U S Task Force Hits Mariana Islands in Bold Carrier Battle
War report from aboard a battleship describes a late day attack on Saipan and Tinian, with fourteen Japanese planes shot down and no U S ships damaged. Admiral Mitscher lauded the action as history making, as carrier planes neutralized remaining enemy air strength.
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Seif Erickson
Mariana Islands
U. S. Navy
Mariana Island
U. S
Admiral Mitscher
Execu
Mitsubishi
Carrers
Saipan
Tinian
Truk
Caroline Islands
Richmond Tobacco Prices Hit New High in 1943 Market
The War Food Administration announced Richmond sun cured tobacco paid an average of 34.92 per hundredweight for 2,189,653 pounds in 1943, up 6.40 from the prior peak. A separate item notes Henry Sleeper Harper, 89, longtime Harper & Brothers director, died in New York.
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Raleigh
War Food Administration
Last Harper
New York
Henry Sleeper Harper
Harper & Brothers
Creomulsion Promise Against Cough and Bronchitis
The advertisement warns that untreated coughs can lead to chronic bronchitis and urges buying Creomulsion. It claims the formula reaches the infection, loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed membranes, contains no narcotics, and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help.
The Lighter Side of Mars War Humor Bites Navy and Army Tales
Central Press sketches humorous wartime vignettes from soldiers and officers. It covers Pvt John Lafferty’s chest noises misinterpreted by a doctor, enlistment mishaps at naval stations, a cook’s battery mishap at Cane Roberts, a Pearl of misfortune with numbers and drafts, fox hole mix ups on Guadalcanal, British cooks in London serving odd American dishes, a wrong taps call at Gowen Field, an upstairs jeep in Cairo, six female vice presidents in a security startup, and mail mix ups and censor quirks from the war home front.
Cookies from Fort Bragg Soldier to His Mother
Pvt. Eugene Sandera sent cookies home to his mother in Indianapolis from Fort Bragg North Carolina. He baked them in the Army Cooks and Bakers school and the line reads like a homey note from a serviceman.
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Pvt
Eugene Sandera
Fort Bragg
N. C
Indianapolis
Army Cooks
Bakers’ School
Draft case notes Mitchell Banks on address change
Mitchell Banks argued that the draft board failed to notify him of a change of address, claiming the board had moved without informing him. He was released after the argument.
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Los Angeles
Alvin F. Payne
Payne
Mitchell Banks
Names and numbers spark confusion at military camps
Afflictions that make men in khaki go slightly wacky concern names and numbers. Tags at Camp Blanding Florida included Pvts. Leo Meunier Rene Meunier and variants. Roll calls at Jefferson Barracks faced difficult spellings. Fort Devens saw Aloysius Nakonieczny become Wladimir Nakonieczny. WAVES trainees Grace Pond and Annette Rivers trained at Stillwater. Navy joiners Harold Parrett and George Kanary. Pvt Harvard Yale Princeton reported for duty in Dothan. Seaman Seaman Seaman could not be pronounced.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Pvts
Leo Meu
Jefferson Barracks
Zivelachoski
Korczykowski
Svidunovich
Squertieri
Fort Devens
Mass
Aloysius Artura Nakonieczny
Wladimir Wojniecki Nakonieczny
Massachusetts
Grace Pond
Annette Rivers
Stillwater
Oklo
Navy
Harold Parrett
George Kanary
Portland
Ore
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dothan
Ala
Chinese Troops Capture Makaw in Burma Campaign
New Delhi reports Chinese troops seized Makaw north of the Tanai river in Northern Burma. Allied forces faced stiff Japanese resistance near Apaukwa and along the Mayu mountain range as RAF and U S aircraft damaged Japanese communications and troop concentrations.
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Burma
New Delhi
Makaw
Tanai River
Kaladan
Apaukwa
Louis Mountbatten
Huingdaw
Mayu
Panzin River
Buthedaung
RAF
U.S
Dr McDonald Pledges Income Boost for Farmers and Workers
Winston Salem March 2 Dr Ralph McDonald educator announces Democratic candidacy for governor vowing to back measures to raise incomes for farmers and working people. He outlines platform including road building postwar plans education and veteran support with a tax pledge and deductions for federal taxes and medical costs.
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Winston-Salem
Ralph McDonald
Raleigh
E. D. Broadhurst
Greens
McDonald
General Fund
Veterans discharge copies filed for future reference
Massachusetts plans to photograph and file veterans discharge papers so returning war veterans can access a copy later. The program ensures a stored record even if original discharge is lost.
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Boston
INS
Commonwealth
Custody Battle Centered on Joan Langan in Washington Court
In district court at Washington, Joan Manners battles ex-husband John Langan over custody of their five year old daughter Joan Langan. Manners contends Langan is not the father and questions his paternity amid ongoing litigation. The girl arrived for a court session, photographed by AP Wire.
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Joan Langan
Joan Manners
Washington
Miss Manners
John Langan
Freight train load hits record high in 1
The average freight load per train in 1 reached 1,116 tons the highest on record. Passenger traffic on American railroads rose to nearly four times its 1939 level by 1943.
Eniwetok Atoll Fight Ends in Hideous Japanese Loss
Marine forces secured Engebi Island after a day of brutal, close-quarters combat. Japanese defenders died under bombardment and fierce assault, their fortifications collapsing amid rubble, flame throwers, and heavy weaponry.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Engebi Island
United States
Aims at 100 Years Lock Haven Man Turns 90
Lock Haven, Pa. William Elise nears his centennial, celebrating his 90th birthday. He runs a dry cleaning business and arrived in Lock Haven at age two by boat before roads connected the area.
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Lock Haven
William Elise
Locklen
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Cal
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Columbia
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