Armed Guardsman Turner Returns After 14 Months at Sea
Ross E Turn, USNR first class, aboard a tanker with the Armed Guard, completed 14 months at sea covering Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans. He logged 47 different assignments and was briefly near Northern Ireland and Darwin Australia before air combat incident. He is stationed at Naval Armed Guard Center. wife Erline Turner and mother Mrs Emma Turner live in Hillsboro.
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Orleans
Globe
Ross E. Turn
USNR
Ala
Atlantic
Pacific
Oceans
Otier
Naval Armed Guard Center
Ice Guard
the & Sun
Smanker
England
Andy
Turner
Northern Ireland
Southwest Pacific
Darwin
Australia
Hillsboro
Emma Turner
Typhoid Fear Prompted Health Urges in Alabama
Dr. B F Austin state health officer urged Alabamians to vaccinate against typhoid as summer heat increases the menace. He warned vacation travel to country water sources may expose people to germs in streams that look clean but are unsafe. Free vaccines are provided by the State Health Department at local offices.
Argentina’s Pampas Draw Terry into Brooks Kimberly’s World
Vermont novelist Terry travels to Argentina to research wealthy estancieros life for a second book. She tours vast estancias with Brooks Kimberly, recalls distant English roots, and learns the pampas hold wealth and challenge. Raff Cordoba, Corinne Artigas, and Gook Kimberley appear as surrounding figures.
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Bary Arnold
YOURE
Vermont
Grooks Kimberly
Ultimo Ventura
Corinne Artigas
Kimberly
Raff Cordoba
Brooks
Raff
Terry
Brooks Kimberly
Peru
Pampa
North America
Pampas Raiders and Pacific Battleships Tale
Excerpts blend a memoir of gaucho lore and frontier cattlemen with a WWII shipboard diary. The text contrasts estancieros turning profit from refrigerated beef with a narrator aboard a battleship describing G Q drills and bombardment near Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Veterans Get Real Payroll for Alabama Vets and Dependents
In Montgomery Alabama Regional Director M E Head reports total VA payments to veterans and dependents exceed 1 1 million monthly based on June 1 expenditures. Education benefits under the GI bill pay 26085 monthly to student veterans while Alabama colleges receive 11603 for tuition. World War I payments top 566278 monthly with pensions for WWI veterans and widows 460294 for WWII veterans and widows.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Veterans Administration
M. E. Head
G. L
Uncertain Test Day Triumph Brightens Group
A speaker recalls taking a test for fun and being the only one in the group to pass. They express surprise and gratitude toward Patty.
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Patty
Warships use 48166 phones in landing operation
In a recent landing operation against the Japanese the participating warships utilized 48,166 phones equal to the number serving a city the size of Flint Michigan or Youngstown Ohio.
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Flint
Mieh
Youngstown, O
Decatur Sailor Relates Pre Okinawa Emotions in Letter
Second Class Seaman W. H. Blankenship of Decatur writes to his parents about his feelings and the early bombardment phase as his ship headed toward Okinawa. He mentions tension among crew, increased church attendance, and making peace with God before the attack.
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W. H. Blankenship
Decatur
Okinawa
Ninth Avenue West
Navy
Jg Bowers
45 the year and nes iced and rew half
Readable fragments describe a dated event with unclear names and a partial sentence. The item appears to be a terse public notice or brief column snippet reflecting a year reference and an action related to something being half completed or halved. The exact subjects and entities are not identifiable from the fragment.
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China Sea
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Sam Blevins
Hartselle
Nora Blevins
Randall
Augusta
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Decatur Sailor
Belk
Belk’s Boys’ Shop
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