Americans Strike Truk Base In Pacific Offensive
A Pacific fleet task force attacked Truk in daylight with several hundred planes. Reports say the strike followed prior attacks on Eniwetok Kusaie and Ponape and aimed at a major Japanese supply base long inaccessible to visitors. Captains Yawn and Sanders described vast airstrips and warships as photographers brought back crucial images.
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Truk
Eniwetok
Marshalls
Kusaie
Ponape
Carolines
Rabaul
Kavieng
South Pacific
Admiral Imitz
U. S. Pacific
Nimtz
Japan
League of Nations
Solomons
James Q. Yawn
Bogue Chitto
Edward J. Sanders
Sioux City
Equator
Stubborn Blaze At 811 Mangum Extinguished
Firemen yesterday afternoon extinguished a stubborn blaze at 811 Mangum Street the home of H O Hiatt. An oil range exploded spreading flames through several rooms causing damage estimated between 600 and 600 dollars. No one was injured.
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H. O. Hiatt
Manum Street
Gus Ellis
Leonard Street
A. C. Clinard
Willowbrook
Five Point Pork Bonus Announced by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announces a five point pork bonus stamp No. 3 in war ration book No. 4 valid for pork and all sausage purchases on Saturday February 26. Lard purchases are excluded. OPA reports civilian pork supplies are larger than expected due to ongoing hog arrivals.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Truk Atoll Defense Described Like Pearl Harbor Threat
Dispatches from Washington say Truk could become a Pearl Harbor style defeat for Japan with many ships left sunk. Reports note the December 7, 1941 attack involved 105 Japanese bombers and torpedo planes, while Truk’s initial assault likely involved several hundred aircraft. The atoll hosts warships air fields gun defences oil storage underground installations and vast supplies.
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Washington
Truk Edation
Pearl Harbor
Truk
War Prisoners Allowed for Lumber Production Under War Dept Ruling
The War department approves using prisoners of war for saw-logs and lumber with wages paid to the War Department. Firms must arrange with the U S Employment Service, provide camp facilities if needed, and military guards. Training, safety instruction, and cooperation with the Forest Service are planned, with bans on hazardous tasks and fire hazard restrictions.
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Frances Spatz
Washington
INS
War Department
Wilson Compton
National “Amber Manufacturers Association
U. S. Employment Service
U. S. Forest Service
Army
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Cloverdale 6th Grade Demonstrates Electro Magnets
Miss Winifred Bodies sixth grade class at Cloverdale school held an illustrated program on electro magnets for upper grades after three weeks of electricity studies. Students demonstrated magnetism experiments and discussed biographies of scientists, telegraph and telephone systems, and the compass. The district has added over $1,000 worth of science books and readers across all grades to support science education.
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Winifred Bodies
Cloverdale School
Roosevelt urges CCC extension to aid farmers and stabilize prices
President Roosevelt calls for prolonging the Civilian Conservation Corp without new restrictions to give farmers planning security. He warns new legislation would raise costs for army, navy, factories, and families, stressing hardship on unorganized workers and dependents of servicemen amid higher prices for cheese milk bread and meat.
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Roosevelt
Congress
CCC
Army
Cpl Herbert Luquer Jr Visits Jamestown Parents
CPL Herbert Luquer Jr. formerly of the local unit now stationed at Camp Campbell Kentucky is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Luquer Sr of Jamestown.
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Cpl, Luquer
Furlongh
Herbert Luquer, Jr
Camp Campbell, Ky
Herbert Luquer
Jamestown
Nutting Enters Notre Dame Naval Midshipman School
Harry Edward Nutting apprentice seaman has joined the USNR midshipmen’s school at Notre Dame Indiana. After one month of indoctrination he will be appointed midshipman and upon three months course completion will be commissioned ensign in the naval reserve. He is brother of Mrs K Herman Fulk of this city.
Dental Clinics Begin In Thomasville Schools
Dr. William F. Yelton of Raleigh arrives to run five weeks of dental clinics in Thomasville city schools. The Main Street school hosts the program with future clinics in other schools. Every child may have teeth examined and receive treatment recommendations. Free care is offered to underprivileged children under 13, though treatment is not compulsory.
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Thomasville
William F. Yelton
Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Health
Main Street
Yelton
Funeral Rites For Betty York In Stokesdale
Mrs. Betty Jane York of 20 Julian Avenue died at home Tuesday night. Funeral at Level Baptist Church Thursday at 3 p.m. with Rev. James E. Wriggs and others presiding. Interment in the church cemetery. Pallbearers named. Callicutt trio provided music.
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Betty J. York
Enterprise
Thomasville
Betty Jane York
Julian Avenue
Level Baptist Church
Stokesdale
James E. Wriggs
Walter L. Cockman
T. C. Vaughn
Greensboro
Joseph Garner
Roy
William M. Turner
Cable Street
Green Street Baptist Church
Julian S. Hopkins
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Walter Crissman
Harry ©. Webster
Allied moves advance on Rottock Bay and Saidor area
Six enemy aircraft were shot down as American Marines push east from Cape Gloucester on New Britain. Allied contact with Japanese at Mot River near Saidor hints at progress toward Madang as Australian troops join U S forces near Saidor.
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New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Rottock Bay
Cape
Mot River
Saidor
New Guinea
Thea
Point Iris
Mot
Madang
Truk Atoll Seen As Strong Japanese Base In Pacific
The report notes Truk as a near invulnerable hub of 245 islets with a 40 mile lagoon and heavy naval, army, and air facilities. Analysts say the raid implies a shift to an offensive posture toward mainland Japan, likely requiring aerial assault to bypass coastal guns.
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Nimitz
Truk
Marshall Islands
Linemen Fast Build Rural Line for Incubator Baby
Linemen in Cobleskill New York completed over a mile of rural electrical extension in just a bit over 24 hours. The rapid construction came nearly five days ahead of schedule to power an incubator for a three pound infant.
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Cobleskill
N. Y
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