Dutch Soldier From Amsterdam Shines at Makin Atoll Fight
Private Nicholas Johannes Timmens, a 5 foot 2 inch Dutch immigrant in the 27th Division, helped take Makin Atoll in 75 hours. He fought hand to hand with Jap troops, tossed a grenade back, and even napped during a lull, entertaining mates with a mouth organ as bullets flew. Born in Amsterdam 29 years ago, he left his homeland to join Uncle Sam and prove small men can battle as effectively as larger soldiers.
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Frederick Baxter
U. S. Army
International News Service
Butaritari Island
Makin Atoll
Nicholas Johannes Timmens
Holland
Central Pacific
Coral Atoll
Amsterdam - Dutchie
Amsterdam
United States
Baldwin
L. L
Sam
Dutchie
John Campbell
N. Y
Butaritari
America
Tokyo
Farm Bureau Attacks Subsidies In Report
The American Farm Bureau Federation denounces federal subsidies in a report sent to Congress. It claims average weekly earnings of factory workers rose over 68 percent from January 1941 to October 1943 while the cost of living increased 23 percent. President E. A. O Neal says subsidies should not be paid from the federal treasury when people can provide for themselves.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
E. A. O'Neal
Federation
Truk as Japan s Pacific Heart and Fortress
Central Press correspondent Andrew Boone analyzes Truk as Japan s strategic hub in Micronesia. He describes its archipelago defense, deep harbors, air strips, and anchorages, and explains how its loss would shift control of the western Pacific, detailing planned carrier and bomber operations and the goal to seize the island ring.
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Truk
Carolines
Micronesia
Gilberts
Guam
Japan
Pacific
Otta
Tokyo
Dubion
Eten Islands
Western Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Florida Pilot Of Thunderbolt Knocks Nazis Out Of Skies
Captain Walter C. Beckham of the Thunderbolt squadron from the U S Fighter Base in South England has claimed eight German FW 190s as kills. The 27 year old Florida native flies a P 47 nicknamed Little Demon and credits shaving his mustache with boosting his luck. Beckham describes a recent Sure Dog mission against Frankfurt, downing one Me 109 from astern during a power dive as Fortresses return from a raid. His family also serves in the armed forces, with brothers in Pearl Harbor and in Britain's army.
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International News Service
U. S
South England
INS
Funiak Springs
Fla
Germany
Walter C. Beckham
Thunderbolt Group
Frankfort
Rhineland
Thunderbolts
Beckham
Messerschmitts
Europe
Girls Town: Arlington Farms Home to 5000 Government Secretaries
Washington report tours Arlington Farms across the Potomac, a self-contained town housing about 5,000 government stenographers and secretaries. It features a 62-bed infirmary, 40-operator beauty shop, recreation hall, and ten state-named residence halls with affordable rents and easy entry and exit.
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Uncle Sam
Washington, D.C
Washington, D. C
Arlington Farms
Potomac River
Washington
Pentagon
No Man's Land
Union
Canal Zone
Alaska
Civil Service Commission
Johnnie Lawrence
Albemarle
N. C
WPA
Hawks welcomed by farmers to control ground squirrels
In the Pacific northwest farmers embrace hawks as the natural solution to curb the damage caused by ground squirrels. The birds target the pests, reducing crop harm and promoting a healthier farm ecosystem.
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Pacific Northwest
Treasure Island Transformed by War Nineteen Forty
San Francisco's Treasure Island, once the World Fair site for 1939 40, is now a Navy base. Parking cars in the Court of the Seven Seas and Navy trucks fill the Phantom Arches as buildings are repurposed or removed. The Foods and Beverages building is now the main galley for thousands, the Tower of the Sun is a bandstand, and battle gray paint covers many structures while statues endure and watch over the fighting men.
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San Francisco
Navy
Treasure Island
Portland
Ore
San Francisco Bay
Foods and Beverages
Germans Say Italian Operation No Surprise
A New York dispatch reports German leaders claim the Fifth Army amphibious landing south of Rome did not surprise them. They say the operation had been anticipated and reserves appeared quickly, with the mission described as long in planning.
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New York
Rome
DNB
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
WPB says heavy civilian goods production delayed
Production chiefs told a WPB committee that heavy civilian goods like mechanical refrigerators are far from resuming. Charles E. Wilson said military developments will decide when production can restart as industry must stay flexible to meet possible wartime needs. Materials exist but labor cannot be assigned to finish refrigerators.
