Subscription Rates and Editorial Policy Notice 1943
Subscription rates are listed as 3 cents and 53.00 yearly. The paper is a member of the Associated Press, with news and editorial policy notes. It requests real names for letters and warns against publishing uncorrected statements. Entered as second class matter at the post office. Wednesday, Sept 28, 1943.
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Remier Audit Bureau of Circulations
Monte
Associated Press
Associated Pree
Sewsny
Victory at Lae reshapes Pacific war from defense to offense
The Lae victory marks the end of a defensive phase denying Australia and New Zealand and the start of a new Allied offensive. MacArthur and Halsey air and sea power push toward Rabaul and Truk, outflanking Japanese outposts and enabling rapid island seizures by bypassing lesser positions.
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Lae
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Japan
Salamaua
New Guinea
General MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Truk
Marshalls
World Series champions and cross cultural contrasts
The article extols World Series winners as world champions and muses on foreign interest in baseball versus the United States. It notes Canada’s proximity and Japan’s different priorities, then pivots to a speculative remark on synthetic tires lasting 100000 miles and potential long-term road usage.
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Canada
Japan
Medicines Then and Now A Cautionary Tale
A playful verse recalls how ancient times relied on simple remedies and the modern drugstore revolution. It contrasts primitive cures with today’s pills and tonics, noting how absence of a pharmacist could leave one in danger while modern medicine offers ready solutions.
War Department meeting showcases frank war production briefings
Washington reports a two day War Department conference with about 200 industrialists, labor leaders, press, and radio reps. Frank talks, charts, and films depicted Allied war needs, manpower, and production challenges in Sicily and beyond, stressing unity and aggressive mobilization to sustain the total war effort.
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Washington
War Department
Prematurely Found and Quickly Downed in Iowa
A terse report notes a finding and rapid downing in Iowa. The fragment hints at concern or disbelief with a vague question about what was known and when. No clear names or organizations are readable to confirm specifics.
Five Decade-Old Column Notes Local Happenings
Fifty years ago local items from The Column of the News dated September 29 1853 report four young men weighing a total under 500 pounds after a bet. Union Knitting Mills likely won t resume before the fair due to stock and closure. John Bopst and Jerome Anderson captured 30 squirrels near Urbana on a two day hunt. A crowd watched as Singer Sewing Machine Company in North Market Street was demolished with an ax. Doll and Albaugh are relaying North Market Street with vitrified brick to test street paving quality.
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Carlin House
Union Knitting Mills
John Bopst
Jerome Anderson
Urbana
Singer
North Market Street
Messrs, Doll
Albaugh
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Twenty years ago local items include a house sale at 316 Es Street to Mr and Mrs Charles N Sater with move in planned by November 1. Campaign funds for 1 0 C F Home construction. $400 set aside. Annual Sunday School parade planned for first Sunday afternoon in November with 2 500 expected, six to eight bands. Mrs William Moser of Myersville seriously injured in car crash south of Myersville. four others injured as both vehicles wrecked and occupants thrown from vehicles.
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Charles Doll
Es Streat
Charles N Sater
C.F
Rowemuer
William Moser
Myersville
Myeraville
Ine Stalis
The Renewed Flame in Dark Hours
A traveler in Asia notes women borrowing live coals from neighbors at dawn to rekindle fires, a metaphor for friends with living faith and wise words. Dr. Ruinsford credits Phillips Brooks and preaching opportunity for his rise after failure. The piece honors those who lift others with encouragement and spiritual assurance amid hard days.
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Earthb
Nouglass
Asia
Ruinsford
New York
Phillips Brooks
Babson News
Q and A trivia from early newspapers
A compact Q and A roundup covering poker wild cards five of a kind as top hand, February 12, 1912 China becoming a republic with Yuan Shikai election, first Worlds Fair in 1851 London with 12 visitors and 141 days, a measurement note about the mile of Be length, longitude equivalence, and a safety pin invention in 1649.
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China
Republic
Yuan Shi Kai
London
War Interpreted By Kirke L Simpon In Italy Battle Tactics
The article analyzes Allied actions in Italy with emphasis on the Naples Foggia sector. It discusses British and American roles, the Naples trap risk, and operations around Foggia, Mount Etna, and the Adriatic coast. It notes strategic stakes for Russia, the Dnieper front, and Mediterranean pivots influencing the war’s broader balance.
