V-mail is urged for far-off Marines
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Japanese cruiser reported probably hit
General MacArthur’s Headquarters, Australia (AP) –
A probable hit on a Japanese cruiser and a stick of bombs laid squarely on a big Japanese cargo ship were credited today to Allied airmen who carried out missions over a wide area of the Southwest Pacific.
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Michigan prisoners set out to prove that convicts also play role in U.S. war effort
By Esther Tufty
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Navy nurse one of last to leave Corregidor
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Ensign Ann Agnes Bernatitus (left), 30, Navy nurse from Exeter, Pa., one of the last persons to leave Corregidor, in the Philippines, is greeted with a shower of confetti as she visits a war plant in Philadelphia. The blue-eyed young woman made her escape – a jump ahead of the Japanese – from the island fortress in a submarine and arrived in Australia 17 days later. (AP Photo)
New York responds to first surprise blackout
New York (AP) –
Shrieking air-raid sirens signaled the city’s first surprise blackout test last night and New York responded instantly – and calmly.
For 23 minutes, beginning with the “red” warning at 9:50 p.m. civilian activities halted, and air wardens, police and firemen rushed about dark streets to respond to theoretical emergency calls.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia ordered the first “yellow” – warning at 9:15, and followed it up at 9:38 with the second – “blue” warning. Each call activated different units of the city’s vast civilian defense organization.
The mayor called the test a success and commented that:
Vehicular traffic behaved beautifully.
For the first time, the Associated Press used its underground emergency office, in which a staff operated during the test.
The test was the third citywide blackout, but it was the first without advance notice.
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Reading Eagle (August 2, 1942)
18 Navy men survive ‘nightmare’ voyage
Flee Corregidor in 36-foot launch and sail 2,000 miles over enemy-infested seas to safety
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NEW TAX PAY IDEA GREETED WITH FAVOR
‘Daylight savings’ plan introduced by NY store executive
Intriguing aspects
Proposal would advance collections on incomes to current basis
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