Bombers Hit Japanese Mainland In Major B-29 Raid
Eyewitness dispatch describes a large B-29 strike on Japanese targets including coke ovens and steel furnaces. Report notes intense air defenses, enemy night fighters, and the surprise element of the attack as crews return with detailed observations on the aircraft’s performance and implications for the war effort.
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New York
Bomber Command
Pearl Harbor
Japocca- Bangkok
Thailand
Yawata
Iron and Steel Company
Fear Paralysis Epidemic Shuts Youthes from Public Venues
In Catawba County 12 year olds and younger are barred from churches theaters playgrounds and pools as infantile paralysis cases rise to seven. The measure ordered by the county health board led by R. K. Bolick remains until Dr. H C Whine approves lifting it. Cases range from seven weeks to 10 years with four treated in Charlotte. No deaths reported.
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Newton
Catawba
County Board of Health
R. K. Bolick
H.C. Whine
Charlotte
Rockwell Kent as author and illustrator
A quick quiz answers: Rockwell Kent is both author and illustrator. Edna Ferber wrote Mother Knows Best. The prize novel named after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, per the provided one minute test.
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Rockwell Kent
Edna Ferber
Fannie
Sir Joshua Reynolds
the Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Lenoir Man Killed In Plane Crash Near Valley Center
The Smoky Hill Army Air Field reports six officers killed in the Flying Fortress crash near Valley Center Kansas. Among the dead are 1st Lt Frederick K McLean passenger from Lenoir North Carolina and 2nd Lt William L Crammitt co-pilot son of Mrs Maude E Crammitt of Staunton Virginia. Four enlisted men parachuted to safety. The crash occurred in Albemarle Sound in North Carolina is stated as the world’s largest coastal water sound.
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Salina
Kansas
Smoky Hill Army Air Field
Valley Center
Kas
Frederick K. McLean
A. A. McLean
North St
Lenoir
N.C
William L. Crammitt
Maude E .Crammitt
Rt. 5
Staunton
Albemarle Sound
North Carolina
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Dr. Foster
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G.A. Foster
TAX Authority
Raleigh
Howe FP. Cochran
Washington
North Carolina Bar Association
Olier L. Henry
Lumberton
Joseph Henderson
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
Grey
J. M. Broughton
Carolinas
Virginia
Greensboro
Carolina Institute of International Relations
Woman's College
Institute
American Friends Service Committee
Martin Hall
Germany
Russia
England
United States
Ialy
Spain
W. C. Jackson
Cooper
China
Japan
Pee Cat
Vancement
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Polaroid
South
Royal Denuth Pipes
Jergens
Ste
Mennen
Colgates
T. Paste Giant
Forhans
DR. Lyons
Bac
Garby
Jil
IPANA
Samson
KOTEX
Lor
Pinkham’s
Souibes
Quart
Tampax
Alophen
I, Vitalis
Paris
Kreml H. Tonic
M Courenu
Caldwells
Fly
Wae Ironing Board
Fletcher
Gulf Spray
Black Draught
Palmolive
Kaywoodie
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