Only Sailors Know The Suspense And Bitter Disappointment
AP Special News Service Correspondent Charles H. McMurtry recalls the Santa Cruz battle in the Southwest Pacific. He details radio silence, delayed reports, and tragic losses as a carrier task force bombarded Japanese bases near Guadalcanal and Shortland Islands in October.
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Southwest Pacific
Charles H. McMurtry
Associated Press
Santa Cruz
McMurtry
U. S
AP Special News Service
What You Buy With WAR BONDS
The notice explains ships run dark but still need search lights of varying power from candlepower to thousands. Lamps differ from incandescent to open carbon arc, with prices in the thousands. Buying War Bonds funds these lights for ships at sea. urged to invest at least ten percent of income and join the Ten Percent Club.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Navy Sailors Await News From Raid With Prolonged Silence
The excerpt recalls the suspense aboard warships as American forces raid Japan. Radio reports told a play by play of battles, but on October 5 messages offered only brief, disheartening notes of no vessels and AA fire. Silence stretched sixty hours before a scant update praised Cinepac’s “well done” without detail.
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Kieta
Alt Midway
Cinepac
Navy
Women’s team of four eyes Syracuse nationals in fall
McKeeny on Bridge notes the national tournament at Syracuse the week of November 30 will feature the women’s team of four. Last year’s Memphis quartet led by Mrs. Buchanan Mrs. Dickens Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Terry will contest to defend their title amid keen competition. Also reports a lobstermen of Ireland say war has driven lobsters to migrate and recede from troubled waters.
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Syracuse
Memphis
Tenn
L. B. Buchanan
W. P. Dickens
Randolph Scott
W. L. Terry
Mrs. Scott
West
Declarer
East
Eire
Paper money and trade notes in brief from world markets
The Department of Commerce reports that two dollar bills are the only United States paper currency allowed to circulate officially in Mexico. It notes fruit cultivation in Ireland as a growing income source for farmers. Montevideo faces about 100 applicants per vacant dwelling, per Commerce. Italian soldiers dislike socks and prefer linen handkerchiefs wrapped around feet. Goat and sheep skins move by camel caravans from the Somaliland region to Aden for shipment to the United States.
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United States
Mexico
Department of Commerce
Eire
Ireland
South Africa
Aden
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