Pacific atoll group under Japanese pressure in early 1940s
Washington reports about the Marshalls and nearby atolls in the mid Pacific as hotspots under Japanese control. It notes the population of about 10 000 from 32 atolls and 800 in the Marshalls, of mixed Micronesian and Polynesian origin, their Christian background, and that missionaries arrived in the 1850s. It describes their seafaring, limited land, environmental challenges, diet including breadfruit and fish, and a small Japanese presence of 481 people before the war. The islands are divided into two chains named Radak to the east and Ralik to the west.
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Washington
mid-Pacific Islands
National Society
Solar Cafeteria Must Pay Income Tax On Employee Raises
The Regional War Labor Board ruled Solar Cafeteria Inc of New York must pay income tax on $7,898 granted as pay raises to employees without WLB consent. The amount would be deductible otherwise, but approval is required under the Wage Stabilization Act, the board said.
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New York
Regional War Labor Board
Solar Cafeteria, Inc
WLB
New Gran Company
New York Poultry Industry Warns of January Famine
New York officials warn a poultry famine threatens the city late in January as a government freeze on cold storage poultry shifts priority to military needs and current supplies have dropped about 20 percent.
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New York
INS
New York City
New Britain Base Doomed as Bougainville Air Campaign Bites
Allied observers say Bougainville air base seals fate of New Britain, with torpedo planes and dive bombers hitting Rabaul from 250 miles away. Japanese counterattacks against Bougainville, Treasury, and Munda are limited and temporary, while Kavieng remains under pressure and air defenses at Rabaul are challenged.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
Bougainville
New Britain
Bougainville Fields
T . Deade
Japan
Ainville
Treasury
Munda
New Treland
Kavieng
Rabaul Mone
Tan
Jan
Robert B. Carney
William Halsey
Carney
Book of Tactics
Barber's Appeal Denied in Bank Robbery Case
The Fourth Circuit denied William Barber's appeal while affirming a Greensboro court order denying his motion to vacate the judgment for a 25 year Alcatraz bank robbery sentence. Barber, arrested in May 1937 over a Reidsville bank robbery, argued inadequate time to prepare his defense.
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Richmond
Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William Barber
Alcatraz
District Court
Greensboro
N. C
Barber
Reidsville
Seabees Salvage Abandoned Catalina Worth 250000
Seabees in the South Pacific salvaged a Catalina flying boat worth $250,000 that ran aground on a reef. Lieut. Commander Robert J. T. Young led eight days of underwater work to lift and tow the aircraft to shore and prepare it for flight to a repair base.
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Ondonga
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Robert J. T. Young
Somers
N.Y
Seabees
New Hampshire’s Ocean Boundary Question
The prompt asks if New Hampshire touches the Atlantic, notes Seattle as the Indian Chief Seattle, and confirms the United States capital status. It also includes street cleanliness rhetoric urging tidy habits and trash disposal.
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New Hampshire
Atlantic Ocean
Seattle
Washington
Wathe
Capitol
United States
Education begins at the mother's knee and shaping character
A quotation from H. Ballau on how early words heard by children shape character. It urges parents to remember education starts at home and influences a child’s development from birth onward.
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H. Ballau
Birthday child advised to trust self and forge ahead
Horoscope notes a February 7 birthday child should be self confident and trusting to enjoy home and friends. It predicts strong judgment and outstanding intellectual abilities with success likely in various fields during the coming year and beyond. The analysis warns against overthinking friendships while urging novel business methods for promised success.
Anti Aircraft Gun Shells Hit Grymes Hill Staten Island
A United Nations ship anchored in New York harbor fired 56 shells toward Grymes Hill on Staten Island causing property damage but no injuries. Fifteen shells unexploded prompted a police search of the area for remaining live ordnance.
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New York
Grymes Hill
Staten Island
United Nations
New York Harbor
Paper boy substitute helps Wooster route
In Wooster Ohio a parttime paper boy fills in when regular carrier Jack Fisher is ill. His substitute is none other than Ralph Fisher the city's mayor stepping in to deliver papers during his son's illness.
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Wooster, O
Wooster
Jack Fisher
Ralph Fisher
Medical Meet Set in Durham by Watts Hospital
Durham notes a two day medical symposium at the Washington Duke Hotel February 16 and 17. Clinico pathological conferences feature Duke University School of Medicine and Bowman Gray School of Medicine speakers. Brig Gen Hugh J Morgan and Brig Gen James Simmons are highlighted as feature speakers.
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Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
Harrison
H. H. Bradshaw
Bowman- Gray School of Medicine
Kenneth Appel
Institute of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locke
Thomas Fitz-Hugh
Washington
D. C
Hugh J. Morgan
Medical Department
United States Army
James Simmons
United S Ydne Y
Pom Cee
Violations Due To Ignorance Says Miss Shaw
State labor field worker Miss Adelaide Southerland says many employer violations stem from ignorance of rules. She notes most High Point employers cooperate, with warnings given to correct issues, including child labor age limits and work-card requirements for minors.
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Miss Adelaide Southerland
High Point
Miss Southerland
Senate adjourns amid battle over federal war ballot bill
Washington Feb 5 The administration bid to push a federal war ballot bill fizzled as 44 senators, short of a quorum, adjourned after a brief session. Barkley moved the adjournment citing lack of votes and four supporters absent, preventing a debate on leaving service voting to states while Green-Lucas coalition efforts stalled.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Ferguson
R-Mich
Arkley
House
Iton
California's Original Name New Albion by Drake
The name New Albion was given to California by Sir Francis Drake forty one years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The historical note ties Drake to early territorial naming of the region.
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California
New Albion
Sir Francis Drake
Plymouth Rock
Men and Women in Service Update
Pvt Alfred R. Kimrey returns to Camp Phillips Kansas after a 12 day furlough. Cara M. Moon graduates from naval training school Stillwater Oklahoma earning yeoman 3c and heads to Port Director Baltimore. Walter V. Wicker trains as bombardier at Roswell AAF Roswell New Mexico after navigation course in San Marcos Texas. Donald A. Jester trains at Great Lakes Naval Station for five weeks.
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Kimrey
Camp Pvt
Alfred R. Kimrey
A. R. Kimrey
Montheu Avenue
Camp Phillips
Kansas
Miss Moon
Cara M. Moon
Holton Street
Naval Training School
Stillwater
Port Director
Baltimore
Mrs. Johnson
Jester
Great Lakes
Donald A. Jester
Great Lakes Naval Station
A. A. Jester
East Commerce Street
Allied troops land in England to train for invasion
A group of North Africa veterans arrives in England to help train troops for the European invasion. Among them is Sgt. Thomas R. Allen Jr of 502 Fourth Street, this city, as part of the manpower boost for the critical operation. Harold Wagger visits his parents on Parkway while stationed at Camp Adair Oregon after a promotion from staff sergeant.
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Wagger
Harold Wagger
R. J. Wagger
Parkway
Camp Adair
Oregon
Pan American Plans Night Flights to Guatemala
New York Feb 5 Pan American World Airways announces night flying between the United States and Guatemala via Mexico City will start soon. Night light equipment is being installed. Brownsville Texas will be the focal point and faster service to Panama will result.
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Guatemala
New York
Pan American World Airways
Ihas
United States
Mexico City
Brownsville
Texas
Panama
Morning walk up the hill left a boy late for work
A reminiscence recalls a boy who walked up a long hill to a collie station each morning and grew habitually late for work. The speaker notes that now he is still a little late in dying, summing a lifelong delay and its quiet consequence.
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Dyling
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