Spruance Promoted to Full Admiral Leads Palau Strike
Raymond Spruance, promoted to four star admiral on February 18, now commands a task force striking Palau, 500 miles from the Philippines and 350 west of Tokyo. He previously commanded the Central Fire Force and led the carrier and surface actions against Truk. His staff notes he prefers action to publicity and keeps a low public profile.
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Pearl Harbor
Raymond Ames Spruan
Palau
Philippines
Tokyo
Spruance
Truk
Central Fir Force
Spruances
United States Oy
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Spruance
Spuruance
Spruante
Saipah
Gilberts
Marshalls
Guadalcanal
Admiral Spruance Battleground Leader In World War II
Portrait of Admiral Raymond Spruance at work and leisure. The piece details his command approach and staff, noting key aides including Turner Conolly Hill and Hoover. It covers his background from New Jersey and Indiana, Naval Academy graduation in 1907, rise to commander Central Pacific, and his reputation as a calculating, hard working leader.
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Spruance
Kelly Turner
Harry Hill
Admiral Conolly
Admiral Hoover
Richmond Kelly Turner
Fifth Amphibious Force
Richard L. Conolly
John H. Hoover
Central Pacific
Admiral Spruance
Baltimore
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Indiana
Naval Academy
Bainbridge
Mississippi
10Th Naval District
Caribbean
Pacific
Midway
William F. Halsey
Halsey
Nimitz
Isey
Shriners Parade Reaction and Local Lore In 1927
Shriners in High Point showcased a lively ceremonial, with praise for planning and camaraderie. The column recalls Canton gems, Lindbergh’s 1927 Greensboro tribute, Porter’s life, Spruance’s naval insights, and Meredith College 45th convention speakers Gerald W. Johnson M Hines Early and Dr J B Weatherspoon.
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Meredith
Meredith College
Gerald W. Johnson
Baltimore Sun
M .Hines
New York
J. B. Weatherspoon
Southern Baptistoogical Seminary
Louisville
The Life of O. Henry and His Immortal Works
The narrative traces O. Henry from early obscurity to fame after adopting his pen name. He moved to New York in 1901 after his wife died and produced countless stories while wandering the city’s life. After a second marriage he continued writing, dying in 1910, with works like The Trimmed Lamp The Four Million and The Gentle Grafter cited.
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Col
Charles Lindbergh
Sven
Greensboro
New York
Paris
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter
Gate City
Lindbergh
West Market Street
Masonic Temple
Porter
Texas
Tennyson
Houston Post
Brann
The
Rolling Stone
Latin America
Ohio State Penitentiary
Maga
Ration Roundup for Week of May Fifteen
Weekly OPA roundup lists valid ration items for processed foods meats fats sugar and shoes with point values and expiry dates. Gasoline A-10 coupons remain valid in four states with new rule requiring car owners to prewrite license numbers and states on coupons.
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OPA
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
Two Lads Rescued By Camp Davis Men
CAMP DAVIS NC May 20 Captain Charles J Good in charge of transportation corps work led an Army launch crew to rescue two boys marooned on an inland island after their skiff broke away. An undertow caused separation and the rising tide threatened drowning before a skiff was flown to the scene and the youths were saved.
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Camp Davis
N. C
Caanee Amander
Dav
Charles J. Good
Transportation Corps
Good
Fragmented Science Notice on Tires and Planets
A damaged excerpt notes a balloon tire flattens to a range on the road and Saturn’s temperature below zero degrees. The text is incomplete but presents two scientific facts.
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Saturn
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