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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1944

Page

3

Scouts and Raiders War Heritage in U S History

A Washington column recounts WWII guerilla raids and the daring scouts and raiders who slipped through airbase defenses to study layouts, plant notes, and sometimes bombs. It links early British French experience to modern U S practice and notes a captain’s recounted exploits and a ribbon earned for bravery. It also cites ongoing talks by the War Manpower commission on postwar job transitions for women workers.

O'Fallon Douglas Smith The Cavalry Journal Captain Smith French Foreign Legion Europe Germany Smith Libya Iith Washington War Manpower Commission Margaret A. Hickey McNutt Women’s Committee Manpower Commission

WACS as Better Wives Debate Shapes Public View

A wartime panel features Lieut Col Walter Jaeger declaring WACs make better wives with military discipline, while Private Oscar Purkey and others express mixed views on marriage to servicemembers. Also notes On All-Out Arlene of WACs and a belated confession about past gas-tank pill schemes.

Wacs Walter Jaeger The Army Industrial College Oscar Purkey WAC Arlene

BRIEFS by Bankhag War Department cost of living figures

The war department reports current annual costs for a soldier at .06 per day, totaling 501.06 per year previously. About 15 percent of over 25 million overseas mail pieces carry incorrect addresses. In wartime Japan one in four youths faces tuberculosis due to diet deficiencies. German demand for rare stamps as investments has driven prices to high levels, prompting potential price ceilings.

The War Department Germany Met

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