Army Doctors Shortage At Home Amid War Strain
Wide World Science Editor reports the army and navy demand far more physicians per thousand soldiers than civilians. About one third of all U S doctors are in military service. civilian areas face gaps as industry and war zones strain medical care and deadlines push for faster induction and new distribution plans.
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New York
America
New York City
Navy
Washington
American Medical Association
Army
United States
Public Health Service
Sweden
War songs fail to catch wartime mood onsong scene
Randolph Norton argues popular tunes have not produced a hit about the current conflict. He notes patriotic songs from 1917 and 1918 set the standard, but modern composers have yet to find a sellable wartime theme. He suggests the war’s breadth may outgrow simple geographic motifs.
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Tipperary
Dover
Mandalay
Dixie
Miners Face Ten Day Vacation Decision In West Virginia
In Southern West Virginia miners may take a ten day vacation starting tomorrow night unless operators return fines totaling about 350000 to the miners. The UMWA demands remittance of penalties tied to last year's sympathy strikes or workers will stop for ten days. The dispute follows earlier cuts to the vacation during wartime and hinges on whether fines were legally collected and if the matter should go to the National Labor Relations Board.
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West Virginia
Charleston
U.M.W.A
U.S.O
the Register
McDowell County
Winding Gulf
New River
U. S
U.M.W
National Labor Relations Board
Hostess House Fire Sparks Murder Confession
Mary Lee Brown and Red Hamill face a perilous night as a fire breaks out at the hostess house. A sleeping guest, Mrs Hamil, is found mortally involved and confesses to killing Red's father before dying. Alberta the maid helps evacuate guests as soldiers and reporters arrive. Red is cleared. a marriage proposal follows.
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Mary Lee
Red
Alberta
Miss Foster
Mrs. Hamil
Uiform
Inez Hamil
Laird Hamil
Solider
Hamil
Peggy
Mary
Mary Lee Brown
Jake Forrester
Red Hamil
Sandy Rawson
Clark
Push Back to 1940 a Review of North Africa Campaign
The piece recalls Italy’s 1940 invasion to Sidi Barrani and the Nazi push toward the Suez Canal while Allies withdraw to Matruh. It notes intensified summer desert conditions, British rearguard actions, and strategic withdrawals as the rail line to Alexandria shifts into Libya, shaping early wartime expectations.
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Sidi Barrani
Rommel
Suez Canal
Middle East
Egppt
Matruh
Alexandria
Libya
Men O War in the News from Raleigh Register
Naval and air corps personnel with Raleigh ties, including John Russell Vass on furlough in Callaway Heights, Robert C. Scott in San Antonio aviation training, and Corporal Wardy M. Cline stranded during a Brazil to Venezuela flight in bad weather. Sergeant Lee Meadows of Beckley married in Yuma and stationed in San Diego, plus Staff Sergeant Robert E. Hurtt returning from Panama and Lonnie Ferrell Jr. drafted to Fort Leonard Wood.
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Norfolk
John Russell Vass
J. W. Vass
Callaway Heights
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Brooklyn
Robert C. Scott
Beckley
San Antonio
Texas
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Panama
Tampa
Florida
Brazil
Baja Point
Venezuela
Wardy M. Cline
Pineville
Cline
West Indies
South America
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Trinidad
Idaho
Sergeant Emmett
Lee Meadows, Jr
Verona Meadows
Emmett Meadows
Headquarters Service Battalion
Marine Corps
San Diego
California
Sergeant Meadows
Oole Meadows
L. C. Meadows
Mercer County
Spanishburg High School
Raleigh Register
Fort Clayton
11Th Engineers
George Coley
Mount Hope
Lonnie Ferrell
East Beckley
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Ferrell
Montroal
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Mrs. Meadows
Robert Hurtt
Lonnie Ferrell, Jr
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