Allied pilots push back Japanese in Yangtze corridor victory
Lee s fighter pilots attacked Japanese units retreating along the Yangtze between Ichang and Itu inflicting heavy casualties. Mitchell bombers targeted Yochow base and airfield while air superiority aided Chinese ground forces. Zero losses for Americans and reports of multiple enemy planes destroyed. Elsewhere teacher placement shows high demand for instructors with math and science skills.
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Chungking
Leesata
Yagtza
Yachow
Yangtze
Ichang
Itu
Yochow
Hankow
Shortage of Teachers Hits Topeka Schools This Fall
Topeka report shows U S employment agencies flooded with teacher requests while districts fear closures consolidations and cuts. Waldo McCort says new applicants are scarce and some towns will shut vocational and commercial art programs due to staffing gaps. Superintendents now seek candidates personally as demand drives salaries up.
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Topeka
U. S
McCort
Paraguay's Morinigo Heads to U S in Diplomatic Tour
President Higinio Morinigo of Paraguay departs Asuncion by plane for Recife en route to the United States. He travels with U S Ambassador Wesley Frost and other high officials, signaling a diplomatic mission.
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Rio de Janeiro
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
Recife
United States
Morinigo
Asuncion
U. S
Wesley Frost
Hich
New Branch Postoffice Numbers To Speed City Mail Delivery
Postmaster Roger M. Williams says a rapid new system adds a branch office number to city addresses in large cities to speed mail distribution. The city code helps routing by clerks. residents should include the number and inform regular correspondents. About 140 large cities are to use the system. Fossil remains of ground sloths as large as elephants have been found.
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Roger M. Williams
Armed Services
John C. Smith
Mayple Ave
Kansas City
Missouri
Wounded at Attu Island on Special Medical Train
Lawrence L. Bradley of Alta Vista Kansas was wounded on Attu Island when a Jap bullet punctured his right arm and a mortar shell nearby shook him. He described landing under heavy fire and walking back to a dressing station with Japs still firing from the hilltop.
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Lawrence L. Bradley
Alta Vista
Kan
Attu Island
Bradley
Holtz Bay
Marine Captain Wes Roberts Assigned to Procurement Office
Wes Roberts, Kansas City native and former private secretary to Gov. Payne Ratner, reports for duty in the U S marine procurement office with the rank of captain. He has trained at Camp Elliott in San Diego since March and previously worked with his father Frank H Roberts, publisher of the Oskaloosa newspaper.
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Wes Roberts
Kansas City
Payne Ratner
U. S. Marine Procurement Office
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Calif
Captain Roberts
Frank H. Robert Oskaloosa
Tuberculosis Clinic At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
The T B clinic will be held Monday and Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with Dr C F Taylor of Norton in charge. Patients should use the western entrance and appointments may be made by calling 462. The clinic is under the Douglas county tuberculosis association. You can sell unused furniture with a Journal World classified ad by calling 22 for an ad taker.
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Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Journal-World
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