Carrier warfare shifts Pacific strategy in wartime Washington
In Washington the Navy defends carriers against critics as the new fleet tactic grows. Task forces around carriers with battleships can strike 200 miles from the flat-tops, reducing island hopping and projecting power toward Truk and Rabaul as experts tout the carriers’ evolving role.
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Makin
Tarawa
Washington
Truk
Japan
South Pacific
Rabaul
Million Of Them To Be Pre Pearl Harbor Dads
Selective Service reports that by July 1 about 2 million more men must be furnished to the armed services, including nearly 1 million pre Pearl Harbor fathers, many of whom still hold occupational deferments. The agency notes local boards defer fathers in war work while cutting non-father deferments, with 50,465 fathers inducted in the period.
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Washington
Armed Services
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Evacuation underway as U S Army moves into southwest England
In southwest England 3 000 men must evacuate cottages shops and farms to clear space for a second front training area. Residents including Mrs Lavers and Dan Luscomb speak of loss and stoic resolve amid army trucks, sentries, and relief aid from Burlingame California as the village prepares to relocate families photos and livestock.
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United States Army
Dan
Dan Luscomb
Ministry of Health
Italians Charge AMG Violated Parley Pledges
The Italian Committee of Liberation accused the Allied Military Government of violating Moscow conference pledges by banning a scheduled Italian political congress in Naples. The protest, signed with Benedetto Croce, demanded rescission and was to be sent to Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
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Belman Morin
Naples
Italian Committee of Liberation
AMG
Moscow
Italy
Benedetto Croce
Carl Kroege
Burlington
Kas
Croce
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany on Brink of Bankruptcy Warns Editorial
An editorial declares Germany near bankruptcy and hints at rising influence of black shirt factions as a looming political threat.
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Germany
Who Commands hhichenda 4 vigaur and the Blitzkrieg Use
A brigadier general typically commands. The blitzkrieg was not a new invention but its real wartime use began in 1939 in Poland. it had been demonstrated in 1936 war games in Michigan with limited aviation. The text also notes a 1829 patent for the first accordion by Z Damian of Venice.
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Nea
Navy
U.S
Poland
States of the Union
Michigan
Z. Damian
WORDS OF WISDOM AND HINTS ON ETIQUETTE
A mix of brief sayings advises that necessity drives invention and etiquette notes suggest servicemen on leave should write friendly notes home rather than sending many gifts. The December 20 horoscope states personalities as systematic precise progressive and strong willed with a keen logical mind.
Two Brothers Fail to Insure Then Face Tragic Losses
In High Point at the turn of the century two brothers built a modest business and prospered. They refused insurance. After a market crash the surviving brother rebuilt the business and died 1926 leaving a widow a monthly stipend for 300 months totaling 15,000 dollars minimum. The second brother also died, leaving a grieving family.
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High Point
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