Army engineers overhaul diesel engines at depot in England
Thousands of powerful diesel marine engines built for invasion barges are rebuilt by United States Army automotive mechanics at a large assembly line in England. Cpl Woodrow Starkey assists in the project, with engines overhauled after salt exposure and battle damage, inspected by Navy crews, and returned for installation in amphibious craft.
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Ordance
England
United States Army Automotive Mechnics
Cpl
Woodrow Starkey
Carporetion and Ignition Department
West 2Nd Street
Bonham
Army Engineers
Army
Navy
Campaign committee plans money raising meeting
The committee includes John Bacon Saunders, H S Cole and Gordon Brown. They were to meet with Mr Holland and Mr oC this afternoon to organize the fundraising drive. Attendees listed for Wednesday included Mr McCoy, Mr Puller, Raleigh Abernathy, Hodge, K Dale Wolford, Howard Crider, and Rev T W Sisterson.
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John Bacon Saunders
H. S. Cole
Gordon Brown
Mr. Holland
Mr. McCoy
Mr. Puller
Raleigh Abernathy
Hodge
K. Dale Wolford
I Howard Crider
T. W. Sisterson
Woman Fatally Shoots Son Then Slashes Wrists in Bay City
In Bay City Michigan on January 18 Mrs Constance Yankowiak allegedly shot her 17 year old son James to stop him from becoming a drunkard like his father and then cut her wrists. Prosecutor Lyle McCormick said he would question her when her condition allowed.
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Bay City
Mich
U.P
Constance Yankowiak
James
Lyle McCormick
Texan Dies In Crash Of C 47
Death of Lt. Robert J. Letscher Port Arthur Texas and Pic Le Roy Mayes San Pedro California in an Army C 64 cargo plane crash between here and Santa Ana California announced by Col William Turnbull San Bernardino army air field commanding officer. Plane left Santa Ana air base with three hours of fuel Monday to return to San Bernardino. It was found today crashed in Cleveland National Forest Orange County between Bedford California and Santiago Peak.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Robert J. Letscher
Port Arthur
Tex
Pic
le Roy Mayes
San Pedro
Here
Santa Ana
William Turnbull
San Bernardino Army Air Field
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Cleveland National Forest
Orange County
Bedford
Santiago Peak
Nine Men Trapped In Oklahoma Coal Mine Slope
Nine miners are trapped about 2600 feet underground in the Bond Valley Coal Company slope mine near Haileyville Oklahoma after a blast. Rescue teams press toward the men as owners and officials assess the cause and scope of the explosion.
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Mcalester
Okla
U.P
Oklahoma
Bond Valley Coal Company
Haileyville
Oklo
Tony Borella
Local Social Notes from Carson Area Cleaning Up After Week
Community members and visitors frequent each other with calls visits and family updates. Names include Thelma Jo Lane Wesley and Ben Whitehead families Doris Sells Arvhie Brown and Jim Ramey with Odell and Carroll Murphy and a son. Officers and a supervisor are named as well as Dalas headquarters in the area.
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Thelma Jo Lane
Sherman
Wesley Murphy
Clifford Andrews
Ector
Andrew
Ben Whitehead
Joe Bullock
Munster
George Jenkins
Alice Murphy
Doris Sells
Bonham
Arvhie Brown
Savoy
Pers Whatehead
Elwell Ramey
Independence
Kansas
Jim Ramey
Euwell
Carroll Murphy
Odell
Murphy
Garland
J C Andrews
Frank Smith
Tahnidge Moore
Woh. Porter
Ehuer Binion
John Binion
Stettinius Backs Vandenberg on Disarmament Proposal
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr praised Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg's call for a five power disarmament treaty. He met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the plan and called the speech “most useful and courageous.”
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Stettmins
Charman
Tom Connally
Ter
Stettiniue
Vandenberg
van Conbkere
United States
Britain
Russia
China
France
Michigan
Local Residents Refer to Property Moves in Bonham Area
Community notes show Mr and Mrs W B Helton selling a house and lot on West Beths Blackhawk Street in Bonham and moving to a new location near Julia Lew Wrights. Mr Ed Floyd spent the weekend as neighbors report minor relocations and shared meals.
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John ‘Thompson
W. B Helton
West Beth
Blackhawk
Bonham
Ed Stenmt
Lloyd Helton
Julia Lew Wright
Sant Nelson
Ivanhee
Ed Floyd
Conservative Named Finance Minister
Buenos Aires January 18 acting foreign minister Cesar Ameghino, a conservative financial expert, was named by President Edelmiro Farrell to temporarily replace General Orlando Peluffo whose resignation sparked a regional political wave. Ameghino previously served as Buenos Aires finance minister and led the provincial government during the 1943 revolution, a sign of stability amid the rival factions within the revolutionary leadership.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Cesar Ameghino
Edelmiro Farrell
Orlando Peluffo
Americas
Ameghine
Peluffo
David Uriburu
pro-Ax
Corrientes
Juan D. Perno
Argentina
Texarkana Kinfolk Gather for Family Visits
In Texarkana and nearby areas relatives converged for visits. Mrs. J. Coonrod stayed with relatives in Paris last week. A. T. Ohmert, Mrs. Clyde Ross and children, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Long spent Sunday with Miss Lucy and Bob McSpadden and Fred McSpadden. Nannie Belle Long of Bodham visited Miss Mary Rose Coonrod Friday night. Jack Nelson and Ray Edward Clemens of Dallas visited relatives this week. Tarver of Bonham spent Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Long.
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Texarkana
J. 3
Coonrod
Paris
A. T. Ohmert
Clyde Ross
W. C. Long
Lucy Na
Bob McSpadden
Fred McSpadden
Nannie Belle Long
Bodham
Mary Rose Coonrod
Jack Nelson
Ray Edward Clemens
Dallas
Tarver
Bonham
OPA Denies Employees Use Of Confiscated Goods
The Office of Price Administration denies rumors that steaks butter tires and gasoline it buys to prove ration violations are used by staff free. It says employees suffer more shortages than civilians due to strict adherence to regulations. Herman Greenberg comments on enforcement of rationed meat and dairy products.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Herman Greenberg
Bowen Buses Back On Highways After Wage Pact
Boswer motel coaches were back on the highways today after company and union officials reached an agreement on retroactive wages at a show cause hearing before the Eighth Regional War Labor Board. About 200 drivers abandoned their buses Tuesday morning, leaving 20,000 passengers to seek other transport in a protest over unpaid retroactive wages.
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Dallas
Tex
Boswer
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
Commerce Airport Destroyed by Fire
A Mexican government owned experimental plane costing $100000 was destroyed at Commerce municipal airport along with three other planes and equipment. Total damage was estimated at $123000 as a match ignited brake fluid setting off the blaze.
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Commerce
Tex
Commerce Municipal
Scout Leaders Plan Financial Campaign Here
District regional and local scout executives met in Bonham to discuss a drive to raise funds for Boy Scout work in Bonham and Fannin counties. The meeting at Bonham State Bank included George Holland regional executive Frank Fuller Lone Star Area council chairman and Louis McCoy field executive. The finance committee was to meet that afternoon to finalize plans.
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Bonham
Fannin
Bonham State Bank
George Holland
Frank Fuller
Lone Tar
Louis McCoy
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