Word: panama
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born. To Ethel Merman, musical-comedy star last seen in Panama Hattie, and Husband Robert Levitt, Captain, Quartermaster Corps: a girl. Name: Ethel Merman. Weight...
...citizens of Richmond, realize that we cannot escape from this war or the outside world. There are only about 600 people in our town, yet already 23 of our boys have left for the armed services, some having reached points as far away as Panama and Australia. The young men of Richmond are risking their lives for their country...
...expect to do it when they get fully established?" An old Alaska hand, who has prospected for gold and practiced law, Delegafe Dimond declared that there are 25,000 Jap fighters in the Aleutians.* By taking Kiska the Japs are nearer the U.S. Pacific coast-and the Panama Canal-than if they had won Midway. "The Japs knew the size of their own forces, so why wasn't the U.S. public informed of the invading force's size?" asked Tony Dimond...
Coca-Cola sales the first quarter of 1942 were only 4% below last year, but higher costs and taxes cut profits 37% to $4,649,000, lowest since 1937. But soda-pop makers outside the U.S. have few such troubles: in the five months ended May 31, Panama Coca-Cola cleared $257,000, almost double the previous year...
...Smith, in white suit and Panama hat, strutted into the White House one day last week for a 15-minute chat with Franklin Roosevelt on New York politics. The talk was so good that Mr. Smith overstayed his time by 30 minutes. In an anteroom Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and OWI's Elmer Davis cooled their heels until the political talk was over...