Frogmen Brave Death in Minefield to Clear Harbor Path
In Wonsan Korea a daring Underwater Demolition Team braved a deadly minefield to lay a path for invasion. Members swam in bare or minimal gear to attach charges to mine cables and clear a safe route for the fleet while enduring extreme cold and danger.
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Wonsan
Korea
Wonsan Bay
California
Honolulu
Pledge
Robert H. Larkin
Weedville
William R. McKinney
San Jose
Calif
William Giannotti
Congress
G. B. Tribble
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Traditions Uphold by New Mexico Residents
Indians in New Mexico retain traditional dress and hair styles with many wearing blankets like their forefathers and men continuing to braid their hair in preserved customs.
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New Mexico
Dallas Hospital and Orphans Home Share $1 Million
Estate of W. H. Thomas valued around $1,000,000 will be divided equally between Baylor Hospital and Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas. The late banker left about $800,000 in government bonds and the rest in real estate. The sole heir, his daughter Mrs. May Thomas Taylor of Denver, died earlier this year at age 86.
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Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Buckner Orphans Home
Dallas Baptist
Dallas National Bank
Hook Hands One Eye No Bar For Yet In Entering College
New Orleans October 26 Cronan Leblanc a 29 year old double amputee with hooks for hands attends Tulane University School of Architecture with veteran aid. He joined the National Guard in 1937 and served in 1940 43 a dynamite blast amputated his arms and blinded his left eye yet he pursues architecture and plans improvised model making and even a knife he can hold with hooks.
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New Orleans
Cronan Leblanc
Tulane University School of Architecture
Veterans Administration
Gulfport
Miss
Leblanc
National Guard
Camp Shelby
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft
Tulane School of Architecture
Veterans Service
Harrison County
New Braunfels Postal Clerk Retires at 63
New Braunfels on October 26 reports Walter Elbel aged 63, a clerk in the local post office, has retired after serving under five postmasters.
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New Braunfels
ANS
Walter Elbel
Oilman Dillon Little Dies in Dallas at 63
Veteran Texas oilman Dillon Alva Little, 63, died Thursday in a Dallas hospital. He was a longtime figure in oil circles, retired president of Magnolia Petroleum Company in 1914 and later elected president in 1933. Survived by widow, two daughters, mother, brother, and sister.
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Dallas
Dillon Alva Little
Texas
Magnolia Petroleum Com
11 Diamond Pair Gleaming 14K Gold Fishtail
A local ad promotes 11 diamond pair bracelets in 14K gold with a fishtail design priced at 3.00 weekly payments.
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Oh CeeDee
Hospital and Orphans Home
Waltham Eve
Nol
America
Waltham
Trail Zale Jewelry Company
Austin, Texas
Austin
Dillon Little
Fimerson
Emerson
Ibar
Antwerp
Belgium
Sale Jewelry Company
Tiffany
Rae
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