Bomber Crew Brings Planes Home After New Guinea Mission
The bomber crew at an Allied base in New Guinea endured a fierce attack by Japanese forces. Lt James G Dieckfelder fer steered a four engine craft to a near-water recovery, though some planes lost fabric on the elevators. Capt Raymond Halsey’s plane was set afire but the crew fought the blaze 20 minutes to extinguish it. Major John Roberts praised the mission weather as tough but successful, noting all aircraft reached the target despite doubts.
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Tom Yarbrough
Allied
New Guinea
Hich
Marea
James G. Die‘fenderfer
Logan
W. Va
Raymond E. Halsey
Altus
Okla
John A. Roberts
Beebe
Ark
Roberts
Senate in recess as panels tackle pipeline clash
In recess until Friday the Senate faces a special war investigating committee hearing jokes on a pipeline controversy while the Judiciary panel weighs McKellar’s bill requiring confirmation for U S employers with $4 500 or more in pay. The House considers a compromise version of a Columbia Basin development bill as Naval Affairs grills Secretary Knox about absenteeism and the Rules panel reviews a debt and salary limitation measure.
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Associated Press
Senate
Judiciary Committee
U. S
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Knox
Rules Committee
Edgar Brinegar Founder of Chalm Ré Motor Dies at 74
Edgar Preeton Brinegar of San Francisco died last night at 74. He was one of the founders of the old Chalm Ré Motor company of Detroit and later a San Francisco fin aneler.
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Edgar Preeton
Women suffer hot flashes in chilly feelings remedy
Thousands of women between 38 and 62 endure hot flashes and nervous distress during middle age. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised as a tonic and stomach aid. The label promises relief when taken regularly and claims many women have benefited.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Tadde
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Red Cross Clubmobile Hostesses Must Be Skilled Cooks and Mechanics
London American girls serving in the British Isles and North Africa operate clubmobiles equipped with a doughnut machine coffee urns radios and a library. They visit isolated posts delivering free doughnuts coffee gum and cigarettes while driving and maintaining motor skills. The program funded by the 1943 War Fund aims to deploy 48 clubmobiles in Great Britain and more elsewhere, bringing a home like touch to servicemen overseas.
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Red Cross
London
U. S
British Isles
North Africa
United States
Great Britain
Iits
Fern Maddox
Oklahoma City
England
Flashes of Life Matrimonial Puzzle and Oddities
A string of brief items from a South Carolina court clerk to a Bedford high school girl wearing boxing gloves. Also a Salt Lake City motorist mixing up gas rationing tickets, a Denver child swallowing sulfa capsules, and Chicago weather bureau operators urging patriotic gifts to the Red Cross.
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Bedford
Ind
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Red Cross
Sugar Geise Leans Night Club Life Over Film Work
Hollywood by Robbin Coons profiles Sugar Geise, a Moor show star at N.T.G. s, who has performed two shows nightly for two years nine months, leading dancers and singing. She says night work suits her, though she currently acts on a movie set as John Wayne s ex-girlfriend in Free For All.
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Hollywood
Sugar Geise
Sugar
N.t.g.‘S
Nils T. Granlund
Jset
John Wayne
Bath
Fyunks
House Group Firm Against Rumi Tax Plan
A majority of the House Ways and Means committee opposed the Rumi plan despite edits to a skip-a-year income tax proposal. The measure would tax current income with a 20 percent withholding on wages, with partial abatement for 1942-1943 and quarterly payments for nonwage income.
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Washington
Mareh
House
Ways and Means
Pew
Carlson
R-Kas
Doughton
DNC
Imul Doughton
Jimmy Fox Announces Retirement From Baseball
Jimmy Foxx, now a salesman for a New York oil firm, signals he will retire from baseball. He has not notified the Chicago Cubs but expects to do so soon. Foxx says this is a good time to quit and cites concern over another bad season.
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Boston
Jimmy Foxx
New York
Chicago Cubs
Red Sox
Sugar at the Night Club Aide Protects Other Girls
A night club scene shows Sugar, the boss’s aide, guiding a chorus of showgirls. She stresses smiles as a safety instinct while recounting hazards from overzealous patrons and rude incidents. The testimony highlights the cutthroat atmosphere, with guards and managers enforcing order amid unsavory advances.
Battle over convoy near New Britain sinks ship and fighter losses rise
Reconnaissance planes tracked a Japanese convoy along the New Britain coast. Fortresses and Liberators attacked, destroying several planes and witnessing an 8,000 ton transport split in two and sink in flames. P-38s claimed two Zero kills as another air clash near Darwin yielded minor damage.
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New Britain
Darwin
Australia
Zerus
St Wrs
Duchage
Fortresses Break Through Japanese Air Opposition
Reports describe Fortresses and Liberators engaging in a mid day air battle, breaking through a convoy defense and destroying multiple enemy planes. Pods protected interceptors while two fighters were chased. officials confirm additional losses on the Japanese side.
Fights Last Night Bob Joyce Beats Armstrong in LA
Willie Joyce and Henry Armstrong fought in Los Angeles with Joyce winning by points over 137 12 to 137 12. Gary Inc. reported the bout with Armstrong from Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Willie Joyce
Gary, Inc
Henry Armstrong
Boxing card results from scattered venues reported
Pittsburgh Ossie Harris outpointed Johnny Linner in a Cleveland bout. New Bedford Tony Costa outpointed Angela Cultura in Hartford. Willie Pop knocked out Low Transparent in another New York clash. Joe Domingo Roz outpointed Cannonball Gibson in Puerto Rico.
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Pittsburgh
Ossie
Dulldoy) Harris
Johnny Linner
Cleveland
New Bedford
Mass
Tony Costa
Woonsucket
Angela Cultura
Hun
Hton
Hartford
Conn
Willie Pop
Joe Domingo Roz
Puerto Rico
Cannonball Gibson
New York
What Causes Epilepsy Doctors Explain Free Booklet
A pamphlet collecting famous doctors opinions on epilepsy will be mailed free to anyone writing to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dent C-134. The piece promises expert insights on the causes of epilepsy addressed to readers seeking knowledge.
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Maader
Fifth Ave
New York
Yy Dent
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