U S Destroyer Hazelwood Refit After Kamikaze Hit
The U S destroyer Hazelwood returned to Mare Island for repairs after a kamikaze attack near Okinawa on April 29. Ten officers and 67 enlisted men were dead or missing. Cmdr W P Duen and 19 officers served aboard with 299 crew. Surviving crew recounted the blast and the ship being towed to safety by other destroyers.
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Vallejo
Calif
Okinawa
Hazel
Mare Island Navy
Cmdr
W. P. Duen
Abingdon
Bethlehem Yards
San Francisco
Tarawa
Gilbert
Marshall Peleliu
Philipine Island
Japan
L. E. Legas
Seattle Wash
Duon
Hazelwood
Anthony
Tony) Pastusak
Ashley
Legas
Tractor Tire Care Tips From County Agent
Oliver Adams stresses daily servicing to extend tractor life and outlines four air pressure figures for tires. Proper air, valve caps, and quick repairs prevent acid and grease damage, with cautions about barnyard exposure and fabric separation from small cuts.
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Oliver Adams
Stuffed Beef Loaf Featured In Tender Meat Loaf Recipe
Boney Maddox outlines a meat scarce day recipe for Stuffed Beef Loaf serving 8 to 10 with ground round steak gelatin and vegetables. The dish pairs with creamed potatoes and baked macaroni, and includes a two part gelatin assembly and a future menu for breakfast lunch and dinner settings.
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Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Hollywood Set Tales From Betty Hutton and Abbott and Costello
Hollywood reports depict Betty Hutton adoring Barry Fitzgerald during a Stork Club replica scene while Barry mutters lines. MGM pursues using Abbott and Costello in Hollywood as the priciest A and C project yet. Costello resists line learning, exclaiming burlesque days kept him off-script.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Hollywood Reporter
Paramount
New York
Betty Hutton
Betty
Barry Fitzgerald
Sugar Daddy
Fitzgerald
Barry
MGM
Abbott and Costello
Costello
Lou
Washington War Nurse Grieves Homesickness for West
George Alexander Grant, substituting for Jack Stinnett, reports he is in the war effort and suffers a deep homesickness. He says he is longing for the West and the taste of Mt. Rainier snows while coping with illness.
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Jackson S. Elliott
Jack Stinnett
Washington
George Alexander Grant
West
Mt. Rainer
Grant the Nation's Photographer in a Windy Basement
Grant has captured vast stretches of the nation’s lands with a camera. He lives in a basement lab in the old Interior Department building and continues to trek across America to photograph parks and capitals. He began as a National Park ranger in Yellowstone in 1922 and later joined the Interior Department in 1929. He has produced thousands of negatives and several prints travel worldwide, though he remains largely out of the public eye. He never married, calling himself a tramp.
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Mojave
Grant
Interior Department
U. S
Mesa Verde
Colorado
Zion
National Park
Great White Throne
Utah
Glacier National Park
Montana
Crater Lake
Oregon
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Pennsylvania
Sunbury
Pennsylvania State College Agricultural
Naples
America
Mount Vernon
Washington
Sorghum Proves Dependable in Late Planting Across Dairies
County Agent Oliver L Adams notes grain sorghums outperform corn under late planting, offering high quality forage and silage. Soiling and silage boost dairy and beef output. sorghum can be cut, shocked, or stored as dry forage. Early maturing Black Amber Dakota Amber Red Amber suit soiling. Atlas Largo yields up to 17 to 18 tons per acre. For grain, Sagrain Hegazi Milo and Shallu perform well.
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Atlas Largo
Cold-water Soak Helps Remove Starchy Foods from Dishes
A cold-water soak loosens starch from dishes such as eggs milk and other foods. The method reduces cling and simplifies cleaning by breaking down starch residues. It is useful for kitchen routines and can prevent buildup in utensils and cookware.
Shirley Temple Graduates From Westlake School in L A
Forty two white-gowned young misses walk in a flower lined lane as Shirley Temple receives her diploma from Miss Carol Mills principal of Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
Carol Mills
Westlake School For Girls
German Priest Calls for Punishment of Nazis and Ten-Year Occupation
German priest Father Schurman urged physical punishment for Nazi criminals before death and proposed Allied occupation of Germany for at least a decade. He also called for land claims recognition for neighbors, some German territory for Holland, denazification with skilled labor retained, youth reeducation, and revision of German history to teach Hitler was a devil.
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John McDermott Wadersoth
Germany
Father Schurman
35Th Infantry Division
Schurman
Holland
Hitler
Poles confront Soviet trial at Moscow conference
London officials say Russia moves to try 16 Polish leaders imperils the Moscow talks. The Polish exile government denounces the trial as political blackmail and diversionist actions behind Red Army lines.
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Edward V. Roberts
London
UPI
Moscow
Russia
Radio Moscow
Jan Jankowski
Red Army
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Shirley graduates high school amid applause from 400
Shirley, a film star who began acting at 31-2, receives her high school diploma yesterday as 400 parents and friends applaud. She carries a bouquet of American beauty roses and gardenias and plans to attend college at UCLA, stating it’s closer to her.
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Shirley
University of California At Los Angeles
Polish leader cites unfavorable development in talks with Soviets
A Soviet move threatens to derail negotiations as Mikolajczyk seeks release of 16 Poles as a precondition for talks. Socialist Stanczyk expresses sorrow but remains hopeful for an independent Poland and a constructive neighbor policy toward Russia.
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Mikolajczyk
Stanczyk
Poland
Ray Bolger Star Ties Careers From Insurance to Stage
Boston born dancer Ray Bolger rose from selling insurance and vacuum cleaners to a celebrated career in musical comedy. The piece notes his early work in banking and diverse professional stops before theater success.
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Ray Bolger
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44Th Infantry Division
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Austria
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Navy
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North Carolina
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Ways and Means
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Gen
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Boyertown
Birdie
George S. Patton, Jr
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Jimmy
Shades of
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Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
L. A. High School
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Ieee
Joe
Himmler
Hilde Lobauer
Belsen
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