Red Cross Doughgirls on D-Day in War Service
Red Cross clubmobiles ferried coffee and doughnuts to infantry on the invasion beach as volunteers trained in Washington and sent overseas. The program trains club workers to run snack bars, plan entertainments, and provide morale support under wartime hazards.
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Red Cross
Lave
Jim’s
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Training School
American University
Washington
Worshop
Ledo Road
Wisconsin
Ickes Accused of Pressuring for Firing Over Phone Use
Interior Secretary Ickes is charged with seeking to have the congressional group that funds his department fired. Rep. Johnson says Ickes wrote to Cannon and others urging action to harm a congressman. The hearing examined Ickes demand to repeal a telegram and long distance call limit of $80,000 annually.
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Washington
Ickes
Rep. Johnson
D-Okla
House
Interior Department
Cannon
D-Mo
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Navy Planning Plane Bigger Than B-29, Congressmen Told
Washington reports reveal secret tests on大型 air giants including the B 36, described as the largest aircraft attempted in the United States. Testimony before the House appropriations committee covers B 35 B 36 and B 42 while aeronautical progress advances with rockets and jet weapons.
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Navy
Washington
Tokyo
House Appropriations Committee
George W. Lewis
Aeronautiical Research
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Mexican Line Opens Express Service Again
Express service on the Mexican west coast resumed with Southern Pacific de Mexico official P. E. Baffert stating the service is back in operation. Uncertainty lingered over whether Wells Fargo or a government appointed general administrator would run the service.
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Portillo
Wells Fargo
Eugenio Gayou
Gayou
Nogales
Sen. Mex
P. E. Baffert
Southern Pacific de Mexico Railways
Baffert
Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Manuel Avila Camacho
Southern Pacific de Mexico Express
1044 Never Misses Vote by 104Yearold Wiggin in China
Augustus D Wiggin of China age 104 has reportedly voted in every Presidential election since reaching voting age. He cast an absentee ballot in the latest election due to poor health but otherwise has maintained perfect attendance across generations.
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China
Augustus D. Wiggin
Wiggin
Abraham Lincoln
Tobacco taxes in Ireland total near forty million
In the last fiscal year tobacco taxes produced about 37 million while income taxes brought in 46 million, showing smokes in Eire contribute to government revenue nearly as much as income taxes.
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Eire
Fiji Soldier Receives Victoria Cross Posthumously
The first Victoria Cross for a British colonial serviceman in this war is awarded to Corp. Sefanaia Sukanivalu of Fiji. He died June 23, 1944 at Mawaraka Bougainville, sacrificing himself to save comrades during an ambush while shielding others from Japanese fire. The action, dubbed the little Dunkirk of the Southwest Pacific, led to a heroic evacuation night.
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Southwest Pacific
Corp
Sefanaia Sukanivalu
Britain
Fiji
George VI
C. W. Griswold
U. S. Army Corps
Bougainville
Frank W. Voelcker
Voelcker
Sefania
Sefanaia
Mawaraka
U. S. Army
U. S
Ration Free Shoes From Bacon Rind To Be Made For Youths
Cleveland report says pigstrip shoes will start within 30 days on a small scale and reach 7 to 10 million pairs annually. OPA chief William A. Molster notes a war production order allows pigstrip output, priced like rationed shoes. Mexican cattle shipment to M City aims to lower meat costs. 10,000 head sent, with 10,000 more ordered if needed.
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Cleveland
William A. Molster
Washington
OPA
War Production Board
Molster
M City
Mexico
Thand
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Ferdinand V. Grayson
Louisiana State University
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Aunt Jemima
Blue Network
Pruning Shears Crafteman
Narciseus
Sir Watkin Daffodil
Pennington
Statio
E. 6Th Street
L. C. Payne
SEARS
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