Desert Training Camp Becomes Ghost Town in Indio
In Indio California the Desert Training Camp once hub for North African invasion troops fades to a quiet ghost town. Camp Young's headquarters moved out and a Negro guard watches the empty post as crews dismantle tents and prefabs.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Indio
Unitere
Desert Post
Camp
California
Arizona
India
Telephone
Camp Young
Home of Judge Hearing Burglary Case Robbed
Judge Samuel Leibowitz was hearing a burglary case in Brooklyn when alerted by his wife to return home. The Losss were said to exceed 10,000 dollars, mostly jewelry of his wife and daughter Marjorie 18. Marjorie is to marry Ensign Lee Ross.
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New York
N. Y
Samuel Leibowitz
Brooklyn
Belle
Leibowitz
Marjorie
Lee Ross
Pensacola
Fla
Centenarian Greek Woman Smoked Pipe and Drank Port
In Chicago Mrs Catherine Copulos reached her 102nd birthday after a life of daily port wine and a Turkish pipe habit encouraged by her Greek neurologist husband. Her son Milton notes she remained cheerful and active until a hip fracture two years earlier, having once climbed to Liberty Island’s statue top at age 77.
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Chicago
Ill
Catherine Copulos
New York
New Drug Addicts Use Thyroid Hormones for Energy
In New York a new form of addiction is reported to the medical society of the state. Desiccated thyroid, a potent energy making hormone, is used by addicts for extra energy and mental stimulation. Some cases suggest mental intoxication as well.
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New York
Medical Society of
State of
Pike Tale: Brother's String Vanishes Then Reappears
In Owosso Michigan Randolph Shier caught a 22 inch pike. The stringing stake vanished with the fish when they left. Ten days later he fished the same spot and landed a 22 inch pike he believes is the same one, now with its string attached.
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Owosso
Mich
Randolph Shier
Shier
Jones Diamond Found in Horseshoe Toss in West Virginia
William Punch Jones and his father discovered a 34.46 carat white diamond with a greenish tint while playing horseshoes in Peterstown West Virginia. Virginia Tech geologist R J Holden said it is larger than the Dewey diamond of 23.75 carats and valued at about 75 dollars per carat for museum use, or possibly much more if cut for jewelry.
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Peterstown
W. VA
William
North America
Young Jones
National Museum
Washington, D. C
Grover C. Jones
R. J. Holden
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Holden
Richmond
United States
Jones
German Hen Thief Irks Russian Grandmother
In Bozhedarovka a Russian grandmother, watching German captives, clubs a red haired German after recalling he used to wring her chickens necks. A nearby Russian soldier notes her act as she swings a stick in defiance.
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Moscow
Babooshka
Bozhedarovka
Dnieper
Red Army
Paralyzed War Worker Builds Model P-38 Fighters in Nashville
Walter Ford, 24, paralyzed but with four brothers in service, operates a miniature assembly line at the Consolidated- Vultee plant in Nashville Tennessee. He crafts model P-38 fighters daily to aid production and help someone who can fly them, revamping plant departments for efficiency.
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Nashville
Tenn
Walter Ford
Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Walter
Man stops train to prove love on Philadelphia tracks
William Kane Jr. 19 posed on 23rd Street tracks as a train neared at 40 mph. The engine stopped feet from him. Police charged Kane with trespassing. The girlfriend, who dared him, vanished and he refused to name her, saying he was a gentleman and in love.
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Philadelphia
William Kane Jr
Pennsylvania
23Rd Street
Kane
Taxi Service of Navy Saves Fliers at Palau
United States Navy float planes rescued downed combat-crew members near Palau in a rapid carrier task force strike. One three man torpedo bomber crew was saved by two cruiser-based float planes that landed on the water and picked them up before they could splash.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States Navy
Palau Islands
Centrifuge Tests Aid Study of Aircrew Blackout
Wright Field Ohio with RAF materiel command studies blackout in flight using a two-arm centrifuge. Volunteers sit in cabs while observers monitor reactions as plus and minus G forces simulate dives and pulls. Tests show blindness and gray vision from brain blood flow changes, with recovery times noted.
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Wright Field
Ohio
Aero-Medical Laboratory
RAF Materiel Command
Germany
Harry Armstrong
H. W. Jobes
Materiel Command
William Cade
E. J. Baldes
Mayo Clinic
General Electric
George L. Maison
Clarence A. Maaske
George A. Hallenbeck
British Relax Sign Rules as War Era Restrictions Ease
The British government lifts prior limits on displaying place name signs across the United Kingdom while keeping blackout rules. The new order allows unlighted signs with letters up to six inches high that are not visible from the air. Road signs are already being erected in parts of the country.
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London
British Isles
United Kingdom
Hitler Voices Sorrowful, Aged Tone On Dietl Funeral Broadcast
Reported listeners describe Adolf Hitler sounding sad and worried during a funeral broadcast for Col. Gen. Eduard Dietl. They recall a halting start, then a firmer, strained voice as he spoke in a somber, desperate register.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Eduard Dietl
Lights of New York by a Generous Neighbor
A family recalls Dick Jenkins, a trusted friend of Bill, from childhood to war service. The narrative traces his quiet kindness, steady work, and devotion to family, his army air forces career, and the sorrow of a missing medal and ongoing prayers for his safety. The piece ends with a call to buy bonds to support other troops.
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Stock Exchange
Columbia University
New York
Bill
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army Air Forces
Dick Jenkins
War Department
Army
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Sneezing Driver Causes Parking Lot Collision in Rock Island
Mrs. R. C. Mitchell of Rock Island said a sneeze caused her foot to slip off the brake and ram into another car while she was parking. Police recorded her explanation of the collision.
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Rock Island, Ill
R. C. Mitchell
Sailor Boy Towels Pattern for Baby Bassinet
Sewing circle project offers Sailor Boy embroidery on towels using four colors red green yellow and blue. Six figures about six inches high outlined with simple stitches. Pattern No. 5190 Sailor Boy transfer 16 cents plus name and address. Pattern No. 5748 Baby Bassinet instructions 16 cents plus name and address.
Real Diamonds Are Cold to Touch to Tell Imitations
The article explains diamond authenticity by touch. Real diamonds feel cold and become positively charged when rubbed, while imitants stay warm and do not charge. Tourmaline and topaz charge positively, amber charges negatively. Diamonds occur in four colors: colorless gem stones, bluish, yellow, and brown varieties.
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M. Mitchell
Farnam Street
Omaha
Nebraska
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