Pilot Feeds Hay to Elephants in Burma Jungle
Atlante City reports a U S Air Force sergeant recalls hauling hay for elephants aiding road and airfield construction in Burma. He describes crossing the Hima layas with two loads then parachuting hay to cleared jungle ground while Burmese and Chinese workers assisted under engineers. He fears evacuation of elephants as Japanese forces advance.
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Atlante City
Donile F. Martin
Keene
N.ha
Buna
Chins
Burns
India
Nisse Wees
Porcs
Air Force
Himalayas
Ching
Dase
Burme
Philadelphia War Cutback Sparks Transportation Strike Fallout
Broadcasters warn the stoppage is sabotage of wartime effort. Officials urge workers to return to jobs at once to support Philadelphia and the nation. Oil and gas shortages loom if gasoline allotments persist for 24 hours, as 20,000 gallons are set aside for 11,000 motorists. War workers lacking access number 320,000 in Philadelphia and 20,000 in nearby Delaware County. Rain dampens clashes between whites and blacks as steel helmets patrol. Liquor sales banned, side door violations guarded. Broadcasting continues with Mayor Samuel and WMC chief Frank L McNamee.
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Philadelphia
Hitler
Axis
Toulon
Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia Nation
War Man-power Commission
WMC
Delaware County
Samuel
Frank L. McNamee
Philadelphia Subway Strike War Echoes in City Chaos
A two day streetcar and subway walkout by 6,000 Philadelphia Transportation Co workers sparks violence across white and Negro neighborhoods. Police report 33 hospitalized, trains briefly resume on certain lines, Army and Defense Transportation considered seizing operations amid calls for martial law.
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Ruth Mayo
Philadelphia Red Cross Blood Bank
Theodore Speulding
Philadelphia
Nationa! Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Broad Street
Merket Street
89Th Street
Frankford
White House
Labor Board
Army
Office of Defense Transportation
Polite
Washington
Jonathan W. Daniels
Roosevelt
Croops
Rome
Wiliam Marquard
Charles Higgins
Iater
Higgins
Dhirt
John Rappaport
Oae Philadelphia Transportation Co
Holiey Cer
Bes
Isubwaxy Hines
Ash Can Fired Us At Bomber Diving On Japanese Ship
First Lieut. Joan F. Sherwin of East Boston said a B24 bomber was attacked by a freighter off the coast. After two bombing attempts the crew dive bombed at 280 miles an hour, released two bombs, and narrowly escaped a depth charge that caused only an air bucking blast.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Joan F. Sherwin
East
Boston
Mass
Hei
A. A. FL
Xo L ‘Tne Leutenant Wag & Bombardier
Rhle
Rabash
Sherwin
Community notices from Averill Park and surrounding towns
Local social calendar notes guests and visits across Averill Park Ven tal Danvers and Albany. Entries mention Miss Phyis VanDervort Miss Jean Link John Effland and Mrs John Rubeck hosting and visiting at several homes. A food sale at Miss Louise Griggs home is slated Saturday at noon.
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Averill Park
Gun Grinder
New York
John Pohl
Phyis VanDervort
Vental
Jean Link
John Effland
Albany
John Rubeck
Louise Griggs
Wesley Miller
Danvers
Mass
Indaw
John Pratt
Harold Gundrum
Edward
Bersby Lake
Mises Hoss Marie Williams
South Lee
Airs
Elmer Kelley
Struce Place
Katherine Lennon
The
Samaritan Hospital
John
Distillery Seizes Ad Space for Italian Lipsticks
A Conshohocken distillery manager used a request from a focal soldier to obtain lipsticks as advertising in Italy. The lipstick bottles, shaped as company bottles, will be exchanged for souvenirs. Meanwhile Allied forces reportedly face seven to eight divisions and have bombed bridges over the Seine and Loire in a campaign to quarantine Northwestern France.
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Onshohocken, Pa
INS
Conshohocken
Italy
Seine
Loire
France
Property Loss From Wilmington Hurricane Reported
The tropical hurricane struck the Wilmington shipyard and resort area Tuesday, causing about 2.9 million dollars in property damage. No deaths reported. Ten hospitalized. Two Black residents shocked by a downed wire. Shacks blown down at Wrightsville and Carolina Beach. water reached second story in some homes. Boardwalks uprooted. concession islands destroyed. Damage estimates: Carolina Beach 1.6 million. Wrightsville Beach 500 thousand. city of Wilmington 500 thousand. Fish houses, docks destroyed. several homes unroofed. utilities paralyzed.
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Wimington
N.C
Bruce
Valentine
Carolina Beach
Roe i Benson
Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington News
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Erwin Rommel
Villers Botage
Caen
Rommel
Hommel
Normandy
Caumbnt
Dempsey
le Beny-Bocage
Greene
Esiy
Vire
Ti la
Campegne
Tither
Pais
Elmosi
Gwavy
Yalon
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Fort Dix
Navy
C.I.O. Transport Workers Union
Kompenys Workers
Seu
Paris
Retuea
Vilters-Bocage
Homme Woods
Vilters Botege
le Beny
Pontorssn
Avranches
Montgothier
Nerea
Percey
Tessey-sur-Vire
Villedieuses Poeles
North Coast
Vice
Tilly Campagne
American
Institute of Laundering
Haraieys
Redy
Bey
Lambert Vitamins Co., Inc
NYG
Kip
Ridge Ave
Hiladelphia
Frank Carell
Anthony Carell
Hoosick Falls
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Tex
Southport
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Modernella
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Hes G
Dale
Bonat Life Oil
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