Yugoslav vessels sunk; survivors land in U.S.
An East Coast port (UP) –
Twenty-seven survivors of two Yugoslavian vessels sunk by enemy action in the Indian Ocean last June have arrived at an East Coast port, the 3rd Naval District announced today.
Seventeen were from a vessel whose 26 survivors were picked up after one day in a lifeboat and brought by a Greek ship to a Portuguese East African port. From there, they proceeded to South Africa, where the 17 sailed for the United States.
The entire crew of 33 on the other vessel, a freighter, was saved.
The crew landed on the eastern coast of South Africa. Natives guided them overland to a South African port, where 10 survivors embarked for the United States.
Stalin visit to Washington seems necessary
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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So you mean a peanut butter caused a japanese casualty?
No, just that peanut butter spread is now a casualty of war.
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Oh no, the tragedy! This is a dark time for us indeed.
This is pretty funny. Indy should add peanut butter to his casualties when the war is over
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Ok whose face did they slap?
Are you deliberately picking out, completely nuts titles? If so, please give us more.
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I’ll finish transcribing these articles when I have the time. I’m calling for your help here. 
And no, it’s much darker.
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Japs hold only ‘white elephants’ in Aleutians
Reports in U.S. insult brave men of Dutch Harbor, war correspondent says
By B. J. McQuaid
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Roosevelt admits slip in referring to Serbia
Washington (UP) –
President Roosevelt today admitted having made an error in nationalities during his recent speech to the world’s youth, but blamed it on his hobby of stamp collecting.
He was asked about his praise for “Serbia” in resisting the Nazis, the questioner suggesting that perhaps he meant to say Yugoslavia.
The President said he would have to confess that he made a slip and should have said “Yugoslavia.” He explained that the slip was due to the fact that in his younger days, he collected stamps from Serbia and the name stuck with him.
Serbia is the old pre-World War I name for a large portion of the territory which later became Yugoslavia.
Syphilis poses draft problem in Dixie states
Many boards in South are unable to fill quotas due to rejections
By Grant McGee, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Three believed dead in plant explosion
Chicago, Illinois (UP) –
An explosion today at the Essex Specialty Co., Hackettstown, New Jersey, was believed to have killed three persons and injured five, the Explosives Safety Division of U.S. Army Ordnance announced.
The division estimated damage at $10,000. The company, privately owned and operated, is under War Department contract.
‘Crate’ changed into transport by Dutch flier
Plane, held together by rope, makes Java-Ceylon flight
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Fortresses next may try daylight raid on Berlin
Despite success, it’s still question whether they can attack without fighter aid
By William H. Stoneman
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Japs pound at one theme: American ‘inefficiency’
Tokyo tries to convince public that politics and labor disputes hamstring U.S.
By Robert Bellaire, United Press staff writer
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U.S. uses wooden tanks, Nazi says
Vichy, France (UP) –
Manfred Zapp, former German Transocean News Agency correspondent in the United States, asserted before an audience of 250 in the Vichy Casino last night that “the entire American war effort is a bluff.”
Zapp asserted:
They are training with wooden tanks and have lost all their sources of raw materials. The cost of living has risen 32% and they won’t be able to build sufficient ships to compensate for sinkings before 1946.
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Churches ask tax exemption
Urge expansion of terms in Washington bill
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Allied torpedo-carrying planes blast Axis merchant ship off Libyan coast
Vessel believed sinking; patrols and artillery active on desert; storms ground planes
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