Long Distance Romance Keeps Hearts Connected At San Diego Station
A San Diego service telephone station becomes a lifeline for sailors and Marines awaiting calls home. Stories include a teen learning of his mother’s death, couples pledging with a "yes," and a Marine awaiting news of a newborn and later finding his wife recovering after a loss. The system bridges wartime separation with emotional moments and urgent family updates.
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Harold Keen
Central Press
San Diego
Cal
Sioux City
Smith
Grand Rapids
Lexington
Tarawa
Cleveland
12 Year Olds Battle Germans In Warsaw
London reports boys of 12 fighting German tanks in Warsaw per the Polish underground press bureau via a dispatch from General Bor. The homeland army seized a tank, civilian John Lumenski the first civilian decorated for Warsaw’s defense. Underground fighters recaptured Solidorz district and reported German-set fires at the national museum Red Cross hospital Athenaeum theater and a large apartment building.
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London
Warsaw
Bor
Homeland Army
John Lumenski
Solidorz
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
National Museum
Red Cross
Athenaeum
Kellogg's All-Bran Ad Claims Relief For Constipation
An old Kellogg advertisement promotes All-Bran as a gentle regulating food to relieve constipation caused by lack of dietary cellulose. It urges regular consumption of All-Bran or muffins and plenty of water, noting Kellogg's Battle Creek production and advising readers to avoid purgatives.
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Charleston
Missouri
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Four Strike Leaders Dismissed From Jobs
Four leaders of the Philadelphia transportation strike, free on $2,500 bonds, have been dismissed from their jobs. Army spokesman confirmed the dismissals but gave no details. Named are James McMenamin, Frank P. Carney, Wm. C. Dixey, and Frank Thompson.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation
Army
James McMenamin
Frank P. Carney
Wm. C. Dixey
Frank Thompson
Funeral for J A Baker Jr Held in Charlotte
Funeral services were held today for J A Baker Jr 25 a cotton merchant in Charlotte who died at his home yesterday He was the grandson of Mrs A W Baker of Sumter South Carolina.
Canadian First Army Forms in Field for First Time
France, Aug. 74 1 The First Canadian Army leaves the British Second Army and becomes a separate field formation. On the front the American First Army is on the right and the British Second Army is in the center with the Canadian Army on the left under Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery. Lt. Gen. H. D. G. Crerar commands a large force as the new army becomes fully organized.
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First Canadian Army
France
Dominion
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. D. G. Crerar
Householders Warned To Lay In Fuel Supply
The Office of Defense Transportation urged households and building owners to stockpile winter fuel oil while deliveries are possible. Truck shortages and tire scarcities, plus a railroad tank car shortage, threaten next fall’s fuel oil deliveries.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
City Considers 1 Percent Income Tax for Kansas City
City council weighs a charter amendment to permit a 1 percent city income tax. Officials estimate the levy would raise about 4 million dollars annually for Kansas City.
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Kansas City
28 Committee Chairmanships At Stake In Full Election
Republican victory in the next House would sap southern influence by ousting 28 chairmanships including leaders Colmer and Woodrum. The shift would reduce southern chair posts on war policy and military, naval, and merchant marine committees, reshaping key panels and power.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Capitol
Texas
Sam Rayburn
House Committee
Eeleven
Northcentral
New England
House
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Colmer
Dmiss
Woodrum
D-Va
Andrew May
D-Ky
Georgia
Car Vinson
Virginia
Schulyer
Otis Bland
Agriculture
Fulmer
Congressional agenda items outline postwar legislation push
The list enumerates topics before Congress including banking and currency with Spence and Rankin handling veterans' legislation. It covers judiciary, flood control, rivers and harbors, appropriations and expenditures in executive departments plus investigations by Ways and Means and other committees led by Doughton Mansfield Cannon and Manaseo.
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Spence
Dky
Sumners
D-Tex
Rankin
D-Miss
Whittington
Doughton
D-Nc
Mansfield
Cannon
D-Mo
Manaseo
Ala
Psalms Composition Dates Narrowed by Scholars
Some Psalms are dated as early as 900 BC while others trace to the Second Century, suggesting a wide span of authorship and compilation over centuries. Scholars weigh linguistic clues, historical context, and manuscript evidence to place these biblical poems within their broad timeline.
Oak Leaf Cluster for S/Sgt Charles A. Michael
Staff Sergeant Charles A. Michael of High Point North Carolina received an oak leaf cluster to his Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement during sustained combat over enemy occupied Europe. He trained at Keesler Field Willow Run and Harlington and is a 1939 Lexington High School graduate who joined the army in 1942 after work at Bedford Sales.
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England
Charles A. Michael
A. H. Michael
High Point
North Carolina
Europe
Eighth Air Force
United States
Michael
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Willow Run
Michigan
Harlington
Texas
Lexington
Bedford Sales Co
High Pont
Wrightsville Beach Fully Open After Wind Storm
Wrightsville Beach resort facilities are in operation after the August 1 wind storm. Mayor J. R. Wood said no disabling damage occurred to hotels, residences, boarding houses or business houses.
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Wilmington
Wrightville Beach
J. R. Wood
Wrightsville Beach
Milwaukee Special Derails Injuring 26 Near Lake City
Twenty six people were injured when the Milwaukee Road eastbound Olympian derailed near the Lake City station in Minnesota early today. The train, which does not stop at Lake City, was traveling about 35 miles per hour at the time of derailment. Four remained in the hospital this morning.
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Lake City
Minn
Milwaukee Road
Leg Muscle Cramps Across Ages Explained By Dr. Glendening
A physician explains intermittent claudication or leg cramps caused by narrowed arteries during walking, night cramps in pregnancy, and swimmer's cramps from overexertion. Rest, reduced walking, calcium intake, and general massage or foot exercises are discussed as relief, with notes on physiological theories and luck of concrete cures.
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Bowers
Military Surgeon Journal
Strike Affected Father Learns Son Died in France
James Samuels of Clementon New Jersey, a Philadelphia transportation conductor, received a war department message at home during a transit strike confirming his son Sgt. Harry J. Samuels 26 died of wounds in France sustained July 19 during Tunisian campaigns.
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Philadelphia
James Samuels
Clementon, N. J
War Department
PTC
Harry J. Samuels
France
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Procel
Reese
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Canadian First Army
Coughton
Ways and Means
Drake Star
Drake University
Thell H. Fisher
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Fisher
Brooklyn
Marine Corps
S Sgt
C. A. Michael
Oak Leaf Cluster
Milwaukee
GULF
Gulflex
The
American Petroleum Institute
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Dr. Glendening
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America
Gulf Station
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