Islands off Alaska coast renamed in wartime report
Dispatches describe Japanese drives into China's eastern provinces being met by Chinese counterattacks. The Flying Tigers reportedly sank a Japanese warship and three transports at Hankow, marking their debut over the Yangtze. Chinese forces retook Kweiki and pushed Japanese columns back about 12 miles while defending Lishui from a new thrust.
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Epokesman
Kweiki
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Flying Tigers
Burma
Hankow
Japan
A. V.G
Yangtze River
Chekiang Province
Lishui
Tokyo
Lishu
British Hold Glancing Line as Egypt Battle Intensifies
Britain battles Rommel’s forces near Matruh as Auchinleck’s troops retreat in the Libyan desert. Axis columns push toward the Suez corridor while British planners reassemble in the aftermath of a difficult Egyptian engagement.
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Nile
Suez Canal
Claude Auchinleck
Cairo
Matruh
Rommel
Alexandria
Mediterranean
London
Egypt
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Reuters
Stockholm
Caucasus
Family Men 10 Called Last For Military Draft
The article explains draft category rules for registrants with dependents beyond wives or children. It details Category 3 for those with wives in bona fide homes married before December 8 1941 and not imminently inducted, and Category 4 for those with wives and children in bona fide homes, with induction not imminent. Local boards will move sequentially through categories as needed.
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Pricer
Pring
I Survived a Wreck and Aided by Navy Air Rescue
A Marine recalls a fierce air battle where a carrier was hit and destroyed. Despite injuries to his leg and arm, he loaded the gun, jammed the wobble pump, and fought off Zeros until forced to bail out. He and Captain Blain endured days afloat, signaling for help, aided by a PBY rescue and finally reaching Honolulu. The tale ends with wartime resolve and dreams of a PBY.
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Blain
Captain Blain
Midway
Soldier Solons Back in Place III Legislation Turmoil
Senate charged War Department political implications as Morrison and Cotton faced orders to stay away from sessions. Lieut James Bolin from Webster parish defied orders and attended. The dispute centered on Governor Jones sales tax plan for wartime revenue. the bill failed 21 17, Cotton's vote could not alter the outcome amid heated debate.
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Morrison
Cotton
James Bolin
House
Webster Parish
Senate
Lloyd Hendrick
Jones
Sun Rotates and Varies With Latitude
Fragmentary note describes the sun as a non solid body with rotation periods differ by latitude. It says equatorial regions rotate faster while near the poles show longer periods, up to about 34 days, reflecting a non solid nature of the sun.
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