Lido Road work pressed to aid China Burma campaign
The piece notes American air and transport demands in China as China pushes offensives against Japan. It highlights the high fuel costs for air delivery, the need to supply American fliers and Chinese forces, and urges rapid construction of the Lido Road across northern Burma as a decisive military engineering effort to extend Allied reach from the Chinese mainland to Japanese-held positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Transport Command
China
Changteh
Burma
Subscription Rates by Mail or Carrier Snapshot
The notice lists pricing for mail or motor route subscriptions and carrier delivery. Rates include one year, six months, three months, and one month options with first zone pricing and a $1.06 add on for zones 1 and 2. Also mentions a weekly single copy option.
Psalm Verse Prayer Cited From January 13 1944 Issue
A devotional note presents a Psalm verse asking for God’s mercy and steadfast truth. The text references January 13 1944 and emphasizes mercy and preservation within a religious devotion.
Making Aviation History Jet propelled fighter planes move toward mass production
The article outlines the development of jet propulsion for a two engined fighter used by British and American air forces. It credits Group Captain Frank Whittle with the engine invention and notes Robert M. Stanley's role in the first American jet flight in 1942. Since 1941 hundreds of high speed flights have occurred with no mishaps and production orders are imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wells
Buck Rogers
Frank Whittle
RAF
England
Robert M. Stanley
Bel Aircraft Corporation
New Burma Road Air Line Shifts WWII Supply Route
The piece notes a new air transport line between India and China surpassing the Burma Road in moving gasoline, bombs, and vital supplies. It credits American initiative for the over Himalayas route, highlighting its value and toughness as a supply corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ching
Burma Road
Himalayas
Editorial Describes Shipping Shift Pressing for Landing Craft
The piece argues the shift from merchant shipbuilding is due to a shortage of landing craft, not freighters. It warns the Navy may seek 400 to 500 more ships for Pacific ops, affecting raw material flows, and stresses avoiding steel or railroad strikes to keep ships moving for amphibious landings and war deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Shipping Board
Pacific
Chiang
China
Cairo-as-a-sightseer
Japan
Constant Friend: Great Books as Everlasting Companions
The Pittsburgh Courier extols the Holy Bible as a constant, uplifting friend among books. It contrasts changing human friends with literature that gives pleasure, instruction, and inspiration with every reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Courier
Resolve Now To Do Your Full Duty In 1944
A wartime exhortation urges citizens to fulfill all duties in 1944. The message highlights perseverance, loyalty, and collective effort for victory. It references national unity, home front work, and support for troops.
Parole officer named for district and merit awards recorded
William E. Tyler of Loudoun County is appointed parole officer for the district. Ebert receives additional merit. Charles H. Cooper is noted aboard Cartier Hornet and Ebert awarded the Air Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Tyler
Loudoun
Ebert
Charles H. Cooper
Cartier Hornet
Col Ruppert of the Yankee Dies Today
Col Ruppert owner of the Yankee dies today. Livestock Cooperative markets 1033 lambs in the region. City garbage collectors report thieves making off with profits from pickups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Ruppert
Grange Masters Installed and Local Death Report
R H Hammond named master of Pomona Grange with Byron Brumback leading Suberinate Grange. Mrs Al Sherman aged 67 died in county from flu. Carolyn Quantz and Leo Miller set to perform, Beetho ven Symphony at Music Lovers Club. William S Hart stars in Will Bif Hickock at the Empire tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Hammond
Pomona
Byron Brumback
al Sherman
Carolyn Quantz
Leo Miller
Music “Lovers Club
William S. Hart
Will Bif Hickock
the Empire
Twenty Years Ago in Mincletown Senior Class Event
The senior class was entertained at Fred Wiley's home in Reliance. A Sample Shoe Store contest sought the city’s most perfect foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mincletown
Fred Wiley
Reliance
Sample Shoe
Farmers and Merchants National Bank names Barton president
Thirty years ago R. T. Barton was named president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in the Back Creek district. The Teachers Association pressed for higher pay and longer terms. Frank Royce injured a finger while at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Barton
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Back Creek
Teachers Association
Frank Royce
City quarantines Summit Point amid train arrivals
Two men from the city arrive by train and are escorted away by police. The council approves an ordinance granting a telephone franchise. Mrs. Henrietta Lee dies in the city. Plans are set to honor General Robert E. Lee's birth anniversary locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Point
Henrietta Lee
Robert E. Lee
Winchester Victory Wins Handley Suit For City Funds
U.S. Circuit Court of Pennsylvania awards Winchester Victory in the Handley case, granting the city about $700,000 in estate proceeds. Friendship Fire Company parades in the city and attends the Sarah Zane Bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Circuit Court of Pennsylvania
