Eye witness account of Eniwetok battle in progress
Front line dispatch from aboard a U.S. flagship describes Brig. Gen. Thomas E F Watson’s forces pressing into the eastern end of Eniwetok as Naval guns target Parry Island. The report notes smoke, shellfire, debris, and a grueling, spreading advance by the 106th Army Infantry, with American control expanding across the atoll.
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Eniwetok Island
Marshalls Atoll
William L. Worden
Associated Press
U. S
Eniwetok
Marshalls
Navy
Thomas EF. Watson
Joint
Army -Marine Infantry
Parry
Parry Island
Middle Island
106Th Army
Gilberts
Marines Press Island Assault At Kwajalein
Marine forces fight through Kwajalein and surrounding islets as they push inland under naval gunfire and air support. Japanese defenses include pill boxes and mortars with tanks engaging and being knocked out. fighters advance through woods and ruins while mop-up crews handle harbor and beach positions.
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Marshalls
Kwajalein
Ebeye
Roi
Rete Gd
106Th
Yale Divinity School trains Navy V-12 chaplains at Yale
Trainees for chaplaincy in Navy V-12 units join regular classes at Yale Divinity School. They will study for two calendar years and earn the Bachelor of Divinity after six semesters of 16 weeks each.
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New Haven
INS
Tment
Navy
Yale Divinity School
Miss Amanda Weir 75 Dies in Hospital Here
Miss Amanda Weir, 75, died Monday morning at Point hospital after a six week illness. She was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Weir of Davidson County and lifelong member of Shady Grove Church near Thomasville. Funeral at Shady Grove Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Wednesday with procession from Russell Funeral Home in Thomasville at 2 15. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by five nieces and four nephews. She had lived with nephew W. C. Weir up to death.
Earthquake Shakes Western Anatolia in Turkey
Berlin radio reported a very strong earthquake striking western Anatolia during the night. The Associated Press noted the broadcast gave no details on casualties or damage.
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Turkey
London
Berlin Radio
Anatolia
Associated Press
Assassination at Mazatlan Carnival Kills Governor and Two Tourists
At Mazatlan's carnival, a masked assassin shot and killed Sinaloa Governor Rodolfo Loaiza as two American tourists Walter V. Cotchett Jr and Reuben Brooks died in the crossfire. Eyewitnesses describe the rapid escape as gunmen fled in a car. A special legislative session named a provisional governor and the carnival was suspended.
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Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Mexico
Sinaloa State
U. S
Stewart McMillin
Walter V. Cotchett, Jr
Angeles
Tucson
Ariz
Reuben Brooks
Warner Pictures
Mexico City
Col
Rodolfo T. Loaiza
John Vozza
Alfredo Duart
Loaiza
Belmar
Duart
Loby
Musk Location, Fish Day, and White Whale
This item lists three prompts: locating musk sources, defining fish day, and naming the famed white whale of fiction. It adds a brief etiquette hint about social outings for a lonely war era context.
Horoscope for February 3 Readers Face Hidden Insight
February 3 horoscope notes a health focus and farsightedness for celebrants. It highlights valued home life, future Gaia guidance through feminine elders, careful review of documents, and prosperous love affairs. A psychic child may appear with unusual ideas, while inheritance or good will from elders is indicated.
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Gaia
One Minute Test Answers Fragment
A terse prompt lists three items: musk deer studied under the skin in Tibet, a day named Friday, and the novel Moby Dick. The Soviet press notes an American war film to be shown in Moscow on the Red Army anniversary.
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Tibet
Moby Dick
Moscow
U. S. War Department
Red Army
Gas and Auto Taxes May Be Deducted From Income Tax
North Carolina motorists may deduct 1943 gas tax payments at 6 cents per gallon on federal income tax returns according to Coleman Wurts president of the Carolina Motor Club. Deductions cover automobile ownership and operation, but not victory tax net income unless used in business. State gasoline and other excise taxes are not deductible. Only registration fees and related charges may be deducted, along with uninsured damage losses and interest on car purchase loans. Finance charges are not deductible, and aid depends on contract terms.
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North Carolina
Coleman W.rts
The
Carolina Motor Club
Nat’s Trustee Sidney Wortimer to Speak at Underwriters Luncheon
Sidney Wortimer of Buffalo New York trustee of the national Life Underwriters Association will headline the Thursday luncheon at 1 o’clock at the Sheraton hotel. William H Andrews Jr national officer will also visit. Wortimer’s NC trip marks his first regional appearance.
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Point Association of Life Underwriters
Sidney Vortimer
Buffalo
New York
National Association
Ncipal
Sheraton Hotel
Reuben O. Bundy
William H. Andrews, Jr
Wortimer
North Carolina
Bundy
Western
Three Join E. C. Paul Manning Lecture Discussed
Three new members were welcomed into the High Point Exchange Club at the Sheraton Hotel session. Paul Manning of CBS foreign follows up the illustrated lecture program scheduled for March 2 here. Everett Wall Jack W. Dunn and Rev. T. H. Strickland were inducted by M. L. Patrick. Frank Lee won the attendance prize. The club noted the North Carolina State Exchange Clubs board meeting in Burlington on March 5.
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High Point Exchange Club
Sheraton Hotel
Paul Manning
CBS Foreign
Everett Wall
Jack W. Dunn
T. H. Strickland
M. L. Patrick
Frank Lee
State Board of Control
North Carolina State Exchange Clubs
Burlington
All-Bran Advertisement Claims Constipation Relief
A letter-writer, 82, endorses Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle regulator for constipation. The testimonial asserts daily intake of All-Bran or muffins, plus water, to achieve relief without purging. It stresses genuine Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek and addresses older readers seeking natural relief.
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Rellogg
I Island
Kellogg's
All-Brant
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
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WAVES
Nat
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Lake Huron
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Crockery
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