Nightlife in London Amid War Time Strain
War correspondents describe Britain's transport shortage shaping American visitors evenings. Pub life serves as social centers with two sections and variable prices. night clubs attract officers though costs rise. A joke about Americans and a new lighthearted decoration mark wartime morale in Allied London.
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London
Britain
Red Cross
America
United States
Whitehall
War Office
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Guv’nor
Hospital Services Not Always Available
Mrs. Blakes first baby was born in a hospital and she received expert care. With a second child in a war town there was no hospital room, raising safety concerns. The article stresses that home birth can be safe with advance preparation and surgical cleanliness under proper medical direction, a key Red Cross Home Nursing course teachable skill.
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Mrs. Blake
Red Cross
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Eczema
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as relief for eczema itching and irritated blotches with a 35 cent price. It guarantees money back if one application does not relieve and also claims benefits for itchy feet and cracks.
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Peterson
Peerson
Big Increase In Plane Output
A joint War Production Board and Aircraft Production Board report shows U S plane output far ahead of Germany and Japan. Since Pearl Harbor the U S has produced 171 257 planes and will reach 100 000 this year. Germany and Japan trail with German and Japanese production figures discussed.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Aircraft Production Board
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Coyote Captured on Fremont Island After Long Chase
In Ogden Utah on May 31 a lone coyote that killed sheep on Fremont Island was finally captured after a four hour chase by 25 hunters using two packs of hounds. The animal was wound and lassoed in the lake by a motor launch. Hunters suspect ice carried the coyote to the island from Bear River and doubt any animal could swim far in the salt water.
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Ogden
Utah
Fremont Island
Great Salt Lake
Fremont
Bear River
Germans Threaten Scorched Earth Tactics Warned by Allies
London reports German propaganda promising scorched earth policies as Eisenhower's forces advance. An Allied radio broadcast urged resistance crews to stay ready for fire danger from bombs and incendiaries and reminded underground fighters to brace for casualties and rapid war progression.
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London
Dwight Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Five American airmen reportedly killed in Germany
Berlin correspondent for Aftonbladet relays a traveller from Leipzig who cites a storm of rage among German civilians after American fighters allegedly strafed women and children, leading to the reported killing of five American airmen.
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Germany
Berlin
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Leipzig
German Police Fail to Save Parachutists
A fragment states two parachutists were unable to be saved by German police after landing. No further details on location or identities are given.
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Paul
Baltimore & Ohio
B. White
Baltimore
Ohio
Clarke County
Eczema
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Winchester
Charles Lupton
Carl Cunningham
Food Center
N. Leedown
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
D. A. Gordon Company
Orange Root Beer Club
SOBA
Homemakers Guide
Canterbury
Day
Lipton’s
Heinz
Bot
Margarine Sunnybank
Skylark
Duchess
Bisquick
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Cola
Griffin
Franks
Bologna
Hearts
Lux
Lifebuoy
Camay
Aesxes
Safeway
J. C. Penney Company
McCormick
M‘cormick
Vanill
Julia
Safeway Homemakers’ Bureau
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