Life And Action On A Japan-Bound Warship
Aboard a Lig cruiser in the 3rd Fleet off Kyushu the crew endured a tense day with no enemy air attacks as carrier planes bombed southern Kyushu. The piece recalls crew reactions, notables like Chuck Kneen and N Hi Blu methal, and daily ship life including gossip, meals, and shore-time memories.
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Japan
Chuck Kneen
Ashtabula
Ohio
C N. Hi. Blumethal
Bedford Ave
Kyushu
Hellcats
Avengers
Kyu
Rountree
Atlanta
Hollywood
Walt
Walter Pidgeon
Stork Club
Stork
Pidgeon
Ray Giddens
St. Charles Ave
Birmingham
Ala
Giddens
Navy
Idaho
Veterans aided by Raleigh offices aid 63760 in six months
A total of 63760 veterans received services from North Carolina local United States employment offices in the first half of 1945. Ninety five percent were World War II veterans and many were aided in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
United States
North Carolina
Truman Seeks Potsdam Pact On News Access For American Correspondents
President Truman aims for a Big Three agreement at Potsdam to allow American journalists to operate freely in Europe. Officials say the move focuses on access to eastern European capitals, with Harriman coordinating and Warsaw’s new government cited as a focal point. Vienna and Belgrade are mentioned as tests for opening reporting routes.
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Washington
Truman
Potsdam
Europe
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Fe — Po Ar
State Department
Acress
W. Averell Harriman
Am Dor
Moscow
Belgrade
Rome
Athens
Poland
Warsaw
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
Vienna
Allied Control Commission
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Allied Armistice Commissions
Social Work Institute Opens in Chapel Hill Monday
A public welfare social work institute funded by the UNC division and the national and state welfare bodies opens Monday in Chapel Hill. Courses feature Miss Frances Beery and other experts covering mental illness case work, welfare service, supervision, medical public health topics, and county administration.
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Chapel Hill
Case Workers
University of North Carolina Division of Public Welfare and Social Work
von Iy
Comoan
Especia
Atetn
Case Workers’ Institute
Frances Beery
National Tuberculosis Assocation
M. Ethel Maginnis
Baltimore Department of Public Welfare
Muriel J. McLaughlin
State Hospital
Raleigh
W. R. Berryhill
University Medical School
Isabelle E. Carter
Institute For County Public Welfare
Institute For Research In
Social Sciece
Marines and PT Crews Exchange Tactics in Mindanao Raids
coordinated strikes by navy motor torpedo boats and Marine B 25 bombers show new joint effectiveness against Japanese coastal defenses. the student exchange places PT officers with marine air crews to observe and train with the other, boosting precision teamwork in swift coastal raids along Mindanao and the sulus archipelago.
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D. C. Stephenson
Marine Corps Combat Cor
Zamboanga
Philippine _ Islands
Navy
Philippines
Mindanao
Soula Archipelago
First Marine Air Wing
Mitchell
Pts
Borneo
U. S
Davao Gulf
Senate Subcommittee Urges Central Scientific Agency Plan
A Senate military subcommittee endorses creating a central scientific agency to boost wartime research support and diffusion of scientific knowledge. It calls for expanded government funding of research and a national research foundation to accelerate disease battle and peacetime industry growth.
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Washington
Senate
Subcommittee On War Mobilizatirs
Kilgore
D-Wva
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
OSRD
Congress
National Research Foundation
Magnuson
D-Wash
Bush
U.S
Department of Commerce
Airparks and flight stops shape postwar town plans
Postwar aviation pushes communities to prepare landing facilities. AIA’s personal aircraft council promotes airparks for small towns and flight stops for longer routes, stressing costs, customization, and the map ready booklet Put Your Town on the Air Map.
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America
Personal Aircraft Council
The
Aircraft Industries Association of America
World Airways
Main Street
Speed Marine Private Reassembles Gun Blindfolded
U S Marine Private W A Leas rebuilt a machine gun in 27 seconds while blindfolded. The rapid display showcased skill at a training center or base drill area, highlighting marksmanship and mechanical aptitude amid standard Marine demonstrations.
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Speed Marine
U. S. Marine
W. A. Leas Vut
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