Eighteen Japanese ships sunk or damaged near Java coast
Wartime brief notes report eighteen Japanese vessels sunk or damaged in naval actions off Java by Allied forces. Other items mention German move toward Trondheim, trials of French leaders, Churchill cabinet reshuffle, and growing war efforts worldwide.
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Java
Trondheim
France
Winston Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Atlantic
Darwin
The
Red Star
Hitler
America
Pacific
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
American
Coast Guard
Iceland
India
Rangoon
London
Roosevelt
Burma
Russia
Germany
Shusaku Strbuya
Borneo
California Coast War Measures Raise War Effort
The nations war posture tightens as President Roosevelt forms a unified command over sea air and land defense while Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt resigns as assistant director. FBI raids target enemy aliens from Redding to Salinas. Japanese subs near Santa Barbara prompt arrests in Ventura. California governors allow victory gardens and city speed limits. Kern County supports camps for enemy aliens.
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Washington
Gov
United States
Newfoundland
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
F.B.L
Pacific Coast
Eleanor Roosevelt
Redding
Salinas
San Joaquin
Valley
Mme
H.M. Chang
Nanking University
Orient
America
California
Victory Gardens
Harry B. Riley
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Los Angeles
Alfred J. Elliott
Washingtons Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart origin
The article recounts General Washington’s 1782 order creating the Purple Heart for meritorious military service and bravery in the Continental Army. It notes the badge’s revival with the 200th anniversary observance and its later authorization for service members who perform singularly meritorious acts, including those wounded in action.
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Washington
Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
Stony Point
Pearl Harbor
Batan
Macassar Straits
O Iglory
United Nations
Genee N
War Department
Army of the
United States
Kern County Topics Include Recall Petition and Local Developments
The Kern County item list notes recall petitions against Supervisor Ralph Lavin and a March 31 election date, Don Knoles buying the Fox hotel in Taft, WPA funds for Gardner Field sports facilities, and county studies on rubber shortage. Also mentioned are a wildflower year forecast, a black-out chair job for Marc Lindsay, deputy district attorney hire S Bernard Gill, a 25 cent dividend by Kern County Land Co, a streetcar to bus change in Bakersfield, and March 15 opening of Le Bee wildlife museum florafaunium. Recent weather and crime losses, air wardens calm, west side drilling revival prospects, milk byproducts value, and sturgeon disappearance are included.
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Kern County
Ralph Lavin
Don Knoles
Fox Hotel
Taft
C. A. Fox
WPA
Gardner Field
Alfred J. Elliott
Marc A. Lindsay
Bernard Gill
Kerri
County Land Company
Le‘bee Wildlife Museum
Florafaunium
Lavin
Bakersfield
Welfare class for disaster welfare work proposed in Shafter
If enough interested persons are secured a class for instruction in disaster welfare work will be formed in Shafter. Don ald Dauwalder county social service supervisor is in charge. Those wishing to participate should call Burtha Montigel or Gracia Wright at the Shafter welfare office in the county building. Phone 721.
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Shafter
Donald Dauwalder
County — Social Service
Burtha Montigel
Gracia Wright
Shafter Welfare
Brother of Shafter Woman Dies in Bakersfield Hospital
The brother of Mrs. Thomas Wedge, H. L. Hughes of Bakersfield, died Sunday at a Bakersfield hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday in Bakersfield. During his illness, blood transfusions were offered by members of the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department.
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Thomas Wedge
H. L. ‘Hughes
Bakersfield
Shafter
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Gen. Washington
Kern County Farm
Burau
Kern ‘County
West Side
G. A. Richardson
University of California College of Agriculture
U. S
Cheese Cottage
Wasco
Alta
Bisquick
Lighthouse Cleanser
Bird Seed
Libby
Guthrie’s
Obepe
Kraft Dinners
del Monte
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