Rapid, orderly evacuation of wounded ships to U.S. hospitals
The Transportation Corps coordinates hospital ships and debarkation ports to speed care for wounded soldiers sailors and marines. Direct radio links relay arrival times and patient counts around 600 per ship. Patients are sorted into four categories and processed within hours of docking. Two of the 20 hospital ships operate in the Pacific under Navy control.
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U. S. Army
Transportation Corps
Debarkation
Uncle Sam
U.S. Army
The
Pacific
Navy
Army
United States
Normandy
Charleston
8. C
S Navy
General Staff Corps
United States Customs
Charles P. Gross
Port of Debarkation
Atlantic
Charleston Port of Embarkation
Red Cross
Tumblers vs Stemware and hospital ship evacuation details
An advice column notes stemware is preferred for formal dining while tumblers suit informal meals. It also describes hospital ship evacuation logistics, including roles, debarkation tags, litter bearers, escorts, military police, and the Charleston port as a standard evacuation hub. The piece ends with a tribute to the returning sick and wounded.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
GAY GADGETS FOR TEEN PARTIES MAKE TEEN FADS
An old issue outlines playful teen party gadgets such as Drool Cup and Rare Relic pins, a Hobo Honey pin craft, and Black Out dances. It suggests games and mixing ideas to spark flirtation and ice breaking, with playful instructions for hosts to energize gatherings.
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Sinatra
Tokyo
One Line Talks Show How Girls Chatter
A playful note warns girls about repeating whispered lines from a dreamy blackout dance and the risk of their talk becoming a joke among boys. The piece urges lively, original conversations to avoid monotony and gossip.
Sewing Circle Pattern Dress No 8711 in four sizes
Graceful pattern No 8711 offers size 12 14 16 18 and 20 with variations in sleeve length. Size 14 short sleeves requires 4 1/4 yards of 39 inch material and three quarter sleeves 4 1/4 yards. Due to high demand and wartime conditions order fulfillment may take longer. Send your order to the indicated address.
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle Glamour
A glamorous fashion note highlights night sequin flowers, high curling hair, and sequin neck scarves tucked into jackets. Rainbow gloves add drama to simple dresses, finishing with a bold glamour statement.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
The Rambling Rhymster Describes Shadow World Escape
A poem portrays a leisure refuge where people seek rest after work. It celebrates a shadow world on a screen offering serious and comic talk, adventures, and escape from harsh reality, where audiences laugh at jesters and relive youthful romance.
Airliner to cross country in less than a day
Air travelers will fly coast to coast in about eight and a half hours at 300 miles per hour with modern cross country ships. Improved planes after the war will carry 652 passengers and include berths lounge rooms a kitchen and extra luggage space. United Airlines has ordered 50 of the new models.
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London
John E. Newell
Honolulu
United Airlines
Plane Rocket Problems Solved by Professor Anderson
Professor Carl David Anderson of California Institute of Technology solved major ballistics and sighting problems delaying rocket installation in Allied fighter planes. He was flown to the European theater to work on the issues and has returned to the United States.
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London
Carl David Anderson
California Institute of Technology
United States
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Phyllis Belmont
Nancy Pepper
Frankie
Trixie Teen
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Gabrielle
Rhymster
By Les Plettner
Telefact
America
U. S. Dept. OF Commerce Bureau OF
Kellogg’s
Firestone Factory
Firestone
Firestone Dealer
Litton
Voice of Piresions
N. B.C
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