Aerial Supply Lines Prove Key to Buna Victory
A wartime profile praises U. S. Transport Command flyers who built and manned jungle airstrips between Port Moresby and Buna. It highlights perilous, low altitude hops over mountains, improvised runways, and native helpers delivering bundles to forward camps, with aircraft like The Swamp Rat and We Carry All.
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Ero Flyers
U. S. Transport Commandeep
Buna
Frank Prist
Jean Graffis
Guinea
New Guinea
Port Moresby
MPTA
Transport Command
Chattanooga
Methodist Students Old Conference at Duke University
A state wide Methodist students conference will convene on the Duke University campus in Durham in February. Dr John K Ton keynoter from Vanderbilt and Dr H D r from Nashville headline events while Dr J Marvin Cul of Chapel Hill helps organize. Officers include William H King Durham president Ken Rouse High Point vice president Julian Ranson Penn vice president Gilreath Brevard third vice president and Miss Mary Kirkman Greensboro secretary treasurer Miss Edith Fore University of Carolina Chapel Hill recording secretary.
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J. Marvin Cul
Chapel Hill
William H. King
Durham
Ken‘rouse
High Point
Julian Ranson
Penn
Gilreath Brevard
Mary Kirkman
Boro
Edith Fore
University of Carolina
At Last or Your Cough
A brief note or heading appears to signal a patient admonition or medical observation regarding a persistent cough. The exact source text is unclear but implies a health related query or reminder about coughing. Further context would clarify whether this is a headline or a quotation from a medical column.
Wartime Washington Rules for Citizens to Reach Congress
Wartime guidance explains how readers should contact their lawmakers effectively. It advises brief, clear letters, focusing on reasons and personal stance, avoiding pressure groups, and considering the majority view. It notes Congressmen can provide information on rationing, Civilian Defense, Selective Service, and related topics.
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Washington
U S Armored Force General Puzzle
Puzzle clued words list featuring military ranking and combat terminology across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes hints for names, places, actions, and common nouns aligned to a crossword style grid.
Sleek Night Sleet And Community Strives In Guilford
W A Bivins reflects on sleet’s impact in Guilford County during a late week storm, notes on local transit and theater activity, praises quiet public life, honors Charles F Tomlinson, and calls for public forums while highlighting the Blue Book of Southern Progress and youth potential.
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Smart
America
Duke Students Enter Pink For Army Prep
In Durham on January 29, Duke University juniors and seniors drafted into the armed forces have joined a voluntary conditioning program run by the physical education department. The plan, urged by upperclassmen after a push to make training mandatory failed, started with four groups averaging about forty in each. The program features wrestling boxing swimming and fitness tests to aid future military service. Athletic Director Eddie Cam-
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Durham
Duke University
University Physical Education Department
Physical Education Department
Duke
Eddie Cam
The Edge of Darkness A Birthday Moment in Norway
Karen and Margit hatch a risky plan as Karl prepares to slip away for a birthday reunion. The cottage glows with firelight while Karl conceals the looming threat of a possible transfer to Russia, leaving Karen poised between love and uncertain future. Margit recalls their dangerous bond and the war that divides them.
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Margit
Osterholm
Karen
Karl
Goodby
Namsos
Saeter
Baseball square origin and 1839 bases
Alexander J. Cartwright, a Doubleday contemporary, drafted a baseball square in 1839 with 90 foot bases. The Q A format covers wartime unit sizes, formation basics, peanuts as protein sources, Yarborough in bridge, and pasta rationing questions.
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Alexander J. Cartwright
Abner Doubleday
Operstown
N. Y
Camel's Nose in Time and a Half Pay Debate
A North Carolina legislative debate on extending the work week to 56 hours and adding time and a half for the 56th hour triggers sharp committee clashes. Labor seeks overtime recognition. employers fear broader regulation. The amendment fails, leaving the bill open for future majority vote amid vigorous discussion.
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Labor
W. FE
Bill Horner
House Committee On Manufactures and Labor
Annette Gilmour
Sanford
Horner
Student body backs voluntary physical education program
Herbert Herring and Dean of Men Eron praise student response to a voluntary training plan. Cameron led the push for a graduation gym requirement, but since the catalog had no mandate, the administration proposed a voluntary option. Juniors and seniors approved the program at the fall semester assembly.
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Eron
Herbert Herring
Cameron
Knight cites varied state school governance in constitutional amendments
Dr. Edgar Knight of the North Carolina University faculty reports at the constitutional amendment hearing that nine states have no constitutional provision for a state board of education or state school system, 19 states place the board in the constitution, and 20 provide for legislative regulation of the entire school administrative system.
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Edgar Knight
N. C. University
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