and near death before reaching an English port. The tale ends with a cliffhanger and credits the book collaboration.
Military moves and training assignments in WWII era
Uniform from Central South Dakota Blunt Leslie James Ki and Mrs William Kirsch began training at Farragut Idaho Naval Training Station. Pvt Otto Eaton takes basic training at Lincoln Air Base Nebraska. Ensign Dale Verdugt Navy air corps transferred from Pensacola Florida to San Diego California. Richard Ellis pharmacist mate Jr arrives from Boston for furlough with parents. Sgt Frank Fallon arrives from Sedalia Missouri for a 10 day furlough with family.
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Blunt Leslie James Ki
Wiliam Kirsch
U. S. Naval Training Station
Farragut
Ida
Orient Pvt
Otto Eaton
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
T. Lawrence
Dale Verdugt
Navy Air Corps
Peter Verdugt
Pensacola
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Richard Ellis
Jee
Boston
Melvin Ellis
Burdette
Frank Fallon
Sedalia
Cook County Till For Payroll Empty
Cook County treasurer Victor L. Schlasger announced the till for payroll was empty on Tuesday and payroll days until December 1 for about 6,000 employees were forecast. He said tax anticipation warrants may be issued starting December 1 when the next fiscal year begins. County Board President Clayton F. Smith cited insufficient revenues as the cause of the county’s cash shortage.
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Costello
Mansfeld
Russia
England
Stavantsev
Germany
Berlin
Reichsbank
Chivaco
Cook County
Chicago
Victor L. Schlasger
Schlaegar
Clayton F. Smith
WPB Moves To End Shoe Leather Crisis
The War Production Board ordered 25 large leather cutting firms to divert output to civilian shoe repairs to alleviate an acute shortage of sole leather. The diversion would exceed average monthly deliveries to shoe repairers during 1937 to 1941.
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WPB
Washington
War Production Board
Puzzle Clues Mixed With Geography And History
A dense riddle style list mixes phonetic hints with country names and numbers. Clues reference Balkan nations borders Adriatic Sea and Nazi bombing history, inviting solving A to Z style wordplay across languages and units.
Postwar TV to put viewers in three places at once
In a 1940s era report on television possibilities, Howard W. Blakeslee notes postwar TV could let a viewer watch a derby from home with an inset closeup of the favorite. He cites synchronization, fast electronic counting, and experiments at RCA labs, plus debates on new acting forms and the realism of televised images.
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Castello
Mansfield
Costello
Weissfelt
Bullenead Coor
Costelis
Weissicit
Anne
Big Ben
Weissfeit
Costella
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
New York City
NBC
New Jersey
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
War
RCA Laboratories
Allen B. Dumont Television
Sam Cuff
Leest
Cuff
Ready to Fight: Our Boys Stand Ready to Give Blood
A wartime call urges readers to support the effort and prepare to sacrifice planes tanks bullets and lives. It stresses 1939 1941 battles and the shift from defense to invasion with enlistment and public resolve.
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Hitler
Japan
United Nations
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