Women Guard Hawaii Day and Night From Air Attacks
In Hawaii a unit named WARDS or Women’s Air Raid Defense Service staffs a tunnel hub with over 150 women from the United States and Hawaii. They track planes day and night in a 24 7 wartime role, recruited after Pearl Harbor. Volunteers include service wives who stay with husbands and transfer to Hawaii, drawn by the need to contribute actively to defense.
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Hawaii
Ins
Ahau
United States
Catherine Coonley
Pearl Harbor
Ted
Mrs. Y
Milky Security
Pacific
Janya Widrin
Los Angeles
Seven- Senth Ave
San Francisco
Howver
Miss Widrin
WAC
United Tes
Globe-Trotting Writer Recalls Embarrassing News Coverage
Globe trotting writer Dinie Tighe recalls personal embarrassments while covering royalty and Hollywood. She recounts royal tour mishaps with King George and Queen Elizabeth, dinners, and tense moments aboard a destroyer. She notes a dramatic incident with a snake during a Pittsburgh address to Legionnaires.
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Globe-Trotting
Dinie Tighe
International News Service
London
INS
Hollywood
George
Queen Elizabeth
Empire
Canada
Pittsburgh
Edmund Lowe
Canaires
Eggs Replace Guinea Pigs In Infection Studies At Pueblo Hospital
Colorado State hospital technicians Lois Gallahher and Pauline Kurachi demonstrated using fertile chick embryos to study infections, particularly tuberculosis. The method speeds testing from weeks to days, with six to seven generations of disease observed in 11.80 dollars for equipment and hospital eggs.
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State Hospital
Al Garna: A Clyde Ship’s 1150-Mile Turkish Voyage
The 110 foot 300 ton vessel nicknamed the Frying Pan, listed as Al Garna, sailed from the Clyde to deliver cargo to Turkey. Captain Craig Thomson led a crew of 18 as the ship faced gales and sealable cabins while crossing, surviving a U boat sighting near French Equatorial Africa and earning praise at Alexandretta upon arrival.
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London
INL
Walters
Mernt Navy
Lloyd's Register
George Walters
Point Noire
French Equatorial Africa
Thomson
Alexandretta
Japanese Claim Major Pacific Losses Raise War Hopes
Imperial headquarters in Tokyo boasted 31 Allied battleships 39 carriers and 148 cruisers sunk or damaged since the war began. Premier Tojo vowed 1944 would be their year to win while urging endurance amid hardship.
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Associated Press
Imperial Headquarters
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
U.S. Navy
Noxzema Medicated Skin Cream Ad Appears
A vintage advertisement urges women to try Noxzema for ten days to improve dry skin pimples and roughness. It markets the medicated formula as a non cream with external skin benefits and lists price points 35 50 and 1 at drug counters.
Child brings mom’s jaywalking ticket to detectives
In Salt Lake City a six year old, Ronald Steel, appeared with a ticket for his mother. He learned the what to do and returned with a 50 cent coin swiped from a detective. The piece notes a wider point about British wartime savings.
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Salt Lake City
Ronald Steel
Ronald
Explosion Fatalities Near Phoenix Naval Stores Plant
An explosion and fire at the Phoenix Naval Stores plant five miles north of Gulfport Mississippi killed eight people and critically burned one, with three others injured. Rescue teams and investigators secured the site as responders battled flames and stabilized the scene.
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Gulfport
Miss
Phoenix Naval Stores
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Relief for Itching
A drug store advertises Moone's Emerald Oil as a greaseless economizing cure for intense itching. The copy claims the first application brings relief and a few treatments prove effectiveness with a satisfaction guarantee.
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Moone
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