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Washington
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
WPB
Army
Navy
Philadelphia City Employes End Strike
Striking city water and highways workers approve a 82 vote on a 6 to 60 cent hourly raise and begin removing 250000 cubic yards of garbage Wednesday after a 17 day walkout. The compromise ends the strike with 456 voting for the deal and 374 for continuing action until a 10 cent raise is granted.
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Philadelphia
City Water and Highways Bureaus
Fragmentary report of engaged heavy fighting
A partial dispatch notes that the action had been carried out and the forces were now in heavy fighting, with no further details on location or participants available in the surviving text.
Plane lands safely after tail torn off in Himalaya dash
An American base report says a transport plane lost half its tail and a wheel in a night Himalaya dash from India to China. Lieutenants Roy Thomas and Cecil Gibson belly-landed on a China airfield, saving more than 5,000 pounds of mail. Crew chief Edward Clarke and radio operator Singleton also survived.
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China
Himalayas
India
Roy Thomas
Buffalo
Cecil Gibson
Columbus
Thomas
Mountain Peak
Sgt
Edward Clarke, Jr
Dalton
Singleton
Red Springs
N. C
Gibson
Clarke
Women Will Be Better Citizens After Conflict
In Richmond Mrs. Maurice T. Moore says demobilized women war volunteers will become better citizens. She chairs 950,000 USO volunteers and notes exposure to Jewish Catholic and Protestant faiths broadens outlook and strengthens community obligations.
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Richmond
Maurice T. Moore
National
USC
USO
Moore
New York
Henry Luce
Virginia Peninsula
Aircraft Worker Turns All Wages Into War Bonds
Howard Eades a 25 year old Consolidated Vultee aircraft worker in Nashville converts his entire after tax income into war bonds. After conflict with bookkeeping rules bonds were approved by division controller E Alsaker. Eades and his family live on a rent free farm and rely on a nest egg from a former country store he ran. Crowded schools are linked to rising juvenile restleness and offenses.
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Nashville
Tenn
Howard Eades
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
E. T. Alsaker
Eades
Middle Tennessee
Charlie L Kineley Dies At Farmer Home
Charlie L. Kineley 59 of Farmer died suddenly Friday night. Funeral from Canaan Methodist church at 5 pm Sunday. Survived by wife Lilly Tucker Kineley two sons Wayne and Leon Kineley two daughters Garvin Pugh Gladys Mary Lou Kineley three sisters Mrs Nance Mrs Sexton Mrs Routh and two brothers Sam and Bert Kineley.
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Denton
Charlie L. Kineley
Farmer
Wayne Kineley
Canaan Methodist Church
Lilly Tucker Kineley
Wayne
Leon Kineley
Lexington
Garvin Pugh
Asheboro
Gladys
Mary Lou Kineley
Fred Nance
W. L. Sexton
Ellen Routh
Trinity
Sam
Bert
Thomasville
Women Rapped For Not Saving Waste Fats
Raleigh January 22 Mrs Estelle T Smith chairwoman of the state salvage committee womens division warns the 1944 monthly waste fats quota is over triple last year and not met with many women saying I dont know what to do with it or I have nothing to put it in The situation she says is serious and urges action.
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Raleigh
Estelle T. Smith
State Salvage Committee
Tax War Finance Imposed in Great Britain 1799
In 1799 Britain levied an income tax to fund the war against Napoleon. Snakes avoid sunlight and become active at night.
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Great Britain
Seven Army Fliers Die In Midair Collision Near Langley
Langley Field Va Jan 22 Seven army fliers were killed and eight others escaped with minor injuries when two four motor bombers collided mid air during a training mission near Langley. One plane crashed and burned near Fox Hill with all crew dead. the other crash landed in a swamp near Messick and was virtually demolished but its crew suffered no serious injuries.
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Langley Field
Army
Fox Hill
Messick
104 Year Old Ex Slave Dies in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD Mass Jan 22 Born in slavery on a North Carolina plantation Charlotte Ann Winborne died today at age 104 at her home She toiled in cotton fields until 24 and recalled slave days and Civil War skirmishes She was freed by Lincoln and left her state on a Yankee gunboat She leaves six children five grandchildren three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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New Bedford
Mass
North Carolina
Charlotte Ann Winborne
Winborne
Durham Hosiery Mills Declares Dividends On Stocks
Durham Hosiery Mills announces a quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share on class A six percent preferred stock. Class A and class B common stock receive 25 cents a share. Dividends payable February 1 to stockholders of record January 21.
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Durham
Durham Hosiery Mills
Jon
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Gubert
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Central Press
Federal Works Agency
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Public Buildings Administration
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William F. Halsey
United States Naval Forces
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