GOSs Front Porch A Novel Excerpt by Ketti Tifrings
A fragmented readable scene follows Pinky and an older man on a porch as they share wartime fears and family hopes. Pinky seeks news of Martha and Vivian, while the old man counsels calm. A harmonica moment leads to reflections on impending birth and separation, ending in a tense pause and a note that the story continues.
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Goss
Ketti Tifrings
Pinky
Martha
Vivian
Africa
Notes From Service Men v Third Walker Brother In Service
John Walker aged seventeen is in Navy boot training as the third Walker brother in the U S Armed Forces. Lt Milton Neuman, a former Indiana athlete, reports for duty at Carlsbad Army Air Field New Mexico. Pvt Joseph Hollern and Pvt Peter Coussoule graduate aerial gunnery schools and await assignment. Lt James Hill in England and Sgt Fred Gould promoted overseas are among others listed for wartime service in this period.
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Walker
John Walker
Lucerne Mines
Navy
U. & Armed Forces
Tom
David
Neuman
Carlsbad
N. M
Milton Neuman
Army Air Forces
Carlsbad Army Air Field
New Mexico
Altoona
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana
Indiana
Num
Newman
Florence I. Patt
Cougsoule
Kingmart Army Air Field
Kingman
Arizona
Peter G. Coussoule
Irene Coussoule
Pennesylvania
North Ninth Street
Coussoule
Army
Indiana High School
Pfc
Jig Hill
England
James W. Hill
G. Gardner Hill
South Fileventh Street
Air Service Command
Hill
Hin
Fred H. Gould, Jr
Fred H. Gould, Sr
Stewart Brest
Blaireville
Gthegd Lewice
Bustle TV
Sustre
Aly
George
Kenney
Fifth Air Force
Sgt
Gould
Black Lick
Aberdeen
Higgins Boat School
New Orleans
Waxler
Fred W. Waxler
Joseph Waxter
Alvedra
States
McDermott
Paul R. McDermott
Camp Bradford
LST
Amphibious Training Command
U. S. Atlantic
Bradford
Energy bill if solar heat and light priced high
A playful calculation argues that charging one and three fourths cents per kilowatt hour for solar heat and light would create an annual U.S. bill of 927 quadrillion dollars, illustrating the sun’s value.
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United States
Wood stronger than steel in war materials report
Wartime notes praise plastic plywood as a substitute for strategic metals in defense goods claiming higher tensile strength and similar weight. The piece urges readers to focus on supporting War Bonds to aid the war effort.
Radio Features Today and Evenings Schedule
The station lineup lists multiple programs across KDKA WAAS KQV WCAK WIAS WJAS WCAB and others including doctors at war concerts symphonies and news blocks. Notable entries include Kenny Baker Boston concert World of Song and Evening News with Sports segments and a Mayor of the Town feature.
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KDKA
Mualeat
WAAS
Kenny Baker
KQV
Boston
Pope
WCAK
Chicago Symphony
Homing
John Chas
Thomas
Philharmonic Creek
Iida
Mirade Wrelda
WCAE
Basin St
Chamber Muntie
WIAS
Bob Prines
XDKA
Newa
WJAS
Beckley Smith
WCAB
Wjas—War Fund
Malin Htreat
WGAH
WCAEW
Socialist Party
Yanks
Abie
Sarah Rose
Frank Singizer
Kenney Baker
Irish Rosa
Rembrance
WCAH
Liberty Ship report praises ships yet limits military use
The Senate Truman committee praised the Liberty Ship as the war’s “truck horse of the sea” but urged against using them as troop carriers or hospital ships due to slow speed, convoy needs, and fracture risks. It noted 800,000 troops deployed without losses, found most damages minor, and cited construction improvements reducing structural danger.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
Maritime Commission
War Investigation Group
War Department
Emory
Land of the Maritime Commission
Colonial bans head hunting amid deep cultural entrenchment
Scientists warn that despite official bans, head hunting may persist in parts of Africa due to entrenched tribal customs. The record also lists a miscellany of radio programs and schedules from Chicago stations, including classical, pop, country, news, and orchestral listings.
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Africa
Nazis Admit Killing 50 Allied Officers
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said Germany admitted killing 50 Allied officers at a German prison camp, up from 47, with RAF officers shot while resisting capture after escape near Dresden. Eden condemned the act as a crime against war laws and vowed pursuit of those responsible, including Gestapo involvement, and promised exemplary justice after the war.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Ttheir
Dresden
Eden
Gestapo
Church Merger Discussed by Evangelical Groups
Delegates at the Evangelical and Reformed Church Synod debated a merger with Congregational Christian churches. A tentative basis for consolidation was presented as a statement of faith. Dr. George W. Richards of Lancaster, first vice president, urged that union has international recognition without a formal constitution.
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York
Evangelical and Reformed Church Synod
George W. Richards
Lancaster
Richards
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Union of the Reformed Church In the
United States
Evangelical Synod of North America
Instructions To Soldiers on Saipan Island
Sentencing the men with warnings about sharks barracuda sea snakes and dangerous coral on the coast the medical officer lists hazards and diseases to avoid ashore and cautions against drinking water or approaching locals a private asks why not let the Japanese have the island in a terse wartime moment of humor
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Yee
John B. T. Campbell, Jr
Los Angeles
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Marine Artillery
First Hollow Tires International Anomalous Entry
Fragmentary OCR text mentions First Hollow Tires International and Terigation John Boyd Dimiop with references to Belfast and Cutbahh Pass. It references water pouring into hollow rubber tires, streams, a century ago, and mentions Hudson Bay, the Pacific, a child’s tricycle, and Galt of Maxtea, but the meaning is unclear due to garbled wording.
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John Boyd Dimiop
Belfast
Cutbahh Pass
Hudson Bay
Maxtea
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Veges
Finks
Spon
McKee
Army Specialized Training Reserve
University of Pittsburgh
Bernard A. Spon
Arthur . Spon
Aultman
Eugene C. McKee
Alden B. .McKee
B.D. No. 1
Nickard
Ira E. Rickard
Stafford
Rickstd
Mtling CO
Indiana, PA
RADIO
Liberty Ships O.K
Elephant
WCA
Grand Old Opry
Wcae—Dance Orchestra
John W. Bricker
WUAR
Oming
Frankie Masters Orch
WJASB
Casey
Ecagharlie
The
Wight
Boots
Les
Piicommentionee
Russell Hayden
Rome
Radiobar
Charies
Robert Goaaler
Eee Seaaegs
Srabavece
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
Bee Brand Spices
Better Stores, Inc
Bond
Manos Theatre
Raye
Ascream
Samuel A AE
Goldwyn AG
KRMM
Ares cc
Dinah Sae Shores A
Ome
First Federal Savings & Loan Company
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