Flier’s perilous raft rescue in Amazon jungle
Four U S airmen forced down in the Caqueta river trekmed through jungle on a vine raft to summon help. Pvt A C McDavid captained the makeshift craft after a coin toss as crocodiles and treacherous currents menaced them. Colombian army officers rescued McDavid and the others next day.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Amazon Jungles
Caqueta River
Pvt
A. C. McDavid
Amazon Basin
Caqueta
Amazon
McDavid
W. S. Briggs
N. W. Mann
E. M. Ondrej
Briggs
Lieutenant Mann
Lieutenant Briggs
Mann
la Pedrera
13 Year Old Boy Finds $13901 and Returns It to Police
A 13 year old New York student found 13901.21 in cash in a tobacco tin outside a junk shop. He turned the money over to police after classmates suggested keeping it, and officers said it will be his if no one claims it within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Kominski
Frank
John Kominski
Kidnap Cashier of Store Hidden Loot
Four armed men abducted Tiger food store cashier Anthony Ianni in Trenton New Jersey, forced him to unlock the safe, and escaped with fourteen thousand dollars. Police said Ianni was nabbed outside his home and driven to the store where the group rendezvoused and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Anthony Ianni
Coal Miners Out in Complete Strike and Government Offer
The United Mine Workers led a full strike across Alabama Pennsylvania and West Virginia. President Roosevelt may take over mines and offer workers $20 daily with government pay while owners are pushed out. Interior Secretary Ickes canceled a Cleveland trip as a possible anti strike law looms, with production expected to drop within 24 hours.
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Roosevelt
Frankenstein
CIO
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Congress
Harold Ickes
Cleveland
War Fades Behind Stalemate in World Fronts
World news paints a quiet front in Washington with six killed in Detroit and 530000 miners striking halting war industries. Axis broadcasts on Med targets and pacific bomber raids are noted while rumors of Italy seeking peace are denied.
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Washington
Mediterranean
South Pacific
Detroit
Italy
Conoley Homecoming Held June Twenty Seventh
Committees plan the eighth Conoley Homecoming on Sunday June 27 with a 10 06 a m welcome address and an all day program. A basket lunch will be served at noon on tree shaded tables and visitors are asked to bring well filled baskets. Afternoon speeches readings and a song festival will conclude the event.
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Conoley
West Coast Shipyards Seek Employees in Civil Service Drive
U S Civil Service Commission rep Stanley F. Kenneth in Waco announced a drive to fill vacancies at West Coast shipyards through June 29 1943 with possible extension. Openings at Mare Island Valleejo Hunter's Point San Francisco Puget Sound Bremerton and San Pedro include Senior Laborers 88-89 cents hourly Journeymen 1.14-1.22 with overtime time and a half. Transportation dorms meals and benefits provided. Women as mechanic learners paid 58 cents while men and wives can work together at Puget Sound. Other positions at Ogden Air Depot Ogden Utah pay 121.64 monthly with promotion to general mechanic helper at 125 monthly plus overtime. Minimum 16 year old American citizen with aptitude test can apply via U S Employment Service Waco Temple or Bryan.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Stanley F. Kenneth
Waco
U. S. Employment Service
Commission
West Coast
Kenneth
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo
California
Hunter’s Point Dry Docks
San Francisco
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington
U. S. Naval Terminal Dry Docks
San Pedro
Calif
Civil Service Commission
Ogden Air Depot
Ogden
Utah
Miss Billie Jean Landis Becomes Bride of Monroe Clements
Miss Billie Jean Landis of Rockdale married Monroe Clements of Cameron at 9 30 p m Tuesday June 15 1943 in the home of Rev C W Sanders First Baptist Cameron. The couple are Rockdale High School graduates with Clements employed at Lippman Department Store Cameron. Mrs C W Sanders and her sister witnessed. Mrs Florence Pugh and Mrs Florence Randle visiting Temple.
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Billie Jean Landis
Rockdale
Monroe Clements
Cameron
C. W. Sanders
First Baptist Church
Mr. Clements
Lippman Department Store
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iIt
McCormick
Baileyville, Texas
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U.S. Employment Service
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Bryan
Florence Pugh
Florence Randle
Temple
Dusek Pharmacy
Wey
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