Dutch Fight Hard for Indies Fight Against Japs
Aboard at sea, Belman Morin interviews Dutch repatriates and officials about the East Indies defense before Pearl Harbor. The Netherlands kept a stubborn, costly struggle against Japan, despite late mobilization and scarce aircraft, ships, and supplies. The Dutch resisted, viewing the Indies as home and refusing compromise even as the Axis threat mounted.
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Belman Morin
Sripsholm
Pacific
Orient
Sanger
Netherlands
Indies
Furst
Rangers Ready for Invasion Echoes of Dieppe Beach Firefight
A diverging fragment recalls a World War II clash where Rangers prepared to invade and a British officer ordered Bren guns. A gun crew was cut down as bullets struck, hats flew and a soldier was wounded. The piece notes Americans and Germans clashing and a changed attitude after Dieppe.
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Szimon
Pilexib UD
Dieppe
Continent
Flashes of Life and War Era Oddities Across the Nation
The Aug 22 dispatch reports lighthearted and unusual notices from across the United States. Kenneth N. Kress heads to the army with his grandchildren present to bid him farewell. Allen Dailes offers war bond payment in lieu of debt, eight of 175 debtors participate. Twin brothers Glenn Dewberry Jr. and James W. Dawberry pursue training and life changes, including Glenn’s recent marriage and Daines’ wedding plans. New York sees Bartlett twins born in different places with a nurse at home delivering a boy and hospital delivering a girl. Joe Albi campaigns for Congress on a rural tour, while Herman Westhoff news notes a postman’s long-distance gas payment effort. Other brief items cover a Colorado boy scout mishap, a Kansas Claus event, a Stillwater agent’s glasses mystery, and Providence legal actions involving Frederick H. Prince and company holdings.
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Stillwater
Okla
Cromwell
Neill
Providence
R. Ty
U. S
Yester
Prince
Chicago
Maine Corporation
Jersey Company
Maine
J. Ogden Armour
Draft Board's Quiz Tough on Bugs 10
IT take s in dinis fa at night. Arthur Baer portrays a satirical interview with a misfit answering draft board questions about his writing career and peculiar anecdotes. The piece mocks government scrutiny and wartime censorship with fragmented dialogue and comic asides.
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Dinis Fa
Draft Board
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Government
Tank Plant Stays Open Amid Labor Dispute
Wiliam B. Taylor of the United Auto Workers says work stoppage stems from a company memo to skilled welders. APL unions threaten to pull thousands of journeymen from shipyards in Ashmor d Galt, with local leaders urging workers to seek jobs elsewhere if needed. The wage dispute and boilermakers’ union issue prompted surrounding tensions as drivers in Chicago protest wage differentials and the war labor board reviews actions.
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Wiliam B. Taylor
G10
United Automohile Workers
Meckaul
APL
Lieares
Weldtrust
Wlx Mid
Wosk Atatea
Vbrike
Gefiante
Marines Smash Jap Forces In Pacific Campaign
Admiral Nimitz and President Roosevelt announce sustained Marine operations across the Solomon Islands. Core action describes beachhead mastery on at least three islands, heavy enemy casualties, and multiple naval air engagements. US forces report 670 of about 700 Japanese dead in one clash, with additional success against a second Japanese battalion and air raids on ships off the Solomons.
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Afaj
Alezanter A. Vandergrift
Nimitz
Nes
Batalion
United States Army
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Alliet Filers
Australia
Moabissa
Timor Island
Rose
Girl, 4, Waves to Dad and Falls to Death
In Lancaster Virginia Davis, four, leaned from a second floor apartment window to wave goodbye to her father as he left for work, lost balance, and plunged to her death.
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Lancaster
Virginia
Davis
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