Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption heard distant across oceans
A note lists events including a Gleaners meeting with Mr and Mrs Carl Shepard and a Grange dance at North Fisha Grange hall. Valley City hosts Homecoming events, a street carnival, amateur program, and a Pet parade with ball game. The piece also mentions Krakatoa’s eruption as the world’s loudest sound in 1883.
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Grafton—Gleaners
Carl Shepard
Lake Avenue
Grange
North Fisha
Crriswold
Valley City
Hollywood Stars and Schemes Weave Through Era of Comebacks
A fragmented Hollywood timeline recalls Jimmie Fidler notes on aging stars, career comebacks, and studio politics. It mulls Barbara Stanwyck and Mae West gossip, contract shifts, and the push to curb divorce-tinged scandals while spotlighting veteran character players and shifting casting norms.
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Hollywood
Sears
Europe
Stieless
England
London
Feld
Femeine
Sore Watch
RKO
Barbara
Hethawwood
Bunk Peel
Pers
Soldi
Peter Harre
He Berai
Ee Mae Vion Picture Research Society
Straus
Wellywood
Drs
Wroichout Balt Tryang
Spike Dee
Ryan
Phinence Bates
Francis Lederer
Reginald Owen
Burgess Meredith
Paulette Goddard
Opus
Vnvs
Sdvice
Pennsylvania Torpedoed by Japanese Near Guam
The battleship Pennsylvania was damaged by a Japanese torpedo attack off Guam. The hit aft caused flooding and engine damage. many crew members were missing or believed wounded as the ship limped to safety. President Truman announced strategic postwar adjustments amid the attack news.
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Guam
Pennsylvania
Jeng
Pensylvania Wes
Tapanese
Buchner
Tokyo
Fae
Truman
Uiderxuieg
Paarl Harbor
Draft Boards To Be Busy For A Long Time
Ohio selective service director C W Gable tells 330 local draft boards their work will not end until all returned veterans are reestablished in civilian life. He notes orders to call men from 18 to 26 and that about 40 000 men a month may be processed, with continued nationwide drafts.
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Columbus
Selective Service
C W. Gable Todas
Ohio
Life Gable
Nak Oon
Regiatrigtsobetween Ih
Washington
Jeboas
Disjoint Words Mirror Wartime Draft Note
Fragmentary OCR notes reference hostilities and a call to reestablish servicemen in their country. It mentions the arming and return of individuals into armed forces and the process of reentry after time away. The exact names, dates, and places are unclear due to garbled text.
Returning soldiers to be sent home by October
Lt Gen Robert G Richardson announced that Army enlisted personnel in the mid Pacific with a rating of 85 or more or those over 40 will be returned home by early October. An exception allows certain scarce-skilled men to be retained beyond four months. The Philippine government starts a Filipino construction corps to replace engineers, paying standard Army wages with a bonus after six months.
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Honolulu
Robert G. Richardson
mid-Pacific
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Alwiays
Tra Eee
Perth
MART
Philip Medivale
Posteres
Dave O'Brien
Kay Aldridge
42Nd St
John Wayne
Riders of Destiny
Jimmie Fidler
Ratcapount
Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake
Diana Lynn
Cass Daley
Bing
Hollyavond
Joan Bennett
Bruce
Miss Bennet
II Keene
Fea
Cabot
Joan
Social Party
Holy Cross Church
West Ave
Blue Sky Inn
Bridge St
Lake Erie
Bob's
Flk
Lee Littee
Lincoln
Lincoln Theater
Boston
Chester Mor- Pisa
Nana Foch Dita
Jimming
Crystal Beach
Stan Kenton
June Christy
Gene Howard
John Carroll
Dean Hudson
Joe Zahorec and
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Modernaires
Dean
Fairlawn
Doc Dolomore
Empire Tavern
Adams Street
Rance Valentine
Smmer
Rance
WTAM
Cleveland
Laporte Inn
Elyria
Grafton Road
Victory Room
West Avenue
Fine Foods
Celano Restaurant & Bar
Second Street
Likly’s
Blick Raven
Likly-Rockett
Broad Street
Gartner’s Inn, Inc
Bendix
Schroll
Chuck Cluley
Mgr
Bill Huff
Bill
Chicago
Carey’s Villa
Lake Ave
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