Dispatches from enemy countries are based on broadcasts over controlled radio stations and frequently contain false information for propaganda purposes.
Berlin –
The repatriation ships Asama Maru and Conte Verde departed today from Singapore for Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, where American and Japanese diplomats and nationals will be exchanged, an official DNB News Agency dispatch from Tokyo reported.
Nipponese-Nazi junction in Iran foreseen
By Miles W. Vaughn, United Press war writer
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Professional soldiers always shoved in when going’s toughest; recruited from warlike tribes; carry native customs into war
By A. T. Steele
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Springfield, Mass. –
Gregory Carhart, 29-year-old West Chesterfield hermit who once threatened to “shoot it out” with FBI agents after failing to report for Selective Service, was rejected by the Army today at the Springfield Induction Center. Maj. Harold J. McCann, induction officer, gave no reason for the rejection.
But there’s a difference, for they’ve discarded the bearskin rug, chaise lounge and other outmoded equipment
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Visit with Deanna Durbin entails tortuous climbing of the Burma Road – other items garnered by Pittsburgher reporting on filmland
By Maxine Garrison, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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City’s blood bank can take 200 persons daily in drive for plasma
By Adam Smyser
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Washington –
President Roosevelt has signed a bill creating a rank of “flight officer” in the Army Air Force. “Flight officers” will have the rank, pay and allowances of a warrant officer (jg.), whose base pay under the new wage scale is $1,800 a year. The purpose of the law is to permit men, lacking educational or other special requirements for a commission, to become pilots.
The Pittsburgh Press (July 10, 1942)
Change ordered in Washington, Allegheny County officials explain
By Richard Lamb
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