Attu Island Shells Out Tales Of Grenade Valor And Grim War
On Attu Island May 89 UP delayed dispatch details a sergeant who stood against a raiding party of 20 to 30 with grenades and halted their advance. A tractor driver with a Browning rifle harried Jap fox holes, and a Alaskan scout died after a brave, lone stand. The party also found severed arms labeled in Japanese, allegedly for cremation, a grisly scene that soured the author on the canyon.
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Cories
Attu Island
Attu
Lake Cories
James Ish
Carmel
Calif
Sarana Creek
Sarana Pass
Japan
Government Cars Used by Relocation Center Japs
Testimony before a Dies subcommittee says social workers at the Poston Arizona relocation center used government automobiles for picnics and shopping trips to keep evacuees comfortable. Augustus Empie and John Powell identify Miss Nell Findley as responsible, overruling camp discipline.
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Los Angeles
Poston
Ariz
Dies
Augustus W. Empie
John Powell
Nell Findley
Miss Findley Re Signed and Went to Hawaii
Evacuees stole government lumber worth 15000 dollars and cut it into furniture for the premises. Empie noted Miss Findley believed they were entitled to the lumber as it was used on the premises.
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Miss Findley
Hawaii
Four Nations Recognize Argentina’s New Regime
Buenos Aires reports the foreign office says Brazil first extended recognition to Argentina's new regime on Wednesday night, with Bolivia Paraguay and Chile following in that order.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chile
Curtin Says Southwest Pacific War Won by Allies
Prime Minister Curtin declares the fight to hold the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific won and hints at an Allied offensive to roll back the enemy. He says Australia is safe from invasion and that the holding war obligation is discharged after talks with General MacArthur in Sydney.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Southwest Pacific
Curtin
Douglas MacArthur
Sydney
Washington
United Nations
MacArthur
Lord Gowrie
Sydney visit notes by Lord Wakehurst during NSW tour
Lord Wakehurst governor of New South Wales toured Sydney and inspected military installations in the area. He accompanied officials and reviewed defense facilities as part of his regional visit.
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Stralia
Lord Wakehurst
New South Wales
Sydney
Illinois Insane Hospital Fugitive Held in Cedar Rapids
Ronald Rule 37 of Kewanee Illinois escaped from the Illinois insane hospital at East Moline and was captured in Cedar Rapids by Detective George Connell. Rule is held for his parents who will return him to Illinois. Losses include a purse with 35 dollars between Marion and Anamosa. A billfold with 25 dollars and ID papers was lost by F A Gray of Chicago at the Roosevelt hotel. Three rings valued at 141 dollars were stolen from John Zacek's home on May 29.
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Ronald Rule
Kewanee
Ilinois Insane Hospital
East Moline
Cedar Rapids
George Connell
First Avenue
Rule
Illinois
Marion
Anamosa
Geraldine Welch
Tenth Street
F. A. Gray
Chicago
Gray
Roosevelt Hotel
John Zacek
Twenty-seventh Avenue SW
Probate Notice for Mitch ell Will in Cedar Rapids
Probate No 17028 announces a hearing on June 17 1943 at 9 00 am in District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa to prove and admit the Last Will and Testament of Plimpton T Mitch ell late of the county deceased. Arthur Axmear Clerk of District Court signs the notice. Donnelly Lynch Anderson and Lynch are the attorneys.
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State of Iowa
Lian County
Plimpton T. Mitchell
Said
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Arthur Axmear
Donnelly
Lynch
Anderson
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Business College
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Pops Lin
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Firestone Tires
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