Flying Fortress Crew Returns From England to Spokane
The Jack the Ripper crew, fresh from 11 deep penetration bombing flights over occupied Europe, returns to America to brief new fliers. Captain William J. Crumm says they will share expectations of enemy air defenses and hot receptions over enemy territory. First Lieutenant William C. Leasure recalls flak over the coast, crew members report six Focke Wulfs and one MB-109 shot down and three wounded, not seriously.
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Spokane
Wash
Flying Fortress
Jack the Ripper
England
Germany
America
Second Air Force
William J. Crumm
Scarsdale
N. Y
William C. Leasure
Clymer
Crumm
France
Science speeds battle to beat shipping crisis
In a large temporary army structure Col. George F. Doriot leads a team of scientists and economists to shrink rations and equipment for arctic troops without sacrificing quality. Dehydration of foods is the key method, removing water and saving millions of tons of shipping space.
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Washington
Army
Quartermaster Corps
George F. Doriot
Arctic
Doriot
Bath as Safe Air Raid Shelter In London Homes
London households suggest using the bathtub as a safe shelter during air raids. They claim the tub is usually away from windows and can serve as a dugout against splintering glass. Some build wooden roofs above tubs and ARP experts endorse lids to protect occupants from falling debris.
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London
Pigeon Delivers Front Line Dispatch In North Africa
Allied headquarters received a front line dispatch 50 minutes after Phil Ault, United Press, witnessed the Axis base at Gafsa. The report followed capture of the base as the first use of a carrier pigeon to transmit a dispatch in the North African campaign.
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N. Africa
Phil Ault
United Press
Gafsa
Canada Moves to Halt Cigarette Smuggling
Montreal police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a major crackdown on smugglers of American cigarettes. Officers report large quantities entering Canada to evade the new tax, with purchases at the border around $1.50 per carton and resale prices near $3. The action targets illicit imports undermining taxation.
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Canada
Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New Five Minute Test Measures Plant Rubber Content
Cornell researchers in botany and floriculture report a rapid five minute method to indicate rubber and resin content in plant tissues. Since 1942, nearly 3,000 tests on 15 milkweeds, goldrod and other species were conducted under a grant from B F Goodrich to replace wartime rubber. The study notes Hevea yields far surpass native plants, with rubber amounts reaching 500 to 1,000 pounds per acre in mature plantations.
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New York
College of Agriculture
Cornell
B. F. Goodrich Company
Lewis Knudson
Nazi School Books Now Appearing in Norway
London reports a new Nazi education push in Norway as teachers may be ordered to use new textbooks that praise the Nazi regime. The book What You Should Know About the New Era argues Britain’s wartime role and Germany’s “saving” of Norway. Plans to force youths ages 10 to 18 into the Nasjonal Samling are linked, with threats of removal of children and arrest of parents for resistance.
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Norway
London
Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
Britain
Nasjonal Samling
Nazi Party
Britain’s shoe rationing yields 1.75 pairs per person
Report on Britain’s clothes coupon system shows shoes cost five coupons of a 51 coupon allowance. Despite prioritizing shoes, the Board of Trade states only enough shoes exist to supply 1.75 pairs per capita, highlighting supply limits in the rationing plan.
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Britain
New York
Great Britain
British Information Service
England
The
Information Service
Board of Trade
Churchill Receives African Lion Gift for Africa Trip Memory
Prime Minister Churchill accepts a gift of Rota the zoo's lion from the Zoological Society of London to remind him of his journey to Casablanca in Tripoli. He won't keep the animal at Downing Street or Chequers and hopes to visit the zoo soon to meet his new pet.
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Churchill
Africa
London
Zoological Society of London
Rota
Casablanca
Tripoli
Downing Street
Chequers
Nobles Give Blood To Help Beat Hitler
The Trapp Family Singers visited the Red Cross in Philadelphia with Baroness von Trapp their seven daughters and three sons and Esther Franz Wasner to donate eight pints of blood in a show of support for the war effort.
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Philadelphia
Trapp
Red Cross
Baron
Baroness von Trapp
Esther Franz Wasner
Women Work Hardest is They Look at Their Best
A wartime report notes women workers boost productivity when provided with uniforms rest facilities soap towels and makeup stands. It cites a British plant where sanitation and cosmetic facilities increased output by 27 percent after employees suggested improvements.
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Great Britain
Lights Tell Chemists To Go And Stop
Glass chemists at Pennsylvania State College have created glasses that glow green or red under light to indicate whether to continue or stop experiments. Green indicates high energy and a strong molecular network, red indicates low energy and a looser network. Fluorescence reveals glass structure and composition, with manganese and other minerals glowing in various colors. This fluorescent method offers greater sensitivity than traditional chemical or x ray analysis.
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Pennsylvania State College
Tantalum Proposed for Skull Repair in War Injuries
Lieutenant Robert H. Pudenz reports tantalum as a suitable material for repairing skull defects. The bluish white metal resists corrosion, is inert in tissue, nonabsorbable, non toxic, and malleable to contour during surgery, offering good cosmetic results in cranial repairs.
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J.g
Robert H. Pudenz
Medical Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Pudenz
Subways Around the World Highlight Design and History
The text surveys subway systems in Tokyo Paris Buenos Aires Moscow and New York. It notes newsreels in Tokyo stations murals in Buenos Aires varied architecture in Moscow stations and photo electrically controlled escalators linking street level. It claims New York has the world's largest system and a highly purposeful design with tracks that could reach Charleston South Carolina.
