Drafted Farmers Remain Essential Despite Crackdown
Washington notes a farm draught crackdown may be a drop in the bucket as Byrnes urges draft boards to recheck 364 000 farm deferments. Authorities warn most are still needed on farms while overall casualties and production pressures push for higher monthly draft calls and broader war labor shifts.
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Washington
Byrnes
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
Germany
Eisenhower
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Wise Boys
Canadian Troops Drive Up Conventello In Italy Front
Canadian forces captured the village of Conventello two miles east of Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara Highway after heavy German casualties. About 100 prisoners were taken. Allied patrols intensified across the front with American artillery breaking up four raids near San Ansano. Tigers and Panthers supported German infantry as Eighth Army pressed along the Senio River. Mrs Horace Dunlap and children returned to Dallas after visits in Amarillo and Clarendon.
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Conventello
Alfonsine
Ravenna-Ferrara
Bologna
San Ansano
Fosso Vecchio
San Alberto
Eighth Army
Senio River
Dallas
Horace Dunlap
Wayne
Caroline
Amarillo
Clarendon
Railroads Update Quietly Tracks Staff Changes
Two months illness improves. Brakeman Kil lough seeks Fort Worth medical treatment. Liberal officials Carroll and Ashlock visit Amarillo. Conductor Warren assigned to 997 998 with Lacey and Reaves. Williams returns to Dalhart division. Engineer Baggs reports for duty. Firemen Allen Craven finish vacations. Frederick ill at home with flu. Mrs. McCrate ill. Cogdell returns from Quanah visit. Lindsay out with sinus infection.
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C. K. Killough
Fort Worth
G. A. Carroll
Theo Ashlock
Liberal
Amarillo
O. H. Warren
J. C. Lacey
E. J. Reaves
Warren
R. C. Williams
Dalhart
J. E. Baggs
W. B. Allen
P. L. Craven
C. B. Frederick
W. J. McCrate
Brakeman
F. W. Cogdell
Quanah
J. L. Cogdell
W. E. Lindsay
Legion Plans Record Kit Drive for Servicemen
Sol Levine of Hanson Post 54 outlines a program to supply 30 record kits at 15 dollars each to the Army Service Command for distribution to hospitalized servicemen. Kits contain 23 records and will reach troops in the United States and overseas including Greenland Iceland the Aleutians France and England. Sol Glickman state chairman encourages business contributions to support the effort.
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American Legion
Army Service Command
Sol Levine
Hanson Post 54
Army Service Comman
United States
Greenland
Iceland
Aleutians
France
England
Sol Glickman
Legion State Record Kit
Post
Texas
Golden Opportunity
Golden Opportunity reports from Golden Colorado dated January Dost. Further readable text not provided.
Dixie the dog watches family film in Chanute
In Chanute Kansas on January 4 a bird dog named Dixie owned by Bill Brennan watched motion pictures shot in Australia and New Guinea by S Sergeant T F Warner, the Brennan family’s brother. Dixie was startled and pleased by the show.
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Chanute, Kan
Dixie
Bill Brennan
Australia
New Guinea
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