Lonely guard duty on Gulf island for Pvt Grady Lackey
Pvt Grady Lackey of Headquarters Detachment guards the Quatermaster fuel dump on a Gulf of Mexico island near Camp Inan Bay with Pfc Emmett Drake. They live in a tent near the shore subsisting on K rations and base meals, fish when possible, and share shelter with a local dog named Red. Lackey from Hartselle Alabama, desires his wife and children.
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Camplicton
Camp Inan Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Grady Lackey
Quatermaster
Lackey
Pfc
Emmett Drake
Gulf
Drake
Red
Hartselle
Ala
Camp Sibert
Alabama
Says Blanding
Ports Developed Atlanta Sees New Postwar Hub Potential
Carl W. Ackerman of Columbia University told The Atlanta Journal that Southern cities on the direct route to Central America could become major postwar ports for passenger trade and traffic. He noted Latin American port development underway and predicted Camaguey Cuba may become a large airport after the war.
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Atlanta
Central America
Carl W. Ackerman
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
New York
Ackerman
Atlanta Journal
Latin America
Camaguey
Cuba
Coddling of POWs Probed by May Committee in Capital
The May committee investigates reports of Axis prisoners of war treated as heroes in camps in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. It also criticizes Bolling Field hospital conditions describing it as a firetrap and signals broader hospital probes beyond Bolling Field.
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Washington
United States Service
May
D-Ky
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Kentuckian
Bolling Field Station
Bolling Field
Fenton
R-Pa
Soldier’s Indian Holiday Describes Exotic Tour
Pvt. Howard G. McCullough writes from India after eight months overseas about a Sunday trip with two friends Iverson and Wayne. They toured a town, plantation, elephant farm, and palace with race horses and cars, enjoyed a canteen meal, and noted no signs of war during the excursion.
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Howard G. McCullough
India
Catherine
Harriet
6Th Avenue East
Decatur
Iverson
Wayne
G. L's
Elephant Farm
Living Costs in Moscow High Despite New Stores
Henry Cassidy reports from New York that postwar Moscow offers more goods in non rationing shops but at high prices. Long queues and scarce consumer goods burden workers while salaries rise, with factory directors earning up to 10,000 rubles monthly and luxury items like pianos or fur coats available to a few.
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Henry Cassidy
Moscow
New York
Red Army
Russia
Mostorg
Grease-fueled reeds lit early American homes
Researchers note that in early American households grease-soaked reeds served as makeshift lighting when time and resources for candles were scarce. This frugal solution reflected household ingenuity and material limits of the period.
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Goodrich
Begoodrich Stores
Emmet
Lee and Oak Sts
TVA
Fontana Dam
North Carolina
Fontana
TVA Board of Directors
Ed Murphey
David E. Lilienthal
James P. Pope
Fred Schlemmer
Gordon R. Clapp
C. E. Blee
A. L. Pauls
Harcourt A. Morgan
Oren Reed
Wendell E. Thrasher
Gracie Thrasher
Danville 3
Indian Post
Howard
Army
Navy
New York City
Young's
W. W. Young
E. Moulton St
J. T. Daniel
South Pacific
Seabees
Seaman Daniels
Island X
Seaoeien
Chesterfield and Princess Line
Belk’s
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