Service Members on Leave Reach Home Front
The column lists Pvt Winifred Goodlove in San Bernardino and her 10 day furlough, Pvt Fred McLaud on 27 day leave in Cedar Rapids, and Sgt Albert Suchomel visiting relatives in Iowa while stationed at Camp Pickett. It details Ruth Swab in New York and other servicemen with family addresses and postings in England, Great Lakes, and Guadalcanal along with recent promotions and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Winifred Goodlove
Women's Army Corps
San Bernardino
Calif
Central City
Goodlove
San Bernardo
Fred McLaud
South Pacific
Edward McLaud
B Avenue
Albert Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
W. Suchomel
E Street
William Mrstik
Sixteenth Avenue
Sgt
Suchomel
Camp Pickett
Ruth Elizabeth Swab
Naval Training School
Hunter College
New York
Rosa Swab
Wilma Swab
Thirty-first Street
Lester William Haerther
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
C. W. Haerther
Atkins
Seaman Haerther
Chicago
Michael J. Kecere
Mary Kecere
Mt. Vernon Avenue
England
William D. Barnhizer
W. Dean Barnhizer
Second Avenue SE
Floyd H. Manley
Pfc
Manley
Miracle Window Cleaning Company
Alta Manley
F Avenue NW
Robert E. McEndree
Slim Misses Surpass Heftier Big Berthas On Rails
In Boston, streamlined female workers substitute for men aboard the Boston Railway Express trucks. The 150 women weigh 110 to 145 pounds and ages 20 to 30, with about 90 percent having husbands in the armed forces. They load sort and deliver packages at Boston terminals daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Railway Express Agency
There's Still Lots of Fight Left in Nazis
An analyst argues that Nazi resistance remains vivid despite setbacks and a retreat toward frontiers. He cautions against excessive optimism, notes Hitler’s drive to fight to the end, and cites intensified regimentation as rock bottom, with timelines tied to German public and military will and Allied pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Paris
Deanly
Bernard Montgomery
France
Fuehrer
Germany
Final retreat under way as German forces falter in
The text depicts a retreat in northwest France where a commander exhausted by battle plans a northern withdrawal. He anticipates drawing in neighboring troops from Norway and reforming his forces with manpower gathered from the home front to sustain the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Norway
Chicken Thief Returns For More Scared Away
Mrs. O W LeVan of Fourth street SW reported three chickens valued at 3 stolen from her coop earlier this month and that an attempted further theft was thwarted by her son. At Three Franc 115 Belle avenue SW a row boat valued at 10 was stolen but four juveniles were later taken into custody and admitted to other thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. LeVan
Fourth Street
Belle Avenue
Juvenils
Great 1811 quake altered flow of the Mississippi River
Report notes that during the great earthquake of 1811 the Mississippi River diverted its course for a time, causing the channel at various points to flow northward and surprise settlers and river traffic.
Churchill Sees Pope in Private Audience in Rome
In Rome, Prime Minister Churchill met Pope Pius XII in a private audience. After the papal meeting he spoke informally with the Allied press corps at the British embassy about world affairs and cigars, noting his health and appetite for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
VNI
Pius XII
Churchill
Papal
Allied Headquarters Press Corps
International News Service
James L. Kilgallen
Churchl
Miss as cool as a mile from Italy letter
Private Thomas Mitchell of Roslindale in Italy with the 45th Division writes to his parents that a miss can be as calm as a mile, reflecting his outlook during service. The letter highlights his composure and pride while serving overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pfc
Thomas Mitchell
Roslindale
Italy
Mitchell
Soldier survives German shell fragment near eye
The report notes he was struck by a German shell fragment and doctors said if it had pierced one ten thousandth of an inch deeper, he would have lost sight in his left eye.
Black Widow Toll Reported by Northrop Officials
Hawthorn California Northrop Aircraft reports its twin tailed night fighter Black Widow has destroyed 239 German planes and probably 209 more since D Day, according to company officials on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorn
Calif
Northrop
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Fay E. Briney
San Francisco
Larry
Eighth Street
Mrs. W. J. Biiney
Ninth Street
Shreveport
M. B. McEndree
Tenth Street
Cpl
Lloyd Temeyer
John Temeyer
A Avenue NW
Fort Riley
Kan
Esti Garent Rdon
Fourteenth Avenue
Mary Horak
Charles Krejci
Roy W. Parker, Jr
Army Air Corps
Southwest Pacific
Caroline, Mariana
Admiralty Islands
Parker
Greene Avenue
Center Point Road
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Howard R. Langton
Ellis Boulevard
Guadalcanal
Roy Langton
Palo
Gerard J. Glaza
H. J. Glaza
E Avenue
Glaza
Coe College
Army
Air Corps
Tne Cordova
First Avenue
Western
Europe
By Claude Callan
the Syndicate
Johnny
Mathme Buy
Syndicate
Wampum Club
Mackinaws
Sinsberg
Ginsberg's
Longines-Wittnauer Watches
Ginsberg’s
Second Street SE
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