Stranded Veterans Wake to Christmas On West Coast
Thousands of army and navy veterans wait for rail and air transport home from Pacific ports. San Francisco Seattle and Los Angeles handle the bulk of movement as more trains run but officials warn of continuing chaos with about 20 000 veterans returning daily this month. Railroads estimate 530 000 overseas veterans may move in December, a figure deemed a minimum and far short of arrivals.
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INS
Pacific Coast
Army
Navy
Pacific
United States
Seattle
Los Angeles
Ret Nees
Association of American Railroads
Building Permits Issued in November
The city building department issued 141 permits in November including 20 for dwellings and 68 for remodeling dwellings with a total valuation of 456 898 dollars. It also issued nine commercial permits and 13 to remodel commercial buildings.
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City Building Department
Buckley's Canadian Mix cures coughs fast says ad
A vintage advertisement touts Buckley’s Canadian Mixing cough remedy. It claims quick relief from thick phlegm and bronchial congestion with a syrup free mixture sold nationwide at 45c and 85c through May’s Drug Store and Osco Drugs.
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Buckley
Canada
May
Osco Drugs
Permits Issued Across Construction Sectors Report
The department issued 174 electrical permits 111 plumbing permits and 154 miscellaneous permits for garages barns sheds dwelling foundations and a service station details include ten for garages six for barns and sheds one for a barn one for a service station and three for dwelling foundations.
Field Enterprises Buys World Book Publisher
Marshall Field of Field Enterprises announces the purchase of the Quarrie Corporation, publisher of the World Book encyclopedia. Lamberson will run Quarrie with current staff. Field Enterprises also controls the Chicago Sun and St. Louis publishing arms Simon and Schuster and Pocket Books.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
Field Enterprises, Inc
R G. Lamberson
Quarrie Corporation
Field Enterprises
Quarrie Firm
Lamberson
Troop Arrivals Reported By The Associated Press
Forty five thousand men were set to arrive at east and west coast ports Tuesday. Ships listed include New York Webster Victory from Marseilles with units such as 56th armored infantry bn and 152nd armored signal co. Also Madawaska Victory from Le Havre and Goucher Victory at Newport News with hundreds more troops and support detachments.
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Associated Press
New York
Webster Victory
Marseilles
56Th Armored Inf. Bn
152Nd Armored Signal Co
A.A.A
Madawaska
le Havre
Thomas Sumpter
Antwerp
Norman E. Mack
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Ord
Joseph Gale
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Voyage of warships and personnel tied to Pacific theater
Military groupings list ships and units with origins from Le Havre Luzon Antwerp Manila Yokohama and Pearl Harbor detailing vessels carriers cruisers battleships and escort ships along multiple West Coast ports including Boston Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Seattle and Tacoma tied to the World War II era.
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Wasp
Neils Paulson
John Ross
Merrick
S. H. King
Boston
Blue Island Victory
le Havre
Felipe de Bastrope
Luzon
Rensselaer Victory
Antwerp
Henry Conner
Thomas Lyons
Barry
Wales
Los Angeles
Savo Island
Honolulu
Sea Sturgeon
Yokohama
Francis W. Parker
Manila
Portland
Ferdinand Westdahl
Batangas
Mark Hopkins
Okinawa
Haskell
President
San Francisco
Granville
Walter Wellman
Joseph Pulitzer
Kula Gulf
Tuscaloosa
Cecil Sellars
MacMurray Victory
Peter White
W. S. Hier
San Diego
Montrose Marine Declines Navy Cross Over Purple Heart
Marine Sgt. Carl Rasmussen of Montrose refuses the Navy Cross after learning a buddy he saved at Iwo Jima received only a Purple Heart. Ted Atkins, injured in the same action, wrote Rasmussen singlehandedly clearing two machine gun nests and killing 17 Nips, then aiding others to a field hospital. Rasmussen returns home Friday but has not written home about the event.
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Montrose
Colo
INS
Carl Rasmussen
Dorothy Rasmussen
Ted Atkins
Atkins
Iwo Jima
Rasmussen
U S Five Cent Piece To Be a Nickel Again
The House approved returning the five cent coin to nickel composition after wartime copper and silver use. The bill amends the second war powers act to restore nickel by year end and proceeds to the Senate.
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U.S
Washington
House
Congress
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