History’s Biggest Naval Bombardment Prelude to Marshalls Action
In Western Newspaper Union analysis, U S forces continue the Marshalls assault after the largest naval bombardment in history. Marines hit beachheads then target the key air base and submarine seaplane station as Japanese troops resist fiercely. The piece notes renewed Allied efforts to sever supply lines to the Philippines.
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Marshalls
Baltic
Mid-Pacific
U. S
Mid- Pacific
Philippines
U.S
Doughboys
Tarawa
Gilberts
Lawmakers Agree on 1944 Tax Increase Package
A conference committee of senators and congressmen approved a 2.3 billion tax hike for 1944 far short of the administration's 10 percent billion dollar goal. New levies cover admissions, liquor, beer, cosmetics, air mail, and C O D charges. Income tax changes add 1.1 billion in revenue.
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C.O.D
Red Army presses into Baltic border zones with large forces
Russian troops with up to 250000 men drive toward the Estonia Latvia border belts along the Baltic coast. They threaten encirclement from the rear after driving Nazis back from around Leningrad and seizing key rail networks to Moscow. Heavy fighting also continues 400 miles south in Ukraine with fluctuating counterattacks.
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Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Ukraine
Baltic Sea
Leningrad
Moscow
Nutcracker Closing in on Cassino and Rome Fronts
Allied forces push toward Cassino near Rome as U S and British air power pound German defences. Navy and land actions target pillboxes and supply hubs while Berlin endures heavy bombing and German reinforcements move from Russia to Jutland.
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Italy
Rome
U. S
Europe
Cassino
Berlin
Russia
Jutland
World Food Prospects and Allied Supplies for 1944
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard warns U S food production is high but overseas demand may force smaller supplies in 1944 Great Britain likely to keep standards due to home production while Russia faces starvation Japan controls East Asia but shipping limits food to homeland Civilian fat and oil allotments for 1944 will be below 1943 level About 21 percent of supply will go to Allies Russia and Britain share 16 3 percent Butter lard and oils per person drop to about 43 9 pounds from 46 5 last year and 48 8 in 1942 Lard and oil allotments also decline while 1943 levels remain higher than 1944
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U. S
Claude Wickard
Great Britain
Wickard
Russia
Germany
Europe
Wick‘ard
Japan
East Asia
War Food Administration
Marvin Jones
Penicillin replaces sulfa in dental practice prospects
Highlights note penicillin may supplant sulfa drugs in dentistry when plentiful. A Bloomington veteran is awarded the Purple Heart for injuries at St Mihiel France on Sept 18 1918 after 33 operations. Aluminum production surges wartime, potentially substituting steel in autos and farm machinery.
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Bloomington
Ill
St. Mihiel
France
Life Insurance Claims Rise Amid War Casualties
The piece notes a 16 percent rise in life insurance benefits since 1939 and a 22 percent increase in policies to a $139 billion in force, driven by women entering the workforce. It cites 1943 payouts of $1.1 billion for U S war casualties and tallies national and service-specific casualties, wounded and prisoners, with much of the prisoner deaths in Japanese camps.
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U. S
Navy
Baby Paulette Matthes Surprises Doctors At First Birthday
A Chicago baby born at 6 pounds 5 ounces a year ago weighed 3 ounces less on her first birthday. Paulette Matthes now 22 inches long consumes limited formula and water, needing extensive care that has kept her mother awake. She has a healthy 4 year old brother named Ronald.
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Paulette Matthes
Chicago
Paulette
Matthes
Ronald
Aluminum pressure cookers authorized for 1944 production
The War Production Board allows 400000 aluminum pressure cookers to be manufactured in the first half of 1944 to aid home canning. Last year 339000 carbon steel units were made. Aluminum use had been banned since 1942, but aluminum cookers will be sold without rationing. three fifths of U S families canned last year with about 165 jars per family.
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War Production Board
WPB
U. S
Monkey Helper Ex-Marine Private Finds Aid In War
Private Floyd Steward of San Pedro California found a baby monkey after emerging from a shell hole in North Africa during a bombing raid. The animal aided him by locating food in the wild and guiding rescuers to his debris-covered position after a shell exploded.
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Floyd Steward
San Pedro
Calif
North Africa
Steward
Debts Fall as 1943 Ends. Auto, Installment Loans Decline
Americans reduced consumer indebtedness by 1.2 billion dollars in 1943 as goods shortages persisted. Installment loans dropped 25 percent, charge accounts fell 15 million, and auto credit stood at a third of 1942. Farm land prices rose 15 percent since 1942, prompting warnings of speculative danger from Governor A G Black. He cited city buyers with large incomes flocking to countryside plots, risking mortgage burdens.
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A. G. Black
Farm Credit Administration
Central West
South
Federal Land Bank
Black
Veterans Bureau to Convert Training Camps for Hospitals
It is estimated that 300000 beds will be needed by 1949 to care for veterans of this and previous wars. Hospitalization is open to all armed forces members, regardless of service connection, and Brig. Gen. Frank Hines expects training camp facilities to be converted into hospital accommodations. Most injuries and ailments requiring care are not battle related.
