Mariana campaign ends with heavy Japanese losses
The eight week Mariana operation which seized Guam Saipan and Tinian killed over 40 000 Japanese while American losses reached 4 453 dead and 25 539 total casualties The drive opened bases within range of Tokyo and concluded with Guam’s fall and the end of Japanese resistance on the islands reported by Adm Chester W Nimitz in communiques.
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Overseas by Rail Concord NH GI Letter Reports Sea Trip
The message from Corporal Arles Banton to his parents describes a safe crossing of the Atlantic with familiar seasick moments. He mentions the ship’s claim that most GIs traveled by rail on the return leg.
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Corp
Arles Banton
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Children Enjoy Gruesome Tales Say Librarian
In Cleveland, Miss Harriet G. Long of Western Reserve University argues children like ghost stories and myths, not for fear but to balance adult power. She highlights Grimm tales as appealing to fascination with warriors and giants. Long curates a 300‑item display contrasting old and new children’s literature since 1925. She notes Mother Goose rhymes endure for political as well as playful reasons and that imagination grows around age six.
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Cleveland
Harriet G. Long
Western Reserve University
Long
Western Reserve
10000 Australians Marry Yanks War Brides Rise
In Sydney on Aug 14 officials report nearly 10,000 Australian girls have married American servicemen since 1942. About 1,000 have moved to the United States with 200 babies, 134 brides await transport, and 2,000 have applied for US entry permits. The largest group aboard a prewar luxury liner includes 2% wives and 72 babies.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Unless Freeze Comes Copper Mines To Close
G A Ballam of Tucson told the Western Mining Conference that copper mines in Arizona may close for three years unless war stockpiles are frozen. His remarks supported a resolution urging freezing all government stockpiles of strategic metals when the European war ends.
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G. A. Ballam
Tucson
Arizona
Department of Mineral Resources
Western Mining Conference
Ballam
Giants of the ancient Earth: Sequoia ancestors thrived
Scientists report giant sequoias flourished around 100 million years ago, with fossils revealing early forest ecosystems. The find highlights ancient flora diversity and indicates sequoia lineage dates back deep into the Cretaceous.
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