Servicemen and Families Given War Front Updates
Navy and Army personnel listed with moves furloughs promotions and transfers. Chief Petty Officer Limer V Foulkes shifts from San Diego to San Francisco reception barracks. Several sailors and soldiers visit relatives or report to bases in California Texas England Italy and North Africa with promotions transfers and training notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limer V. Foulkes
San Diego
San Francisco
Calif
Accord
Fourth Street
Chigger Bites Described As Severe Irritant To Soldiers
A field note explains chiggers as insidious insects with carnivorous tendencies that latch onto the waist and ankles rather than bite briefly. The bite causes intense itching and prolonged irritation, with some soldiers bearing scars from past maneuvers.
Curtin Pledges Reciprocal Use Of Aussie Bases
Australia Prime Minister John Curtin pledged reciprocal use of Australian bases for postwar aviation. He said Australia will extend landing rights to the United States and other nations while preserving sovereignty. He also supported an international aviation authority to regulate peacetime flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Australia
John Curtin
United States
Curtin
Unders
America
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Humboldt Bay
Japan
South Pacific
Europe
U S Occupation of Aleutian Isle Revealed
The United States announced ten months of occupation and fortification of Shemya in the western Aleutians. Fourth Infantry troops under Brig. Gen. Copeland landed during the Attu battle to establish a fortified post. Engineers reshaped the island with roads piers and buildings while storms battered the coast and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan Department
Shemya
Aleutians
Fourth Infantry
John FE. Copeland
Hollywood
Calif
Attu
Oververs
United States
Aleutian
Supreme Court Says Federal Rule Defines Employee Status
The Supreme Court ruled that Wagner Act employee status must be judged under federal law with broad NLRB authority in gray cases. It affirmed that fulltime Los Angeles newsboys are employees, not independent contractors, and thus can unionize with the papers. The dispute involved the Los Angeles Evening Herald and other papers and their union. The decision cited Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75 CIO. The article also covers Prime Minister Curtin’s postwar immigration remarks and Australia’s role in MacArthur’s Hollandia operation, noting plans for an empire council and potential world treaty cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express
Examiner, News and Times
Workers’ Union
Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75
CIO
Curtin
MacArthur
Australia
South Pacific
Council of the
British Empire
Man Fined $105 For Reckless Driving After High Speed Chase
W. B. Stevens of Marion was fined 105 dollars total by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after speeding past a police squad car on First avenue Ken wood. Patrolmen Murphy Davis and Henry Overman pursued and halted him on the Marion bridge. speed exceeded 75 mph. He paid 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving and 5 dollars and costs for operating a vehicle without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stevens
Route 3
Marion
Harry S. Johnson
Stevens
First Avenue
Kenwood
Murphy Davis
Henry Overman
Youth Slew Mother Because of Urge to Kill Declared
Grand Rapids prosecutors said Marvin Rawson admitted killing his mother Mrs Blanche Rawson age about 45 with a shotgun in the dining room. He told police he had the urge to kill and later surrendered to authorities after wandering the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Menso Bolt
Marvin Rawson
Blanche Rawson
Bolt
Young Rawson
Albert F. Scheiern
Lost Battalion Of Timor Saved By Dutch Forces
The so called lost battalion of Timor, weakened by malaria and dysentery after year of guerilla fighting, was rescued by the Dutch destroyer Tjerk Hiddes which ferried 700 Dutch and Australian troops, 30 nuns and priests, and 300 Portuguese and natives to safety. They later aided in holding off Japanese forces while awaiting further relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Ocean
Timor
Timor Sea
Tjerk Hiides
Dew
Australia
Couple Fined For Disorderly Conduct At Local Hotel
A local couple was fined 25 by Police Judge Harry S Johnson after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. Both individuals were arrested at the hotel and charged under local ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S Johnson
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Fort Sienmouth
N. J
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H. F. Beadle
Center Point Road
Glen Athey
Navy
Mrs. Athey
Norfok
Ed Emanuel
Midway Drive
Stw
Harold Athey
Fifth Avenue SE
Emanuel
Harold S. Andrews
Lisle Andrews
New Guinea
Lester Chittick
Nashville
Tenn
Third Avenue
Roy Chittick
Eleventh Street
Charles L. Dulin
England
Washington Avenue
Leonard Hallquist
Fort Dix
Victor Halquist
Fifth Street NW
Pvt
Clifford W. Frank
San Diego, Calif., Marine Base
Marion L. Randel
Coast Artillery
Fort Bliss
Texas
Grover Steiger
E Avenue
H. H. Erixson
Carl Randel
Elgin
Ill
Randel
Alaska
Ronald C. Colgan
Naval Net Depot
Boston
Mass
Gazette
Fifth Avenue
Wallace K. Oldfather, Jr
Bennett High School
Italy
Twelfth Air Force
Capt. Oldfather
Armed Services
Tewing
J. i. Hawkins
Tunisia
Sicily
Salerno
Bernita M. Fee
Frank Fee
Cpl. Fee
Santa Ana, Calif
William J. Miller
John Miller
Eighth Avenue SW
Rita Mae Drake
the Waves
United States Navy Hospital
Bainbridge, Md
Karl Drake
Dorothy Drake
Washington, D. C
Richard Drake
Robert Drake
Vernon H. Kehl
Quartermaster Administration
Dave
Mt. Vernon Road
D. W. Kohl
Virgil L. Matheny
Camp Dodge
Center Point
Edward W. Rkocarek
Seaman
Farragut
Idaho
Hospital Corps
Second Street
John T. Matheny
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
George J. Kanellis
North Africa
Fourteenth Street
Stanley T. Morrison
Ellington Field
Majore
Army Air Field
Jack Johnson
Anamosa
Pfe
Richard
Dick” Topinka
North Camp Polk
Mr. and
Ay Joe Topinka
C Street NW
Dean Stucker
Army Air Forces
O. D. Stucker
Robert L. Nunn
Michael Nunn
Belmont Parkway
Second Avenue
Edward Teahen
Ump Ward
First Avenue NW
Harry Teahen
Della E. Foster
WAC
Fort Bragg
N. C
Edith Brown
Third Street
Roy Foster
William Fosa Eee
Camp Callan
Lloyd B. Foster
J.g
Iowa City
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
George Foster
Jason
Yrlus
Williams
Pierre Loving
U. S
Aleutian Isle
U. 8
London
U.S
Sraucinceon
Philadelphia
Fifth United States Air Force
Hollandia Village
Challenger Cove Harbor
John W. Phillips
Pittsburgh
Golden Rule Foundation
Wom
Delores Moran
Clark
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Guinea
Austrai
Moresby
Rabaul
New Ireland
New Britain
Aitape
Robert Cutler
War Ballot Commission
A. L. Jordan
War Shipping Administration
James W. Broderick
Government Printing Office
Edward A. Hayes
U.S.N
Stettinius
United
Edward R. Stettinius
Louis G. Shadegg
Cheney, Wash
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