Diary of Mary Hooker Chronicle of the Boxer Rebellion
A Washington reporter reflects on Mary Condit Smith's diary from 1900 Peking, recounting the Boxer Rebellion siege, foreign legations, and daily hardships. The piece links her entries to later reflections on U.S. and foreign policy, noting fires, massacres, and prayers for protection as the siege unfolds.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Mary Condit- Smith
China
Erie Canal
Mary
Peking
Sol
Far East
High Street
Hooker
Mary Hooker
Tzuhsi
Pethick
Legation
Romantic Pacific Isles Lure Ex-Servicemen After War
Ex servicemen find Pacific island bases from world war era appealing again as sites like Guadalcanal Kwajalein Tarawa Leyte Iwo Jima and Okinawa see renewed activity. Guadalcanal remains quiet. Manila is ruined. Iwo Jima hosts a small air base. Guam grows as a major navy base. Buckner Bay bears sunken ships.
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Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Navy
Bay
Okinawa
Japan
Naha
Buckner Bay
Kahoolawe Named Most Bombarded Pacific Island
Article notes Kahoolawe in Hawaii ranked as the most shelled Pacific island during World War II. Uninhabited and rugged, the isle served as a testing ground for naval gunfire support with over 800 ships firing thousands of rounds, surpassing Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Saipan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Tarawa
Kahoolawe
Kahodlawe
Pacific
10000 Navy Men Take Discharges At Island Bases
The Navy reports 9372 sailors stationed on Pacific islands received permission to be demobilized there rather than return to the U.S. Most stayed for civil service or private jobs in Hawaii and the Philippines. Some married locals and planned permanent homes, others pursued business ventures though shortages of radios and appliances hindered private trade.
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Islands
Pacific
Pacific Isles
Navy Department
Pacific Islands
United States
Navy
Hawaii
Philippines
Barbs Joy-buzzers Shock Handshake Profit Report
The American machinist reports a profit of 140000 dollars in one year from Joy-buzzers shock-handshake devices. A non fogging auto windshield glass is claimed by Business Week. The Agriculture Department pledges more cranberries for Thanksgiving turkey. The navy and army finally agree on mile length with sailors noting they need not walk it.
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Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
Army Enlistment Survey Shows One Quarter of High School Grads
New York report finds about 25 percent of this year’s high school graduates joined or intend to join the army as part of a drive for one million enlistments. About 22 percent of volunteers are 17 to 18, while 65 percent are already in the army seeking extended service.
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New York
Army Hie
Army
Harold N. Gilbert
Adjutant General
Six Year Old Hero Carries Friend to Safety After Train Injury
Kansas City report about Randy Tays a six year old who carried five year old John Joseph Filsinger Jr a quarter mile after a freight train crushed his foot. Doctors saved the foot except for a few toes and credited Randy with preventing shock and blood loss.
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Kansas City
Randy Tays
Randy
John Joseph Filsinger Jr
Cigarette Production Nears All Time High
Washington reports Americans are on pace for a record year of smoking with 172 billion cigarettes produced in the first six months. If the rate holds, the annual total will surpass any prior record, besting the 1945 high.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hollywood Gossip Scribbles and Society Notes Parade
Editor's Note reports Jack Lait guesting as columnist. Items span Joan Crawford contract disputes, Oscar chatter, Lew Ayres as best man, Virgos and Astors, hotel trends, high gold demand, and industry appearances by Lindbergh, Stanwyck, Taylor, and Sothern.
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Jack Lait
Saratoga
Leo Best
Hotel Plaza
Joan
Walter Florell
Windsors
the Waldorf
Jimmy Savo
Los Angeles
Nijinsky
Vienna
Lew Ayres
Jennifer Holt
Bill Blackwell
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