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Military Leave Returns and Service Notices in Great Lakes Area
McCue Buzzard returns from a 13 day leave to Great Lakes after working as a brakeman for Chesapeake and Ohio railway. Woodrow A. Sadler leaves Raytown to resume duties at naval training station Great Lakes. Lt J W Barkley Jr serves as bombardier navigator on a 3 29 bomber in India after training at Pratt Kansas and work at duPont Belle. Capt Paul Lutz completes operational tours over Nazi territory and heads to Miami. Pvt Clinton H Wright returns to Ft Leonard Wood after furlough with family in Harewood and Eagle. Pvt Kenneth J Fortner returns to Camp Carson after furlough with Spring Fork mother Ida Fortney. James D Ramsey completes boat training at Great Lakes and is stationed at Norfolk with past work at duPont Belle. Two Ramsey brothers in service Curtis C Ramsey in Italy and Thomas D Ramsey in Hawaii. Petty Officer Jennings Jarrell serves with construction battalion at Shoemaker after year in Aleutians. Australian debate on releasing animals from zoos linked to zebra cart idea in Stars and Stripes style.