Take-Off by Surprise Transcontinental Sailplane Flight
Captain James Carr prepares a two seat Victory glider for a historic tow and fly schedule with Pat Friday awaiting at Cleveland then Chicago. Loraine arrives tardily and is rushed aboard as 11 a.m. deadline looms amid crowd and press.
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Carr
Loraine
James Carr
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Cleveland
Chicago
Jimmy
Jone
Furedy
Pat Friday
Oklahoma druggist touts Adlerika for quick relief
A Oklahoma pharmacist claims Adlerika has been used for 15 years to deliver rapid bowel action with three laxatives and six carminatives to ease gas pains. He urges readers to get Adlerika today.
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Oklahoma
Adlerika Todey
Liquor Sales Drop Across 25 Counties in February
February liquor purchases in 25 ABC counties fell sharply from January as rationing and higher prices for better whiskey reduced both volume and revenue. Wake County led the top five with 147 494 dollars, while total state sales stood at 1 504 182 dollars.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Lynn Nisbet
ABC
New Hanover
Durham
Wake
Cumberland
Wilson
General Assembly
MacArthur spurs control clash while wartime intel warps
The piece portrays General MacArthur steadfast in backing his staff while avoiding a U S public spectacle, sending aides to present war requests. it also covers labor disputes over West Coast shipyards, public health warnings about typhus and typhus-like conditions, and Allied naval plans to defend Atlantic convoys with new technologies amid Axis threats.
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William Green
Pacific
CIO
NLRB
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Homer Bone
Washington
Jim Mead
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Sheridan Downey
California
Hoys
Epidemic warning fuels scare of a Beeufort outbreak
Conservative doctors warn of a looming epidemic as Beaufort South Carolina strains under war industry expansion. Families crowd streets seeking shelter while residents plead for swift government action to erect housing and trailers near the Navy Air Base.>The text notes a New World typhus threat spread by lice and fleas, with cases reported in Charleston.
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Atlantic
Beaufort
South Carolina
Navy Air Base
Washington
Charleston
Squa
Gandhi's Wife Recovers From Two Heart Attacks
In Bombay on March 19 the Indian government announced Mrs Mohandas K Gandhi, age 71, suffered two heart attacks this week but has recovered and is “as well as can be expected.” She had joined her husband during his 21 day fast in Poona and reportedly cried frequently during the ordeal.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Radio Program Schedule Highlights War Time Changes
A dense list of daily radio programs with time slots from 5:15 p m to 1 11 a m featuring dramas serials news and musical shows. Notable entities include Portia Faces Life Jack Armstrong Captain Midnight Fred Waring Dinah Shore Lucille Manners Tommy Riggs Elmer Davis and Gabriel Heatter. Schedule notes indicate war time adjustments and network corrections.
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Life
Hop Harrigan
Ds Serenade
Quaker City
Jack Armstrong
Biu-East
Chicago
Biu-West
Harry Wismer
Korn Kobblers
The
Duncans
Cbhs
Olga Coelho
cbs-Dixie Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Orches
Walter Cassell
Cbs
Bill Stern
Nbe
Lowell Thomason
Captain Midnight
Fred Waring
Stoopa'le
Blu
Dbe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Ex Stout
Che the Johnson
OPA
Dhs
Golden Gate
Cbha
Montezuma
Cbs-West
Lucille Manners
Karl Godwin
Kate Smith
Cal Tinney
Dinah Shore
Barrie Sisters
Willard
Meet Your Navy
Cisco Kid
Abe Lyman
Biu
Playhouse
Cbs-Bagic
Gabriel Heatter
Basic
Brewster Boy
Dramatico
Cbe
Dale Carnegie
Tommy Riges
Betty Lou
John Gunther
Lanny Ross
Angott Ve
Willie Pep
Tieele Fields
Alec Templeton
Paul Schubert
Elmer Davis
Nbc-East
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Longest pigeon flight record and other trivia
The quiz covers a 1182 mile Pensacola to Fall River pigeon flight by Darby and Joseph, doubled contract scoring in auction bridge, Noel Coward one man production In Which We Serve, a 292 mile Mississippi River swim record by John V. Sigman, and replacement War Savings Bond issuance upon loss or theft by the Treasury Department.
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Fla
Fall River
Mass
Darby and
Joseph
Noel Coward
John V. Sigman
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Caruthersville
Treasury Department
Alphabet and America in a Casual Comment
A reflective piece uses the alphabet as a framing device to explore language origins, American identity, and the sport of baseball. It notes the Greek roots of alphabet letters and traces Americus Vespucchi’s naming of America, while briefly recounting baseball history and its cultural symbolism.
Travel Time Issue May Decide UMW Wage Case
Government and labor leaders see a strong chance the miners wage dispute may hinge on travel time. The Fifth Circuit upheld iron ore miners who counted underground travel as work hours, bolstering John L Lewis in his New York wage conference. If accepted, daily pay could greatly boost the $2 raise sought.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
New York
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
War Labor Board
Glassmaking and Shipyard Labor Training History
The text notes that over 96 percent of American shipyard workers needed training for their current roles. It also points out that glassmaking existed for millennia before glass was used to craft spectacles.
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