Renewal Of Savage Fighting Reported In New Guinea
Allied HQ in Australia reports renewed savage fighting in the New Guinea jungle between Buna and Port Moresby. Japanese garrison reinforcement acknowledged as possible. Allied bombers strike Kokoda supply dumps and Buna positions. Casualties include two Allied fighters and one bomber. one Japanese bomber destroyed. Australian and U S officers exchange training methods to reinforce mobile warfare tactics.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
MacArthy
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Kokoda
Lae
Banda Sea
Francis Forde
United States
Forde
Middle East
Major Suit Game Gives Extra Points
Albert Weiss of Chicago reached 260 points to become a Life Master after the Northern Illinois team-of-four event on May 2. He bid four hearts for its 20 extra match points, a risky line chosen to maximize the major suit game. Weiss executed a clever play sequence starting with dummy's ace of clubs and a spade finesse to secure the contract despite 3-3 trump division.
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Albert Weiss
Chicago
Weiss
Middle West
East
West
Defense Questions Defense Questions For ration era war guidance
The Raleigh Enterprise bureau answers reader questions on wartime civilian effects. Topics include continuing March low prices for laundry services, truck tire limits, extended bans on automobile racing, gasoline rationing coupon counterfeits, and emergency gas for medical transport with approved voucher use and station cashing.
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Enterprise
Raleigh
P. O
N.C
OPA
ODT
USO
Jeca
Harrison in Hollywood on The Oxbow Incident set
Hollywood notes recount feuding between director William Wellman and star Henry Fonda over a chair prank and chair swaps on The Oxbow Incident. Cast and crew joke about director’s tall chair, blue enamel tests, and a shift to chairs and boxes amid filming in August.
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Hollywood
Walter von Tillburg Clark
William Wellman
Wild Bill
Wellman
Henry Fonda
Fonda
Childs
Plans for Workers Conference at Bonclarken August 2028
Dr C Bynum Betts announced a Workers Conference of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church to be held at Bonclarken Summer Assembly Grounds Flat Rock North Carolina in August 2028. Leaders include Dr W C Robinson and Dr H Shelton Smith with courses on religious education and teaching methods. The piece also covers Montreat education ties and a survey on church related colleges by Dr George A Works.
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Clinton, S. C
C. Bynum Betts
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bonclarken
Flat Rock
N. C
W. C. Robinson
Columbia Seminary
Decatur
Georgia
H. Shelton Smith
Christian Ethics
Duke University
Robinson
Church College
Works
Delaware Report Interest Grows From Clergy and Laity
North Carolina Council of Churches reports ongoing requests for copies of the Delaware Report a message for the National Study Conference on the Churches and a Just and Durable Peace. The inquiries come from laymen and clergymen alike suggesting broad lay interest in the peace envisioned after the current world conflict.
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North Carolina
Woman Sells Garments. Finds Diamonds In Pocket
Philadelphia Mrs Ella Barr 40 hung clothes to dry, then sold the garments to an itinerant peddler for 14 cents. Later she recalled a pocket contained three diamond rings valued at 750 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Ella Barr
Island's Head Puzzle Answers and Clues List
A compact entry listing crossword clues and answers from the Island's Head puzzle. Includes scattered terms such as Scarce Males Elevate Peruse Proposed law Paid notices Ship's record Label Finish Behold Dined Exclamati Cerium Twist Jewel Attempt Honey producer Pastoral Excounter Obtain He is an in the Fre navy Ocean Egyptian sun god Like ISLAND'S HEAD Born Niobium Bits of news Give Graduate in Pharmacy Abbr Alternating current and Examine His superiors at France Employed Flower Sheep's cry Paradise Accomplish North Carolina Abbr Beverage Air with- form Provide with weapons Fondle Part of law Spoil Affirmative Defeat Road Disembark Canvas lodge Determined Donkey Lion Aid Plentiful Pass as a law Hen products at Pain Ohio University Abbr Boy's nickname Virginia Exists Year Abbr
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Paradise
North Carolina
Ohio University
Virginia
Services At The Churches Christian Science Sermon
Sunday August 2 featured the Christian Science lesson titled Love with passages from II Corinthians and John. Citations from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy emphasized God as divine Mind Life Truth and Love and urged spiritual understanding over corporeal views.
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Christian Science
Jesus
God
Mary Baker Eddy
Palm City men steal small house in truck
In San Diego the sheriff reports two men in Palm City stole a small house and moved it by truck. Meanwhile New Zealand expresses concern over a potential electricity shortage.
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San Diego
Calif
Palm City
Second Front Minded SOS In Great Britain
A. E. F. Services of Supply in Britain concentrates on preparing supply lines for a potential Europe bound invasion. SOS handles unloading, transport, housing, food, and medical support while adapting to British limits. It faces port, storage, and equipment challenges, including scarce telephone poles and altered supply chains.
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A. E. F. Services of Supply
Great Britain
Donn Sutton
NEA Service
London
U. S. Army
SOS
Britain
Channel
North Sea
His Majesty
John Q Doughbos
British Isles
Transportation Branch
Quartermaster Corps
OM Department
AL Kk. F
U.S
Signal Corps
Leaf Growers Expect Prices Commensurate With High Cost Of Farm Labor
North Carolina tobacco growers anticipate prices that reflect higher farm labor costs and a stronger market, says W P Hedrick of the State Agricultural Department. Border belt markets open Thursday across NC and SC, with 1942 production estimated at 59.16 million pounds on 38 000 acres, up from 1941.
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Hedrick
Raleigh
North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
State Agricultural Department
Border Belt
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lamberton
Tabor City
Whiteville
Nerw Carolina
Mullins
Timmonsville
Kingstree
Loris
Lake City
Dillon
Conway
Hedri
Georgia
Tobacco Association of United States
Williams appointed to West Point teaching assignment
Aug 3 report from Raleigh states Car F Carter Williams instructor in the military department at New Carolina State College has been assigned a special teaching post at West Point effective Augusta, marking a notable appointment in military education.
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Raleigh
F. Carter Williams
Military Department of
New Carolina State College
West Point
Augusta
Industrial rivals reshape postwar transport boom
The article traces a broad postwar struggle among new plane and merchant vessel makers including Kaiser, Higgins, Ford, and four others who press to outpace prewar originators. Government agencies like the ICC, Maritime Commission, War Production Board, Army, Navy, and the White House divide influence as decisions will steer long term industrial futures.
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Pare Oneington
Kaisers, Higginses
Fords
Jean
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
Army and Navy
White House
Washington
Strategic bombing and the war in fuel supply
A New York analysis discusses the purpose of long range air raids, arguing they aim to cripple Germany by destroying industrial capacity, oil, and transport. It notes Allied air power, the role of generals, and the impact on the front from the Volga to the Caucasus, urging realism about timing and outcomes.
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Hamburg
Volga
Nazi Ordnance and Quartermaster Corps
Ss. O. S
Wehrmacht
U. S
Downing Street
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