Bombs Do Queer Things On Ships In War Notebook
Leaves From 2 War Correspondent's Notebook by John A Morqsont substituting for Hal Boyle With the U S Navy in Britain. The piece sketches odd effects of bombs on ships including a canary on a British warship losing its feathers but remaining warm cage to prevent a chill. It also notes Admiral Stark Ing ersoll Hall and their roles in Atlantic sea power and Allied planning.
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John A. Morqsoint
Hal Boyle
U. S. Navy
Britain
Harold R. Stark
European
Wilkes-Barre
Stark
Royal E. Ingersoll
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Germany
Army Tries New Plan to Recondition Wounded Soldiers
Clinton Iowa March 21 An Army program led by Colonel Augustine Thorndike promotes a rigorous reconditioning regime to speed convalescence. The plan shifts from bed rest to physical and mental training, including light exercises, grass drills, obstacle courses, and a 15 mile hike with full pack. In overseas hospitals the average convalescence dropped from 35 to 24.4 days with about 1,500 patients returning to full duty in five months. The program aims to ready men for active service or suitable civilian life and potential war industry work.
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Clinton
Mar
Augustine
Gus) Thorndike
Harvard
Thorndike
Army
Schick Hospital
General Hospital
Irresistible Flow of Lava Down Vesuvius Slopes
Reporter Edward Kennedy chronicles a slow but overwhelming lava surge at Mt. Vesuvius that obliterates San Sebastiano and Massa Di Somma. He details building collapses, flames, fumes, and the desperate effort by American troops led by Lt. Col. John A. Warner to evacuate residents and clear paths as villagers tell of hunger and war’s toll amid a dramatic volcanic tableau.
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Mar
Vanie
San Sebastiano
Naples
Laval
Massa di Somma
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New York State Police
Alfred E. Smith
Napresi
John Barlow
Baltimore
Java
Barlow
Cpl
Paul Hurbanis
South Pulaski Street
Chicago
Oran
Pireus Harbor
Greece
Ben Rovinskie
Preston Hill
Girardville
Earl Clemons
Garrett, Ky
William C. Kingsgrey
Glasgow
Cercola
Guess Crop Yields
The agriculture department estimates this year's corn crop at 3.126 billion bushels, wheat at 750 million, and oats at 1.3 billion. It compares acreage intentions and past production, noting December forecasts and ten year averages for corn, wheat, oats, and potatoes with regional planting data.
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Washington
Mar
Agriculture Department
Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
Willkie Outlines Three Courses for G.O.P.
Oshkosh Wis Mar 21 Wendell L Willkie declares the Wisconsin primary on April 4 a vital test with profound influence on the Republican party at Chicago June 1944 He presents three paths for the GOP nationalism or indifference to issues avoidance of the issues and international cooperation with economic liberalism Only the third course can win in 1944 while the first two likely assure a Roosevelt victory Fatally Injured by Motorist Topeka Mar 21 Mrs Rachel L Hearn 46 Topeka was fatally injured when a motorist failed to stop She died en route to hospital the second Topeka traffic death this year
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Chicago
G.O.P
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Topeka
Rachel L. Hearn
Journal-World
Excursion Boat To War Used For Pleasure
The De Witt Clinton, long a Hudson river day liner, has served for pleasure trips and carried troops in past conflicts. An excursion boat with naval or military use hints at wartime deployment while maintaining its civilian lineage. The chartered vessel reflects press coverage of maritime assets in wartime periods.
Excursion Boat Rebuilt as Troop Transport Vessel
The 320 foot excursion ship has been overhauled with a steel superstructure replacing wooden decks. In the previous war the vessel carried thousands of troops to France without a mishap.
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France
Modernistic Courtroom Hears Chaplin Mann Act Case
In a streamlined federal building Charles Chaplin stands trial on Mann Act charges alleging he transported Joan Berry from Los Angeles to New York City for immoral purposes in October 1942 and later returned her to Hollywood. Judge J F T O Connor to preside as a potential week long proceeding looms.
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Los Angeles
Mer
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York City
Hollywood
J. F. T. O'Connor
U. S
Charles Carr
Chaplin
Jerry Giesler
Chaplin accused in civil rights case and vagrancy charge
Six conspirators face indictment over alleged plan to force actress from Beverly Hills after a vagrancy case tied to Chaplin. The woman, once his student, seeks to name him father of her five month old daughter Carol Ann. Chaplin’s fourth wife Oona O’Neill, daughter of Eugene O’Neill, married last summer.
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Miss Berry
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Phiten
Carol Ann
Oona O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Warsaw Population Declines From 1939 Total
The Polish Population of Warsaw has fallen to 750,000 from a 1939 total of 1,300,660. The Polish Telegraph Agency reports more than 500 persons are dying monthly there of tuberculosis.
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London
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