Annual Sale Helps Fight White Plague Sixth War Loan
Mrs. J. L. Scott, executive secretary of the Potter County Tuberculosis Association, announced that W. S. Clifford has accepted chairmanship of the campaign. The Christmas Seal sale supports tuberculosis patients and marks a long tradition dating to 1907 begun by Miss Emily P. Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware.
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J. L. Scott
Potter County Tuberculosis Association
Scott
W. S. Clifford
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Del
French First Army Reaches Rhine Near Kembs in Alsace
United Press dispatch from Clinton B. Conger with French troops at the Rhine reports French armored forces reaching the river near Kembs after a 30 mile Alsace thrust. The writer notes sighting the Rhine with Basel nearby and describes French advance against the Siegfried Line, Germanized Alsace, and a Zouave major securing Hesingue with reinforcements arriving.
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United Press
Clinton B. Conger
Rhine
Alsace
Siegfrid
The
Kembs
Siegfried Line
Sherman Montrose
Acme
Hitler
Germany
Elsass
Hesingue
Basel
France
Switzerland
Black Forest
Evidence of pro Germanization in Hesingue school rooms
Civilians describe barracklike Hesingue classrooms strewn with straw and German bindings in new libraries. Goering and Der Fuehrer volumes, a smashed Nazi symbol, and a crushed Hitler portrait appear among floor debris. Germans plotted for an Allied push toward Belfort via Switzerland with makeshift defenses along the road. Local youths lead reception committees under Hitler’s sway.
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Hesingue
Hitler
Belfort
Switzerland
Return to Higgins After Visit With Mrs Gilkerson
Mrs Roy Landers Mrs Boone Tyson and son Don of Higgins returned home after visiting Mrs John Gilkerson at 1107 West Nineteenth Avenue.
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Higgins
Roy Landers
Boone Tyson
Don
John Gilkerson
West
Nineteenth Avenue
Van Doran Return From New Orleans Federation Visit
Mr and Mrs L E Van Doran of 4215 West Tenth Avenue have returned from New Orleans where they attended the National American Federation of Labor and Trade Council in session last week. The northern hemisphere contains 93 percent of the world population.
Spirit of Thanksgiving Lights the World
The speaker extols the nonrationed spirit of Thanksgiving as lights come on worldwide. It celebrates freedom, tolerance, and human kindness conquering darkness, with emphasis on renewed global hope and unity.
Porterfields Visit Roy Residents in New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Harold Porterfield of Roy New Mexico visited yesterday in the home of Mr and Mrs P H Flynn Sr at 600 Florida Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterfields
Harold Porterfield
Roy, N. M
P. H. Flynn, Sr
Florida Street
Wichita Falls visitor plans San Diego reunion with Marines
Mrs Hammett Vance of Wichita Falls spent the weekend with Mrs Lester Huddleston at 1107 West Nineteenth Avenue. She is en route to San Diego to meet her husband Captain Vance stationed in the South Pacific with the Marines for two years.
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Huddleston
Hammett Vance
Wichita Falls
Lester Huddleston
West
Nineteenth Avenue
Vance
San Diego
Calif
Captain Vance
South Pacific
Marines
Soldiers' improvised gear shows harsh war conditions
A field report describes thinly dressed troops scavenging from civilians, Allied parachutings, and plunder. Six young men in a strongpoint wear diverse outfits from merchant navy to Vichy youth clothing, with no boots for many, two blankets each, and limited rifle mix of American and British arms.
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Chantier de Jeunesse
Frontline Shortages Yield Mixed Loot and Furlough Strains
An interview recalls supply perils in combat zones with two-fifths German heritage among troops, loot dubbed piquage, and uneven ammunition, as another sector reports 40 percent of troops on furlough due to inadequate warm clothing, highlighting harsh conditions at the front.
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FFT
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Medical Corps
Rosemary Kollmar
Tyler Street
Captain Kollmar
Goebbels
Hemisphere
Joe Marsh
Ed Carey
Turkey
Bert Childers
Bert
Brewing Industry Foundation
Conoco
America
Continental Oil Company
Wee
Hoth Astor
Hotel Fau
Hote
Citanron
Rockford
HOTEL
Louisiana
Mississippi
AAR
New Mexico
Avnet
Worm, Cron Eee
Wailea
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Mountainy
Rau
Wade
Borden
Rag Sk
Red Cross
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Louis
the Lumber
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Lincoln ST
J. B. Coe Lumber Co
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