Allied Forces Seize Corsica Base Invasion Outcome
Corsica has been invaded by French commandos and American Rangers as a strategic fortress on the Corsican coast. The island offers airfields and bases within reach of southern France and northern Italy and could serve as a springboard for operations against the Nazi forces in Europe.
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Washington
INS
Corsica
France
Nice
Genoa
Eaceoon
Sienea
Ooo
Bastia
Bonifacio
Sardinia
Italy
Guadalcanal
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Albania
Europe
Riviera
Rhone Dela
Strategic Air Force
Rai
Balkans
Adriatic
Napoleon
Waly
Inflation and public reaction in wartime era comment
W A Bivins discusses inflation when money is plentiful and goods scarce, recalling WWI shortages and price rises. He notes high wages, rationing limits, and a store price example while critiquing policy and political rhetoric. He also reflects on postwar recovery costs and Roosevelt's leadership.
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Norfolk
Hitler
Senators Fight For Freedom Of Editor
Three Republican senators including two publishers form a Free Rives Matthews Committee to aid Maryland weekly editor Rives Matthews charged with criminal libel over stories alleging misuse of state gasoline allotments and a state car. Matthews faces trial in Somerset County court as Tawes admits missteps and revokes his gas ration.
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Washington
Rives Matthews Committee
Maryland
Langer
R-Nd
Willis
R-Ind
Capper
R-Kans
Matthews
Somerset County
Millard Tawes
Tawes
State
Q and A: Early 20th Century trivia on health and war
A Q A set covers brucellosis in unpasteurized milk, wallpaper washing with shellac, German bombings aimed at synthetic oil, poker rules on checking and raising, and George Washington origin of the Purple Heart. It reflects common knowledge questions of the era.
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Gelsenkirchen
Wesselring
George Washington
Bucknell Professor Steps Ahead of Schedule
In Lewisburg Bucknell University a professor raised the tempo of the accelerated program with a dramatic miscue arriving 30 minutes early and posting an exam a day early for a class scheduled for the next day.
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Jsarily
Lewisburg
Bucknell University
Russian War Relief Part Of War Chest
Amos R. Kearns, chairman of High Point United War Chest, cites a National War Fund report listing ten million Russians killed and thirty eight million displaced. He compares the devastation in Nazi invaded Russia to a sweeping destruction from Maine to the Mississippi and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Amos R. Kearns
High Point United War Chest
Kearns
National War Fund
High Point
United War Chest
Russia
United States
Maine
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Mexico
Vanport Housing Project To Expand Population
VANPORT ORE Oct 2 The largest housing project in the United States now houses 35 000 residents and will grow to over 40 000 as all apartments are rented The maintenance department runs 630 full time employees with an estimated expense for 1943 of 1 478 494 The piece also notes support for Allied war relief and Russian relief efforts praising troops fighting alongside the United States.
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Vanport
Ore
INS
United States
Portland
Vancouver
Wash
Hig Point
National War Fund
Russian Wa Relief
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APS
Corte
Sartene
Switzerland
Fardinia
Innsbruck
Florence
Tyrrhenian Sea
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King Features Syndicate
Adriatic Sea
W. A. Bivins
Chant
Togo
Jack
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Lincoln
Harvey Mathews
Wilmington
Mother
Wola
Socony- Vacuum Research Laboratories
Harilee
Jarilee
Hollywood
Plarllee
Clarilee
Uniften
Flarilee
Ern
Twore
Tuxedo
Jlarilee
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