Treanor Sees Column of Tanks Brave Nazi Mines
In Italy a U S Army advance through a mined pass sees tanks push toward Castino while A 36 Invaders dive on a German gun position. One tank is crippled by a mine, others press on amid artillery, air and infantry action.
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Treanor
Italy
Pvt
Dean
New York City
Castino
West
Cpl
Jose H. Caballero
San Antonio
Texas
United States Third Infantry Division
Forces of Democracy
Rome
Letters From The Boys From Sgt Seda In England and Oxford
Sgt Charles J Seda son of Mr and Mrs Charles Seda of 1860 I Street SW is stationed in England and has attended Oxford University He graduates of St Wenceslaus High School Cedar Rapids and Loras College Dubuque He recalls Balliol College rooms a Canadian major and a British captain He met Olav Crown Prince of Norway and sat opposite him at dinner He notes a light routine lectures late mornings and 100 percent attendance while at Balliol College in Oxford England
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Charles J. Seda
Charles Seda
I Street
England
Oxford University
St. Wenceslaus High School
Cedar Rapids
Loras College
Dubuque
Seda
Post Office
Oxford
University
Balliol
Eton
Gils Alington
America
Ale
A. L. Goodhart
University College
Connecticut
Goodhart
Atlantic
John Lowe
Christchurch
S. Deane Jones
Merton College
A. D. Lindsay
Ball
Olav
United States
George Kenneth Julis
Joseph J. Julis
Twenty-first Street
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Barbara Ann
Men and Women In Service Update Notices
Seamen and marines announce transfers and enrollments across bases in Bremerton Seattle Camp Lejeune Keesler field and Lincoln air base. Names include Fred George Mary Ellen Ferriter R L Root George Kenneth Julis William Bingham Kenneth Hansen Raymond Bagley Hugh Mulcahey plus family addresses and par ent contacts.
Oxford Visit and War Yearnings From Army Officer’s Diary
A diary excerpt describes interactions with a young British ATS officer second in command, touring Oxford colleges with guides, and attending social events at Rhodes House. The author notes tea outings and humor over newspapers, contrasting American and British wartime press, and promises a copy of the Sunday Gazette.
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ATS
Army Territorial Service
WAC
Rhodes House
Allen
University
Ministry of War
P. S
The
Gazette
England
United States
Gestapo Official Shot by Partisans Reported
Aftontidningen cites Sweden that Dr. Alfred Funk head of the Gestapo special court for Ukraine was fatally shot in his Rovna office by partisans. The report says Nazi circles see a great sensation and retaliation follows with executions and camps for Rovna residents.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Alfred Funk
Ukraine
Funk
Rovna
Gestapo
Allied air force formed in Southeast Asia under Mountbatten
Southeast Asia air combat units from America and Britain unite to form a single Allied airforce. The Eastern air command will be commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Pierse with Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer as head, integrating Tenth US Army Air Force units and Air Force Bengal into one force.
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United States
George E. Stratemeyer
Corn Belt Hybrid Acreage Soars From 144000 to 38000000
Over ten years the twelve corn belt states expanded hybrid corn acreage dramatically from 144000 to 38000000 acres. This surge reflects large scale adoption by farmers and shifts in crop production across the region.
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Tom Treanor
Houston
Sgt
Fred George
Bremerton, Wash
Navy Yard
Seattle
Wash
Naval Air Base
Frank Miller
Fourth Avenue SE
Mary Ellen Ferriter
Elmer J. Ferriter
Park Avenue SE
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Miss Ferriter
Immaculate Conception Academy
Davenport
Marycrest College
Collins Radio Company
Pfe
William Bingham
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
Joe Bingham
Walker
Kenneth R. Hansen
Amarillo
E. A. Hansen
Maplewood Drive
Raymond A. Bagley
Camp White
Ore
Raymond, Jr
John Mulcahey
Second Street
Hugh Mulcahey
Chicago
Loest
TALT
One World
Ponsson
Colosseu
Roel
Say
U.S.C. Show
Madame Favati
Opera Comique
Paris
France
Austria
Southeast Asia
Carpenter
Jim Titherton
Dunsmuir
Calif
Charles Bilby
Atlanta Ga
54Th
Naval Construction Battalion
New York
Mediterranean
Surgeon General’s Office
Paul E. Howe
Arthur Lee
Dixon
United States Signal Corps
C. O. Rolfson
Robert Cecil Valkenberg
Tacoma
Valkenberg
Aimee
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Lilybet
Charles Manners
Duke of Rutland
Great Britain
Elizabeth
Castel di Sangro
Eighth Army
Algiers
Leona Lemery
Roscoe
Ill
Sammy Aiello
Max Weston
Rockford
Lake Ponchartrain
New Orleans
Albert Michele
Metaire
Max Boler
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gene Nance
Gary
Ind
Bernard L. Montgomery
Vasiliev
Walker M. Mahurin
Wayne
Bremen
U. S. Eighth Air Force
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