Camp Hood Soldiers Rescue Aged Man From Burning Home
Two Camp Hood soldiers Cpl. Arthur Browning and Pfc. Harvey saved 80 year old Soh. Horak from a burning home on May 9. Horak died three days later from burns. Others praised for aiding at the scene include Pvt. Leon Harrs Pvt. John G. Hareska Pvt. Andrew Ahonen and Pvt. Kenneth Athy. They helped remove furnishings as part of Camp Hood scrap metal crew.
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Camp Hood
Soh
Horak
Cpl
Arthur Browning
Pfc
Harvey
Merving
Mr. Horak
Leon Harrs
John G. Hare
Ska
Andrew Ahonen
Kenneth Athy
Balusek Arrives at Longview Hospital After North Africa Wounds
Tech Sgt Rudolph Balusek, wounded November 28 in North Africa, reached Longview Army Hospital. In a letter to Emmett Sredman he describes his trip home and that his right arm and hand are slow to recover. Friends hoped for a transfer to Temple. The Cameron native is the first Cameron boy to return from North Africa.
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Rudolph Balusek
North Africa
Longview
Emmett S Redman
Sgt
Balusek
Temple
Cameron Boy
King's Messenger Returns to Horse
LONDON King George VI sponsors a save gasoline campaign and returns to horse and buggy days. A horse drawn brougham driven by a liveried coachman wearing a black cocked hat carries the king's messengers with documents and communications.
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London
George VI
U S Seizes 50000 Nazi Held Patents in Axis Asset Takeover
The alien property custodian reports billions in seized assets including I G Farben branches and German patents. The move licenses patents to American firms for the patent lifespan with no exclusive rights. Seized Axis holdings cover chemicals, dyes, aircraft parts, ships, and even Opel Group properties, with Japanese patents and assets also taken.
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Washington
United States
Sam
Leo T. Crowley
Navy
New Jersey
New York State
Japan
Firemen Raise Pigs in the Heart of London
In Berners Street, a bombed site near the old clergy shop, 32 pigs have been raised by firefighters. They built pigsties from salvaged bricks and timber and feed by gathering scraps from nearby canteens and hotels. Over ten months they produced 50 to 60 pigs, aiding improvised food supply.
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London
Berners Street
Rainy Season Notes and Local Updates Spread Across Milano Area
Rain is forecast with plenty of it helping crops and stock water. The article reports on a child injured but improving after a porch accident. tomato prices rise as Milano crops ripen. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or return from trips to California and Louisiana. A kindergarten closing and a major operation recovery are also noted.
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Dan Robinson
Jack Wilkerson
Jack
Louisiana
George Manley
Minerva
Kate
Alice Brennen
Rice
California
Timmons
Hugh Craiey
Dallas
Hershel Timmons
Sherman
Bessie Porter
Bryan
Nick Brennen
Army
Robert Rogers
Gysell Burdick
Jewel Hooker
W. F. Hooker
Frank
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