Champagne splashed against the bows of 164 new merchant ships in November . Total merchant tonnage in 1941: 1,100,000. Total 1943 tonnage to date: 17,194,387 (One War Won)

Tuesday December 7.1943 REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR by N. E. Ornellas Baldwin Ave., Pala, Maui Rest in peace those of you who died One day not long ago, When no expected You met the treacherous foe. We don”™t know just what took place ”˜Neath gunfire, bombs and shells; We do know this, however, And proud we…

December 14.1943 To: Mrs. Marie Fuller Whee! I”™m glad you”™re feeling better I”™m so happy I could Kick the moon Because I heard you”™ll be Well real soon From -AraBelle

Saturday December 25.1943Dear Diary, James gave me a beautiful blue formal for Christmas. I”™m wearing it to a dance soon.Wednesday December 29.1943 NEWSREEL: Time magazine selects Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall as its choice for Man of the Year for transforming the U.S. into “the world”™s most effective military power.” A Bible…

Saturday January 1, 1944 ON THE RECORD: The number of men who have entered the military service through the Selective Service System is now at 1,591,942.

January 23.1944 Dearest Children, Only a card to remind you another year has one gone by. How all wish we were up there for the anniversary. I never see Uncle and Auntie but they mention what a grand time they had. Hoping this finds you both enjoying another as good as the first year. I…

Thursday March 9.1944 NEWSREEL: American egg production in 2.is at an all-time record for the month with 5,346,000,000 -a 16% increase over 2.194March

Friday March 10.1944 NEWSREEL: A paper in a Denver has queried “Why isn”™t the Army nurse given a square deal because, for some strange quirk, or perhaps from plain neglect, the Army nurse, although she belongs to the oldest service women”™s corps, holds only what is called relative rank. Meanwhile, is there ”˜cause for wonder…

When the draft began to reach out for fathers last year, some Senators ”” notably Wheeler of Montana ”” cried out that it was not necessary, that there were plenty of deferred single men to fight the war (TIME, Oct. 11). Congress promptly called on the President for the facts. Last week the President’s five-man…