worked 36 hours without a break, finally collapsing beside the operating table. It is now disclosed that American soldiers had their first New Guinea battle with the Japanese at Milne Bay. The Americans were members of antiaircraft and engineer units. World’s Oldest Woman Dead. —The death has occurred at Port Alfred, South Africa, of Katy Fani, aged 136. She was reported to be the oldest woman in the world—London, September 16.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23746, 18 September 1942, Page 5
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