Brazil Adds Four Ships To Its Growing Fleet
Brazil's navy enlarged its fleet by four vessels including the destroyers Acre and Apa and the submarine chasers Rio Pardo and Rio Negro. Admiral Aristides Guilhem says the fleet has grown by at least 60 vessels since Brazil entered the war in 1942. The ships were built in Rio de Janeiro's Guarabara Bay and will join the existing fleet.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Avy
Adm
Aristades Guilhem
Rio
Guarabara, Bay
Acre
Apa
Rio Pardo
Rio Negro
Guilhem
Dover Airborne Unit Returns Captured Flags
Dover residents saw soldiers of the 6th Airborne Division reenact a wartime moment by hanging Nazi flags and signage as they directed traffic. The scene featured the Red Devils displaying captured flags, sparking surprise rather than invasion fears in the town.
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Dover
England
6Th Airborne Division
Convoy Able to Move 2901 Ships in Global Operations
A registered tally notes that more than 2,901 ships of all nationalities were convoyed in operations reaching the Caribbean and Mediterranean as well as along the coast of Brazil, highlighting wide maritime coordination.
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Caribbean
Mediterranean
Brazil
Skunk Interrupts Guard Duty At Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt. W. C. Caldwell of Aberdeen Proving Ground Md encountered a skunk during his guard duty. He retreated to the guardhouse and was relieved from his post. The rest of the text offers cooking tips to save sugar.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt
W. C. Caldwell
Caldwell
Heroic Chaplain Spurns Vacation To Sell Bonds
Lt Cmdr Joseph Timothy O Callahan renowned as the Franklin carrier chaplain recounts the March 19 attack and his rescue efforts aboard the ship. He plans a national tour to promote war bonds while praising crew bravery and attributing survival to Providence and logic. He recalls comforting dying sailors and leading damage control tasks during the carrier ordeal.
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Washington
INS
Joseph Timothy O'Callahan
U.S.S. Franklin
Big Ben
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Father O'Callahan
America
Boston
Franklin
Father O'Callghan
St. Joseph
Flea Extermination Urged By Specialists
In College Station Raleigh on July 4 state college entomologists urged flea control for homes and warned keeping cats and dogs out to prevent bringing in fleas and ticks that spread typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. They advise 5 pounds napthalene flakes per room and thorough fly spray for basements. dirt floors to be treated with crank case oil. pets to be dosed with flea powders or creosote dip twice weekly. Even treated pets can reaccumulate fleas from grass weeds and other untreated animals nearby.
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College Station
Raleigh
State College
Little Buttercup Has Poison Punch
New York report notes blossoms yield a juice that inactivates tuberculosis germs yet is too poisonous for medicine. Beatrice C. Seegal and Margaret Holden of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons made the discovery as scientists pursue antibiotics from live sources, like penicillin from green mold.
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New York
Beatrice C. Seegal
Margaret Holden
College of Asicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Chrome steel bearings endure ounce to ton load range
The article notes the hardest chrome steel is used to manufacture anti friction ball and roller bearings capable of withstanding loads from one ounce up to 200 tons.
Mattress makers on Tinian show American ingenuity
On Tinian Island in the Marianas a mattress factory run by two seabees, John C. Bunn and Ruel F. Hibert, softens G I mattresses using a home built contraption powered by a windmill. They also operate a soda fountain from repurposed equipment and improvised washers, proving everyday comforts can be created with limited materials.
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Tinian
Marianas
Japan
John C. Bunn
Hot Springs
Ark
Ruel F. Hibert
Carpenters Mate
Garland
Texas
Bunn
G.I
Hibert
Seabee
Cmdr
Paul Falconer
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Grab Bag One Minute Test 1 and Etiquette Hints
The fragment poses quiz prompts asking for the founder of the anaes Army and the first female, plus a comparison of size between the United States and the moon. It also includes etiquette guidance on pooled group expenses for movie outings and a quote about kings and subjects from Colton.
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United States
Moon
Horoscope July 5 Birthday Guidance and Social Advice
A reader born July 5 is urged to focus talents on one field and apply themselves. Emphasis on seeking depth in reach and science, and expecting attention from loved ones. The piece encourages showing affection and seizing an unusual experience to form lasting friendships.
William Booth and the founders of the Salvation Army
A concise record notes William Booth as founder of the Salvation Army and mentions the legendary Amazons in a cultural reference. The third item cites a size comparison stating the moon is about four and one-half times the size of the United States.
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William Booth
United States
Only Good German Is Now 4 Dead
London reports Baron Von Trott du Salz, once a German foreign office counsellor, linked to a luxury prison camp near Berlin, was known as a selective captive keeper. He was hanged after the July Hitler assassination attempt, with German papers citing misuse of official travel for war secrets.
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London
Baron von Trott du Salz
Foreign Office
A. M. Meyo
Berlin
Oxford
Lord Treedsmuir
Canada
von Trott
Hitler
Sweden
Precision gauges gauge steel balls for ball bearings
Dead gauges used to measure ball bearing steel balls for wartime tanks. If balls vary more than five millionths of an inch they are rejected.
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U. S. Military Academy
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Kansas City
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Visibl
Saint Paul
Heaven
Holy Cross College
Little Buttercup
ICE Delivery Company
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Wagger
Colton
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Navy
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Harry T. Brandidg
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RAF
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Efird's Department Store
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