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Frank Hines
Veterans
Mechanical Cow Installed on Army Transport
A sea going mechanical cow was installed on an army transport. It outputs 40 gallons of emulsified milk or cream per hour and works in all seas and climates. Centrifugal force emulsifies fats inside the robot to produce milk with 5 percent butter fat or cream. The milk resists souring and contains vitamins and calcium. Materials for milk are stored with ease.
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Arctic
Tropics
Grandstands Collapse in Roman Amphitheater Disaster
The fragmentary account from Tacitus describes an amphitheater at Fidena where wooden supports failed due to contractor graft. A massive crowd perished or were maimed as the structure collapsed during a gladiatorial show. The senate ordered stricter financial safeguards and tested sites for future arenas.
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Tacitus
Fidena
Fleakproof Tank Painting Process Described for Reserve Gasoline Drops
A historical note describes how reserve tanks for fighters and bombers are made leakproof by sloshing zinc chromate interior primer, draining surplus paint, cleaning and drying, then exterior priming and camouflage coating. A girl adds decalcomania markings before a final protective finish and cargo crating for shipping.
Mark Hanna and Marcus A Hanna Leader in Gilded Age Politics
Mark Hanna born 1837 New Lisbon Ohio emerged as a pivotal Republican figure. He chaired the national committee in 1896 directing McKinley and Roosevelt campaigns while leading the M A Hanna company in Cleveland. Appointed U S senator 1897, elected 1898 and 1904, and presided over Union National Bank and Cleveland City Railways.
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Mark Hanna
Marcus A. Hanna
New Lisbon
Ohio
Republican National Committee
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Hanna
M. A. Hanna Company
Cleveland
Great Lakes
U. S
John Sherman
Union National Bank of Cleveland
Cleveland City Railways Company
Soften Water for Better Cleaning Power at Home
Hard water reduces soap effectiveness, so homeowners can add washing soda or trisodium phosphate to soften water. Army mobile field laundries use a special soap that works in any water type. Home use favors full dissolution and even distribution of the softener before washing.
Bleaching Beeswax Methods and Properties
Beeswax whitening uses repeated water melting, sun exposure, or mild oxidizers. White or pale yellow in color, odorless and tasteless, with specific gravity slightly above yellow wax. Non greasy to touch but molten wax makes permanent transparent spots on paper. Commercial grades contain small plant fibers.
Prefabricated Homes Promise Flexible Postwar Designs
Builders of factory made homes plan endless variations to avoid identical houses. Prefabrication offers architectural flexibility from long low lines to compact designs. Factory built houses aim for stronger, lighter structures and reliable quality, while some steps remain practical on site to save costs.
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John‘s
U. S. Leads World in Number of Subway Systems
The United States now operates twice as many subway systems as any country and Chicago becomes the fourth U. S. city with a subway. London, Glasgow, Madrid, Barcelona, Tokyo, Osaka, New York, Boston and Philadelphia are noted for underground or surface subway service. Chicago also runs a freight subway under the Loop with 3,000 small cars on narrow-gauge track.
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U. S
Chicago
America
United States
Great Britain
London
Glasgow
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
Budapest
Paris
Berlin
Charleston
S. C
Newark
Rochester
Los Angeles
Deutschland submarine arrives and trades with Baltimore
Banner papers announce a 300 foot German submarine docking at Baltimore on July 9 1916. The unarmed vessel carried 29 crew and a thousand tons of dyestuffs and loaded nickel and rubber for exchange. A second landing occurred at New London on November 1 that same year before the United States declared war five months later.
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Sub
Germany
Banner
Baltimore
Deutschland
New London
United States
Moscow Nerve Center of Soviet Administration
Moscow served as a peacetime hub for nearly four and a half million people and the focal point of Soviet administration. The city centers on a circular layout around the Kremlin with boulevards and cross streets, housing old palaces churches and government buildings in a 63 acre civic heart.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Immunity to Poison Ivy Is Rare Says Expert
L. W. Kephart of the U S Bureau of Plant Industry warns that complete immunity to poison ivy is rare. Severe poisoning can occur after years of not being affected, and contact may come from clothing tools or animals that touched the plant. Keep this in mind when removing ivy.
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L. W. Kephart
U. S
Excellent quality gear found from retreating Japs on Kiska
Allied troops recovered clothing and equipment on Kiska island left behind by retreating Japanese forces. The haul included wind proof cotton knickers heavy wool coats fur gloves and many wool blankets in NCO and officer quarters thick fur lined leggings were also found.
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Kiska Island
Jesus Transfigured and Called to Service in Mark Study
A sermon on Mark 9 2 27 links mountaintop revelation with daily ministry The lesson emphasizes knowing Christ growing in knowledge and experiencing spiritual power and the urge to serve Others are urged to translate truth into action through prayer and compassionate service
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God
Christ
Jesus
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World Prospects
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Vets’ Aid
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Harold K. Land
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Uni Tree Veh ” i
International Council of Re Education
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