Buckley’s Davy Jones Book and Other War Time Tales
Buckley’s new volume traces convoy life, with English born author illustrating ship crews and subs fighting in wartime. Havill’s The Low Road centers on a farming couple near a lake as they cling to reality. Bulosan’s The Laughter of My Father collects Filipino tales from Bulosan’s hometown with humor and hardship. The Evil Star presents a bloody Los Angeles murder mystery centered on three sisters Faith Hope and Charity and a string of police killings.
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Buckley
Davy Jones
England
Edward Havill
Carl Swenson
Andy
Clay Treman
Karen
Carlos Bulosan
Harcourt, Brace
San Pedro
Calif
The
New Yorker
Bulosan
Philippines
Lana Turner
Mother
John Spain
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc
Faith
Hope
Charity
Spain
Los Angeles
Mystery thriller tale of Hope and a Bloody City
A lurid crime story unfolds with Hope the Los Angeles resident entangled in murder. Detectives, triplet sisters, a reforming lawyer, and a police chief clash as killings mount. The narrative teases detectives and readers with twists, promising a first class thriller filled with murder and bloodshed.
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Hope
Los Angeles
McCord
Thief Confesses Auto Dump in Lake Michigan
Eugene Jeras, 20, admitted stealing A. J. Carbon of Terre Haute Indiana’s car from a Terre Haute garage. He drove the vehicle to Chicago and dumped it in Lake Michigan after police were notified the car had been found.
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Chicago
A. J. Carbon
Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene Jeras
Carbon
Lake Michigan
Eye Lens Size Facts From Anatomy Note
The text states the human eye lens diameter is about one third of an inch. At rest its thickness is about one eighth of an inch and about one seventh of an inch when fully accommodating.
Camp Lejeune Largest Marine Training Base in North Carolina
Camp Lejeune and New River in North Carolina are described as the largest Marine Corps training complex, highlighting their expansive facilities and long-standing role in U S military training.
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Camp Lejeune
New River
N. C
Marine Corps
Weather boosts retail sales across regions and departments
New York May 13. Good weather lifted retail trade above last week and 7 to 11 percent above last year. Dun and Bradstreet reports seasonal lines brisk with Mother s Day items in cotton dresses and cosmetics selling well. Regional gains ranged from 1 to 19 percent across New England to the Pacific Coast.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
New England
East
Middle West
Northwest
South
Southwe
Pacific Coast
Banks Set Up 55 Branch Offices On Military Posts
In 1943 banks established 55 branch offices on military reservations across seven far western states, a sharp rise from 5 the year before. The federal reserve bank of San Francisco reported six new branches from acquisitions, five discontinued, and the regional bank tally dipping to 534 banks from 546 as sixteen closed or merged. Three new banks organized.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of
26000 Axis Planes Shot Down Since Start of War
London May 13. About 26 000 German and Italian planes have been shot down in air combat since the war began by Allied air forces, not counting those destroyed on the Russian front. Sir Archibald Sinclair, secretary of State for air, told commons today.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Commons
Power Of Mind To Cure Extends Even To Cancer
Dr. Norman Treves of Memorial Hospital New York City told New York reporters the mind can influence cancer outcomes. He cited rare spontaneous regressions and urged careful handling of news to patients to avoid undue distress. A film segment showed a cancer survivor speaking with a voice aid after losing his tongue.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Dr. Treves
Treves
James S. Greene
National Hospital For Speech Disorders
New York City
Army To Use Italians In Army Work
Fort Douglas Utah May 13 Volunteer Italian prisoners of war will join noncombatant Army service units in the ninth service command to perform quartermaster medical transport and ordnance duties. Italian officers will lead but American officers command. Training includes English and basic drills. They will wear GI uniforms with Italy insignia and may receive passes on approval from General Somervell.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Ninth Service Command
David McCoach, Jr
Ninth Service
War Department
McCoach
Italy
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Wade Church Named To Employment Security Group
Phoenix May 13 Gov Osborn appointed Wade Church president of the Arizona Federation of Labor to the employment security commission succeeding Dean Sisk who resigns May 15.
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Phoenix
Osborn
Wade Church
Arizona Federation of Labor
Employment Security Commission
Dean Sisk
Clarifies role of tongue in speech versus cleft lip effects
Dr. Greene argues that the tongue is not the most important speech organ, contrasting belief since biblical times. He states clefts of lip or palate cause more serious speech effects.
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Greene
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