History’s Biggest Naval Bombardment Prelude to Marshalls Action
West Pacific notes describe the Pacific theater bombardment preceding U.S. landings in the Marshalls as American forces prepare to seize a major air base and seaplane station. Allied operations press the Japanese defenses while German actions around Rome and northwest Europe are also mentioned.
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Mid-Pacific
Atutwart
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Beschheads
Infanda
Mid- Pacific
Ines
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Eshnra
Tarawa
Gilberts
Agath
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Eserg
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Sretch
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Beathos
Rome
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Cynamo
Berliniaiain
Russia
Juteland
Berlin
Tax bill by lawmakers falls short of White House aim
A three member conference committee of senators and representatives agreed on raising about 2.3 billion dollars in new taxes to complement a 4 billion dollar 1944 revenue plan. Higher levies would hit goods services and specific sectors including rooms meals liquor beer jewelry transportation club dues and air mail rates among others.
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Elleys
Food Supply Prospects and U S Production Outlook
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard warned that wartime food production will rise while domestic allotments shrink. He cited Germany’s occupation and Japan’s East Asia control as factors limiting global food flow, urging Britain to maintain nutritional standards amid evolving supply constraints.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude G.witkard
Yossour Aliles
Europe
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Ard
Japin
East Asia
Wickard
Veteran awarded Purple Heart for 1918 shell wounds
Bloomington veteran noted as receiving the Purple Heart for injuries from shell fragments at Bi Bithtel Brance in September 1918. Since then he has undergone MS operations and remains a symbol of wartime sacrifice. Aluminum production growth is cited as rapid due to war needs.
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Bloomington
Bi Bithtel Brance
Life Insurance Advances Despite War Strains and Casualties
The piece notes a 23 percent rise in life insurance in force to 139 billion dollars amid wartime stress and civilian impact. It cites 1943 payouts of 2943 billion 100 million, with detailed Army and Navy casualties including 17,480 killed and 24,900 missing, plus 4,203 prisoners, and Japanese-control prisoners among others.
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Navy
Baby Paulette Defies Odds With Birthday Milestone
In Chicago a baby named Paulette Bratthos born eight pounds five ounces a year ago celebrated her first birthday weighing two ounces less than at birth. Doctors had little hope but Paulette now grows twenty two inches long and can digest small amounts of formula and water. Her mother Has barely slept since the birth as Paulette receives extensive care while her healthy brother Howald thrives.
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Gunca Paulette Bratthos
Chicago
Paulette
Pressure Cookers Authorized For 1944 Manufacture
War Production Board authorizes 400000 aluminum free pressure cookers for the first half of 1944 as home canning rises to offset fruit and vegetable shortages. Last year 839000 carbon steel canners were made and aluminum use was banned in 1942. Aluminum cookers will be scarce and offered without rationing while other canning utensils face limited aluminum capacity.
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War Production Board
WPH
Monkey helper fights through war and postwar finance notes
Private Floyd Steward of San Pedro California found a baby monkey during a North Africa bombing raid. The animal aided him in harsh desert days and helped locate him after debris from shell blasts. A 1943 to 1944 economic picture shows consumer debt declines and shifts in installment credit and auto financing as land prices climb and farm credit warnings rise.
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Floyd Steward
San Pedro
Calif
North Africa
Steward
Suter
Veterans Aid Expands Hospital Capacity for Returning Servicemen
Brig Gen Frank Hines announces a national plan to convert training camps into hospital facilities for returning service members. An estimated 300 000 beds will be needed by 1947 to care for veterans, with hospitalization open to all who served regardless of service-related disability. Many injuries and illnesses treated are not battle casualties.
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Frank Hines
Es Pets
Trail Boss Forming Drive From Texas to Ogalala in 187Y
A group led by Clay Manning as foreman and ID Splann prepares a cattle drive from southern Texas to Ogalala under Crose T leadership. Harold Channing Wire and Lew Durnet are enraged by Tom Arnold over the matter. They plan to deliver 3 e08 fonghorns to the Indian agent by September 1 or lose the profitable contract.
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Lew Durnet Hse
Tom Arnold
Texas
Ogalisla
Wyoming
Law Hap
Ron Woo
Clay Breve
ED Splann
Clay Manning
Foreman
Splann
Low
Longhorn Trail Boss Faces Desolate Desert Trial
Lew Crowley leads the Cross T herd across the Great Plain as a dangerous windstorm and dust threaten the herd. He confronts Clay Manning and Tom Arnold amid uncertainty about saddle stock theft connected to the Indian Supply crew. Dawn reveals a misty rain and a weary but open herd seeking water and safety.
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Steve
Clay
Splann
Bun
Joe Wheat
Crazy Woman Creek
Crazy Woman
New Mexico Exchange
Moonlight Bailey
Judas Uow
Tom
Joy
Nethlog
Clay Manning
Jim Hope
Tom Arnold
Tom Armold
Aelf
Ash Brownstone
Charley
Applique Studio Designs Keynote for Furniture Group
A crafts feature describes harmonious room colors and a beedlework picture made in hours from gingham scraps. The piece, called YOLOR, shapes a desk setting with orange red poppies and cornflower blue, echoed in paint and fabric on a boxed desk and matching stool.
Hebrew Old Testament Published in Palestine for First Time
A complete edition of the Old Testament in Hebrew is now being published in Palestine marking the first time the work is produced in its original language within its native country.
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Palestine
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