Submarine exhibit tours nation to aid Bundles for America
A captured Japanese submarine is shown on Fifth Avenue in a Roy L. Wingers post 52 American Legion sponsored exhibit. The U S Navy opened viewing by cutting portholes and adding access, with admission funds supporting home front relief for servicemen families.
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Fifth Avenue
Main
State Streets
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
U. S. Navy
Undies
America
Rationing Con ved from Page 1
Bowles announced changes to rationing with stamps totaling about 30 points valid September 2, not August. Civilian meat supply for August drops 16 million pounds weekly from July levels, while top beef and lamb grades stay rationed. New charts raise butter and cheese points, slowing consumption to prevent rapid use.
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Bowles
Neufchatel
Munster
France Reports New Naval Actions Off Channel Islands
A wartime communique notes three more clashes involving torpedo boats and light coastal forces off the Channel islands and near Le Havre. German efforts to cut Allied lines continue with attempts to split positions around Avranches.
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Malo
Channel Islands
le Havre
Counrate
Scout Street Car in Kansas City Disabled
Kansas City open air sightseeing street car The Scout is out of service after Public Service management ruled two operators could not be spared from regular runs to crew the special car.
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Kansas City
Public Service Management
Salvation Army Brig Robb Transferred to Fond du Lac Post
After two years in La Crosse Brig and Mrs Harry G Robb of the Salvation Army are reassigned effective Aug 23 to Fond du Lac Wis They praise local advisory board and note mortgage repairs and furnishings funded during their stay Their service included a strong cadet corps active Sunday school and youth groups with faith services adapting to wartime conditions. Brig Robb's long career began 35 years ago in Bartlesville Oklahoma with postings across the nation ending in La Crosse prior to this transfer.
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la Crosse
Harry G. Robb
Salvation Army
Fond du Lac
Wis
Brig
Robb
Bartelsville
Okla
Oklahoma City
Winfield, Kans
Sapulose
Fort Worth
Tex
Wichita Falls
142Nd Infantry
General MacArthur to carry greetings to Pacific troops
President Roosevelt travels to Hawaii with White House aides to convey greetings from the nation to forces in the Pacific. He declines campaign talk, plans a later public report on the trip, and dismisses rumors of a Churchill or Chiang Kai-shek meeting.
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MacArthur
Pacific
Hawaii
White House
William D. Leahy
Edwin M. Watson
Wilson Brown
Ross T. McIntire
Samuel I. Rosenman
Roosevelt
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Davis
OWI
Honolulu
Navy
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Harry F. Truman
Missouri
Taft Attacks 35-A-Week Benefit Bill In Senate
Senator Taft denounces the CIO backed plan as fundamentally wrong saying there is no parallel between soldiers and workers in war industry. He argues the measure would not alter veterans rights and criticizes its cost and scope amid wartime savings figures and bond totals. Gov Goodland appeals to Wis senators to oppose federalizing unemployment programs and back the George bill.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Murray-Kilgore
Senate
Army
Navy
George
Dga
Congress
Madison
Wis
Goodland
Wiley and Lafollette
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Furlough Mixup Sends Soldier to Topeka During Pass
Sgt. Joe Battini of Brooklyn New York, on a three day pass, found his mother and sister in Kansas. He rode a train to the plains and reached a Topeka hotel for a two hour visit before being transferred the next day.
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Topeka
Kas
Joe Battini
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kansas
Kansas Plains
Wartime diners finish steak dinner after three alarm blaze
In Salem Oscar's grill patrons fled a three alarm fire and three guests carried their half eaten steaks and cutlery to a car where they finished the meal.
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Salem
Mass
Oscar's Grill
Swallows Debunk False Hibernation Theory in Streams
In the 18th century a belief held swallows hibernated in mud at stream bottoms. Researchers tied red threads to many swallows and recaptured some the following year, finding the threads faded and the theory undermined.
Plea for Waste Paper Collection Ahead of Aug. 19
War Production Board chair Don ald Nelson stresses waste paper as vital to war effort. La Crosse to hold city-wide paper drive on Saturday Aug. 19 to supply packaging for ammunition food medical supplies and ships aiding troops overseas. Residents urged to display placards or call the Boy Scout office for delivery.
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Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
North Africa
South Pacific
la Crosse
Woodcocks Carry Young in Feet When Alarmed
When disturbed, woodcocks grasp their young in their feet and carry them to safety, a behavior noted as parental protection and rapid retreat from threats. The note highlights a striking avian survival tactic observed in the field.
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Pacific Siler
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M. D
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James H. McMenamin
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Transit
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McMenamin
Smith-Connally
Cutex
Max Factor
Hollywood
THE
Rexall Drug Stores
Main Street
Woodbury
Rexall
Liggett's
Teel
Adrienne
Rexall Legotion Silque
Miner
Gary Glamour
Pablum At
Baby Books
Sylvia
Barron
Vogue
Harpers Barcas
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