Gift Suggestions to Men Overseas in Navy Packages
The Navy Mail Service survey shows photographs of family and friends as the top gift for sailors overseas. Letters from home are most common, with ten popular items including canned snacks, books, writing cases, service watches, pipes, pens, tags, wallets, and lighters. Unpopular gifts include candy, cake, cookies, fancy shaving kits, and cigarettes due to perishability, bulk, and ample tobacco supplies.
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Navy Mail Service
Death by Own Action Planes a Problem
Admiral Kincaid reports kamikaze planes are persistent threats in the Leyte operation. Navy crews observed plunging aircraft and now understand these acts as early suicide attacks. Secretary Forrestal notes Japan aimed for one plane per ship, but the tally fell short of expectations.
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Kincaid
Philippines
Leyte
the Navy
James Forestall
Bomber War Efforts Escalate Against Death by Own Action
Reports from Guam and the Twentieth Air Force indicate bomber planes target enemy airfields as Admiral Kincaid urged to catch them on the ground and destroy them. Anti aircraft guns and patrol planes are knocking down many death by own action aircraft as the battle intensifies.
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Mindoro
Luzon
Okinawa
Admiral Kincaid
Guam
Twentieth Air Force
Views and Reviews on War Leaders and Policy
Notable wartime quotes from Stalin Marshall Bard Patterson Wallace Franks Vandergrift and Truman reflect strategic aims universal military training and industry shares. A Tokyo broadcast notes German leaders have surrendered yet remain convinced, signaling fragile morale amidst ongoing conflict.
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Tokyo
Germany
Questions and Answers on World War History
A quiz asks about Truman's wartime service as a veteran president the Verdun hero in trouble the mistral and European combat counts. It probes Moscow’s fall proximity the 1918 German surrender location Churchill and Stalin ages costs and congressional salaries with a page reference for answers.
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President Truman
U.S
Moscow
White House
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
United States
Congress
Life Expectancy Rises With Census Bureau Figures
The average age at death increased from 48.9 years in 1930 to 56.9 in 1944 as reported by the Census Bureau, marking an advance of nearly one sixth over the 14 year span.
Mather Says Man Must Free Earth From Enslavement
Harvard University geologist Kirtley F. Mather states that Earth is abundant enough to feed all in freedom, and argues that humans rather than nature cause enslavement.
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Kirtley F. Mather
Harvard University
Forgiveness and War Time Reflections by Clergy and Politicians
Quotes from Harry Emerson Fosdick J Buel Snyder Ed Z Izak and Henry Knox Sherrill reflect on forgiveness as a two way street and on wartime bomb tonnage projections and experiences in Europe. The speakers address religion morale and military consequences with a mix of critique and faith based reasoning.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
J. Buel Snyder
Pennsylvania
Japan
Europe
Louisas Letter Advises Cautious Help In Love Dilemma
A Connecticut girl's sad home life and affair with a married man lead Louisa to urge caution until divorce. She notes the man bears responsibility for his children and advises discreet steps before marrying. A second reader asks how to end a jealous younger boy friend, Louisa suggests honesty and friendship to avoid hurting him.
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Connecticut
Notice of Sale in Mount Airy Township Surry County NC
A sale under an order of the Superior Court in the R. C. Kellam case will occur on Saturday June 16 1945 at 2 pm on the premises in Mount Airy Township Surry County North Carolina. Commissioner John E Badgett will offer for cash the described lots in Catus Hill adjoining W M Massey Alf Raleigh and others for confirmation by the court.
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Superior Court
Furry County
R. C. Kellam
Alex Kellam
Mount Airy Township
Surry County
North Carolina
Catus Hill
W. M. Massey
Alf Raleigh
Old Pancy Gap Road
Said Street
Fancy Gap
Answers to Ten Questions From the Public Quiz
A sequence of numbered items includes a yes answer, the charge against Marshal Petain for treason, and notes on weather in southern France. It lists Europe’s nations, a distance about thirty miles, a railway coach scene, John Adams in 1600, a favorable yes, ages for a person and Stalin, and asser tions on government outlay of 32 billion dollars and a ten thousand dollar yearly amount.
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Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Austria
John Adams
Stalin
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Young
Bacon
George C. Marshall
Bataan
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Ralph A. Bard
The
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Robert P. Patterson
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Jerome Franks
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Marine Corps
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Verdun
U.S.A
N. Main St
Ilelp
Pension Plan—Group Life Insurance
U. S. Employment Service
Mount Airy, N. C
WMC
American Viscose Corporation
Front Royal
Virginia
Z. Izak
California
Henry Knox Sherrill
Louisa
Mie
Old Fancy Gap Road
John E& Badgett
ULK Radios
Marshall St
Patie
Cardul
Cardui
Home Sweet Home
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
CocaCola Company
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