New Zealand Women Rally To Support War Efforts
New Zealand women join the wartime effort in large numbers across industry and farms. Mrs Walter Nash extols her country’s social programs including free medical care, maternity services, and undergone price controls, while acknowledging higher taxes and subsidies. She notes public hospitals and welfare groups like the Plunkett Society support a socialized system during the war.
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Ington
New Zealand
Walter
United States
Nash
Pacific War Council
South Pacific
Taan Chamber of Commerce
Ile
Lega
Est
Australia
Zealand
United She
Plunkett Society
Ced
Frantic Weekend unfolds at Ferdy Lortton's place
In Montreat Fay Ransom, the famed broker’s daughter, faces a weekend of tangled plans with Nigel Monkhouse Michael Mack and others at Ferdy Lortton’s estate. A mysterious stranger Baldy Brien arrives claiming a big Broadway opportunity while Peggy Mack eyes the showbiz power broker.
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Ferdy Lortton
Piri
Fay Stansom
Renlly
Gig Randall
Nigel Monkhouse
Michael Mack
Ca Michaels
Myra
Berdy
Youne
Peggy Mack
Paris
Fay
Peggy
Ferdy
Nigel
Michael
Marile
Marie
Bilodeau
Fay Ransom
Gay
New York
Broadway
Johnny White
Benny Shaw
Baldy
Baldy Brien
Bea Leclaire
O. K. Fay
Show Girl
Prize Essays Rotary Club High School Winners
Winning essay by John Paul Sanders 10th grade on What a High School Student Can Do to Help Win the War. It urges unity, cooperation with civilian defense, rumor control, conserving health, and pursuing broad education, emphasizing defense bonds and moral resolve under God.
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Rotary Club
John Paul Sanders
United Nation
Roosevelt
Congress
Puzzle fragment hints at apology and choices
A fragmented dialogue asks if one should apologize and whether pride blocks it. It then suggests suggesting another place as a better option. The text ends with a prompt about what you would do as a solution, listing options (a) and indicating alternative actions.
Gomez Homeless in St Petersburg Home Run Record
St Petersburg Florida Letty Gomez, Yankee pitcher, is noted for hitting a home run in his baseball career. Heyer also referenced in context.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Letty Gomez
Yankee
Air Raid Would Be Free Show in New York
A New York City psyche study predicts how residents would respond to air raids. Dr Thomas L Garrett, a WWI flyer turned psychologist, cites New Yorkers as calm yet curious, unlikely to duck for cover, with taxi drivers, ferry captains, police, and office girls all shown reacting with steadfast nerve and spectacle-seeking behavior during raids.
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Thomas L. Garrett
Garrett
Mying
Air Corps
New York
Times Square
Paris
Huck
Veparlee
Al Unser Plays All Positions in One Spontaneous Game
Detroit reports a versatile young athlete, Al Unser, filling every position in a single game. The night unfolded in Walston Salem as fans gathered at his home for an unusual showcase.
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Detroit
al Unser
Tiger
Walston-Salem
The Man Who Never Loafs
A profile of Major General Bredo Burke Somervell tracing a career from early duty with infantry in 1917 to leading the Army Service of Supply and the vast construction and payroll programs of World War II. The piece highlights his relentless work ethic, key posts in Turkey and the WPA era, and his role in fuel, housing, feeding, clothing, and transporting the U.S. Army. It notes his rise from West Point graduate to general and his habit of starting days early at the Railroad Retirement Building in Washington.
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Wahington
Somervell
France
Bredo Burke Somervell
Army
Gen. Somervell
Little Rock
Ark
Pick
Mexico
West Point
General Pershing
Pershing
Tury
Turkey
Interemal
Ataturk
America
WPA
New York
Eigit Ian
Col. Somervell
Japan
Bill
Egihi
Fife
Washington
History Repeats- K. P. Duty Again
Private Jack O Beirne reenlists and faces early duties in World War II like his WWI start in kitchen police then supply room. The piece notes the 225,000,000 combined population of the two Americas.
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Fort George G. Meade, Md
Jack O'Beirne
Ifis
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Migs Prim
Kroger
Kroger's
Bay Country Club
Red Bird
Avalon
Florida
New Texas
Thiron
Avondale
Alc
C. C
Country Club
Embassy
K. J. Caplinger Jr., Mkt
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Kwise
Kraft Elkhorn Pound
Tenderay
Tenderay Kroger
Tenderay PD
Cecil W. Dennis
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K. P
Nature
Lindder
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Kitney
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