Biscuit Bombers: Heroes of Southwest Pacific Supply Runs
Ground crews call them biscuit bombers and flying truck drivers, the transport pilots and crews who fly into enemy terrain to drop parcels and troops, evacuate the wounded, and supply ground forces in New Guinea. The group formed from bomber and pursuit units, grew to troop carriers with 15,581 combat missions, numerous decorations, and monthly cargo averages over 5,378 tons and 600,000 ten mile tons.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Philippines
Australia
Pacific
Indianapolis
Owen Stanley Mountains
Baby George Blue Jr Steals the Show for Churchill
A crowd aboard a Churchill North America tour scene erupts as 11 month old George Blue Jr. yells Daddy to the Prime Minister. The infant’s outburst greets Churchill in uniform, drawing smiles and laughter from the entourage and onlookers alike.
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Churchill
North America
Canada
George Blue
Mr. Churchill
George Blue Jr
George
England
Wartime ration rules and draft notes in wartime issue
Gasoline and food stamps rules updated across eastern states with A B C and P stamps. Draft shifts after Oct 1 favor essential occupations while hardship considered. Mail overseas addressed properly with rank and serial numbers outlined. Navy and post office urge early Christmas gifts to overseas personnel. Salvage drives stress fats for glycerine and soap stock. New B and C gasoline coupons replace old ones by Sept 1.
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Naval
Navy Department
Post Office Department
OPA
Stalingrad Being Rebuilt Rapidly Says Standley
Admiral William H. Standley, U.S. ambassador to Russia, said after inspecting Stalingrad that reconstruction was moving rapidly. He noted some tractor factory sections already operate and that the city, with about 200000 residents living in tents, would be rebuilt. Standley witnessed extensive German air wreckage the Russians claim totals around 4000 planes.
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Moscow
William H. Standley
United States
Russia
Stalingrad
Standley
One-Tenth of All Workers in Steel Industry Women
New York reports that women make up about ten percent of steel industry workers. The American Iron and Steel Institute states nearly 37,000 women work in plants and about 27,700 in offices. Women fill crane operator, rolling mill helper, inspector, and machine tool roles. peacetime use of women beyond tin plate inspection remained limited to about 2,500 workers.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Lastex dollar a solution to high prices, poet muses
Ruth Plumly Thompson imagines a sturdy lastex dollar that stretches four ways to ease budget strain amid sky high prices. The playful verse pleads for a clever invention to stabilize the economy and aid shoppers.
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
Open Door Ad Exchange Sparks Witty Rejection
A brief Open Door exchange turns on a rejection of Bill with a clever line about uncontrollable circumstances. The Want Ads are noted as economical.
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Sun
Teacher Gets More Than She Bargained For
An English teacher in the Pacific sent her pupils to a U S Marine camp to improve spoken English. The next morning an 11 year old greeted her with a bawdy remark, illustrating the unexpected outcome of the visit.
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Pacific
U. S. Marine Corps
Babe
The Dream We Hold and State of Texas Electricity Use
The poem lines praise a humane world with rights and shared wealth. Texas electricity consumption rose 45.5 percent in June versus May per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research, and mentions glass artifacts found in Nineveh excavation.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Nineveh
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