London Announces Eagle Sinking in Mediterranean Battle
The British aircraft carrier Eagle has been sunk in the Mediterranean with many of its 748 crew saved. A German submarine claim is noted. Admiralty confirms loss and says next of kin will be informed. The ship, begun as the Almirante Cochrane in 1913, cost over £4.6 million after refits and purchases.
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U S Fighters In Desert To Aid British
United States Army fighter pilots arrived in the western desert to learn flying conditions as dust storms curtailed front line actions. They will fly RAF American made Kittyhawks and Tomahawks in South African squadrons under an Alabama colonel with 5000 hours. Casualties noted among enemy labor parties as British patrols operate across the German Italian front. Shortstops abound in Ashland baseball with 60 players. ten are shortstops.
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Western Desert
Alabama
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Inventions and Remedies
Itchy skin blemishes blamed for many broken relationships and scratched romances. The ad promotes Peterson's Ointment as quick relief for pimples eczema and red blotches with a money back guarantee after one application. It also claims relief for tired feet and toe cracks.
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Grange Seeks Farming Labor Across North Carolina
Grange president Harry B. Caldwell told Raleigh officials that farm labor is scarce and worse than the early cultivation period. Migratory camps help only in large numbers, while prison labor options pose economic and logistical problems. Farm leaders are studying solutions to prevent jeopardizing the crop harvest and food program.
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Harry B. Caldwell
State Grange
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Broughton
Garrett Leads Qualifying In Emerywood Club Championship
Frank Garrett shot 70 to top the qualifying in the men's club championship at Emerywood Country Club. Scores listed include Snow 73 Difffendal 79 Chetwood 85 Poole 86 Lovelace 81 Geddie 81 Bryant 80 Whitner 90 Fink 93 and Comer 86. Matches continue through Saturday with a mixed Scotch foursome planned Friday.
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Ansel Snow
Charles Diffendal
Logan Chetwood
J. W. Poole
J. B. Lovelace
Dr. K. B. Geddie
Paul Bryant
Bob Thurman
A. G. Whitner
J. B. Fink
and W. Cc. Comer
New York Three Way Drive to Shield Soldiers From Disease
New York authorities including Army Navy and local police launched a three day campaign to prevent disease among service members. The drive aims at protecting troops with health checks vaccinations and sanitation measures amid rising concerns.
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New York
Army
Navy
SCREEN ACTRESS PUZZLE ANSWER CONNECTS TO HARLEM CAMPAIGN
Men from contracting general diseases in New York City. The tri point campaign includes arrest on sight of prostitutes, setting up prophylactic stations for soldiers and sailors, and declaring Harlem as a bounds for all service men but Negroes.
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Harlem
Bomber Over Iceland Reported But No Attack Made
In Reykjavik Iceland authorities announced a German bomber was observed over western Iceland yesterday afternoon but did not attack. An alarm sounded on the north coast at Akureyri Iceland second largest city with about 5000 residents though no planes were seen.
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Akureyri
Home for Boodles Detroit
Boodles a Boston terrier finds a home after President Roosevelt intervenes. Carl Wartell and his wife appealed when pet owners were barred from government project homes. The matter went to Detroit housing chief Charles Fedecamb, who reinstated the Wartells' rejected application.
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Charles F. Edecocamb
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Wartell
Bulls Trample Sox With Ease in Piedmont League action
In Charlotte on August 12 the Asheville Tourists defeated the Norfolk Tars 8 to 3, while the Durham Bulls routed the Greensboro Red Sox 10 to 3. Genovese homered for Asheville, and Douglas and Whitman led Durham with three hits each. The Richmond-Winston-Salem and Charlotte-Portsmouth games were postponed. the Durham-Greensboro game ended early.
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Richmond - Winston-Salem
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Woman amputates foot to free boat mechanism
The Jacksonville woman Mrs. C F Thompson, 32, severed her own foot with a six inch fishing knife after it tangled in a motor boat drive shaft. She traveled to New River Marine Base Hospital where she improved and underwent a second operation to remove the leg below the knee due to muscle injury from the machinery. A 16 year old boy assisted in piloting the boat when her slacks became caught.
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C. F. Thompson
New River Marine Base Hospital
Toda
Thompson
American Bombers Strike Jap Airdrome at Nanchang
United States planes attacked the Japanese airfield at Nanchang, claimed one enemy plane shot down and another probably destroyed, with five hits including a hangar. The mission returned safely, according to a Stilwell headquarters communique. The report notes 90,000 pounds of grapefruit seed oil produced in 1940.
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Chungking
United States
Nanchang
Joseph
W. Stilwell
Eight sisters spur heroic Navy enlistment tale
Samuel Pa oli explains he joins the Navy because he has eight sisters. He tells the recruiting officer that with so many sisters and being the only boy in the house it is a wonder the family didn’t trail him. Eight smiling girls stand in the hallway watching.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Paoli
Navy
McKenney on Bridge Two-suiter and trump play reviewed
The article compares today and yesterday's bridge hands. South shows a major two-suiter while North denies spades but accepts hearts. West opens trumps today, leading to a sequence where the nine of diamonds forces the jack, and subsequent leads and plays determine how the trumps and diamonds yield.
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North
West
Declarer
East
Unbeatable contract or strategy in a misfired spade endgame
Bridge analysis discusses South facing West misplay and a trump lead. Declarer’s plan hinges on spade ruffs and diamond forcing actions. With West short in diamonds and spades, the defense can end in a cross-ruff to sink the declarer, making the contract not unbeatable.
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East
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Wast
Kid Eddie Dunn Scores in Miami Glow
Miami Herald sports editor Ev Clay watched a 12 year old surge through a dozen rivals for a touchdown in Miami on August 12. The speedy youngster, asked his identity, replies I am Eddie Dunn not Red Grange.
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Miami. Fla
Ev Clay
The
Miami Herald
Red Grange
Eddie Dunn
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