Witch Doctor Advice Foretold Pearl Harbor Draft
In 1909 Hawaiian kahuna warned engineers at Pearl Harbor that sacred tabu land would bring misfortune. The first drydock collapsed after eight foot concrete sections failed over an underground river, delaying construction and prompting renewed rites. Navy officials later resumed work with respect to Hawaiian customs.
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Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings
David Kanakeawe Richards
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Kahuna
Richards
Skeleton of 14 foot shark found in cave during drydock
Workers discover the skeleton of a shark about 14 feet 4 inches long inside a cave as the Navy undertakes a large underwater repair. The kahuna reappears and jokes that no more pilikin will occur, advising they call him for future big jobs.
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Navy
Pilikin
District Rotarians To Meet Sunday Assembly in Virginia
The 186th Rotary District will hold its annual assembly at the Natural Bridge Hotel Sunday and Monday. District governor Lynn C. Dickerson of Harrisonburg announced registration starts at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by a 6 p.m. fellowship supper with Stuart T. Saunders of Roanoke as speaker. The event trains presidents secretaries and committee chairs for 44 clubs from Winchester to Greenville Tenn for taking office July 19.
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Harrisonburg
Rotary
Natural Bridge Hotel
Lynn C. Dickerson
Stuart T. Saunders
Roanoke
Winchester
Greenville
Tenn
Russians offer ceasefire if Finland accepts 1940 borders
Stockholm report says Aftonbladet quotes Russian offer to halt war with Finland if Helsinki accepts the 1940 borders and grants temporary Red Army movement through Finland with access to certain airfields and bases on the Aaland islands.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Finland
Red Army
Aaland Islands
Clarke Farmers Co op Spreads Marl To Aid 1943 Members
Clarke Farmers Cooperative supplied its members with over 11 000 tons of ground marl in 1943, more than 50 percent above the prior year. Labor shortages prompted spreading by co op trucks and a contractor, with charges of 1 dollar per ton at the plant and 75 cents per ton to spread. The co op also handled wool, lambs, horses, calves, and sheep dipping, with plans for frozen food locker storage.
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Clarke Farmers Cooperative
Co-Op
AAA
Clarke Farmers Co-op
Japanese claim fifth US carrier damaged near Marianas
Tokyo dispatch quotes Japanese forces reporting severe damage and fire on another American aircraft carrier off the Marianas Islands. It would be the fifth carrier reported damaged in the area, claims not yet confirmed by Allied sources.
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Lin
Tokyo
Marianas Islands
Japa
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