Japs In Jungle Prove More Difficult Problem Than Japs In Airplanes
War report on Huon peninsula in New Guinea contrasts jungle fighting with air superiority. Allied ground advances near Lae Finschhafen and Hill 660 show slow gains as Japanese defenses hold, while air forces devastate coastal bases and supply lines.
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Hu‘on
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
New Britain
Lae
Reiss Point
Waren
el Alamein
Finschhafen
Sattelberg
Saidor
Borgen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Fifth Army
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Manila
Steelworkers demand pay boost headed for War Labor Board
Pittsburgh January 20 The CIO United Steelworkers seek a 17 cents an hour wage increase for the steel industry to break the little steel wage formula and have this forwarded to the War Labor Board for a hearing. A U S Steel subsidiary spokesman said Secretary Perkins has been asked to certify the negotiations to the board. Also noted are two historical facts: the first U S iron furnace was built in Virginia in 1619 and Chinese wood engraving dates to the 10th century.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
War Labor Board
U. S. Steel Corporation
Perkins
China to Imitate West in Work Not Dancing
Government spokesman says blue laws promote economy and that China should work more and play less. Chang Ping sun, adviser to the Yuan, explains municipal rules ban gambling dancing wine in restaurants and sale of certain cosmetics in the capital. Normal pleasures are for normal times.
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Chungkink
China
WACS Training in Florida for Winter Enlistments
Four Illinois WAC units are training in Florida with a fifth to join soon. State Sen. A. P. Benson says all future enlistments will be sent to Daytona Beach for the winter. A female oyster can lay up to 500 million eggs in a season.
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Chicago
INS
Wac
Illinois
Florida
A. P. Benson
Public Information Committee
Illinois War Council
Daytona Beach
Fla
Casual Comment By W. A. BIVINS
Casual essay notes hiking as an endurance test for soldiers and Boy Scouts. It recalls World War I marches from France to Coblenz, a veteran’s tale of illness and aid, and rural humor about milk and kindness. It ends with clipped news bits and Goebbels reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden-Powell
England
America
France
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Piedmont chemists postpone textile meeting to Greenville
The Piedmont section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists moves its spring meeting from March 18 to March 25 in Greenville, South Carolina. A. R. Thompson Jr. announced the postponement last night. no reason given.
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Charlotte
Piedmont
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Greenville
S. C
A. R. Thompson, Jr
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