Three Times I Bow a Chinatown Fact Study Review
In his new book Carl Glick sharpens the Chinatown profile first shown in Shake Hands With the Dragon. The reviewer notes Glick never traveled to China yet paints a brisk portrait of New Yorks Chinatown through its second generation, including Kung now in the American army and drill sergeant misadventures.
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Carl Glick
Whittlesey House
McGraw-Hill
New York City
Charles Cooper
Old
New York Herald
Pulitzer
Allenby
Palestine
Near East
New York
Cooper
Chinatown
New York Chinatown
Reader's Digest
Columbia
East 93Rd Street
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
America
Glick
Kung
United States
King
Allied Airpower Downs 48 Japanese Planes in Pacific Sky Battle
Allied air forces reported by General MacArthur's headquarters shot down 48 Japanese aircraft, losing five Allied planes, with 12 dive bombers and 22 fighters confirmed downed on the Allied side. The operations included strikes on Balikpapan and Ka lili plus raids around Salamaua, Komiatum and Vella Lavella as ground and air forces advance in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea theaters.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo
Komiatum
Lae
Salamaua
Kahili
Bougainville
Solomons
Vila
Japan
New Britain
Sankor
U. S
U. S. Airacobras
Airacobras
New Georgia
Bairoko
Tambu Bay
Occupation Now Only Means to Escape Draft
War Manpower Commission moves to use occupation as the main criterion for 18 to 38 year olds facing induction. A 149 critical occupations list grants super deferment. transfers to war work ease, but fathers may face reclassification unless hardship shown. The aim is to preserve war production while filling military needs.
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Washington
Army
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Lawrence A. Appey
Ration Calendar Details From War Time Stamp Validities
The document lists wartime ration stamp expirations and values. It covers red stamps T and U through August 31, blue stamps N P Q through August 7 and R S T through September 20, Book 1 sugar stamps 13 through August 15 and 15 16 for canning, Book 1 shoe stamp 18 through October 31, coffee no longer required, gasoline coupons varying by region, and fuel oil period 5 through September 30 and new period 1 through January 3 1944 at ten gallons per unit.
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East
First U S Ship Landing Marks Airmanship Milestone
The United States achieved the first ship landing in 1911 when an airplane touched down aboard the USS Pennsylvania marking a historic naval aviation milestone.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Officials to Discuss Poultry Shortage Meeting set with judges agencies and farm groups
Little Rock August 16 governor Adkins convenes county judges state and federal agriculture agencies and farm groups at 10 a m to address a growing livestock and poultry feed shortage. He cites dairymen forced to sell herds due to lack of feed.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Kilburn Memorial Honors 783000 WWI Horses
A memorial in Kilburn, London,England honors 783000 horses that died in World War I, reflecting the wartime animal losses and public remembrance turning to living memory.
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Kilburn
London
England
Reds Tighten Grip As Karachev Falls In Orel Salient
Soviet forces from four divisions broke through to Karachev on the Bryansk road and cut off the last main escape line for Nazis trapped in the Orel salient. Pravda reported heavy forest fighting and steps to prevent German defense lines along the Desna river. Karachev’s capture closed the escape corridor, with German casualties and equipment left behind. Tass noted intensified fighting around Kharkov with Red Air Force massing for decisive blows.
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Moscow
Karachevy
Bryansk
Orel
Communist Party
Pravda
Desna
Karachev
Tass
Kharkov
Chugaev
Red Air Force
Bad Break for Enlisted Men Over WAC Dating
Allied headquarters reports a feud between buck privates and shavetails over dating WACs after a new rule allows officers to date them. Privates from Illinois Tennessee Florida express discontent and question legality while noting WACs are a scarce attraction. A stray line about 1834 postage stamps appears.
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United Press Allied
North Africa
Wacs
Kenneth Gerdes
Dixon
Illinois
Edward Smith
Tazewell
Tennessee
Robert Byrd
Jacksonville
Florida
Churchill Back in Quebec for War Conference
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Quebec resuming work after a three day Roosevelt talks at Hyde Park. White House says Roosevelt will join the Quebec war conferences this week with Allied military chiefs on hand. The talks reportedly focus on Europe strategy Pacific conduct and long range postwar planning with Russia in view.
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Quebec
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Washington
England
Europe
Pacific
United Nations
Russia
New York
Joint Chiefs of
End of Sicily Campaign Near as Allied Forces Press
Allied troops overrun the Axis rear near Milazzo as Barcellona and Messina come under heavy fire. The British and American line pushes toward Messina with Montgomery’s Eighth Army 25 miles away, while German forces attempt to retreat and infiltrate rear areas.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
United States
Milazzo
Messina
Barcellona
U. S. Seventh Army
Eighth Army
Taomrina
Castiglione
Raggi
Sicily
Berlin
NBC
George S. Patton
Bernard L. Montgomery
Taormina
Roccalamera
Hermann Goering
15Th Armored
Milan Workers Gather in Peace Demonstration Amid Ruin
Reports from Chiasso say Milan workers marched at 6 a m through burning ruins in a peace demonstration after an RAF raid. Travelers described collapsed towers, destroyed palaces, and bombed industrial zones as Axis guards tightened control and refugees fled toward the frontier.
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Chiasso
Milan
Sorresco
Scala Farina
Die Tat
Zurich
Brianza
Japanese Warn War Harder as Allied Air Raids Rise
A Tokyo broadcast quoted Captain Kurihara, Japan’s navy propaganda chief, saying the war in the Pacific is growing more difficult as Allied air raids increase. He claimed the United States remains undefeated and cited a fierce South Pacific counter offense. Allied air forces reportedly shot down 48 Japanese planes and sank 19 barges, with most losses in the Solomons and New Guinea, while Japan lost five aircraft.
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United Press
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Kurihara
Navy
United States
South Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Salamaua
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Tyrrhenion
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Miles
Centyn
Bronte
Cape Milatzo
Soviet
Ukraine
Rharkqv
Terese & Reve
Tonion Sea
Bandazzo
Poltava
Smolensk
Alex. H. Washburn
Orel Salient
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