Cameron Girl Leaves for Duty
Pauline Laake, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Laake, left Cameron Sunday for Corpus Christi for a physical exam then to Long Beach where she will be stationed. Matt B Bailey, linotype operator, returns to work on half time. Maria Reyes is ill in Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Pauline Laake
Mir
Paul Laake
Cameron Sanday
Corpus Christi
Long
Matt. B. Bailey
the Herald
Daily Herald
Mr. Bailey
Maria Reyes
Newton Memorial Hospital
Letter from home boosts GI morale overseas
A GI overseas, facing an income tax notice, jokes that even a letter from home is news, highlighting how V-Mail letters lift spirits. The piece notes soldiers value home news and small, everyday details conveyed in correspondence.
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G.I
Fourteen Japanese Ships Blasted by U S Fleet Near Manila
Admiral Nimitz at Pearl Harbor announced fourteen Japanese ships were destroyed in Manila Bay on Sunday. The strike hit one floating dock, with 28 Japanese planes shot down and damage to a light cruiser and two destroyers. about 11 cargo ships and oilers were sunk or set afire. No other fronts reported significant developments.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Manila Bay
Philippines
Bushdale Vote Not Counted Due To Late Arrival
The Bushdale vote was not counted in the November 7 election returns because the ballots arrived after the legal 72 hour window. Had it been tabulated, two constitutional amendments would have been defeated. Mrs. Lala C. Gillis donated periodicals for wounded veterans at McCloskey hospital, including Life and Readers Digest, with thanks from the American Legion, the wounded veterans, and The Herald. Support the Six War Loan.
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Bushdale
Lala C. Gillis
McCloskey Hospital
Gillis
Life
War Bond Sentiment Returns Home
Citizens express a familiar reluctance to invest in War Bonds after returning home, noting the ongoing effort to support the war effort through savings while adjusting to civilian life.
Grape Jam Mistaken for Blood After Auto Crash
Patrolmen arriving at an auto accident found Mr and Mrs Virgil Kerr wiping a dark red substance from their clothing. They told officers they were not hurt and that the substance was grape jam, not blood.
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Kansas City
Virgil Kerr
Ghost Ship Flew 600 Miles Across Britain With Bomb Load
An American B-17 Fortress piloted by an automatic system traveled 600 miles across England and Eire after the crew bailed out near King's Lynn. The nun crew order to intercept inspired air raid sirens at Liverpool the Midlands and Wales as fighters chased the drifting bomb laden aircraft. The ship reportedly found its grave in the Atlantic after drifting out to sea.
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London
England
Eire
Atlantic
George
Britain
King’s Lynn
Flying Fortress
Wash
Liverpool
North Sea
Midlands
Wales
Mom Dies as Son Tells of Soldier Brother's Death
Philadelphia report describes Mrs. Anna May Clampfer 65 receiving a telegram of Pvt. Robert Clampfer death in France. Six married sons arrive with the telegram and a physician, and the mother dies after the son announces Bobby has been killed.
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Son
Philadelphia
Anna May Clampfer
War Department
Pvt
Robert Clampfer
France
Walter Clampfer
Walter
Bobby
Mrs. Clampier
Mom
Pink Elephant Arrival Delights Birthday Celebrate
Hollywood moments as Eugene Joseff turned 26 with friends at a restaurant when a 15 foot pink elephant walked in. The creature wore a tag reading Birthday greetings from your wife, prompting Joseff to consider a drastic birthday pledge before friends restrained him.
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Hollywood
Calif
Eugene Joseff
Joseff
Grieving Father's Plea Enriches Hospitals
In Portland Ohio, 11 year old Jimmie Lou Butler dies and her father Jim Butler asks mourners to skip flowers and donate to children s hospitals instead. The collection by local boys raises 1910.64 dollars for two facilities.
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Portland, Obe
Jimmie Lou
Jim Butler
Jim
Red Clay of Saipan as Weapon Kills Marine
Marine correspondent Sergt. John B. T. Campbell Jr. reports Saipan red clay baked to brick hardness becomes a weapon when a Japanese bomb armament blast sends clay fragments as shrapnel. One marine dead and several wounded after the blast near an artillery emplacement.
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Washington
Saipan
Sergt
John B. T. Campbell Jr
Marine Corps
Hospital notes from Freeport and Newton Memorial
Mrs. W. D. Black of Freeport is at Newton Memorial Hospital. Wesley Shafer has returned home from Newton Memorial Hospital after illness.
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Wesley Shafer
Newton Memorial Hospital
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Joe Marsh
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Brewing Industry Foundation
Emory B. Camp
Baskin
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Whatley Grocery
Community Public Service Co
Ghost Ship
Britain’s Airways
Pink Elephant
W. D. Black
Freeport
Ires
Horstmann Bros
Community of Tomorrow
Ami
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