Lidice in China After Tokyo Raid Sparks Chinese War Outcry
A cable from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek reported to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau that Japanese troops slaughtered coast area residents of China after American air raids on Tokyo. He likened the atrocity to the Lidice massacre, describing wholesale executions of men, women, and children and warning that Japan knows no laws of decency.
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San Francisco
Lidice
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Genius Makes His False Teeth From Cigarette Foil
London reports Allied prisoners of war in a German camp crafting items from food parcel contents. A. J. Peterson writes that metal foil teeth are a crowning ingenuity, while twine and packaging yield rope soles for slippers and improvised teapots and dishes from tins.
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London
London Daily Mail
A. J. Peterson
Red Cross
Whale meat to appear on wartime menus later this year
Mrs Housewife weighs horsemeat and muskrat while whale meat enters wartime menus. The Office of the Co Ordinator of Fisheries says whale meat will be offered from a California shore station later this year, with three vessels delivering the meat to the station. The Office notes whale meat was eaten in large quantities in the last war.
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Washington
Co-Ordinator of Fisheries
California
United States
Office Sai
Women Freight Workers Take Heavy Loads in Baltimore
Baltimore station employs 17 women freight truckers who push 180-pound trucks with loads averaging 500 pounds. Most are married with children and say they only holler when the load is too heavy. One woman quips that five hundred pounds is nothing.
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Baltimore
Slacks for War Workers Meet With Some Disfavor
ST LOUIS MO Slack suits for women defense workers may be the next war casualty. They use too much material and take too long to launder, said Hugh P Flynn of Providence RI president of the Linen Supply Association of America in an interview. He adds Eastern linen supply men will refuse to furnish them when current supply wears out. Flynn favors dresses. The association recently held its annual convention in St Louis.
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St, Louis
Hugh P. Flynn
Providence
R. I
Linen Supply Association of America
Flynn
St. Louis
Sleeping War Worker Nabs Nine-Foot Shark
Bill Hardy, a war worker in Sydney, Australia, caught a nine foot shark in his sleep. From the window of his boathouse home he cast a baited line into the harbor. He tied the line to his waist and went to bed. He woke to a strong pull and managed to land the shark.
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Sydney
Australia
Bill Hardy
Welcome U ranch heist ends with swift horse pursuit
Joe Ware and Slim North corner Jig Hayden after he steals Mrs. Severance pearls from the Welcome U dude ranch. The rider says the getaway by horse proves horses matter more here than cars as the pair recapture the suspect near Thunderbolt and head to the station ten miles away.
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IG Hayden
Joe Ware
Joe
Severances
O. K
Andrew Severance
Thunderbolt
Welcome U
Slim North
Wall Street
Jig Hayden
Jim Hayden
Jig
Services Fight a Dread Malaria Across US Forces
The Army and Navy, aided by the Public Health Service, wage a quiet war against malaria that could halt troops or invade shorelines. Scientists hunt a vaccine while quinine, atabrine, and plasmochin combat the disease. quarintine officers at airports enforce screening and decontamination of returning planes and passengers.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Prublic Health Service
Health Agency
United States
National Research Council
Public Health Service
Family Food Costs Rise Four Dollars a Month
Washington reports that an average American housewife with four mouths to feed spent 36 dollars to set her table last month, four dollars more than in 1942. The farmer nets about 20 dollars of the 36, while costs like taxes and machinery rise. Grocers and processors run at lower margins under price ceilings, affecting overall food prices.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Agricultural Department
All Soldier Needs Now Is Right Rank
Fort Eustis, Va. private Berwick Captain, a native of Oberlin La., is the smallest trainee in the battery yet keeps up with the larger men. If he reaches the rank he seeks he would be a double captain, his signature already styled Captain.
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Fort Eustis
Berwick
Oberlin
Slender Hands Not Best for Bombardier Work
The flight surgeon at the U S bombardier school rejects the notion that long slender hands are the finest for delicate bombardier tasks. He cites thousands of cadets over the first year of operations showing that hand size and shape do not determine efficiency. Hands must be quick, steady, and precise to operate the bombsight under combat conditions.
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Army
Bombardier
U. S
Uncle Sam
Bombardiers
Army mess officer teaches thrifty cooking for leftovers
A mess officer explains how to stretch rations by boiling bones for rich stock three days to flavor soups and gravies, reusing can contents, trimming fat, and utilizing every part of poultry and carcass. He notes whole carcass procurement and selective use of cuts for variety, including braised beef and meatballs.
Methods to Improve Oil Flow From Wells
The article explains starting oil flow in hard dense formations using explosives such as nitroglycerin to loosen the formation at the well bottom and induce quicker oil flow. It notes that for slowed old wells in limestone areas chemical muriatic acid is injected to increase porosity and restore oil movement.
Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Distinguishing Glow Types
The article explains two luminous coatings used in war efforts. Fluorescence lasts only while the exciting energy source exists, such as ultraviolet light. Phosphorescence continues after the light is removed, making the glow persistent.
New Uses for Old Drapes Turn Draperies Into Clothing
Launder and save the upper parts of worn window draperies. Use the good material to fashion a jumper dress for a girl or trousers for a boy. If unsuitable for clothing, the fabric can become pillow coverings, table runners, or other decorative household items.
