Dutch missionary recounts escape from New Guinea cannibals
Father Cornelius Van Baar describes fleeing headhunters with a caravan that included two priests, nuns, 10 Chinese and 100 locals. They trekked through malaria and swollen rivers to reach safety by plane and boat, then resumed mission work amid ghost houses and cannibal lore along the Sepik river.
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Netherlands
New Gui
New Guinea
van Baar
Australia
Tommy
Sepik
Vann Baar
Teen Age Canteen in ROI Borough Opens for Teens
The ROI borough council approves a Teen Age Canteen open afternoons and three evenings weekly for youths aged 13 to 20. A donated jukebox supplies music while a candy and soft drink bar operates. Chaperones oversee arrivals and behavior, with volunteers assisting.
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Moone’s Emerald Oil Promises Quick Foot Relief
An advertising note touts Moone’s Emerald Oil as a first application solution for aching, tender feet. It claims one bottle helps, though not instantly, and urges purchase at Mann Drug Stores with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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Mann Drug Stores
Moone
Finland's outstanding musical composer and Brownings of Music
Answers list: 1 Jan Sibelious as Finland's outstanding musical composer. 2 Clara and Robert Schumann referred to as the Brownings of Music. 3 La Traviata is the opera based on the play Camille. The page also includes a horoscope for March 25 and a word wisdom quote about loss and gain.
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Abe
Finland
Jan Sibelious
Clara
Robert Schumann
Sunday Horoscope and Crime News Brief
If this is your natal day you are positive but shy and may resist advances yet love with deep passion when you yield. Energetic action and luck attend property, literary work and travel this year. Poor box thief jailed in Staten Island. William J. Nolan Jr., 19, sent to Sing Sing for five years for stealing 60 cents from a church poor box.
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William J. Nolan, Jr
Manhattan
Flint. Mich
Sing Sing
Steel output rises to record weekly level in March
Steel production in the second week of March reached the highest weekly total since Oct 11, with ingots and castings setting a record. The report notes continued strong output in New York and signals sustained steel activity for the month.
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New York
INS
US quits rate: 43 per 1000 workers monthly
government agency reports show the United States experiences about 43 voluntary separations each month for every 1000 workers on payrolls. This indicates ongoing labor turnover amid hiring and wage dynamics across sectors.
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United States
General's Wife Works as Welder in Shipyard
Mrs Helen Larkin wife of Brig General Claude A Larkin Marine Corps wing commander serves as a welder at Kaisers Vancouver shipyard while her husband commands Marine Corps fliers at Cherry Point N C The story notes her home front contribution during wartime.
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Ore
INS
Helen Larkin
Claude A. Larkin
Marine Corps
Kaiser
Vancouver
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Larkin
Flower girl of Shipley Bay ceremony serves on shift
Mrs. Larkin, chosen for outstanding production, served as flower girl at the launching of the U S S Shipley Bay aircraft carrier and then returned to her swing shift work after the ceremony. The note also mentions a 15 month swing shift and a whimsical aside about ancient Egyptian dog worship.
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U.S.S. Shipley Bay
Larkin
Old-Style Gas Coupons Expire March 31
Washington dispatch notes public use of B B-1 E and R gasoline ration coupons will end after March 31. Coupons with later expiration dates may be exchanged for new coupons at local ration boards.
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Washington
Ration Roundup Updates on Food and Fuel Stamp Validities
Ration changes include Blue A through ES foods 10 points expiring May 20 and Blue F through K starting April 1. Meats and PATS Blue A through F8 10-point stamps expire May 20, Red 68 8 18 expire June 18. Sugar stamps No 30 five pounds indefinite. No 31 from April 1. Canning sugar stamp No 40 five pounds until Feb 24, 1945 with up to 70 pounds per person. can be mailed via local boards. Stamp No 37 used as claim check. Shoes stamps update with expiry April 30 and May 1. Fuel oil Region coupons expire September 30. Gasoline A coupons now valid in several states with May ? expiry. license numbers required on all gasoline coupons.
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South Carolina
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Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Carolinas
Virginias
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