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Naples-Foxgia
Naples
Foggia
Rome
Lucera
San Severe
Adriatic
Monte Gargano
Italy
Sicily
8Th Army
Mount Etna
Patton
Messina
Vesuvius
Fogwia
Clark
Montgomery
Russia
Dnieper
English Channel
Churchill
Berlin
Balkan
Lower
Aegean
Corfu
Nagiligh
Mediterrane
Balkans
Greece
Graul
Crimea
Latkans
Mime
Wiebratly Coetgin
New Books In Artz Library Feature Diverse Topics
A list of new titles including MEN OF MUSIC by Wallace Brackway and Herbert Weinstock for study this winter, SECOND GIANT HOME WORK SHOP MANUAL from Popular Science Monthly, CLEAR THE TRACK by Joseph Bromley on railroading memories, and 4 IDOLS BEHIND ALTARS by Anis Bienner tracing Mexican art history and colonial to modern works.
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Wallace Brackway
Herbert Weinstock
Popular Science Monthly
Hades
Joseph Bromley
Was & Persons
Lackawann
Erie
Frederick Art
Uncle Sam saves his money during Edson's absence
Washington Sept 28 The United States, with the largest budget and debt, is saving money. Budget Bureau Director Harold D. Smith says the government is cutting waste and improving efficiency to curb inflation and stretch resources. The bureau saved millions by trimming printing, space, and fuel, and directed surplus assets to wartime needs.
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James Thrasher
NEA
Washington
United States
Harold D. Smith
Bureau of the Budget
Sam
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Washington Oral
NYA
CCC
Alaska
Good Posture during Pregnancy Aids Comfort
Dr Thomas D Masters explains how pregnancy shifts the center of gravity and stresses ligaments causing low back pain and leg swelling. Proper posture and supportive footwear with a well fitted corset and prescribed exercises improve mechanics, reduce strain, and lessen discomfort for expectant mothers.
Today In History And Birthdays Highlights
Today in history covers events from 1789 to 1938 including formation of the American Army under Congress in 1789 and the Meeker Massacre uprising in 1872. It notes wireless telephony milestones in 1915 and a deadly 1927 hurricane toll. Birthdays include Gene Autry in 1907 and aviator Col Roscoe Turner.
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Ferret Manresy
George F. Kunz
New York
Naomi Norsworthy
Columbia University
Congress
Boston
City
Colorado
Arlington
Mare Island
Cal
St. Louis
Black Legion
Detroit
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Mussolini
Munich
Gene Autry
Tioga
Texas
Holger D. Paulson
Fargo
N. D
Col
Roscoe Turner
Country Cured and Other Farm Memoirs Lighten Reading Tone
The review lauds Homer Cray's Country Cured as a hearty farm memoir from a former Missouri-born journalist. It highlights rustic chapters about self-reliance, schooling struggles, and clever country crafts, praising its antidote to wartime gloom. It also notes Dorothy King’s Help the Farmer for children and mentions thrillers Stalk the Hunter Night Attack and Night Attack with espionage plots.
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NEA Service
Homer Cray
Harper & Bros
Horatio Alger
Missouri
University of Missouri
Croy
Notable WWI figures born in major cities historical note
The item lists several notable individuals born in various cities with ages, including George E. Sjams born in Baltimore and William C. Shepherd born in New York. It also mentions Henry Fietener of New York and Herbert Ager of New Rochelle, highlighting professions as administrators and editors. The horoscope warns about sensitive health and mental balance with potential labor and misfortune in a life phase.
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Corinth
Miss
George E. Sjams
Veterans’ Administration
Baltimore
William C. Shepherd
Denver
Cols
New York
Henry Fietener
Herbert
Ager
Louisville
New Rochelle
Hypocrisy and Faith as Paths in Thought
A ponderous biblical and aphoristic note contrasts belief with hypocrisy. It cites Job 8 13 on the fate of those who seek God and quotes La Rochefoucauld on hypocrisy as the homage vice pays to virtue.
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God
la Rochefoucauld
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Hanes
Chamiion
War Dept
David Lawrence
America
Robert Patterson
Marshal
Strong
Bernard M. Baruch
Tne Juu
No Department
Navy
Tsee
Sanhiya Perpenges
de Hicate
Farflung
the News
Kirke L. Simpson
Artz
Peter Edson
Varation
Aorae
Thomas D. Masters
Henry H. Richardson
Louisiana
Horace Bumstead
Atlanta University
Daniel Miner Lord
Chicago
Newton
Mass
Frederick Schwaika
Jalene
Sore Spas Wimba Stterice
Va Ei
Farm Boy
Dorothy Nking
William A. Kolliker
Wm. Morrow
Macy Tham
Mitchell Wilson
Simon & Schu&er
Hergine
Paul Campbell
Long Island
Pete Wayne
Lee Crosby
Dutton
Pete
Coast Guard
Axis
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