Marathon News: Local Notes From Marathon Texas
Marathon News-FRANK WEDIN reports on postwar letters from Camp Pickett and Alaska, Army moves, and family news. Weather shows 4.52 inches rain by June 15, 1943, above last year. Birth of Tommy Lynn Shurley and multiple visits, church services, and community updates from Marathon residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dickson
Vite
Camp Pickett
Dickson
Thomas Lambert
Kiska
Am OK
Frederick Rice
Alaska
Stanley Henderson
Stanley
Big
Mr. Rice
Marathon
Eldon McGomagill
Camp Barkley
Pvt
Delbert Parker
Junetta
el Paso
Army ‘Service
Leav
Bill Hargus
Malden Army Air Field
Malden
Ueroy Shurley
Tommy Lynn
Kenneth
Linda Ann
Answers Will Be Found Else where In This Taste
A list of clues links to topics from Wagner's Ring to the Press to a Western US plant causing cattle to go loco. It mentions a stern coast, cave-dwellers, an early machine gun, incandescent lamp filaments across France, Virginia and Massachusetts, and ends with a wartime call from a British socialists group referencing Babulus Cuncator with a plea to buy war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
the Press
United States
France
Virginia
Massachusetts
Bablus Cuncator
G. B
Little Grace and the Cost of Words
A Christmas day reflection notes how words expose the heart. A four year old’s prayer blends thanks to God and Santa, illustrating that speech reveals inner faith. The column warns that unspoken words and sharp criticism expose the soul and recalls a proverb about gratitude near God. A separate item reports five Rhode Island inmates jailed for selling brick butter at $40 per tub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Brinkley
David
Goliath
Trustien
Rhode Island
Cranston
New York Visit Shows Laskin flying suits in use
Robert York, 26, son of Chicago, tours a New York plant producing Laskinlamb flying suits for the Army Air Corps during furlough. Workers demonstrate the jackets used on high altitude raids in Alaska and the South Pacific as his unit prepares for combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Set. Robertson
Chicago
Aleutians
South Pacific
New York City
Army Air Corps
Bob
Alaska
Spirit of giving shines as package sent to inmate
Sacramento police received a Christmas package from Salt Lake City addressed to a county jail inmate. Inside was a 12 inch hacksaw. The item raised safety concerns and prompted police to review the incident. The report notes the British Royal Observatory was established at Greenwich in 1689.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Salt Lake City
British Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Circumference of China Measures Near Earth Diameter
The text asserts that China's 8,000 mile circumference is approximately equal to the earth's diameter. This comparison appears as a brief scientific note. No further context or source is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
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Johnnie Morton
Fablens
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A. L. Miller
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Dick Kenney
Philip Wells
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Marfa Air Base
Tom B. Henderson
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Helen Howard
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Sanderson
A. R. Davis
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Pat Lester
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Crawford - Baines
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P.O
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Texas
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WAAC
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