Story of Bataan told by Lt Dorothea Engel at Rotary
Lt Dorothea Engel recounts the Bataan Corregidor ordeal from December 1941 to May 1942. She details her escape to Australia after Bataan fell, her jungle marriage to Lt Emanuel Engel Jr., and the Nurse Corps heroism amid hospital bombings. The tale honored by J B White before more than 50 Rotarians.
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Dorothea Engel
Rotary
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Bataan
Engel
Army Nurse Corps
Australia
Philippines
Emanuel Engel, Jr
William Thomas Cummings
Missouri
Army
Bataan and
Corregidor
J. B. White
The
Herald
Collector Coming to Cameron for Tax Filing Help
An internal revenue collector will visit Cameron from March 9 to 15 to assist residents with filing income tax returns at no charge. Homer Nabours, county clerk, posted the notice on the courthouse bulletin board. Pvt. Ernest O. Glaser, son of Rudolph and Mrs. Glaser of Belmena, is on a 15 day furlough from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, visiting his parents and serving in the Parachute Troops.
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Internal Revenue
Cameron
Homer Nabours
Court House
Ernest O. Glaser
Rudolph Glaser
Belmena
Fort Bragg
N. C
Parachute Troops
What You Busy With WAR BONDS
The piece promotes War Bonds to fund Bofors anti aircraft guns, noting cost of a two gun mount at 98000 dollars and quad mount at 140000 dollars. It urges purchases every payday, recommends at least ten percent of income, and highlights benefits to fighters and future interest.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Snow Mantel Over North Africa Front
Snow fell on the North Africa front hampering operations while a noon newscast said Hitler’s failure to withdraw sealed the doom of Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Rommel’s forces reportedly fall back in good order as heavy rain and snow persist. The Red Army reportedly drives a wedge between two Nazi armies and begins encirclement. Wilmshaven battered by RAF bombers. invasion talk continues.
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Fitler
Tunisia
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Red Army
Wilmshaven
Kharkov
Right of Way Tangle May Be Solved Soon
H M Akers says the Commissioners Court will call in engineers for a new survey to resolve objections to the Little River bridge right of way near his home. Officials aim to cut the right of way instead of raising the road level to preserve the view. Construction is delayed due to ROW issues with the bridge piers.
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H. M. Akers
Little River
Commissioners’ Court
Akers
Rommel Attacks North Africa Amid 20 Mile Advance
Rommel pushes 20 miles into American lines in Tunisia with dive bombers tanks and artillery. The assault disrupts Allied positions as Rommel seeks the initiative, while British forces report slow progress and Rostov falls to the Red Army.
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Rommel
North
Africa
8Th Army
United Nations
Russia
Rostov
Local Milam County Youths in North Africa Fight
The fall of Rommel’s advance in North Africa brings recall of Milam county soldiers in the combat zone. Lieut Billy Wilson of Cameron and Nelson Davis of Sharp, sons of local families, serve with mechanized infantry alongside Sgt Roy Heath of Cameron Gene Knipp of Cameron and Temple Allen of Buckholts are also in the battle area.
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Milam County
Billy Wilson
Cameron ‘S
North Africa
Nelson Davis
Sharp
Wil Davis
Roy Heath
W. A. Heath
Cameron
Gene Knipp
Temple Allen
Buckholts
Soldier on 8 day leave from Camp Hood visits Cameron
Pvt. Walter G. Marek of Camp Hood is on an eight day leave and spent Tuesday in Cameron visiting relatives and friends. He was born and raised in Burlington.
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Walter G. Marek
Camp Hood
Cameron
Burlington
US Loses Heavy Cruiser and Destroyer in Guadalcanal Fight
Washington says the Japanese fleet suffered heavy losses near Guadalcanal with 15 ships sunk including 12 destroyers and 60 Zero fighters. The US navy lost the heavy cruiser Chicago and another destroyer, with 21 American planes down and eight motor torpedo boats lost. The cruiser Chicago was torpedoed and later abandoned. Loss of life was light.
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Solomons Islands
Washington
Frank Knox
Guadalcanal
United Stats Navy
Chicago
Freezing Tonight Predicted From Noon Weather Report
Weather at noon warned temperatures would drop well below freezing tonight with frost and freezing conditions extending as far south as San Antonio.
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San Antonio
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GY Pony
Wall
DUCO
ABC
WM. P. Carey Company
A. E. Matula
Texas
J. O. Mitchell
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Germany
Casablanca
America
Solomons
Dusek Pharmacy
Cameron Theatre
Allan Jones and
Jane Frazee
Sherlock Holmes and
the Voice OF Terror
Basil Rathbone and
Niegel Bruce
Paul Muni and
Lillian Gish
Anna Neagle and
Robert Newton
Bruce Bennett and
Kay Harris
George Murphy, Anne Shirley
Dennis Day
Milamheatre
Russell Hayden
Bob Wills
Tyrone Powers
Joan Fontaine
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