Eisenhower Diary Revealed by His Naval Aide Butcher
Captain Harry C. Butcher, Ike’s naval aide, kept a three year diary of headquarters events totaling over one million words. Offers for publication soared with the Saturday Evening Post paying about 175000 dollars for magazine rights and Simon and Schuster securing book rights. Butcher plans to publish as part of a major historical account while noting Eisenhower has not seen the manuscript.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Harry C. Butcher
Saturday Evening Post
Captain Mutcher
Simon and Schucter
Armed Service
Butcher
Simon and Schuster
Washington
Fort Benning
Milton
Whisenhower
Taniti
Captain Butcher
Sorineville
Iowa
Navy Seaman Describes Japan Landing and POW Evacuation
Letter from Seaman First Class Cecil Leonard aboard USS Montpelier details entering Wakayama Japan, the harbor approach, destruction counts, and the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war. He notes the city lights, ships present, and the prison camp about 20 miles inland as bakery operations supply bread to evacuees.
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Cecil Leonard
N. L. Leonard
Sipe Springs
Montpelier
Wakayama
Japan
Kanshu
Tokyo
San Francisco
Sydney
Australia
Riggs
Navy
Wake
Guam
Buckner Bay
Attention Girls She Read the Ads and Got Her Man
A reader column from Monahans News discusses consumer culture with Lux toothpaste and other products, noting how a Texas girl’s fame spreads after a Daddy’s death leaves her a fortune. The piece reflects wartime morale and homefront optimism with humorous asides about ads and popularity.
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Monahans
Comanche Man Held in Brownwood for Gillespie Officers
Robert Littlejohn of Comanche was held in Brownwood on a Gillespie County murder warrant tied to a fatal two vehicle crash near Brownwood and San Antonio. Police say Fredericksburg sheriff's office and state police bulletin confirm the wanted murder charge and transfer to Gillespie custody is planned.
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Manila
Cecil
Robert
Bob) Littlejohn
Brownwood
Gillespie County
Little
John
Comanche
San Antonio
Littlejohn
Brownwood Bulletin
Robert Littlejohn
Fredburg
Fredericksburo
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Charles Carter
Panhandle
V. O. Keel
Panhandle Petroleum
Leonard Fells
Texas
Boyce House
Max Factor
Drewe
Dr. West
Lux
Gr. Joe
Gillespie
Coleman Pruett
Mack Keger
Dornt
U. S
U. S. Army
East Baker Brownwood
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