Embry McCall Home After Three Years in Pacific
Col Embry McCall returns home on leave after three years in the Pacific. He served as hospital technician in the Army Medical Corps with two years in Hawaii and one year on Christmas Island. He entered the Army in March 1941 and trained at Camp Bowie before assignments to Ft Bliss and San Francisco for ship departure in 1942.
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Pacific
Cpl
Embrey McCall
Otis McCall
Claude
J. F. Bradley
Jefferson
Army Medical Corps
MecCall
Hawaii
Christmas Island
Army
Potter County Selective Service No. 1
Camp Bowie
Ft. Bliss
San Francisco
Corporal McCall
30 Day Leave With Orders To Report West Coast March 24
A service member granted a 30 day leave receives orders to report back to the west coast on March 24. The directive outlines travel and duty expectations during the leave period and the required return date to active assignments.
Michigan Bull Tops Aberdeen-Angus Show in Chicago
Raona's Vurgess Eston owned by Ralph and Ona Wadley of East Ansing Michigan won the grand champion bull at the National Aberdeen Angus Show and Sale in Chicago. The entry had prior wins including a class win for senior yearling bulls and a January National Western Stock Show prize in Denver. Zara of Great Oaks, owned by Howard L. McGregor of Rochester Michigan, won best grand champion female and was also Denver's grand champion female. New York City households waste thousands of tons of waste paper weekly by mixing it with garbage or burning it.
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Chicago
Raona
Vurgess Eston
Ralph
Ona Wadley
East Ansing
Mich
Wadley
Denver
Zara
Great Oaks
Howard L. McGregor
Rochester
Lyons Killed in Philippines in World War II
Lt. Joseph Lyons, 23, son of Mrs. Blanche Lyons of 1306 Jefferson, was killed Feb. 4 while serving with the Third and Seventh Divisions in the Southwest Pacific. A Price College graduate, he trained at Camp Bowie and Fort Benning before volunteering for foreign duty and earning the Bronze Star. Survived by his mother, a sister Frances, and brothers Eugene Jerry and Capt. Jack Pruitt.
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Philippines
Joseph Lyons
Blanche Lyons
Jefferson
Bougainville
Lyons
Army
National Guard
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Edwards
Mass
Fort Benning
Amarillo
Price College
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Knox
Southwest Pacific Theater
Philippine Islands
Frances Lyons
Eugene
Jerry
Jack Pruitt
Captain Pruitt
Florida
Cassell Returns From Mexico City Thanks Mexico City
Lennie J. Cassell public relations director for the Santa Fe Railway System reports superb Mexican hospitality after returning from Mexico City.
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Cassell
Lennie J. Cassell
Santa Fe Railway System
Mexico City
Rationing Round Up Update on Stamp Validity and Dates
Food rationing details list Book Four Red stamps Q5 to 8 5 good through March 31 T5 to X5 through April 28 Y5 Z5 and A2 to D2 through June 2 Next series E2 to J2 valid March 4 through June 30 Processed foods Blue stamps X5 to Z5 A2 to B2 valid through March 31 C2 to G2 through April 28 H2 through May 31 per schedule
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Processed Foods
Stamp and coupon validity notice for wartime rationing
The document lists expiration dates and entitlements for various ration stamps and coupons including M2 through S2 validity through June, Sugar Book Four stamps, Shoes Book Three airplane stamps, OPA plans, gasoline coupons 14 A B C and fuel oil coupons, indicating extensions and no cancellation plans amid ongoing rationing adjustments.
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OPA
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Col. Embry McCall
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Michigan
New York City
East Tenth
North Florida
Morton
Ivory
Bar
Pep
Buchanan St
Rinso
PEG
Eee
SMEAT
Houce
Globe-News
Jemima
Pub Na Maces
Aunt Jemime
Harris Food
Scutty's
Chili Ny Power
del Monte
Borden's
Wheaties the
Breakfast of Champions
Mystic
Kraft's Dinner
SWIFT
Franks
Pinkney
N. Fillmore
Pecans Cacontiliton
Old Mexico
Lemons
FANCY
Sunkist
Harris Food Stores
America
Vetesk’s
W. 16Th
Philadelphia
Weather Report
Lightcrust Doughboys
Schilling
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