FHA urges painting to keep homes sound and livable
Federal Housing Administration officials emphasize that regular painting is essential to prevent property deterioration. They advise homeowners to ensure necessary painting jobs are not neglected to safeguard the condition and value of properties.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
British report details European food shortages under blockade
Diets remain tight across occupied Europe as Italy's allies receive less food than locals. Dingle Foot outlined ration differences: Germany allows 80 ounces bread weekly, meat 2.5 ounces, fats 7 to 20 ounces. In Italy normal consumers get 37 ounces bread weekly, meat five to seven ounces, fats 344 ounces. Starvation in some Polish ghettos noted.
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London
Germany
Ministry of Economic ‘Warfare
Dingle M. Foot
Reich
Netherlands
Denmark
Slovakia
France
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Yugoslavia
Italy
Foot
Kaiser Wilhelm Kept Hitler Forgery Secret, Says Scholar
Dr. Theodore Schmidt claims the late Kaiser knew of Hitler’s forged will and refused to expose it. He says Hindenburg sent a testament copy to Doorn, Hitler forged the document after Hindenburg’s death to imply the former president wished Hitler as successor, providing a legal pretext for Hitler’s seizure of power.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Hitler
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Theodore Schmidt
Inter American Institute
Columbia University
Schmidt
Hindenburg
Doorn
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Princess Elizabeth Studies German During Wartime
London reports Princess Elizabeth eldest daughter and heir continues German lessons despite war. King and Queen approve though she also studies French and English and international history focusing on the British empire and dominions development.
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London
Elizabeth
George
Schiller
British Empire
Dominions
Navy Move Forces Marine Sergeant to Seek New Pueblo Apartment
Pueblo report describes Sergt. E. D. Rickards transfer from the Marine Recruiting Office to Alamosa, then orders to return to Pueblo. He rented his Pueblo apartment to Chief Torpedoman H. K. McLellan, who remains settled as Rickards searches for a new place.
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Navy
Pueblo
Colo
E. D. Rickards
Marine Recruiting Office
Alamosa
H. K. McLellan
McLellan
Invents Device From Plane Wreckage
Technical Sergeant Clyde L. Collins of Missoula Montana is credited by the U S Army Air Force with inventing a device that charges plane batteries checks wiring lighting controls and regulates motors and generators. The instrument was made from salvaged pieces of Messerschmitts Heinkels Capronis Stukas Hurricanes and Brewster aircraft.
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Cairo
Clyde L. Collins
Missoula
Mont
U. S. Army Air Force
Army Manual Saves Life of Lieutenant Brigham Utah
Lieutenant Gerald Call’s constant study of army regulations likely saved his life in North Africa when a bullet hit his chest but was deflected by the regulations book he keeps in his shirt pocket. The wound was minor.
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Army Manual
Brigham
Utah
Gerald Call
North Africa
Exceptional Seniors Enter University Early Plan
The University of Illinois trustees approved a plan allowing high school seniors to enter early. Conditions require age 16 or special permission, high school committee recommendation, completion of required credits, top 25 percent scholastic rank, and passing university tests.
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University of Illinois
Honorary Societies Originated at Illinois Lead Nation
A University of Illinois survey shows more national honorary and professional fraternities began on its campus than at any other U.S. institution. Of 19 originating on campus, the oldest is Phi Lambda Upsilon, the chemistry scholastic honor group, organized in 1899.
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University of Illinois
America
Illinois
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Chinked Tile Laying Standards for Drainage Work
The tile must be laid with a uniform grade and joints covered by strips of building paper sod stubble or hay. Outlet protected with iron bars to exclude animals. For swampy areas over 50 feet wide main tile lines may require branches. Hillside seepage corrected by a cut off tile on the uphill side.
Rabbit Hutches Sized For Two Mature Does
Quarters for rabbits should be built from scrap material and adapted to two mature does. Exterior dimensions around 30 inches wide, 20 inches high, and 10 to 12 feet long. A V shaped hay rack of three quarter inch poultry wire centers both compartments. A slide trough eight inches wide and one inch deep beneath the hay rack holds grain and catches hay leaves. Self cleaning floors are best with one by two inch slats or half inch mesh hardware cloth.
Real estate transfers in Marshall and surrounding towns
Public notices list warranty and master's deeds dated 1943 and earlier. Forrest Duran conveys north of lot 4 in Marshall. Morrow to Lawhead in Marshall. Ed Jean to Henry Crum in West Union. Briggs to Schaefer in section 22 township 9 range 14. Smith to Arford in 1914. Funk to Doty in Casey. Weeden to Snyder in Westfield. Cartright to Beeson in section 16 township 9 range 14. Amounts range from 1 to 2750 dollars.
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Forrest Duran
Ritter & Behner
North
Orginal
Marshall
T. R. Morrow
Frances Lawhead
Ed Jean
Henry Crum
West Union
Samuel G. Briggs
W. B. Schaefer
Charles C. Smith
E. K. Arford
W. C. Funk
Carl Doty
Casey
L. A
Lessie Weeden
George E. Snyder
Westfield
Jennie Cartright
Clora Beeson
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