Railroad Roundhouse Notes and Army Enlistments
Otis era update from the roundhouse notes several personnel moves. Delbert H Ballengee returns from appendicitis rest at home while in the Army. Luther Ballengee and his wife welcome a daughter. H I Ballengee noted as machinist and grandfather in town. Engineer C C Curry reports a deer hunt in Davis Mountains. Firemen and engineers shift districts and duties, with several assigned to chain gang and passenger boards. Joe Chandler visits from Rio Grande Eagle Pass and Amarillo. Maxine Ellis visits husband Paul Ellis in the Army.
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Delbert H. Ballengee
H. I. Ballengee
Roundhouse
Luther Ballengee
Fort Worth
Luther
H. H. Murray
New Soviet Push Opens
DeWitt Mac Kenzie absent, J M Roberts Jr writes. Summaries military action near Gomel Mogilev and Ukraine front. Russians press 40 mile front while Germans retreat toward Minsk old Napoleon road. April 1944 winter offensive discussed, with Horns of Leningrad Odessa rail line proximity noted.
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Kiev
Gomel
Mogilev
Ukraine
Dnieper
Zhitomir
Smolensk
Hitler
North Central Front
Berlin
Army shoe rebuilding saves leather and ton of wear
The Army quartermaster corps reports saving 20 million square feet of leather through a shoe rebuilding program. About 6 million pairs of rebuilt shoes were issued this year, with Pvt. Doe noting they are already broken in and comfortable.
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Pvt. Doe
Pvt. Jones
Army Quartermaster Corps
Boston
Tokyo Rose on Radio Just Joke to Marines
Detroit on leave Marine Pvt. Leonard A. Haskins recalls Tokyo Rose as an American educated Japanese commentator in the Solomons. He says the broadcasts aimed to wreck morale but provoked laughter among U S Marines and did little to dampen spirit.
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Haskins
Tokyo Rose
Detroit
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Jack Benny
Tokyo
Rose
Solomons
Leonard A. Haskins
California
Misal Dumas Completes 24 Foot Iron Windmill in Massachusetts
In Brockton Misal Dumas spent ten years building a 24 foot high iron windmill. The base uses iron bed posters and the sails are painted red white and blue.
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Brockton
Mass
U.P
Misal Dumas
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Jess
Camp White
Oregon
C. C. Curry
Davis Mountains
Texas
Clyde
J. T. Luke
Amarillo
T. H. Laster
H. W. Anthony
First District
W. K. Fry
C. War
Field
M. L. Johnson
D. D. Foster
T. H. Armstrong
J. R. Ridgeway
Chain Gang
R. R. Bybee
T. K. Sanderson
Bob Byrd
Switchman
T. K
Chain
Joe Chandler
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass By. Co
Laredo
Joe
Santa Fe
Maxine Ellis
Accounting Office
Paul Ellis
DeWitt MacKenzie
J. M. Roberts, Jr
Virginia Price
John Gabert
Pecos
Jim Mulvihili
Lee Rudkins
Turkey
Mrs. Fyfe
George Nunn
Miss Latta
Miss Hamilton
Dorothy Dunn
la Junta
Colo
Messrs. Forbes
Lubbock
Tasha
San Angeli
Spahr
el Paso
Pvt
G. W. Brown
General Freight Department
K. P
Tom Moore
Cpl
James Howard
Ft. Sill
Okla
Lewis Welter
Navy
Gebhardt
Glomardt Chili Powder CO
South Fro ST
San Antonio
Bob Duncan
H. E. Hallmark
Plains
Uncle Sam
M. M. Brooks
U. S. Navy
K. C. Moore
Canadian Board
E. W. Kraus
Boise City
W. F. Behrens
Bill
Homer Enders
Mulvane Hospital
Homer
Velikie Luki
Nevel
Stalin
Russia
Adolf
Leningrad
Vetesk Market
W. 10Th
Houce
Whiteway
N. Buchanan
S. Fillmore
Morton
Pepsicola
IVORY
Food Ration News
Whiteway Food Stores
Duz
Colorado
Redding's
S Markets
Sor Holida ® Foods
Lipton
Charmin Tissue 1
Boratea
Ben Nature
Pkas
Prunes
Morton's
Almonds
Drake
van Camp
Armour
Big Ben
Idaho
Pinkney
Peanut Butter Armour's Star
N. Fillmore
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