Marines Trained to Police Pacific After War
Veterans from the Marines trained at Pearl Harbor to police Pacific areas after hostilities end. Capt. Robert H. Houston explains the program pairs military and civilian police methods to prepare Marines for postwar duties in cities along the route to Japan. Marines who fought at Makin Guadalcanal Peleliu will patrol Honolulu streets and report on local incidents, learning prison handling and war-law procedures.
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Pacific Pool
George Farr
Axel Nelson
Minneapolis
Houston
Flivver plans meet efficiency questions on helicopters
People awaiting a helicopter from early production are told by Frank H. Kelly Jr. that helicopter propulsion is inefficient at low altitude and uses much fuel. The article notes that most oyster eggs are eaten by other marine life, including oysters.
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New York
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Frank H. Kelly, Jr
Presiogatom Aircraft Co
Met
Behind the Scenes Mollywood Highlights and Hollywood Moves
Hollywood gossip notes focus on Faye Emer son Roosevelt facing housing trouble ahead of Hotel Berlin opening. Hedy Lamarr may leave MGM after Feb 8 as wardrobes toast a farewell shower. Dana Andrews secures $50,000 agency deal, while George Jessel and Tommye Adams clash at a club.
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King Features Syndicate
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Faye Emerson Roosevelt
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Lew Golden
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Veterans Return to Colorado U Are Stronger Forces
Boulder Colorado March 1 Veterans who have returned to the University of Colorado are reported to be stronger than before in their service duties and leadership.
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June Vincent to Visit Father Before San Diego Birth
Universal actress June Vincent plans a Boston visit with her father the Rev. Willis E. Smith before traveling to San Diego on April 1. There she will join her husband, Lt. (j.g.) William Sterling, awaiting the birth of their baby.
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June Vincent
Willis E. Smith
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June
San Diego
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William Sterling
Hollywood Hi Jinks and Hints of Troubles Across Tinsel Town
A Hollywood roundup notes Abbott and Costello top box office with a Santa Barbara fund-raiser netting $6000. Mary Beth Hughes mourns her grandmother Flora May Lucas. Missing in action Pfc Herbert Pearson, Mary Treen’s husband, may be a prisoner in Luxembourg. Chotiner’s mink gift to Helen Gilbert ends a friendly rift. Lou Crosby and Linda Hayes expect another baby while Frank Veloz sells a novelette Forever Free.
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Flora May Lucas
Herbert Pearson
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Frank Veloz
Veloz & Yolanda
Brother in arms drawn by Philippines scene
Sharon correspondent reports Corporal Joseph Matteo while serving on the Belgian front wrote that a Yank magazine image of a Philippines scene drew him to a picture of his brother Corporal Frank Matteo pulling a dead tap out of a pill Xe during wartime.
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Joseph Matteo
Philippines
Frank
Ideal Homecoming Turns Grim for Marine in Hamilton
Pfe. H. William Peterson Jr. 22, a former Colgate multi sport athlete born in Yokohama, Japan, fears his ideal homecoming would be his birth place in flames, as he contemplates returning to his native city to a devastating scene. The report notes his background and the stark wish reflects a grim irony.
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William Peterson
Marine Corps
Peterson
Colgate University
Yokohama
Japan
Toyo
One Legged RAF Man Is Death To Nazis
London report profiles Flt Lt S H J Elliot of Radlett Hertfordshire a one legged night fighter observer who after a leg amputation as a boy forced entry into the RAF and flew with the County of Middlesex Squadron shooting down two or possibly three German planes since D Day colleagues praise his persistence and determination. Poppaea Nero’s wife used white lead and chalk for face powder.
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R.A.F
Continent
S. H. J. Elliot
Radlett
Hertfordshire
France
County of Middlesex
Elliot
Pocket knives famous as GI aid bought for resale
Jersey City Quartermaster Depot sold over 2,500,000 pocket knives last year for resale to service men and women overseas and for other Army branches for issue pay, Col. George F. Spann QMC, Commanding Officer, reports.
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Jersey City
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Army
George F. Spann
QMC
Boston woman Sara Bagley first telegraph operator
Sara Bagley of Boston is noted as the first woman to work as a telegraph operator marking a milestone in communications history.
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Sara Bagley
Boston
Oculist could cash in Egypt says former missionary
Mrs. J. C. Lorimer, a former missionary, told Ambridge on March 1 that 95 percent of Egyptian peasants suffer eye trouble because water is never allowed to touch a baby's eyes.
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J. C. Lorimer
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