Ice Cream Helps Patch Anglo American Naval Tension
On a US carrier off Japan ten gallons of ice cream bridge a brief breach in Anglo American relations. A British destroyer and American crew exchanged mock formalities as a cor respondent crossed lines with a hawser and a light exchange of correspondence. The ice cream gift sealed goodwill with cheers and a final thanks from the British skipper.
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Julian Hartt
International News Service
Admiral McCain
Japan
Marines Paid Heavy Price To Win Palaus
AP recounts the Peleliu campaign in 1944 where Marines landed September 15 and faced fierce counterattacks and cave battles. The battle, plus fighting on Angaur and other Palau islands, left Marines and Navy casualties above 6,000 and Japanese losses totaling 13,500.
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Pelesiu
Palau
U. S. Marine
Leathernecks
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Philippines
Ngaur
Ngesebus
Kongauru
Angaur
Peleliu
Palaus
Old Time Railroad Slang Finds Fresh Popularity
Omaha dispatch notes railroad workers at all levels enjoy renewed interest in historic slang. Examples include pig for locomotive and pigskinner for engineer, with phrases like strawberry patch for red-lit yards and gandy dancers for section hands.
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Omaha
Neb
Joe Meehan
Union Pacific Railroad
Meehan
Juvenile Cases Increase in High Point July Report
A city monthly report shows July juvenile cases rising overall in High Point. Neglected children cases reached 93, probation and parole 43, while delinquent and adult cases declined, totaling 164 compared with last July.
R L Mounce Formerly of This City Dies
Mrs Nell Bishop reports the death of her uncle R L Mounce of Walkertown He formerly lived here for years and worked for Welch Furniture His sister Ada Pugh and niece Lillian Wright plus nephews Abe J Simpson and Fred C Smith also reside in the area
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Nell Bishop
R. L. Mounce
Walkertown
Welch Furniture Company
Ada Pugh
Lillian Wright
Abe J. Simpson
Fred C. Smith
Blind Commission Chooses Raleigh Site for Center
Raleigh officials report the state blind commission approved building a pre conditioning center for adult blind on the former old soldiers home site. The project also won backing from the United Daughters of the Confederacy which wants the site preserved as a Confederate memorial. Derivatives of common salt are used in aircraft production and various military materials.
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Raleigh
State Blind Commission
State Board of Buildings and Grounds
United Daughters of the Confederacy
College baseball push and sports trivia roundup
Colorado U coach Harry Carlson urges high schools to add baseball to athletic programs. A committee linked with a major league group weighs keeping college players in college. Trainer Spike Dixon recalls a 1930s pine tree incident. Shorts note giants bear mountain tale and a $19,000 signing in Newark. Horse racing purses rise at Mexico’s Las Americas track. Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth sparring quips close the item.
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New York
Harry Carlson
Colorado U
College Coaches Association
Dwayne
Spike) Dixon
Marquette U
Champaign
Ill
Dixon
Illinois U
Spike
Football Giants
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Bill Abbott
Doc” Sweeney
Bill
Ted del Guerico
Newark
N. J
Red Sox
Durham
Mexico
Hippodroma de Las Americas
Sugar Ration to Hold Steady as Stamp No 38 Planned
Washington Aug 23 The new sugar stamp valid September 1 will keep the current household ration of five pounds for four months. Sugar supplies remain tight and total rations are 25 percent below prewar levels. Supplies are not expected to rise until next year as imports climb. The stamp is expected to be No 38 in ration book four, skipping No 37 due to past misapplication.
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Washington
OPA
Poison Ivy Treatment Promo At Manns Store
An advertisement promotes Teo solution as a poison ivy remedy claiming rapid skin relief. It promises most cases clear after a single application and offers a 35 cent refund if not satisfied. The copy urges readers to buy today at Mann's drugstore.
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Mann's
Jimmy Bivins Downs Archie Moore Twice in Sixth Round
In Cleveland Jimmy Bivins Kayoed Archie Moore twice in a wild bout. Bivins weighed 186% to Moore's 168 and knocked Moore out in the second and sixth rounds, snapping Moore’s 27 straight victories.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Bivins
Archie Moore
St. Louis
Bivins
Moore
Archie
Bob Pasaio
Justice Jackson Returns To Nuernberg
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief United States counsel for the war crimes prosecutions, returned from Nuernberg after inspecting preparations for trials of Germany's top Nazis expected to begin about October 1. About 30 potential defendants and key witnesses are housed in Nuernberg jail, with more to be transferred.
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London
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Nuernberg
Germany
Post-Combat Discipline Angers GIs in EU Theater
U.S. troops in the European Theater express frustration with strict post combat discipline. They oppose overbearing procedures by nonfrontline officers, citing uniform rules and early inspections. The Stars and Stripes editorial warns that harsh redeployment practices could erode public support for the military.
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U. S
INS
ETO
Germany
L's
Pacific
G.I
Eisbaden
Paris
London
SHAEF
Frankfurt
Aer
Stars and Stripes
Champs Elysees
Battered Duren Slowing Coming Back To Life
In Duren Germany five months after the war end civilians return to rubble filled streets near Aachen and the Roer crossing. About two thousand former residents live in a camp by the railroad station as people rebuild amid destroyed shops and shells holes.
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Duren
Germany
INS
Aachen
Roer
First Army
Cologne
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AP News
New Orleans
Wilson’s Weekly
Wilson & Co
George Rector
Cebu Island
Kataoka
Cebu City
Raymond G. Chesley
Wakefield
Mass
W. S. Hodgson
Chestnut Hill
Signal Corps
Manila
Blind Commission
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Babe
Ruth
Del-Tex
Nabisco
Ile
Gee Ea
Lipton’s
Ugi
Amr
Soranges
Cn le
Sano Y
Kayo
Justice Jackson
Joseph Willicombe
United Forces
America
Ata
Scala
ICE Delivery Company
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