Definite Show-Down Likely On Offensive Against Japan
A wartime column predicts a definite showdown on immediate aid to China with an Allied offensive against Japan. It notes plans for air and ground campaigns, plus a Chinese invasion force aided by American supplies, while detailing Japanese aims to isolate Chinese forces and foster internal chaos. The piece also reflects on Russia's postwar role and criticizes bureaucratic questionnaire burdens on farmers in wartime fuel policy.
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Japan
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
China
Tokyo
Yokohama
America
India
Thailand
Burma
Chungking
United Nations
United States
Truman Committee
Farmers Face 1943 Battle for Food With Less Labor
U S farmers must produce record food and fiber with reduced machinery labor and supplies to feed civilians and Allies. The 1943 goals mirror 1942 gains, with county plans, AAA committees, and voluntary production contracts guiding efficient land use and war-focus crops amid expected tighter weather.
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United Nations
Hercules
Department of Agriculture
United States
America
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Germany
Hitler
Europe
New Year Resolutions For A Columnist Commentator
A columnist vows to write and speak more humanely using clear words and avoiding audience condescension. He commits to reading mail, avoiding personal prejudice in voice, and thanking the printing press and radio for allowing uninterrupted expression.
Servicewomen to Use New USO Club in Detroit
USO opens its first club in America for servicewomen at the Downtown YMCA in Detroit. The move follows new wartime measures including a 50 percent cut in domestic telegraph money order rates for armed forces personnel and money sent to them. Married nurses become eligible for active Army duty under recent policy. Nurses who graduate, are registered, and age 21 to 40 may enroll with the Red Cross now.
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Russia
America
United States
Urder Stalin
Army
Red Cross
United Nations
Detroit
War era fiber: hemp and wool fuel uniforms and gear
Farmers revived a hemp fiber industry to supply uniforms and gear for soldiers and civilians. Hemp seed exceeded the 1942 goal, with projected fiber output about thirty times higher in 1943, mainly planted in Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Kentucky alongside widespread cotton uses in aviation and textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilinois
Kentucky
Walter Avinchell On Duty Abroad Amid Substitutes
Walter Avinchell is on a tour of duty outside the continental area. In his absence, contributors will substitute.
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Walter Avinchell
Continental
Marine slang and lore from Leathernecks life in action
A compact look at Marine slang and historic lore, recounting phrases like SNOW and GO-TO-HELL CAPS, and honoring leaders and battles such as Belleau Wood and Wake Island. It notes drill habits, uniforms, and traditions, including knots on hats and the emphasis on neatness and readiness.
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U. S
Staples
John Paul Jones
Jones
Lloyd Williams
Belleau Wood
James Devereaux
Wake Island
Richard Harding Davis
How to repair chairs with springs and twine
Step by step guidance on retying chair springs across rows with back to front and side to side patterns. Notes mention four ounces of sewing twine and eight of tying twine per chair and advise clipping the article for homemaking booklets numbered one to eight. No. 5 and 6 cover remodeling old rockers. Copies cost 10 cents postpaid. Order direct from
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N.W
Washington, D. C
Stalin
U.S
England
Bankhage
Leatherneck Legends
H. E. Rosecrans
The
Leatherneck, Marines
Tulagi
Commodore Perry
Hirohito
Guam
Rhine
Gaines Mosely
Fifth Marines
C. A. Doyen
Stephen Decatur
North Africa
Derny
Tripoli
Marine Band
Legation Guard
Peiping
News River
N. C
Fleet Marine Force
Solomons
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
St.Joseph
Henry Disston
United States Military Service
Bfgoodrich
Wah
Bureau OF
Bureau of Standards
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