A Japanese Widow Pleases Gi Captain
A Hollywood World War II era vignette describes a US captain in Korea falling for a Japanese widow who serves as his housekeeper. He plans to marry her back in Michigan after the war, while other soldiers share mixed views on such unions and their consequences. The piece juxtaposes cultures and ends with a brief note on gifts for wounded Americans and unrelated advertisements.
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Korea
Japan
United States
Yokohama
Michigan
Air Force
England
France
Germany
States
Tokyo
Delores Brown
Central Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cypri
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Yanks Capture 10 Red Tanks
General MacArthur's headquarters said Allied forces in Korea captured at least 10 Russian-type tanks in the month ending last Wednesday. The Red tanks were described as T 34s. The release listed 3 self propelled heavy guns 15 122 mm howitzers 4 76 mm guns 18 artillery pieces and anti tank weapons 24 45 mm pieces 4 anti tank rifles and five miscellaneous items with note some figures could be tripled or quadrupled.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Inchon
War Supply Figures Mentioned in Brief Item
An item lists 80-mm guns, noting twenty-one light machine guns and twelve heavy weapons, plus 1,134 rifles and twelve heavy trucks. The fragment implies military logistics or supplies but provides few context details about origin or date.
Gulf Attorney Dies in Houston
Kollock H. Cawthon attorney for Gulf Oil Corporation and lifelong Houston resident died yesterday after a heart attack. He belonged to Houston and Harris County Bar Association and the Texas State Bar Association. Funeral services likely tomorrow.
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Houston
U.P
Kollock H. Cawthon
Gulf Oil Corporation
Cawthon
Houston and Harris County Bar Association
Texas State Bar Association
Mountbatten’s Mother Dies at Kensington Palace
Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven aged 87 dies after extended illness in Kensington Palace. Private funeral at St James’s Palace with burial at Whippingham Isle of Wight. She was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Russia’s czarina’s sister, mother of Mountbatten of Burma and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden. Grandson the Marquess of Milford Haven recently wed Romaine Dahlgren Pierce Bimpson in Washington.
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London
Marchioness
Milford Haven
Queen Victoria
Russia
Har) Mountbatten
Burma
Kensington Palace
St. James Palace
Whippingham
Isle of Wight
Louise of
Sweden
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Marquess of
Washington
Romaine Dahlgren Pierce Bimpson
Flying hoops scare over Europe’s North Sea report
A Brussels resident sued a London woman alleging she failed to return $20,000 given in trust 12 years ago. The claimant claimed the saga involved a widow who had buried two husbands, divorced a third, and annulled a fourth marriage amid the aviation themed incident.
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London
Brussels
Belgium
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Mary Martha Dickie
J. C. Dickie
Amarillo
Jill King
Tyler
Dickies
Miss Dickie
Jess Dickie
News-Globe
Hal Boyle
Pher
Far Fast Materiel Command
John F. Doyle
Cologne
Three Kings
Three
Raul
Deason
Globe-News
Chen
St.joseph
Mountbatten
Europe
North Sea
Austin
Braniff
Amarillo Hotel
Lane
Bray
West
4Th Avenue
Motorola Radio
Sagmom Academy Award
Ferniture Styling
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