Nancy Astor Still Like Dynamo At 65
Nancy Langhorne Astor and Lord Astor, Plymouth MPs, blend local service and wartime morale. The couple, active in civilian aid and post blitz rebuilding, balance politics with daily chores, keeping spirits high for American troops and residents alike. The article profiles their rise, marriage, and long public careers.
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Observer
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America
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House of Commons
Ration Calendar Governs Indefinite Validity of Key Stamp Series
Ration calendar notes from the Associated Press list updates on meat fats and processed foods stamps. Red stamps A8 to T8 become valid indefinitely, blue stamps A8 to Q8 also extend indefinitely with next five stamps awaiting June 1 validity. Sugar stamps 30 and 31 and 40 detail five pound limits through 1945. Shoes stamps 1 and 2 remain valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons 10A provide three gallons through August 8 in some regions, 11A three gallons through June 21, and B2 B8 C2 C3 five gallons everywhere. Fuel oil four and 12 coupons valid through August 31.
Two Man Jap Submarine On Display In Winchester Next Tuesday
The captured two man death by own action submarine used in Pearl Harbor attack will tour the nation under Bundles for America. It will be shown in Winchester at Rouss and Loudoun streets from noon to 10 pm Tuesday sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense. Admission funds aid Bundles for America relief programs across 38 states with thousands of volunteers and over 4,000 day rooms.
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Pearl Harbor
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Army and Navy
United Seamen's Service
The
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United States Navy
Bundles For America
Lady Astor and the Clivedon set in wartime
The article profiles Lady Astor, praising her openness, friendships across parties and faiths, and role as Anglo American bridge. It notes her visits from figures like Maisky and Litvinov, denial of the Clivedon set as a myth, and her wartime activities with troops, including honorary ranks. It closes with Polish soldiers’ wary view of Germans and propaganda.
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Perance
Astor
Clivedon
Maisky
Litvinov
Lady Astor
Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Shaw
Lord Lothian
America
Britain
Poles Avenging Defeat of 1939 North of Cassino
Forces under Gen. Wladyslaw Anders press toward Cassino on a hot rocky plateau. Polish troops endure brutal terrain and fortified German pill boxes as they fight to return home, with heavy battle casualties and dangerous, hard to reach hospital locations.
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Cassino
Hitler
Wladyslaw Anders
Italy
Pennsylvania
Krakow
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists contest solutions: Romania Schiller Betty Smith True Andes More 1837 to 1901 Geologic era ei Fresh water Featherweight William Henry Harrison.
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Soviet Bombers Blast Germans Across White Russia and Poland
Soviet long range bombers attacked rail centers in Minsk White Russia Baranowicze and Chelm along the Warsaw Kowel line. In southeast Poland near Stanislawow Soviet forces repelled two German counter assaults, claiming 500 Germans killed and 150 captured. Berlin said two Soviet divisions near Grigoripol on the lower Dnestr were isolated from retreat.
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