Ak-Sar-Ben Uses Fun to Aid War Effort in Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha’s unique civic group, resumes fun making this summer to aid the war effort. A series of Stars under the Stars entertainments at Creighton University stadium feature soldiers and UK members, with crowds from Fort Omaha and surrounding camps. The effort funds itself, supporting Smiles for Soldiers and Food for Freedom as part of a broad wartime civic campaign.
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Richard W. Randolph
International News Service
Omaha, Neb
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Creighton University Stadium
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Electronics Institute
Seventh Command
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Charley Goodman
Horace Heidt
Air Corps
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Jimmy Durante
Grace Moore
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Jefferson Barracks
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Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Pearl Harbor
Middle West
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Red Cross
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Baby Album Highlights Local Birthdays This August
Delois Edwards Billy Hicks Dixie Roach Sylvia Cox Frances Batten Mack Deaton Margo Spradley Carolyn Proctor James Whitesell and families share birthday milestones. Children from Thomasville and local addresses celebrate one to three year marks, as armed forces and Army Air Corps service are noted for some families.
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Delois Ann Edwards
Kenneth P. Edwards
Magnolia Court
Billy Gene Hicks
W. E. Hicks
High Point
Sylvia Marlene Cox
Calvin R. Cox
Walker Street
Army Air Corps
Frances Dolores Batten
John R. Batten
Ward Street
Thomasville
Mack Deaton
Dock Deaton
Asheboro Street
Little Margo Yvonne Spradley
T. G. Spradley
Prospect Road
Carolyn Marie Proctor
William Proctor
Long Street
James Sylvester Whitesell
Jimmy
James H. Whitesell
Randleman Route One
Ak-Sar-Ben King and Queen Crowned at Omaha Coliseum
The Omaha social season featured the crowning of Ak-Sar-Ben royalty in the Coliseum on a 200 acre tract west of the city. The king, chosen from Omaha business leaders, and the queen were kept secret until the ceremony. William M. Jeffers, noted as a rubber director, was among recent monarchs. Sonja Henie and other ice stars wowed thousands in attendance.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
William M. Jeffers
Sonja Henie
Coliseum
Ickes Reports Soldiers Eat Lots Of Fresh Fish
Secretary Ickes, Fisheries Coordinator, says soldiers in training camps eat about four times as much fresh fish as civilians. Weekly military consumption reaches 1,750,000 pounds dressed weight across roughly 5,000,000 men. The war era menu expands from eight to at least 36 fish species. A Liberator B-24, first aerial Flying Dutchman, flew 2000 miles empty before crashing in Mexico. The navy’s improved K type airship carries a gas volume of 400,000 cubic yards.
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Washington
Ickes
Gulf
Florida
Mexico
Brand New Stalingrad Being Built
Admiral Standley touring Stalingrad reported rapid reconstruction after the 1942 siege. He saw a functioning tractor factory, railroad operation, and a 200000-strong tent city rebuilding the city. He noted thousands of German planes and about 1000 wrecked tanks being salvaged for reuse.
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Moscow
William H. Standley
U. S
Russia
Stalingrad
Standley
Volga
Friedrich von Paulus
Tashkent
Central Asia
Messina Edges Toward Recovery After Bombing
Messina Sicily Aug 18 delayed reports say the city hit by aerial bombing is beginning municipal recovery under AMGOT after American troops entered the port yesterday. The area remains under threat from shells from the Italian mainland while officials move to revive commerce in the 225000 population city.
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Messina
Sicily
Sicilian
Allied advance frees Messina amid bread famine relief effort
After air attacks drove out most residents, about 60 000 remained in Messina with shortages. Grain deliveries began and plans for steady food flow to ends bread famine. AMGOT team led by Lieut Col Karl Glos and a British major works to restore water and power and resume normal city life.
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51St Street
Portland
Ore
Messina
Glos
Rochester
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Metropolitan Police
New Scotland Yard
London
Christmas cookies molds and an X ray inspector
In Holland Christmas cookies are baked in three molds a goose for men a donkey for women and a bird for children. A mass production X ray machine can inspect up to 11000 airplane castings in a day.
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Holland
Oldest U.S. resident named as James Wilson of Vidalia
The United States Census Bureau marks James Walter Wilson of Vidalia Georgia as the oldest person in the United States at age 117.联系人
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United States
James Walter Wilson
Vidalia, Ga
Hunger Illness Death In Famine Observe Deadly Disease Link
Most fatalities in famines stem from disease caused by poor diet rather than starvation. Experts warn malnutrition weakens immunity, increasing susceptibility to infections and complicating recovery in affected populations.
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