Winchester
Friendship Fire Company
Sarah Zane
Seven quiz questions from a quiz page
A page lists seven quiz prompts about geography history language science and theater. Questions cover the sea for Split Yugoslavia John Jay or others as first U S secretary of state, ersatz meaning, copper manufacture, Emile Zola, lobster classification, the pit in English theaters, soda water content, The Scourge of God, and a penny for your thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
John Jay
Thos
Jefferson
John Marshall
Emile Zola
England
Sinking Submarines Reported by Navy Near Ascension Island
Washington report says the Navy sank two German U boats after lengthy air attacks. One subshell battle lasted about five hours with 35 depth charges and ten bombs used. both subs were located and destroyed by planes from Ascension Island during Atlantic patrols. The Navy noted the first sub fell after a long fight. the second was destroyed a few weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Ascension Island
Midway
Atlantic
Natal
Brazil
Steel wage fights loom as unions push for gains
Washington reports that steel workers led by Phil Murray press the War Labor Board and the White House for another wage increase amid a wave of postwar demands from unions in shipbuilding textiles autos aircraft aluminum radios and more. Observers warn the dispute may grow as unions leverage reclassifications and political pressure to gain higher pay, potentially widening the clash with the Roosevelt administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Phil Murray
War Labor Board
White House
Cio
John _ Lewis
Dewey
Doctor New Deal
Murray
Licbor Bureau
Outlook Is Hopeful For Angina Patient
Dr Logan Clendening notes angina pectoris need not doom a patient. Follow up studies by White Bland and Miskall show life after angina has lengthened, with averages rising from 3–5 years to about 8 years by 1943. Survival time improves with rest and strict adherence to medical orders, and among 500 cases 445 died while 55 remain living, with long intervals since first attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie
Unclear sentence fragment on settlement basis in wage politics
A fragment discusses how a Davis committee might insist settlements be based on statistics and questions how to avoid confusion when a pro union government fixes wage details during a campaign year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Mail mixups cross borders in Army letters
Pvt Chester Antesiewicz from Van Dorn Mississippi writes to his Poland born father who cannot read English. He sends letters every two weeks translated by Pvt Adolph Bigos who cannot read Antesiewicz handwriting so the latter must dictate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee van Dorn
Miss
Chester Antesiewicz
Ate
Antesiewicz
Pvt
Adolph Bigos
Bigos
Antosiewicz
Montville Police Welcome Gray Mouse as Mascot Officer Skippy
In Montville New Jersey the night police gain a mascot a gray mouse named Officer Skippy who salutes to Chief Russell Hilbert and endears himself to officers while fearing civilians. He once hid in a hot air register and overheated but survived and learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Montville
N. J
Skippy
Russell Hilbert
Hilbert
Germans Report Ship Arrivals
London January 13 A DNB Berlin broadcast said Gibraltar received 62 more Allied merchantmen the British battleship Warspite two French and two British torpedo boats 10 corvettes and one submarine among the new arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
DNB
Berlin
Gibraltar
Warspite
Memorial Service for Clare Brokaw on Stanford Campus
Memorial services for Ann Clare Brokaw, 19, planned for 4 p m on the Stanford University campus after an automo bile accident that killed her Tuesday. Mrs Clare Booth Luce and Henry R Luce will take the body to New York for interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ann Clare Brokaw
Clare Booth Luce
Stanford University
New York
Help the USO Provide A Home Away From Home
The USO appeals for support to furnish and maintain centers that serve as welcoming hubs for service members and families overseas. Donations fund lodging, meals, recreation, and programs easing separation and stress during deployment and wartime duties.
Beth and Andrea Face Housing Dilemma in Mrs. Eichel’s Confession
In a quiet morning exchange, Beth discusses her future with landlady Mrs. Eichel as Andrea awaits their unborn child. Mrs. Eichel reveals her concern about the crowded home and the difficulty of affording a proper apartment for two unmarried women and a baby on Beth’s modest wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Mrs. Eichel
Andrea
Georgia
Mrs. Esichel
Cartright
Washington
Mr. Eichel
Dearie
Beth Plans Furnished Boarding House Ambition
Beth, a Georgianskirt, plots to run a Washington boarding house for displaced girls. She envisions turquoise walls and a student-style club, seeks startup funds, and meets Mrs. Pride to discuss a Dornlee Drive property as a potential gold mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Eichel
Beth
Amanda Eichel
Andrea
Dornlee Drive
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Winchester Va
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44Th St
Star
New Burma Road
Martinsville Bulletin
I. Q
Split
Yugoslavia
Clarke County News
Paul Mallon
Vinson
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Clendening
By Fred Neher
Scott
Aepe Gawra
Mesopotamia
R J. Scott
Rhodesia
Forest Road
Ake
ST. Sophia
Istanbul
Turkey
King Features Syndicate
Clare Brokaw
USO
Eneme
Central Press Associa
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