Coast Guard Birthday Honor and History Highlight
The piece celebrates the Coast Guard on its birthday, praising wartime and peacetime roles. It notes shore landing duties, rescue work, and lifesaving missions, plus lighthouse and weather duties, with references to notable figures and long service history. It emphasizes resilience and continued service through peace and conflict.
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United States Coast Guard
Coast
Aleutians
Normandy
Guam
Qnoa
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Coast Guard
Carl van Paghaen
Greenland
Navy
Michinsson
Thomasson
Penple
Slim
Thomasenn
Thorngson
Open Forum Letters Reflect Wartime Home Front Frustration
Readers vent about delayed home leaves for overseas servicemen and the impact of letters from home, noting unfairness and longing for furloughs. A correspondent praises Superintendent candidates and cautions against premature celebration while wartime duties continue. Also includes livestock market pricing and local classifieds snippets.
Markets Louisville livestock quotations today report
Markets Louisville livestock quotations today reported by the War Food Administration. Cattle nominal for the week. Most food slaughter around $11.60 to $16.75 per 100 pounds. Top quality heifers at $15.14, liberal supply. Beef cows around $8 to $13.50. Moderate coverage and variable prices across grades.
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Hama
Criyen
Doummon
Wedian
Vaogs
Nemi
Harrow
I Gllia
Shuey
Lola
Louisville
Louinville
Warr! Food Administration
This Week in OPA War Ration News Summary
The article reports ration changes including 18 point creaiinery allowance and new butter certificate options to replace lost or stolen goods. It notes higher grade rubber peels sold at ceiling prices and a limited 60,000 truck tires nationwide for August, mostly reserved for the armed forces, with civilian use sharply reduced.
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Wuner
Creaiinery
Toowt
Hatloniig
Drs
Pearl Harbor
Lexington District Opa
Cleveland
Wartime Nurses Witness Desert Village Turmoil and Letters
A wartime dispatch details nurses amid a mixed Arab village crisis. A Mufti interpreter, ruined privacy, and women in American Army nightgowns trigger shock and restraint. Nurses observe villagers, hospitals, and a polyclinic clash with local customs while letters from home reveal personal courage and resilience. The piece ends with a nurse noting the enduring human spirit amid war.
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Edson in Washington by S S Burton Heath
Albany July 29 Dewey campaign staff plans a draft of the projected talk with a dozen advisers led by Elliott Bell Hagerty Lockwood Burton Bridel Powell and Powell among others The group may work into a tentative first draft and a free for all debate to reach substantial accord before finalizing the speech
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Burton Heath
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Zote Ho
Wil Wall
Tutt
Eliott Bell
New York Times
James G. Hagerty
Pavil Larkwood
John Burton
Charlen Breitel
Hickman Powell
Terry
Bell
Hagerty
Lockwood
Burton
Bridel
Powell
Mary
Leisur le
From My Window Bybles Kincaid 1960 Cumberland Gap Tentennial
In 1960 a celebration marks the bil tentennial of the Cumberland Gap discovery noted by Dr. Thomas Walker and companions in 1760. The account recalls exploration, cave findings near the Gap, and early routes through Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina, with reflections on historical memory and unfinished exploration. The piece references local antiquarian notes, dates from April 1760, and mentions Mammoth Cave, Roanoke, and early colonists.
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Cumberland Gap
Alleghanies
Becaure
Thomas Walker
Cloud Hriday
Ghislottesville
Kentucky
Tad Company
Walker
Virginia
Penul Ap
Tel
Binghamtowe
Mammoth
Filits
Daniel Baene
Laviel
Harry Oned
Richard Fenderson
Roonesborough
North Carolina
speechwriting process for a presidential nominee discussed
The text describes executives and advisers shaping acceptance remarks for a California speech. It notes Strauss as a philanthropist, Foster and others assisting, and Dewey's drafting method using longhand notes on yellow paper. It mentions editing, rhythm, and a Tuesday morning meeting at the executive mansion before travel to Chicago.
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Dewey
Henay
Aloes
Powell and Burton
Dewey Himzelf
Hiro
Flo
Bet, Wood, Powell and Waperty Cine
Clicesn
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Agate
Citizens‘ News Co., Inc
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Lee County
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Thomas & Rermpls
Treasury Department
Fripoli
Hitler
Yank
Tim
Amiong
Quile
John G. Hutsko
Iceland
Boston
Mars
Washington State
Washington
Shanana Haatlo
Hatake
Hulsko
Tather
Willian New Guinea
Wants ‘Thomasson
Opa
Gage
IxPonia
Star One
Facmec
Towa
Tong
Shamp
Manning
Bere
Kaly
Qurse
New York
EDSON
Newey
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Roger
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Ps Sry
Kincaid
Evansville
Mesker Barkza
and the Angels Sing
Dorothy Lamour
Betty Hutton
Miei Navy
St Joseph
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