Timekeeping and varied radio program lineup on air today
A dense schedule lists 1 000 stations and numerous programs from morning to midnight including Farmer's Almanac, Morning Melodies, Timekeeper, news, a Troy Chapel Service, Texas Rangers, Melody Time, Mystery Chef, Affairs, and a range of musical, talk, and drama shows with many named performers and programs throughout the day and into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Room
Roy Porter
Troy
Texas Rangers
Sardi
Swank Hotel Is Now Army Hospital In Miami
The Swank Hotel in Miami has been converted into an Army Air Forces Regional Station Hospital with 1200 beds. It operates as a major mercy institution near critical airfields, ready to expand capacity using store rooms, corridors, or tents. The facility currently houses patients from Florida posts and others with service injuries, ready to receive civilians or military personnel in emergencies. A 70 year old woman in Los Angeles completes a 42 mile walking test in a single day, highlighting endurance amid wartime rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Miami Biltmore
Xesort
Biltmore
Army Air Forces Regional Station
Mercy
South Florida
United States
Dan C. Ogle
Keithsburg
Florida
Ogle
New Guinea Crocodiles Worst Worry For U S Troops
American forces on New Guinea's northeast coast endure jungle warfare and dangerous wildlife. Crocodiles, rats, and malaria threaten daily life alongside combat with retreating Japanese. Soldiers long for home as they endure hot, muddy camps, monotony, and screens of danger from snakes and mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Buna
Gona
Marvin E. Noble
Corvallis
Morobe
Gulf of Huon
Salamaua
South Sea
John F. McEvoy
Kent St
Albany
United States
Tropics
Southwest Pacific
Gourds urged to ease tin and zinc shortages
Meridian Mississippi reports Col Jim Walton of Europa promotes gourds as a simple solution to tin and zinc scarcity. He cites gourds as useful containers beyond their traditional use as dippers. In Berkeley California John M Noyes chimemaster at UC Campanile announces the birth of his child and played the chimes, including Grahams Cradle Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Jim Walton
Europa
Walton
Berkeley
Cal. Wi
John M. Noyes
University of California
Grahams
Crossword Puzzle i Strike with Whip S Alone
Crossword style clues and partial answers listed in a grid like a word puzzle page. Several entries mix spelling errors and typographical quirks, with a mix of across and down hints including terms like Topaz, islands, and common word fragments.
Mead predicts ample fuel supplies for New York winter
Senator James M. Mead reports increased fuel oil and gasoline availability for New York State. Based on Eastman’s transit study, Eastern Seaboard delivery rises to about 1.6 million barrels daily by February 1 1944, with 95 percent entering District 1 by January 1 1944 and major pipeline and barge projects expanding capacity to meet domestic demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
James M. Mead
Senate
Small Business Committee
New York State
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastern Seaboard
Y Overland
Middle West
Mead
Seabord
Eastman
Great Lakes-Erie Canal
District 1
Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Seaboard States
Toledo
Chicago
Buffalo
Rochester
Senator Mead
College Gas Bones Up in Kentucky Mound Study
Miss Opal Skaggs, a UK graduate student, identified 25 of 16 animal bone fragments from a west Kentucky mound. The archaeology department supervised the dig in Ohio County, reporting it as the largest of its type in the country. About 100 fragments await Smithsonian analysis for further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Opal Skages
University of Kentucky
West Kentucky
Maser
Archaeoogy
University
Ohio County
Skaggs
Smithsonian
Fundy
Haugland Found God In Jungle
The Associated Press correspondent Vern Haugland survived a crash and jungle ordeal in New Guinea and reflects on faith gained, in his book Letter from New Guinea from Farrar and Rinehart. He recalls near death, delirium, and a conversion that reshaped his view of God.
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New York
Vern Haugland
New Guinea
Haugland
Associated Press
Montana
Pearl Harbor
James Aubrey Michael
Temple
Okla
Michael
Hougland
Lwag
Living
Port, Moresby
God
Postwar Public Works Plans Face Uncertain Future
American cities plan large-scale postwar public works to curb unemployment. New York leads with a $700 million program and hundreds of millions for schools and highways, while officials urge detailed engineering plans. States and cities nationwide project hundreds of millions for bridges, hospitals, and sewers as they map future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Associated Press
Virginia
Waterloo
Iowa
Montpelier
New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Robert
Blood of
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
St. Louis
Charles A. Ellaby
Board of Public Service
Ohio
Atlanta
Massacchusetts
Herman A.macdonald
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Charlee John Stevenson
Melody Ti
Baukhage
Christian Science P. O
Roy Shudt
Spers
George Hicks
Bar Godwin
Lum
Abner
Noah Webster
Harry Wismer
Raymond Gram Swing
Gracie Fiehts
Ore
WGY
Schenectadye
Farm
Church In
JoeNews
Ait
Treasury Star Parade
Stella Dallas
Portia
Navy
Hugh Gibson
Lowell Thomas
Fred Watine
John W. Vanderceck
Johnny
Johnny Mercer
Harkness
Washington
i—News
Woko—Albant
Helen ‘Trent
Gal
Ma_ Perkins
The
Goldbergs
Young Dr. Malone
Joyce Jordan
ACD
Pepper Young
Forrest Willis
Joe and
Ethel Turp
Perry Como
Jane Cowl
American Melody Hour
Judy Canova
Cecil Brown
Congress
Ted Husing
Transradio Newa
Alvin Garrizon
Taft
Alfred Lewis
Mgr
New York Times Square
Radio City
Bing & Bing
Iregan
Franklin Sq
Roy
Swank Hotel
Army Hospital
Los Angeles
Cal
George Adam
ATP
Frederics
Hollywood
Charmed ST
Beauty
Marlin Spencer
Mineral Earth
Lée Topaz Hummigbird
Miz Up
West Indies
i—Fardons
Precious Ones
Tikier
Coast Guard
Answee
Revious Pulzei
Fay
By Paul Ford
Han Pound
Italy
Lord Halifax
College Gas Bones
NEA Service
Chas. H. Gardner Agency
First St
N. Ytek
Breslaw’s
Cohoes End
Breslaw
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