Greatest air victory of war off Guadalcanal reported
Delayed Aug 24 dispatch from the U. S. fleet off the Solomons says American pilots downed 96 Japanese planes in a two-day battle over Guadalcanal with Navy Marine and Army fliers contributing. Eight American pilots are listed as missing.
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Clark Lee
U. S
Solomons
United States
Japan
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Teir
Navy
Donal E. Runyan
Crawfordsville
Ind
Starkes
Jensen
Bunyan
War Front Memoir and June Johnson Memorial Note
First a wartime victory recap with Runyan squadron pilots downing multiple Japanese planes over Guadalcanal on July 8 and 9, including Lieuts Jansen Starkes Bauer and Runyan. Then a June Johnson obituary tribute and memory sketch describing his life as a civil engineer and local personality in High Point. A grim steel shortage forecast closes the page with a global resource concern.
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Runyan
Guadalcanal
Lieut
Louis Bauer
Tulpehocken St
Philadelphia
Jansen
Starkes
Guardalcanal
Jensen
Cigarettes Dropped Over Netherlands In RAF Gesture
Fifty thousand packages of cigarettes in red white and blue wrappers labeled Victory Is Coming were dropped over the Netherlands by RAF planes on Sept 1 as a goodwill gesture. The event followed Queen Wilhelmina’s birthday. Thousands of bright orange tea packages were dropped the previous year.
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London
Netherlands
Aneta
Wilhelmina
Casual Comment on War Wages and Costs by W A Bivins
A Homefront column notes Johnny Q Public stays behind while facing rationing and wage-price tensions. The writer interviews an unnamed High Point resident who argues wage stabilization could lower prices and reduce wartime cost pressures while supporting the war effort.
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Johnny Q
Johnny
United Nations
Homefronter
Homelonter
High Point
America
Radio Schedule Highlights War Era Programs Across Networks
A dense listing details radio programs and times across networks. It notes war related segments, dramas, music acts, serials, news, and variety shows from early evening through late night, featuring names like Fred Waring, Jack Armstrong, Lucille Mannaris, Dinah Shore, and The Lone Ranger among many others.
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Wien
Cbs
Hilly Moore
Portia
Nhbe
Nbc
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Bastic
Nbe
Secret City
Blu
Ben Bernla
David Cheskin
Hollywood Orchestra
Lone Ranger
Cbs Dixie Baseball
Whbe
Mile Herth
Frank Parker
Cbs-Basic
Delta Rhythm Boys
cbs-Dixie
Bill Stern
Nbce
Lowell Thomason
Blu-Basic
Escorts
War News of Today
Fred Waring
Time
Able-East
Pill Amos and
Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mary Smail
The
Johnson Family
Paul Lavatle
Orchestra
Nbec
Prama
Reneat
Mhs
Kaltenborn
Lucille Manaris
Gari Godwin
Fred Brady
Cal Tinney
Gibnix and
Finner
Nabe
Pat Barnes
Ate
Navy Norfolk
Abe Lyman
Playhouse
Gabriel Heatter
Plantation
Nhe
Brawster
Hblu
Biu
Meet Your Navy
Lanny Rass MC
Dhs
Fladric Foster
Paul Schubert
Nbec-East
Hin
Che Danes
Nbc-Red
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Nips
June Johnson
Johnson
Zeb Vance
North Carolina
June
King's Drug Store
Main Street
Webster
NEA
Arnold Headley
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
Custer
Setour
RED Cross
W. A. Bivins
Blackdraught
Lcut Rate Drug Store
Popular Brands Cigarettes
Reg
S.S
Isc
Arrid
Wstehs
Baby Powder Johnsons
Ingraham
Woodbury Soap
Alophen
Icc
VICKS
Ieree Kolron
Bromo Quinine Groves
Teel
Drene
KOTEX
T'Ville Negro
Thomasville
Jeff Cochrane
Davidson County
Jesse Green
Bob Kennedy
Abbotts Creek
Gill
Laurinburg
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