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JAPANESE BULLET BOUNCES OFF NORTHERN BURMA - After the fall of Maingkwan and Walawbum, Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, commanding Yank forces in the Hukawng Valley drive, revealed that at least 12 of his men owe their lives to their steel helmets, which disproves claims that the helmet has no place in the jungle. After a Jap bullet put a dent in his helmet that you could put your fist into, Cpl. Raymond Harris, of Pekin, Ill., who holds a Silver Star for heroism in the Southwest Pacific, killed seven of the enemy. |
THERE'S A CATCH ELIZABETH, N.J. - Local Draft Board Number Two of Union Township displayed a sign in its window, "Help Wanted - Male. Clothing, maintenance and $50 a month. Job not permanent." The board chairman said that the sign emphasizes the board's protest against drafting fathers, while single men are deferred for war work. |
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TO CHENNAULT |
![]() Everything is humming. Heard the latest rumor men? Paulette Goddard's coming! Careful, lucky Air Corps wolf, As you fly our gal up. We are desperate for dames To zoom our low morale up. Tall and slim upon the screen She holds our rapt attention. But now in person we shall see Paulette's THIRD dimension. Jungle life is growing stale, We're tired of meditating. Ripe for glamour and for fun: Goddard, we are waiting! Sgt. SMITH DAWLESS |
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FAST THINKING NORTHERN BURMA - The Japanese tapped the frequency of Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's voice radio. One night when he was trying to give orders to one of his combat commanders, Lt. Col. Charles Beach, the Japs tried voice jamming. Merrill, who was assistant military attache at Tokyo, stopped their jabbering by reciting Mamu Taro, a Japanese fairy tale. While they listened, he suddenly cut it short and got his orders through. |
INDIA EXPRESS LONDON - From Eastern Canada to Karachi, India, in 39 hours, 41 minutes. That's just what it took a new Liberator bomber recently. Normal flying time is five days. |
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CAPE GLOUCESTER (ANS) - S/Sgt. Jeremiah A. O'Leary, U.S. Marine Corps correspondent, described in a dispatch a Japanese charge of Marine lines, during which enemy soldiers shouted: "To Hell with Babe Ruth." O'Leary wrote that the charge was scored as "an error" and that "30 Japs were struck out for good." |