Hypnotism touted to aid war efforts by two civilians
Edwin Lear and Victor Ahlheim, former Lockheed employees, propose using post hypnotic suggestion and auto hypnosis to reduce pain, fear, and bleeding for soldiers. They claim hypnotism could enhance courage and allow operations without anesthesia, while noting safeguards and limited military support.
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U. S. Salutes Chungking Stand in World War II Gesture
Vice President Wallace presented a commemorative scroll to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek for Chungking’s brave stand against Japanese attackers. The ceremony acknowledged the friendship between the United States and China with a Roosevelt letter of support.
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Republican campaign to be waged from key headquarters
National Committee Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. said the GOP presidential drive would be coordinated from headquarters in New York, Washington, Chicago and likely San Francisco as he arrived from Chicago. The campaign plans were outlined at New York in early July.
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Chicago
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Herbert Brownell, Jr
Hollywood Gossip Behind the Scenes and Celebrity Bits
Hollywood column notes a runaway scene on a Warner set involving Rosalind Russell and a child, Ann Miller’s surgery delay, Joan Fontaine gifting Anna Lee royal era lace, Sonny Tufts moving into a Billy Wilder guest house, Evelyn Ankers expecting, Marlene Dietrich gifting Maria Montez coral, and a star-studded charity reception for Vicki Lane and Tom Neal. Lana Turner’s NYC bond tour, Vera Vague gift, Carole Landis awaiting husband, and Costello’s Atlantic City world premiere fundraiser at Paterson theater.
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Marlene Dietrich
New York
Maria Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
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Tom Neal
Vera Vague
Boatswain's Mate Tells Story Of How Destroyer Was Saved
Boatswain's mate Thomas W. Russell of Bridegroom Ga now at Naval Hospital in Farragut Idaho recalls a destroyer saved by a skipper from the Enterprise after Japanese planes set it ablaze The skipper steered into the Enterprise wake dipping its sides to extinguish the fire and keep the ship in formation A cheer rose aboard the Enterprise if the flames reached the explosives the destroyer would have blown apart
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Idaho
Thomas W. Russell
Bridegboro
Russell
Naval Hospital
Enterprise
Hollywood Hi Jinks and Fete Headlines
Bill Gargan delivered 11 speeches on a USO tour to civic groups near Hemet. Milton Berle pauses Ziegfeld Follies duties for a Hollywood summer film. Peggy Fears hosts a Clover Club opening and models stunning gowns. New pairs at ringside include Myrna Loy with Al Kaufman and Iris Adrian with Maxie Rosenbloom. Lisette Verea schedules a Warner's test before joining the Merry Widow in San Francisco July 6. The Duryeas confront a rent sale near eviction. Louis B. Mayer visits Mocambo. Judy Garland with Peter Lawford at the Trocadero. Jimmy Ritz with Lascelle Vann at Lyman’s. Sheila Ryan dates Lieut Bill Orr.
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Soldiers gamble fortunes in finance office at Camp Butner
Returning troops checked their deposits in the Camp Butner finance office. A private showed a $6,000 total deposited during overseas service, while another private reported $5 deposits in 1941 and two $5 deposits in 1943. Both explained with the phrase I gamble.
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Draft Makes WAC Boss Of Her Boss
WAC Sgt. Janie Wells swapped roles with civilian Raymond F. Boore at ASC headquarters when his draft number came up. Boore volunteered for service in the field rather than be reassigned to a civilian post, placing Wells as his superior in the chain of command.
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United States
Monty's Shadow Commands Troops of 21st Group
Allied reports name Maj. Francis Wilfred de Guingand as chief of staff of the 21st Army Group. Lt. Gen. Gerard Bucknall takes command of a British Corps in Normandy, while Lt. Gen. J. T. Crocker leads another corps in France.
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Normandy
Gerard C. Bucknall
Messina
Italy
J. T. Crocker
Tunisia
Toledo Factory Delivers Army Prefab Houses Fast
In Toledo a prefabrication plant speeds house production delivering units every 40 minutes. Each home includes linoleum, furniture, range and refrigerator and is built for the Army with one to three bedrooms, delivered in sections.
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Laundry worker tied to 32 dollar theft in New York
New York police found 400 bundles of soiled laundry at Tom Lee home and charged him in a case involving a single bundle worth 32 dollars. The report notes the case is "washed up" while a separate line mentions beheading was introduced into England by William the Conqueror.
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INS
Tom Lee
Lee
England
William the Conqueror
Poem Thoughts On War And Inhumanity By Readers
A reader message and poems reflect on inhumanity in Hitler's regime, American wartime stance, and commemorations for missing navigator John Trexler Jr. from Lexington. The piece quotes Robert Burns and Browning, notes the U S role as arsenal of democracy, and includes Trexler Memorial verse about family loss and duty.
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J. M. Trexler
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New Marine Pfc Eunice Shepard Reports for Duty
New York report from the Brooklyn Navy Yard notes Pfc Eunice Shepard of Danbury Connecticut in the USMC Women’s Reserve. She observes seven or eight Marines seated behind desks and declares she joined to free a man to fight, asking who is leaving.
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Eunice Shepard
USMC
Women's Reserve
Danbury
Titusville Library Seeks Tarbell Collection Honor
The Benson Memorial Library in Titusville aims to honor Ida M. Tarbell a native daughter by gathering all her books autographs newspaper clippings related to her and personal anecdotes. Tarbell spent the early years of her life in this pioneer oil region.
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Benson Memorial Library
Titusville
Ida M. Tarbell
Miss Tarbell
Russian agreement to forward aid for POWs in Japan
The State department announced Russia will forward relief supplies and mail for American prisoners of war held in Japan. A port near Vladivostok will be made available to support the effort.
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