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National
Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley Building
Junk Goes to War Card: Waste Becomes War Material
A wartime civic appeal highlights how everyday trash like tin cans rags paper fats and other debris support Army and Navy needs. It notes 2 800 shipping container items for blood and urges citizens to recycle and repurpose waste to aid war production and relief efforts.
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Army
Navy
Sunspot Activity Causes Unusual TV Report
Sunspot activity explains long distance television reception beyond 300 miles as engineers note the Heaviside layer varies with sunspot cycles. CBS engineer Robert Serreil says waves 30 to 80 megacycles are affected, with an 11 year cycle bringing increasing activity and more distant signals. Preview broadcasts list Democratic convention coverage with station schedules and programs for NBC CBS and others.
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C. E. Butterfield
New York
Robert Serreil
CBS
NBC
Howard Barlow
Rose Bampton
Ann Rutherford
Lionel Barrymore
Herbert Marshall
Screen Guild
Horace
Heidi Time
Bob Strong
Alfred Allenstein
Marines Bombarded Marshall Islands and Indies Fire
Fifth Marine air forces bombed Marshall Islands on Friday while enemy air opposition was absent and anti aircraft fire only hit one bomber. Meanwhile Hollywood produced about 312 feature films and 500 shorts in 1943 costing roughly 247 million dollars. Lightning storms plagued parts of the Dutch East Indies nearly nightly.
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Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Marshall Islands
Frida
The History of Rome Hanks by Joseph Pennell
A hostile review praises Joseph Pennell's The History of Rome Hanks as the year’s finest new talent and a bold novel. The critic lauds its present and past narrative structure and brutal prose but condemns repeated vulgar words and editor treatment as ridiculous. The plot follows narrator Lee exploring his family history as he pursues a marriage, with mixed reporting from varied sources.
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Rome
Hanks
Joseph Stanley Pennell
Scribners
Boston
Charles Scribner
Mr. Pennell
Hemingway
Rome Hanks
Lee
Jess
Japan's Head Reports Pacific War Intensifies This Year
Britain gears up to deploy large forces to the Pacific as a decisive blow on Japan looms this year. Nimitz marks first land based bombing of Iwo Jima with Liberators from Saipan. Japanese pressure from Hengyang and Tengchung persists while Chinese forces counterattack to safeguard key railway gaps. Allied efforts in North Burma and New Guinea consolidate positions as MacArthur reports river crossings and disrupted supply lines. Meanwhile Allied air forces hit targets across Germany and France with heavy bombers and fighters, while missing planes complicate assessments.
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Japan
Germany
Nimitz
Iwo Jima Island
Tokyo
Saipan
Hengyang
Yingtak
Stilwell
Myitkyina
New Guinea
Driniumor
Douglas MacArthur
Reich
Normandy
Rennes
Nantes
Argentan
Strategic Air Force
Munich
Saarbaucker
Mediterranean
Roosevelt Fourth Term Looms In Nomination Fight
Special to Central Press reports Roosevelt plans a fourth term if elected. Democrats seek unity at Chicago convention amid debates over Wallace renomination, southern revolt and reconversion pressures. Key figures include Rayburn Barkley Truman Byrnes Murray and McNutt in a tense, factional battle shaping the party's fate.
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Central Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt Jr
Paign
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Dutch Up
Wallace
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Alden Barkley
Kentucky
Texas
Virignia
Mississippi
Carolinas
Egypt marks eighth anniversary of King Fuad I with stamp
Egypt observes the eighth anniversary of King Fuad I’s death with a 10 mil stamp depicting the monarch who died in 1936 at 68. The portrait by Polish artist Philip A. de Lasaie is used on stamps issued from 1922 to 1936 and the 1944 anniversary date, April 28, is printed on the label. Sales of US postage stamps at the Philatelic Agency for 1944 reach 2,028,467.13, the second highest in agency history, boosted by stamps of occupied nations and other issues.
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Egypt
Fuad I
Philip A. de Lasaie
Puad
Khedive
Ismail Pasha
United States
Philatelic Agency
1Ist
Ware
Yaebord
Post Office Department
Occupied Nations
Greece
Denmark
Poland
Bombing raid over target drops largest Heiviest load
A Saturday raid on Ploesti dropped the Heaviest bombs yet on the target. Ten enemy aircraft were destroyed in the action, marking a severe blow to the opposing force as strategic air power intensified in the campaign.
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Ploesti
War Today foresees bloody peninsula battle
The piece argues the upcoming front on the peninsula will decide the Allied invasion's success. It warns the fight will be bloody due to its vast importance, with the outcome affecting Hitler's prospects and the potential for a rapid breakthrough into the hinterland.
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Hitler
Scrape Scoop and Skim Fat Amid War Economy
In a belt-tightening effort the three S’s Scrape Scoop and Skim guide home fat conservation. Scrape fat from pans and bones for rendering, Scoop globules from water after fatty foods, Skim fat from stews soups and gravies. Each pound earns two ration points for meat.
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Medlemea
Wrightsville Bank Scandal Witness Seeks Motive
In a rambling trial transcript, Mackenzie denies collateral for a five thousand dollar loan to Haight, while Wrightsville National Bank figures in political ties. District Attorney Bradford probes Haight's finances amid rumors of schemes and a suspect marriage for money.
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Donald Mache
James
Mr. Mackenzie
Mackenzie
PFC
Wraentertie Ae
John Lex Wright
H Jist
Martin cFoas
Mckenzie
Wrightsville National Bank
Joan
John F
Hitler risks a doomed push as eastern front shatters
The report argues Hitler’s plan to make France the decisive theater backfires as the Western drive stalls and the eastern front dissolves into chaos. Red armies rip through lines, leaving any supposed eastward pivot untenable and exposing German strength to rapid erosion.
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Fuyer
France
Hitler
Some A,B C s of Growing Broccoli Release
An unclear note discusses growing broccoli with references to roots spreading as plants develop. It mentions shallow surface disturbance to avoid root damage and hints at feeding with complete fertiliser, though text is fragmented and a cohesive guidance cannot be fully parsed.
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Sya
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