Notable Allied Leaders and Diplomats Highlight War News
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, 62, commands Middle East forces with a string of honors from multiple wars and a career spanning Cairo to London. Ray Atherton, veteran diplomat, holds three commissions including minister to Canada and Luxembourg, with a long arc from Paris to Copenhagen and Ottawa.
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New York
Henry Maitland Wilson
Balaclava
Waterloo
Sir Henry
Wilson
Hitler
Balkans
Italy
Henry
Vardar
Greece
Ray Atherton
Paris
Canada
Denmark
Luxemburg
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk Aims From London Naval Attache Post
The profile portrays Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk as a lean, intensely capable naval officer with 32 years in the service. He has served worldwide from Annapolis to China, spent 19 years at sea, earned numerous trophies for battle efficiency, gunnery, engineering and communications, and headed naval intelligence before leading the amphibious force from North Africa. He is 55, studied cadence in strategy, completed the Naval War College senior course, and remains a key figure in Allied operations surrounding Sicily.
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Harvard
Paris
Tokyo
Peking
Manila
Athens
London
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Ottawa
State Department
Hemingway
Alan G. Kirk
Pressman
Aca
Kirk Lean
Vhibious
Wild Bill Hickok
Kirk
Earth Club
Mussolini
Annapolis
China
Europe
North Africa
Naval War College
Microbes That Save Soldiers' Lives
A look at beneficial microbes and industrial microbiology highlights Peoria Illinois research in Penicillium notatum and the production breakthrough via corn steep liquor. It covers Andrew Moyer's methods boosting penicillin yields and the uses of gluconic acid and calcium glucenate in medicine and industry.
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Peoria
Ill
Department of Agriculture
Alexander Fleming
America
Andrew Moyer
Meyer
Moyer
First Aid to the Ailing House Practices for Finishing Rough Lumber
Advice for preserving unfinished one inch boards in an old barn and tenant house with no paint. Recommends creosote shingle stain or homemade mix of raw linseed oil creosote coal tar and japan drier for a rich brown color. Apply with a brush.
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Japan
Home Repairs and Weatherproofing Q&A
Practical advice on brick veneer drainage and damp shingles. Drilling weep holes at veneer bottom helps cellar water drainage. Dry weather makes shingles retractable. apply top quality shingle stain then. For bluestone drive binder use asphalt emulsion. consult road commissioner for suppliers.
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Consolidated Features
WIN
Eton
Africa
Cairo
Middle East
Marshal Sir
Archibald Wavell
J. D. Ratcliff
Collier's Weekly
Churchill
Britain
Winston Churchill
Chateau Frontenac
Quebec
Roosevelt
King of Canada
San Francisco
Charles Pryor
Joseph
Charles
Sicily
Chicago
Fort Benning
Lieut
Samuel Calhoun
Allan Schuckman
Livingston
N. J
New Guinea
Archibald Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Carl E. Webber
Douglas MacArthur
Camilli
Dolph Camilli
Mel Ott
Roger B. Whitman
WIN Features
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American Women’s Voluntary Service
South Wells St
Nobbe-Hiltner
THE
Nitragin Company
Ine Fc
Booth St
McKesson & Robbins
Bridgeport
Conn
Soretone
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