Stretch ‘A’s,’ drivers told
Make them last through Nov. 22, OPA says
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Low-level ‘chute assault pays dividends in Guinea
MacArthur aide describes leap with paratroops close to Jap base at Lae
By 1st Lt. Monte Kleban
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Yank forces sink 29 of 90 U-boats
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Can you match their sacrifice?
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They fell on Attu, these Americans, whose bodies lie in a field on the Aleutian island where death struck after they successfully stormed a Jap machine-gun position. This picture, just released from the War Department files, should bring home the fact to Americans that this is no easy war – there is no easy war.
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These were Yank paratroopers who paved the way for the Allied landing in Sicily. The bodies of the Americans lie where they were moved down by Axis gunfire in the early days of the invasion of the Italian island.
Simms: Germans may oust Hitler, seek 1943 Russian peace
Reich officers reported convinced they’ll lose war, differ on course to pursue
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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U.S. bureaucracy –
Disposal of many U.S.-built plants post-war problem
Jesse Jones warns government must find way to transfer ownership of vast holdings without disturbing economy
By Marshall McNeil, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Bob Hope back, tells of mosquitos so big they need fighter escorts
Says he roomed with an Arab in Africa to be sure of a sheet
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Precision marks Allied landing on shore of Guinea
Engineers waste little time in building roads inland as Aussies, Yanks strike east of Lae
By Hal O’Flaherty
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