They Were Expendable: PT Boat Squadron 3 Plot
Four of five surviving officers of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 recount the final voyage to rescue General MacArthur’s party in the Philippines. Lieut. Bulkeley and Lieut. Kelly, Ensign Akers, and George Cox Jr. describe secret orders to take General MacArthur’s group to southern islands and the promise of evacuation from Cebu.
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Philippines
John Bulkeley
R. B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George &. Cox Jr
Bulkeley
General MacArthur
Cebu
Bold MTB action off Cebu in daring night torpedo duel
Bulkeley's 41 boat and Ensign Cox attacked a Kuma cruiser near Cebu as Kelly's 34 boat pursued a nemesis destroyer. Torpedoes hit the cruiser's engine room, its searchlight faded, and the flagship sank after a fierce chase lasting minutes. Three ships faced destruction with dawn near Misamis.
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Batan
Bulkeley
Cebu
Cleland
Islands
Minnesota
Jobster Newburg
Chase & Seaborn
Dad
Bar
Bataan
Peggy
Bulkelely
Cox
Kelly
Wao
Glover
Jesusl
Ensign Cox
Sre
Ensign Richardson
Misamis
Soil chemists find fertilized crops use more plant food
Purdue scientists led by Dr George D Scarseth show crops on plots with nitrogen phosphorus and potash use roughly twice to three times as much plant food as unfertilized plots. Trials at Lafayette Bedford and North Vernon across corn wheat oats clover soybeans timothy and respedera reveal significant increases with lime and manure as well.
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George D. Scarseth
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
D. H. Sieling
R. E. Lucas
Lafayette
Ind
Bedford
Clermont
North Vernon
Notable War Era Gossips And Personalities
A column highlights Victor Mature, BeA Wain, and Bob Russell among entertainers now serving or connected to wartime life. It recalls Amon Carter and public figures, notes divorce dynamics at the Stork Club, and recounts stories from the Hit Parade, Harper's, and Life era press. Includes poetical reflection from W. Colin McKenzie and a village war bond rally moment with torpedo medals.
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Bea Wain
Bea
Riobamba
Frank Sinatra
Magic Key
Colin McKenzie
Merchant Marine
Village Barn
Albert
Wall Street
McKenzie
Agriculture in Industry Pecans as Industrial Raw Material
Florence C. Weed notes the Georgia Tech view of pecans as industrial raw material. Pecan hull charcoal decolorizes dyes, pecan oil provides salad oil and potential cosmetic uses, ground shells may serve as abrasives, and pecan shells could aid with cleansing powders. U.S. pecan production ranges 20,000 to 50,000 tons annually, with Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas leading.
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Georgia School of Technology
Texas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Crop Protection Firms Say Insecticides Abound for 1943
Crop Protectors Manufacturers of insecticides and fungicides claim adequate supplies for 1943. Containers are reportedly in better supply, but dealers and farmers must return usable empties. Government asks a substantial rise in calcium arsenate production.
General Quiz from Ask Me Another
The questions cover geology and history, including the earths solid part called the mantle and the general nicknamed Blood and Guts. It asks about Senate turnover, a bar carole song, a plexus, carte blanche, the first US president born under the flag, and sugarcane derived liquor.
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U. S
The Answers 1 Lithosphere 2 George 8 Patton Jr a One third
The list presents quiz items with numeric and lettered prompts. Notable answers include lithosphere George Patton Jr one third and full powers connected to maritime songs or biology contexts, suggesting a mixed knowledge puzzle from a period publication.
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George
Patton Jr
Martin van Buren
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Interisland
Cad’ Cleland
Australia
Mindanao
Iloilo
Negros
Island
Negros Islands
Island Passage
Victor Mature
Hollywood
Broadway
U. S. Coast Guard
Miss Hayworth
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Stork Club
London
Tunisia
Bob Russell
Maria Elena
Versailles
Satevepost
Sevastopol
Ruth Mitchell
American Magazine
Omari Harris
Harper's
Hays
N. W
Florence C. Weed
Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
St. Joseph
R. O. D. Sullivan
Pan American Airways
Pacific
Atlantic
Boondocks
Marines
Army
Navy
BC Tual Aves
Snd Fort
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