Cabbage Brigade Finds Use in German Digs
U S troops in 1 19 report a cache of German cabbage left behind during retreat from the Paris area. Soldiers joke about souvenirs while others describe ferries built by army engineers across the Loire to replace knocked out bridges. Major Gen Erich Elster and 20 000 enemy troops are noted as crossing a repaired bridge.
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Bricker Returns From Eastern Campaign Swing
Gov John W Bricker concluded a 3200 mile eastern tour visiting Pennsylvania Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut to gauge Republican prospects in the November elections He noted conversations with state governors in those areas and said New England and Pennsylvania would support the GOP The Virgin Islands were acquired by the United States from Denmark during the period.
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New England
Maine
Squalls Ahead In Presidential Campaign
Governor Thomas Key entered a new hard line phase of the 1944 presidential race with a major speech in Oklahoma City. He planned to attack President Volt’s record with unvarnished candor as Dewey sharpened his own lines.
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Thomas Key
Poor Fitness of 18-Year-Olds Spurs National Program
Dr. Logan Clendening cites a 1944 survey showing 13 percent of college men cannot swim, 64 percent fail to swim 60 yards, and 79 percent cannot do twenty leg raises. Draft boards rejected four million of 18 to 37 year olds for physical or mental defects, prompting a nationwide physical fitness year and school program integration.
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Murray-Wagner
Rowntree
Roosevelt Attacks Republicans Over Propaganda Charge
The article cites Mr. Roosevelts claim that Republicans use propaganda technique from dictators and quote Mein Kampf. The Republican reply accuses the president of lacking a program and of fraud charges. It notes the Pacific Ocean area and a cited ocean depth estimate.
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Atlantic unveils Ultranet exclusive military project
Atlantic's research division markets a new Ultranet exclusive development described as boosting fighting forces. The item notes heightened interest and strategic implications for defense.
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Ultranet
Atlantic
Week End Ruminations From W A Bivins In High Point
The piece recalls early 20th century travel to High Point from Ashe on the High Point Randleman and Asheboro line. The writer describes a slow three hour 33 mile journey with freight car shuffling, side tracks near Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and a drummer Isaac Stein venting at the engineer while passengers wait.
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Our Award and Our People After the War
A home front reflection on wartime patience and sacrifice. The piece honors returning veterans and fallen heroes, stressing freedom preserved and blessings earned through service. It urges a postwar place for everyone to work, as Dr Jewett notes a mysterious individual distinctness shared by all.
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Europe
Pernen
America
Tropic Isles
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer: Mixed clues grid
A puzzle grid fills with horizontal and vertical clues across and down. Entries include impress, undivided, seaport of, passage between cliffs, like a family of marine fishes, and more. Solver notes average solution time and publisher King Features Syndicate provide the challenge.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Mrs Payne Whitney Dies At 68 In New York Society
Mrs. Payne Whitney 68, prominent figure in American social and racing circles, died in New York. She was daughter of John Hay, served presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Her husband Payne Whitney left a $250 million estate at his 1927 death. she leaves a daughter Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson and son Col John Hay Whitney, who recently escaped German captivity after two weeks.
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Charles Shipman Payson
Col
Jock) Whitney
Army Air Forces
Polio Expert Dr Michael Hoke Dies in Beaufort
Dr Michael Hoke 70 former chief surgeon of Warm Springs Infantile Paralysis Foundation died in Beaufort County Hospital after a several day illness.
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S. C
Michael Hoke
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
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Palmer returns from Holland trip with ankle sprain
Lt. Herb Palmer 46 of Hawthorne New York, a Stars and Stripes correspondent, went to Holland with paratroopers a week ago then returned to London. He slipped on a curb while a taxi and sprained an ankle. The piece notes the New York Stock Exchange as the world’s largest and its founding in 1817.
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Herb Palmer
Stars and Stripes
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N. Y
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Palmer
New York
Cystex promises relief from rheumatic and urinary pains
An antihostile ad touts Cystex as a quick remedy for weakness, back and kidney bladder troubles, swelling, and pains. It stresses guaranteed satisfaction, money back, and a cheap 35 cent price, urging readers to tear out and mail in for genuine Cystex.
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Cretex
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