Thin Man becomes a soldier in Alaska front line
Washington Hammett, 49, famed author of The Thin Man, serves as a corporal in the U S Army at an Alaska air base. He left Hollywood payto pursue duty after volunteering to enter service, hoping to combat fascism while contributing as a writer and soldier. He endures tundra training and aims to write training material when possible.
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Central Press
Army Air Base
Alaska
Washiell Hammett
United States Army
Axis
Bette Davis
Pinkerton
Paul Bunyon
Hammett
Pleasantville
New York City
Army
Fort Monmouth
Signal Corps
Shenango
Spokane
Wash
Monmouth
Mett
Veteran's Hospital
Pinkertons
H. L. Mencken
George Jean Nathan
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Corporal Hammett
Moone's Emerald Oil advertised for skin relief
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil claiming relief from intense itching with easy use and a satisfaction or money back guarantee. Also reports multiple public auction notices by High Point North Carolina mayor Arnold J. Koonee for city land sales in 1943 and 1945 with terms including down payments and extended payment plans.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
High Point
Annel
Atherton
National Roundholders Corporation
Th. R Ragen
National Bondholders Corporation
High Pola
J M. Parlowe
Tn Naitiamal Bondholders Corp
Plorence Wallen
Aw’t
City OF
Clry
Emme A. Brower
J. L. Reid
Clarice Young Reid
Taylor M. Simpson
K J. Weeht
Pisher
Guardian Ad Litem
KB. H. Cretts
P. J. Reid
Florence W. Allen
High
Moone
Mann Drug Stores
N. C
High Point Township
Mangum Ve
Mangum Avenue
Arnold J. Koonce
Northarolina
Charies Ragan
City of High Point
Kenney Rolls Luck Dice Before Rabaul Strike
In New Guinea on October 12 Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney rolled his famed luck dice prior to the Fifth Airforce attack on Rabaul New Britain. The priest blessed dice in 1917 and warned against using them for money. The general kept them in his watch pocket except once when his plane nearly crashed. After planes took off he rolled and his dice landed on eleven signaling a momentary boost of morale.
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New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Airforce
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Kenney
Paris
Littl
Meeting Postponed and Local Church Activities
The Willing Workers of Mt. Vernon Baptist church cancel this week’s meeting due to Bay Preacher Harold Cobb sermon at Pearson Memorial church tomorrow night at 8. Bethel Holiness Church hosts Home Missionaries Thursday Oct 14 and Gospel Singers perform Sunday at 3 p m with the pastor’s sermon Seventeen Steps to Hell on Monday Oct 18 Brotherhood club gathers at H L Mingo 1024 Leonard St. Far safety note two farm youths find a truck axle crowded with 12 chickens on the rear axle after driving 12 miles.
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Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Bay
Harold Cobb
Pearson Memorial Church
Bethel Holiness Church
Odessa Bury
Gospel Singers
Bethel
Brotherhood Club
H. L. Mingo
Leonard St
Italian War on Germans Pleases Italian Prisoners
Italian prisoners at Weingarten Camp welcomed Italy's war declaration against Germany, hoping to return home and aid in liberation. Col. H. H. Glidden, the camp commander, noted prisoners from across Italy showed strong loyalty to their king and homeland. A Boise Idaho item reports an OPA rule forcing a dime’s worth of beer at ten ounces, with nine-ounce servings continuing until revised.
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Weingarten
Italy
Germany
Col
H. H. Glidden
Col. Glidden
Boise
Idaho
OPA
Duty Bound Dogs Missing After Gowen Field Crash
Bing and Lady two guard dogs at Gowen Field Boise disappeared when a truck they rode in overturned. An intensive search failed to locate them. Later both dogs returned to duty at their regular guard stations. Great Falls story notes a drummer donated to a soldier band and use of old drums by a marine drummer at a South Pacific base.
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Boise
Idaho
Bing and Lady
Gowen Field
Great Falls
Mont
Godfrey R
South Pacific
Ltd
Reed
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Baby Last
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Schick
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Peih Porellen
Eckerd
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
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