Navy SACO unit behind Japanese lines aided war effort
The United States and Chinese guerrillas ran SACO a joint operation behind Japanese lines in China from 1942 through 1944 providing weather data and other intelligence to the fleet and army. At peak about 3000 Americans and 100000 Chinese participated with dozens killed or wounded.
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Washington
United States Navy
China
Associated Press
SACO
Sino-American Co-Operative Organization
Friendship
Pearl Harbor
Asia
Pacific
Tai Li
Admiral Miles
Indo-China
Gobi Desert
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Formosa
Chennault
14Th Air Force
Liberator
United States
MacArthur
Leyte
Leyte Gulf
Hitler’s pay stated at 2.64 million yearly in wartime budget
Frankfurt dispatch reports Adolf Hitler earned an annual income of 2.64 million dollars with wartime tax benefits. He drew a 100 thousand dollar annual stipend as Reich president plus several other allowances, rising toward six million during the war’s third year.
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Frankfurt ON Main
Adolf Hitler
Reich
United States Army Headquarters
Airline bumping to end, Earling predicts directive issued
Vice President A. J. Earling of Chicago and Southern Airlines predicted an early end to bumping civilian passengers from flights. He said a new directive from the Air Transport Association in Washington would require that once a passenger is aboard a plane he would be assured of reaching his destination.
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Memphis
Tenn
A. J. Earling
Chicago & Southern Airlines
Earling
Air Transport Association
Washington
Yanks in Japan Hear Pet Radio Programs in Service
American troops in Japan are hearing favorite radio programs from home with army forces radio service. Mobile stations broadcast in Tokyo Nagasaki Osaka and Aomori Japan and Keijo Korea with 12 more stations planned to start soon.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Army Forces Radio Service
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Osaka
Aomori
Keijo
Korea
OPA Rationing to End During Year
The OPA forecast to congressmen says most rationing ends this year while rent control drops in 75 to 100 cities within four to five months. Meats and shoes unrationed by year end. fats and oils possibly into 1946. tires may end by year end but could push to January. Rent ceilings decontrol expanding. eviction wait period extended to six months in 487 federal rental areas.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company
Congress
Navy Plans Use of Atom Bombs on Carrier Planes
Navy undersecretary Artemus L. Gates disclosed plans to adapt atomic bombs for carrier based planes. He spoke at the commissioning ceremony for the 45,000 ton carrier Midway, named for the 1942 battle seen as the turning point in the Pacific war. Gates called Midway evidence of the will to maintain peace.
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Portsmouth
Artemus L. Gates
Navy
Midway
Newport News
Gates
Pacific
Wives of Servicemen Soon Will Sail Overseas
Paris—General Eisenhower says wives of officers and enlisted men may be allowed to sail abroad to join their husbands as the army of occupation may be long. He expresses sympathy and notes he would like his own wife to come over quickly. He mentions housing and food as factors to be solved before approval.
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Paris
Army of Occupation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied air raids report Japan toll totals
Domel agency reported in a 7B broadcast that Allied air raids on Japan killed 241,309 and wounded 313,041, with a total of 554,350 casualties. Tokyo led with 88,250 killed, 61,306 wounded, and 2,578,000 homeless. Hiroshima and Nagasaki also listed heavy losses and homelessness.
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San Francisco
Japan
Domel
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New Cable Improves Airplane Controls for Climate
American Steel and Wire announces a new airplane controls cable made from a high nickel manganese alloy. The cable expands and contracts with frame metal, reducing the need for temperature compensating devices and boosting aircraft efficiency in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
American Steel & Wire Company
Neighborly Garden Gifts and Simple Seasonal Recipes
Postwar neighborliness urged with tips on sharing garden produce and recipes. Suggestions include fruit baskets with lemons, a set of favorite dishes, and practical cooking ideas for salads cole slaw pickled beets and stuffed cabbage using cabbage and beef mix.
Savory Green Tomato Dishes and Rolls Featured in Lynn Chambers Menu
A Lynn Chambers menu features Swiss steak with gravy and cabbage rolls, plus a Green Tomato Mincemeat Pie recipe and eggplant with cheese. The sheet includes Green Tomato Fritters and fritter batter instructions, with detailed steps for preparing cabbage rolls and a note that the recipes are released by Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Dream Rival Dreams of a Fortune Teller Marriage
George schemes to push Anna toward marriage by using a fortune teller's reading. He instructs the teller to describe a tall man with blue eyes and blond hair as Anna's future husband, hoping to speed an engagement. Anna accepts the prophecy with childlike certainty.
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Anna
George
Mind Your Own Business Says Postwar Advice Column
Kathleen Norris Hese counsels a Texas reader Carolyn Miller to step back from family affairs. The letter details infidelity and pregnancy within a sister in law’s marriage, urging the writer to focus on her own husband and baby rather than meddling.
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Joan
Jean
Marines
Air Corps
Bert
South Seas
Pacific
Art
Carolyn
Lynn Says Refrigerate Your Foods
The article advises refrigerating most foods to preserve appearance and prevent spoilage with a 40 degree target. Meat milk vegetables and fruits require refrigeration immediately. root vegetables may stay out longer while bananas never need chilling. Keep foods covered except meat and use the crisper or paper cartons for eggs.
Silence and Secrets Among Wives During War Time
Two young wives, twins, face scandal as one bears a child out of wedlock and the other consorts with a local man. Carolyn urges disclosure to their husbands overseas, but Miss Norris counsels silence to avoid worsening the situation.
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Jean
Carolyn
Miss Norris
Vitamin intake and improvements in B vitamin nutrition
Homemakers learn the benefits of calcium and riboflavin in milk and dairy products. Milk consumption rose 25 percent since 1934 and riboflavin intake increased about 20 percent. Iron remains well supplied and enrichment boosts B-1 in grain. The average B-1 intake last year was 33 percent higher than prewar levels, with 9 percent from grain enrichment. Poor appetite and nervous disorders signaled B-1 deficiency risks.
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U. S
Chiang Kai - Shek
Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
King
Marshall
Army
M E. Miles
Kenwood
Hitler
Yanks
Pet
Lynn Chambers
Dream Rival
By Rae Resnice
Mrs. Laud
Mrs Laud
Europe
Kathleen Norris
By Kathleen Norris
Carolyn Miller
Texas
Tom
Lynn
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