Two Years Before D-Day Jim L Americain Led Old Glory Into Battle
Pittsburg born James Oebel, 1922, pseudonym Jim L Americain, helps lead a French maquis unit near the Spanish border. He joined sabotage in the Free Zone, parachuted gear, and aided liberation at Toulouse then helped guard approaches to Spain. He longs to join the American army but delays persist. His sister was murdered by Gestapo in Paris February 1944.
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Jim L’americain
Old Glory
Tom Wolf
NEA
ST. Cirons
France
Herr Goebbels
North Africa
U. S
Theodore “James” Oebel
Pittsburg
Pyrenees
Pittsburgh
James
United States
Paris
America
Germany
Free Zone
Jim L’ Americain
Gestapo
Toulouse
FFI
Marseilles
Bong Receives Medal of Honor From MacArthur
Maj. Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wis a top American ace was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by Gen Douglas MacArthur at an airbase on Leyte in a rainstorm. Bong has 38 downed enemy planes and MacArthur praised his courage as the basis of military valor.
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Dean Schedler
Leyte
America
Maj
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Bong
Gen. MacArthur
Congress of the United States
Coast towns lift blackout rules along coast
Dover Folkestone Hythe New Romney Lydd and other coastal towns relaxed blackout restrictions for the first time since the war began signaling lighter wartime measures and shifting security posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover
Folkestone
Hythe
New Romney
Lydd
More for your money quilting jackets and warm wear
The article advises making close fitting quilted jackets or vest style warmers at home from simple patterns. It suggests bright fabrics and rayon facing, heavier weaves, and quilted fillings for insulation while noting dry cleaning preserves filling better than washing.
Truman May Swear In Twice One Day
Senator Truman debates whether to take the oath as vice president in the senate or at a White House inauguration. He may do both on January 20 with Kenneth McKellar possibly presiding in the chamber. The senate leadership and composition are discussed as Truman nears succession to Wallace.
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Truman
White House
Senate
Jack Bell Washington
D.-Mo
Kenneth McKellar
McKellar
Knitted Knee-Warmers and Wristlets by Anne Cabot
War workers praised previous patterns for knee warmers and wristlets. New design fits any size, with a 11 inch wristlet length and a buttoned band. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage, name address and pattern number 5821 to Anne Cabot Evening News Chicago for complete instructions.
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Anne Cabot
Evening News
South Wells Street
Chicago
Crude Oil Output Drops Across Several States
United States crude oil production fell 4,850 barrels daily in the week ending December 9 to 4,705,450. Texas dropped 20,550 to 2,111,550. Louisiana down 2,950 to 360,750. the Rocky Mountain area down 2,100 to 123,000. Illinois rose 10,000 to 203,400. California up 1,500 to 880,250. eastern fields up 3,100 to 68,000. Kansas down 2,150 to 267,400. Michigan up 5,150 to 52,900. Oklahoma up 450 to 360,000. East Texas up 3,100 to 371,000.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain Area
Illinois
California
Eastern
Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoma
New
East Texas
Outnumbered Yanks Put Up Valiant Battle At Airport
On Leyte near San Pablo an eastern airfield, 34 American flyers and ground crew held off Japanese para drops through dawn. Only 12 men reached American lines. four pilots and 17 enlisted were missing. Major George Murphy described the night sortie and bold defense amid a fierce firefight and aerial assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
Leyte
San Pablo
Fifth Air Force
George Murphy
Paterson
N. J
Murphy
Air Corps veterans survive Japanese parachutists raid
Betson and Berzedett recall escaping a combat with tommy gun as two hundred Japanese parachutists were mopped up that day. They had prior combat instruction with infantry before transfer to the air corps.
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Messhall
Berzedett
Texas
Betson
Air Corps
Airplane blamed for loop signal damage near Pueblo
Loop near Pueblo Colorado disrupted as a Santa Fe railroad block signal system was knocked out. Sheriff’s men recovered about 200 feet of airplane aerial coiled around the signal power lines.
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Pueblo
Colo
Santa Fe Railroad
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Elmer
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Adam News
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Ada, Okla
Allen Feed & Cereal Mills
Ada
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Rennie Telephone
Harris Hotel
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18Th St
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Johns-Manville
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