Dawn over the Pacific and a transpacific landing in the Marianas
Chief pilot Lieut Comdr Don Skirvin led a Honolulu to Marianas flight aboard a giant air liner. The narrator describes dawn over the Pacific, the landing ritual, and Skirvin’s career across oil flights, Spain, and World War II. Scarcity of new cars in Egypt is shown by seven months with only 30 registrations, six trucks.
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Marianas Islands
Honolulu
Marianas
Don Skirvin
Oklahoma City
Skirvin
South America
Spain
South Pacific
Pacific
Reenamer Kirvin
Egypt
Three Ways to File Your Tax Return
The simplified withholding receipt from your employer is for pay under 5000 dollars. The short form 1040 is available if you earned less than 5000. The long form 1040 applies if income exceeds 5000 or deductions exceed ten percent, though it may be used by anyone.
Ration Roundup Summary of Stamp Validities and Deadlines
Ration directives list Book Four red stamps for meats fats and processed foods with various good-through dates in March April and June. Sugar stamps 34 and 35 cover five pounds with deadlines in February June and May. Shoes Book Three airplane stamps 1 2 3 remain valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons 14A B5 C5 B6 C6 allow five to four gallons with March 21 deadlines. OPA notes fuel and heating period coupons remaining valid in specified regions and current heating season.
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OPA
Midwest
Cold Defense via Skin Health Diet and Hydration
Dr. C Herbert Church of Passaic argues against a single cause for colds and emphasizes soil like conditions. He warns wet skin and overfeeding raise susceptibility and prescribes keeping skin active, eating to work, balanced nutrients, and drinking ten large glasses of water daily to support the body's defenses.
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C. Herbert Church
Passaic
New Jersey
Portland Man Donates Blood After Loss in War
Os car Qualls of Portland gives his seventh pint of blood this week while learning his second son was killed in action. A third son, Cpl. James R. Qualls, has served overseas nearly three years and has been wounded.
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Portland
Ore
INS
Oscar Qualls
James R. Qualls
Lenten Reducing Diet Menu for February 22
The record lists a Lenten reducing diet for Thursday February 22 with a breakfast of apple sauce cornflakes milk and coffee, a lunch of cheese milk toast lettuce with dressing and tea, and a dinner of baked stuffed lambs heart mashed turnips grapefruit and coffee. It includes preparation notes such as to brown toast with cheese under a broiler and dress the lettuce with lemon vinegar or mineral oil.
Triple production boosts mortars at Hammond plant
Hammond Indiana Pullman Standard plant has increased 81 mm trench mortar production from 1944 average to 300 percent, enabling monthly output sufficient to equip 20 infantry divisions.
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Hammond
Ind
INS
Pullman- Standard Car Manufacturing Company
State Ranks Law In WAC Recruiting Says Schilletter
Lt. Col. Wm. A. Schilletter, Charlotte district WAC recruiting officer, reports Alabama and Georgia lead the Southeast four command in WAC enlistments for General Hospital Companies. North Carolina shows the highest eligible pool but only 14 have enlisted in eight days.
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WAC
Schilletter
Wm. A. Schilletter
Charlotte
Carolinas
Fourth Service Command
Army Corps General
F. E. Uhl
North Carolina
South Carolina
Liberty Life Building
Carolina
Col. Schilletter
War Department
Army
Carolina Wac General Hospital
Southern
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
James Ellis
Gunners Nightmare in France Linked to Breech Lock Fix
Air Service Command arms experts report a jammed .50 caliber machine gun was cured by a new U shaped breech lock after extensive testing. The improvement eliminates recurring malfunctions that plagued gunners in combat conditions.
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U. S. Service Command
France
INS
Air Service Command
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N. B.C
Ernie Pyle
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TUR, Inc
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Williams
N. Carolina
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