Family Washing Highlights Futility of Maginot Line
Larry Newman reports from the Maginot Line with U S Seventh Army about fortifications turned into decayed refuges. French families stay in ruined forts as guns are spiked, elevators removed, and deep barracks become improvised camps for weary soldiers and displaced civilians.
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U. S. Seventh Army
Maginot Line
Mar
Ftin Haber
Youngstown
Ohio
River H. Krossa
Fort Sil
Oxla
M. A. Hubble
Greencastle
Ind
Maurice W. Lewis
Washington, D. C
Kenneth Barry
Cleveland
Bernard Walters
Leonard
N. D
Haber
Haguenau
Frontline gunners praise street fighting over forts in Haguenau
A soldier recalls preferring street combat to fighting in forts and bunkers. He notes two thirds of Maginot Rhine forts are waterlogged and moss covered, with only fresh placards showing construction dates. Sgt Edsel Brown of Pittsburgh adds, You said it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Haguenau
Maginot
Sgt
Edsel Brown
Pittsburgh
Wounded Veteran Returns to Welch-Cook-Bears Sales Job
Robert Johnson, a 31 month army veteran with campaigns in Tunisia and Italy, resumes his traveling salesman post at Welch-Cook-Beals after honorable discharge November 29. He previously worked 10 years for the Cedar Rapids firm, served in World War II, was wounded at Anzio in 1944, and earned the Purple Heart. He is son of Mrs. J. E. Johnson. his brothers serve in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bob” Johnson
1836
C Avenue
Welch-Cook-Beals Company
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Army
United States
Hot Springs
Camp Robinson
Ark
Anzio
J. E. Johnson
Don Johnson
France
Fred Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Ernest Johnson
Las Vegas
Roosevelt to Deliver Christmas Eve Radio Address
President Roosevelt will speak for about 15 minutes on December 24 at 4 15 p m over all networks in his annual Christmas Eve radio address the White House announced Thursday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
the Nation
White House
Spanish Prisoners In Jails Reported Reduced to 50000
British and American reporters touring Spanish prisons learned the number of political prisoners fell from about 150000 in 1943 to roughly 50000 by December 1943. At Carabanchel prison officials described improved facilities, reduced cell occupancy, and a basic wage of about nine pesetas a day for working inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Foltz
Madrid
Eduardo Aunos
Francisco Franco
Aunos
Carabanchel
Justice
Europe
Vicente Iranzo Enguita
Navy
Prison Stores Offer Incentive to Prisoners and Families
In prison stores items like cigars and toothpaste are sold with a one peseta visiting fee and proceeds saved for inmate upkeep. Some earnings go to prisoners’ families. The policy grants two non working days per work day toward time served, with specialists and foremen receiving higher credits. The foreman of one shop earns six years credit for each year worked.
Christmas Party For LaPlant Workers Children
Seventeen hundred children of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing employees will attend a Christmas party organized by Local 116 of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers CIO on Sunday afternoon at Dance Land. The event runs from 2 to 5 PM with entertainment by Dempsy Jones leading the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
CIO
Danceland
Dempsy Jones
Union Plans Christmas Party With Santa Visit
The text notes a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus visit are part of a union party planned by the good and welfare committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Union
Japs Use Exploding Coconuts in Jungle Warfare
Japanese forces used hollowed coconuts as mines and hand grenades in jungle fighting. Two large dumps were found at Kalewa in Burma and similar devices were reported in Leyte, Philippines. The coconut mine is described as a hollow shell with a triggering device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalewa
Burma
Ins
Leyte
Philippines
Explosive Trap Made From Coconut Used in Jungle
Description of a booby trap using a coconut husk filled with picric acid and a detonator fixed on top to explode on tripwire contact. The coconut’s lack of metal makes detection by ordinary detectors unlikely. the charge could blow off a jeep wheel or a man's leg.
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Larry Newman
Smart Mares Baker's
Second Street
Welch-Cook-Bears
Canada
AL Star
Solitaire
Man
Star Jewelry CO
Second ST
J. C. Penney
Hush-a
Third Street
Ince, ‘Business
Enterpris
America
War Shipping Administration
United States Lines
the Steamship Organization
North Atlantic
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