Americans seize southern Guam as Namitz reports
U S Pac Fleet confirms Yankee troops have taken the entire southern half of Guam including Agana. Navy fire support from ships on both island sides aided the push as battle lines extend. Over 6,200 enemy dead counted. 755 civilians interned. Marines press on Tinian amid rough terrain. Truk bombed with 75 tons dropped on July 29. One enemy fighter shot down, another likely destroyed, two damaged. four American planes damaged but returned.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Agana
Chester W. Namitz
Pacific Fleet
Tinian
Tinian Truk
U. S
Truk
Through the Perilous Night a Pacific War Chronicle
Reading War Correspondent Joe James Custer's Through the Perilous Night Macmillan returns a vivid diary of early Pacific actions after Pearl Harbor. Custer recounts Do little raid Guadalcanal Wake and Marcus and Savo events with eyewitness detail from Honolulu on December 7 1941 and beyond.
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NEA Service
Joe
James Custer
Macmillan
Pearl Harbor
United Pressman
Custer
Doolittle
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
Wake
Marcus Islands
Savo Island
Payday Fanfare In Navy's Biweekly Eagle Squawks
The Eagle Squawks is a biweekly Navy payday event celebrated as a major attraction next to mail call. Pay varies unpredictably, sparking happiness when higher than last time and gloom when lower. Mirth and disputes over debts mingle, creating a volatile scene similar to a kennel at feeding time.
Death Lurks Behind French Hedges
A collage of notes mentions US airmen in India, a plant for generator plugs from horn fittings aiding the 10th Air Force, and a tribute to unsung heroes. Also referenced are juvenile math books illustrated with animals and a murder novel with a unique slaughter method. A Maryland milk producers meeting at New Market Grange Hall invites both members and non-members.
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ASC
India
10Th Air Force
Baltimore
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc
New Market Grange Hall
R W Shermantine
Through the Perilous Night and Ground Heroes review
A World War II era review praising Custer's wartime memoir for its blunt, human portrayal of fear and pain from the Astoria battle to Pearl Harbor. It highlights Captain Alfred Friendly's The Guys on the Ground and credits air service command personnel for their vital roles and compelling anecdotes.
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Astoria
Guadalacanal
Savo Island
Custer
Alfred Friendly
Duell, Sloane & Pearce
Haven
Air Service Command
Moveable Span Bridge Submerges 20 Feet on Shatt al Arab
A novel river bridge near Basra Iraq is designed to allow passage by submerging a 20 foot span rather than swinging or lifting. The device aims to reduce obstruction and speed vessel flow on the Shatt al Arab.
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Shatt-al-Arab
Basra
Iraq
Demonstration on canning corn and beans in Frederick County
On Wednesday at 7 30 p m Miss Jesse M Hammerly home demonstration agent Frederick County will give a demonstration in the home service kitchen of the Potomac Edison Company West Patrick Street on canning corn lima beans and other non acid vegetables
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Jesse M. Hammerly
Frederick County
Potomac Edison Company
West Patrick Street
Land bridge once linked Nova Scotia to British Isles
A historic theory suggests a land bridge connected Nova Scotia with the British Isles, enabling elephants to migrate to North America. The idea envisions periods when lower sea levels exposed land routes linking Europe and eastern Canada, shaping early animal dispersal in the region.
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Nova Scotia
British Isles
America
Brown son killed in action in France
Mr and Mrs George T Brown of Greenway Farm near Leesburg have been notified Corporal William K Brown was killed in action in France on June 10.
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France
Leesburg
George T. Brown
Greenway Farm
5. D. Philips
William K
Bill" Brown
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Marcus
Berlin
Japan
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Saipan Island
Nips
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Frederick
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Rogers Park Drug CO
Park Heights Avenue
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Frederick, Md
R. L. Shipley
W. Eiker
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Shore
New York City
SPARS
Coast
Isis
Iince Fsx
Grape Valley
Garber
Ash
Air Force
Wac
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G.I. Joe
WAC Womens Army Corps
Women’s Army Corps
U.S. Army
U.5. Army
Pettersen Hotel
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