Nuremberg Once Big German City
Marie Foley tours Nuremberg in Bavaria describing its geography, historic walls, and Gothic churches. She notes the city’s Merchant power, Kaiserschloss palace, and famed sculptors Krafft, Stoss, Vischer with Meister singers and porcelain stoves shaping its cultural aura.
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Nuremberg
Sebald
Germany
Adam Krafft
St. Lorenz
Kaiserschloss
Henry III
Frederick I
Lothair
Henry V
Frederick
Bavaria
Frederick II
Italy
Europe
Veit Stoss
Peter Vischer
Wohlgemuth
Durer
Meistersanger
Nuremberg's Torture Vaults and Turbulent Rise to 1806
The passage recalls Nuremberg's brutal past with the infamous torture chambers and iron devices, then traces its ascent as a trade hub until Gustavus Adolphus's siege, the 30 Years War, patrician control, and annexation to Bavaria in 1806, ending with a hope to preserve its character amid war.
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Kaiserschloss
Nuremberg
India
Gustavus Adolphus
Wallenstein
Bavaria
First Land Based Aleutians to Hawaii Flight Reported
Alaska announces a first overwater land based flight from the Aleutians to Hawaii. An Army Liberator piloted by Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson and other high ranking officers completed the 13 hour crossing from Adak as part of a Pacific strategy conference with Adm. Chester Nimitz.
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Alaskan Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Delos Emmons
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Davenport Johnson
11Th Air Force
Chester Nimitz
Adak
Aleutians
Mercerized Cotton Named After John Mercer Discovery
Mercerized cotton takes its name from John Mercer who showed ordinary cotton could be strengthened and made more lustrous by treating with caustic soda.
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John Mercer
Millions Of Gifts En Route To Armed Forces Overseas
The Army postal service moves 85 million parcels bound for soldiers sailors marines and coast guardsmen overseas. About 61.6 million go to GI’s in Europe while long journeys stretch to India Burma China and Africa. Parachutes and trucks and flies deliver packages 14 000 miles to isolated units as Christmas arrives.
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Washingtonn
Santa Claus
Army Postal Service
Burma
New York City
United States
Post Office Department
Europe
China
India-Burma
India
Indian Ocean
Greenland
Iceland
Alaska
Africa
U. S
Son in Misberg raid confirmed in wartime alert
Mrs Curren Mullen joked about her son Lt Joseph E Mullen being in the Misberg raid after a late radio report. She was later notified he had scored a kill on the Nazis and was there in the battle.
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Evansville
Ind
U.P
Curren Mulen
Joseph E. Mullen
Coal Formation Through Decomposition Of Vegetation
A historical note explains coal forms from the decomposition of plant matter under moisture and often with added heat and pressure, describing the geological process that links vegetation to coal.
Massive air strike hits Hankow targets in China
More than 250 U S bombers and fighters hit Hankow driving the Japanese supply hub. The attack dropped over 1000 tons of bombs on docks railyards and the airfield. Captain Ross McLeod announced the operation aimed to cripple Chenault’s long sought target.
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Hankow
China
U. S
20Th Bomber Command
14Th Air Force
Ross McLeod
New York City
14Th
Chennault
Claire L. Chennault
Veteran of three air forces returns home in Fort Wayne
Sgt. George A. Furste, newly back with his English wife, has served in three nations during three years. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, requested transfer to the British Royal Air Force, and wore RAF insignia from June 1943. The Indiana University library in Fort Wayne buys Hugh McCulloch papers with Civil War era letters.
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FT. Wayne
Ind. W.P
George A. Furste
Furste
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
RAF
Fort Wayne
Ind
WUP
Indiana University
Hugh McCulloch
Abraham Lincoln
Chester A. Arthur
Lincoln
Arthur
General Sherman
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