Japs Lose 300 Ships In August A Pacific War Summary
The Associated Press reports August saw heavy Japanese losses with nearly 20 ocean going ships knocked out and at least 135 sunk among combatant and noncombatant vessels. U S bombers hit the Philippines approaches delivering a fourth heavy strike. Central Pacific air forces press the campaign on Japan as operations spread to Chinese and Philippine targets.
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Budget Bureau To Collect Data On Home Front
Budget Bureau to compile a 1944 snapshot of employment wages production and consumer spending as America shifts from war to peace. The survey, ordered by President Roosevelt, will guide postwar planning and compare civilian activity with wartime output, with results expected next spring.
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Census to Expand Employment Data Sampling
The Census Bureau plans a large scale survey to measure employment and unemployment nationwide. The sample will include between 30,000 and 40,000 families and focus on regions with worker concentrations. Data collection will start soon and repeat every three months to provide national estimates.
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Time for Action Marines Are Told at New York Navy Yard
Eunice Shephard of Darbury Connecticut reported for duty at the Brooklyn New York Navy Yard as part of the Marine Corps Womens Reserve. After completing basic training at Camp Lejeune she announced she joined to free a man in action and looked over a room of seven or eight Marines at desks.
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Salvation Army Women Seek Black Stockings Shortage
Salvation Lassies from the Salvation Army, led by Capt Betty Jaap, face a stockings shortage affecting their uniforms. Black stockings are scarce, and volunteers rush to buy pairs whenever a store stocks them, showing concern for proper attire and discipline.
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Dirksen Attacks Roosevelt Hawaii Trip as Campaign Move
Everett Dirksen denounces President Roosevelt’s Hawaii visit as a campaign stunt. He argues a candidate must face voters honestly in a single vote and not pose as diplomat or commander in chief to win the presidency. Dirksen spoke at a Republican rally in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
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Gray Ladies Save Life Of Grieving Soldier
The Grey Ladies of the North Shore Red Cross chapter buoyed Corporal Joseph S. Sturgeon at Bay Terrace Hospital Bayside Queens after a major operation. His wife had just given birth in Paterson New Jersey. he sank into melancholy until the volunteers left baby clothes by his bed and he found the will to eat and recover.
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Action Discontinued in Supreme Court Lawsuit
Legal action instituted by William Frazee against George White and Beatrice Schermerhorn has been discontinued, papers filed in the County Clerk's office show.
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Supreme Court
William Frazee
George White
Beatrice Schermerhorn
On the Air Local Radio Schedule Highlights
Local stations reveal a dense daytime slate with morning news segments and musical interludes. Programs include Timekeeper routines, breakfast and rise and shine slots, news summaries, cooking features, and a Transatlantic quiz segment.
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Fashion for the college girl in wartime
The piece outlines a 1944-45 college wardrobe shifting toward practicality and patriotism. It highlights dresses, suits with topcoats, casual wear, and accessories designed for travel and efficiency, stressing durable fabrics, color contrasts, and versatile separates over prewar trends. It notes the role of educated women in world peace and the move to utilitarian style.
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Fourth Term Debate Sparks Strong Patriotic Rhetoric
A clipped wartime letter attacks a fourth-term push and defends freedom of speech as a heritage from Plymouth Rock. It condemns political discord and praises national unity, urging Americans to support the president and wartime effort.
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Servicewomen Face Problems Of Readjustment
Article discusses the tough transition servicewomen face returning to civilian life after the war. It contrasts married and single veterans, notes uniformed visibility and attention, and suggests practical fashion guidance for college women to ease reintegration, emphasizing practicality and simplicity in wardrobe choices.
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Notice of Beer License Transfer and Off-Premises Sale
Legal notice states that license GB-14611 and GE-1403 are transferred under the Beverage Control Law to allow sale of beer at retail for off premises use at a general store location on Route 40 and Green Street New York. Names George E. Aepinstall and others are listed as involved parties.
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New Fork
Ghorge E. Aepinstall
Popcorn Bag Snares Family in Diamond Ring Theft Case
In New York police traced a $3000 diamond ring to Sterling Huntley and his wife Leah after they claimed they found it in a bag of popcorn while feeding pigeons in Central Park. The couple pawned the ring for $20 and face possible charges for illegal possession. the ring may be reclaimed by the rightful owner after three months if unclaimed.
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Women Pilots Get Planes Sized for Comfort
Dr. Alce Burns, anthropologist, measured members of the Women Air Force Service Pilots to determine average dimensions. Three types were chosen and General Plastics Corporation of Chicago cast models. The mannequins of cellulose acetate plastic will help plane designers fit interiors to the pilots.
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Smallest Filipino Woman Aids in Hospital Recovery
The 6 year old Miss Martins de La Cruz of ZL, reportedly the world's smallest woman at 34 pounds, lies in Wills Hospital Philadelphia recovering from cataract removal surgery on her right eye. Doctors say she is improving after the operation in the medical facility.
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White House Quiz Answers Qautz XL Sch
Fragmentary list of presidential names and trivia terms appears in a quiz snippet. Entries mention Buchanan Grant Arthur Wilson Polk Johnson Fayes and two Roosevelts, Taft Jefferson Madison Tyler with fragmented notes about pages and states.
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Newtonville Church Clamsteam Opens Dinner Hour
The Newtonville Methodist Church will hold its annual clamsteam in the church dining room on Thursday September 7 from 5 to 7 PM. Committees include general chairman Harold P French assistant James Heily tickets G M Hannell Harold Robinson publicity Rev E G Leman Mrs Chester Robdau purchasing E H Ten Broeck J G Hills WL Jeram soliciting Mrs Q W Ten Broeck Mrs C A Robdal Mrs Raymond Male Mire Arthur BManwelier and Miss Anna Lady chairman Roy Rocken atire.
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Marine yearned for spaghetti meal homecoming story
A 21 year old Marine Corps recruit named Joseph Beatrice longed for spaghetti during two years in the South Pacific. He dreamed of Frosty sodas and ice cream at the corner drug store, and when he returned home he finally enjoyed his favorite dish.
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