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Tokyo
Paris
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Moscow
New York
Charleston
S. C
War production story reveals improvised alcohol plant setup
Builders turned broken down railroad tank cars into cookers and scavenged junkyards for components to assemble an alcohol plant. With no new equipment available, the plant had to start quickly using only 2400 dollars of original gear and extensive improvised piping and controls.
Farm by Day, Study at Night Farm by Day Study at Night
Brooklyn plans a co op farm work study program for city college students offering four weeks of harvest work with college credit. Prof. Ralph Benedict leads the effort with camps in fruit and vegetable regions and evening courses. Courses include English foreign languages and math, plus war service related classes.
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Brooklyn
City
Board of Higher Education
City Colleges
Brooklyn College
Ralph C. Benedict
Brooklyn College Committee
Benedict
Dr. Benedict
Red Hook
Federal
New York State
Skunks and Rats Sent to Allies Under War Effort
In Allen county three tons of muskrat and polecat fat were collected after trapping season and will be sent to Germany and Japan. The fat will be processed into explosives and donated to the Axis. A single skunk fat can produce a 40 mm shell.
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Germany
Japan
Lima
Allen County
Axis
British Women 31 to 40 Added to Draft List
London reports three million more British women aged 31 to 40 fall under wartime labor draft rules if they have no children under 14. The expansion includes many first time outside workers, with women now making about one third of all wartime labor in Great Britain.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
More Synthetic Rubber To Appear In War Line Goods
Washington reports synthetic rubber will begin replacing the limited natural rubber in hot water bottles ice bags and similar war line rubber drugs within two or three months. The rubber director's office says the change will improve durability against acids medicines oils and greases.
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Washington
Expert Answers Questions For Baby Chick Buyers
W F Lamoreaux of the New York State college of agriculture urges immediate orders for quality baby chicks as demand may outstrip supply this year. He notes higher chick prices can yield extra eggs, and stresses buying from two to three reputable sources, sampling all at once, then tracking mortality and egg production to guide next year’s purchases.
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W. F. Lamoreaux
New York State College of Agriculture
Lamoreaux
Canadian National Forms Largest Railway Line on Continent
The Canadian National system forms the continent’s largest railway network with 23 600 miles of road. It spans virtually all major Canadian cities and links with U S lines serving Chicago Buffalo Detroit and other centers including Toledo and Portland Maine. The network includes Grand Trunk Western Central Vermont and Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific railways.
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Canadian Railway
Canadian National Railways
Canada
International
Canadian National System
United States
Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
Flint
Pontiac
Lansing
Bay City
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Toledo
Port Huron
Duluth
New England
Portland
Maine
United States Railways
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Central Vermont Railway
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
Planes Tested Flawless Warfront Inspectors Verify Combat Ship Readiness
American combat planes undergo rigorous checks before service. Company test pilots assess performance in 20 to 40 minute flights and army pilots validate each ship’s readiness. Company pilots may not fly planes with secret army equipment, though trained staff sometimes accompany army tests.
Emergency Landing Strips Save Lives in Snow Storm
War department notes emergency landing strips along public highways have prevented crashes and saved lives. A northern post used an auxiliary strip when the main field was iced, carrying two army medical officers for an emergency operation. Army trucks lit the strip as a bomber in sub zero weather landed on a 7000 foot concrete strip in the East. Strips offer dispersion of aircraft during enemy attack.
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War Department
Ufe
Subways lag Europe in city systems worldwide
The piece notes the United States has three subway cities, Europe eight, and five elsewhere. Moscow opens a new four mile section as the latest foreign addition. London began the world’s first subway in 1863, with Glasgow in 1886, Boston in 1895, and New York debuting in 1904 ahead of Budapest, Paris, and Berlin.
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United States
Europe
Moscow
London
America
Glasgow
Boston
Budapest
Paris
Berlin
New York
Kachin Fighters Harass Japanese in Burma Border Skirmishes
The Kachin tribesmen of Upper Burma harass advancing Japanese forces with sudden mountain ambushes along the Burma China border. They lure attackers into canyon traps, strike from hidden positions, and rely on mobility rather than numbers.
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Upper
Burma
Burma-China
China
French Guiana Known For Devil's Island Penal Roots
French Guiana on South America's north coast is known for Devil's Island penal settlement and its history of political prisoners. The colony remains tropical and forested with limited cultivated land and slow development compared with nearby colonies.
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French Guiana
South America
Dutch Guianas
France
Guiana
Devil's Island
Sewage Sludge as Garden Fertilizer
Digested sewage sludge from treatment plants can provide plant food in gardens but should be avoided as top dressing for raw salads. If used, compost with garden materials first and apply the next year. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station tests show dried sludge averages 1.5 percent nitrogen 12.5 percent phosphoric acid and 0.2 percent potash.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
WAACs Learn To Cook At War’s End
Hundreds of WAACs will return to civilian life as expert cooks trained by army methods to feed large groups. Women with little culinary skill are becoming seasoned cooks while existing dietitians expand their knowledge under Third Officer Maggie Lynn Wilkis of Starkville.
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WAAC
Africans Prize Army Cans In War Aid Reuse
Millions of steel cans from American forces in Africa become valuable resources for locals. Natives repurpose lids into handles and rims for cups, while larger cans become pans kettles and decorative items. Tops and bottoms form toy wagon wheels and tools are crafted from jagged edges.
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Africa
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