They Call It Pacific on CLARK LEE
In mid February plans form to escape the Philippines by sea to Australia and the United States. MacArthur advises a risky departure with disguise and careful extraction through mine fields. The group boards the Princesa de Cebu and sails amid shelling toward Corregidor.
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Pacific
Clark Lee
Piene
Ippines
Lieut
Buckley
Jacoby
Don Bell
Manila
Bataan
Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
United States
Malinta Tunnel
Annalee
Bulkeley
Sayres
Quezon
Colonel Diller
Sid Huff
Mrs. MacArthur
Young Arthur
Major Romulo
Princesa
Corregidor
Mariveles
Princesa de Cebu
Mt. Mariveles
Jacobys
General MacArthur
Navy PBY crash kills 13 in St Johns River incident
Officials named 13 victims including Lieut Mark Bolin of Cordele Georgia hero of a prior rescue. Other fallen service members hailed from New Jersey New York Ohio Louisiana West Virginia Nevada and Alabama amid Navy Air Station Jacksonville reports.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Naval Air Station
Mark M. Bolin
USN
Cordele
South Atlantic
Bolin
Piedmont College
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Francis J. Dorie
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Far Rockaway
N. Y
John P. Keelen
Newark
N. J
Donald Anthony le Frois
Main St
Fairport
Claude C. Cody
U. 8
Army Air Force
Caldwell Parish
John L. Greer
U. 8S
Clinton
Henry Crossetti
Wellsburg
West Va
Thomas John Sletz
Sandusky
Ohio
S. B. Musselwhite
15Th Ave
John Robert Ayres
New Orleans
Service Men's Club Supports Soldiers Through Hospitality and Help
Decatur volunteers led by Mrs. Miller and supervisor Mrs. Hogan run a Service Men’s club offering lodging, meals, entertainment, and aid to servicemen and their families. They host bingo, music, coffee, and doughnuts with a strong network of wives and junior hostesses aiding guests and logistics.
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Decatur
Chicago
Ruth Banks
Miller
Mary Wallace Hogan
Service Club
John McGehee
L. R. Nash
Erskine Chenault
Service Men’s Club
Flip Timberlake
Pat Godwin
J. T. Nelson
Service Men's Club
Delano Park
Memorial all-day singing at Mace Donia church
The annual memorial all-day singing will be held at the Mace donia church seven miles southwest of Decatur. Sunday events begin at 10 o'clock with loudspeakers for the festival. Out-of-town singers are expected and lunch will be served at noon. Tennis 8 Sparkman, 1715 Seventh Ave. East Decatur will supervise the event.
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Macedonia Church
Decatur
Sparkman
Seventh Ave
East Decatur
Ship repairers sought in Decatur visit
The Office of War Information in Birmingham announced that U S civil service representatives will visit Decatur on July 3 5 seeking ship repair workers for the Charleston S S Navy.
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Office of War Information
Birmingham
U. S. Civil Service
Decatur
Charleston
Elwards varied life from piano to Air Corps secretary
Master Sergeant Ira A. Elward, once a Chicago pianist and confidant to General Arnold, rose from Field Artillery secretary to top staff roles in the Air Corps. He logged about 2000 hours with Arnold, later served Generals Fickel and West, reenlisted after Pearl Harbor, and continues to value music while planning postwar travel and reading.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
Ira A. Elward
Sgt. Elward
C. P. West
Sheridan Road
Elward
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
California
Army
Field Artillery
Robert C. Roy
Fort Sill, Ohlo
Arnold
March Field
Calif
Southwest
Edward
Gen. Arnold
Washington
Sgt
Jacob B. Fickel
Gen
Fickel
Pearl Harbor
John R. Sheldon
Moody
Courtland
West
National Musician’s Club of
Soldier's hopeful homecoming letter from Camp Lee Virginia
Pvt Aubrey Odom writes to friends from Camp Lee Virginia about returning home after the war with his comrades. He thanks supporters and mothers with sons in service and expresses faith in victory over Hitler and the aim of a peaceful future with a strong crop year ahead.
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Aubrey —. Odom
Camp Lee
Virginia
Hitler
Missing Marie Daniel Sought With Description
Marie Daniel 22, 130 pounds, 5 ft 6 in, black hair blue eyes, pink suit jacket with pink carnation, white sandals, pink purse with five dollars. She left Sunday with two men taking her to a drug store in Cullman. she has not been seen since. Mrs. Limmie Daniel Cullman 4 asks anyone with information to contact F C Raines or J D Singleton in Cullman 4.
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Marie Daniel
Limmie Daniel
Hart- Selle
the Daily
Daniel
Mrs. Daniel
Marie
Cullman 4
Cullman
F. C. Raines
Blue
J. D. Singleton
Thousand Gallon Still Destroyed West of Florence
ABC investigators report a 1000 gallon still and mash destroyed eleven miles west of Florence in Lauderdale County yesterday morning. Investigators Sandlin Pierce and ATU LaMon Clem uncovered a buried distilling vat measuring about ten by ten feet and sixteen feet deep filled with water to speed distilling. The mash was described as yellow corn meal with high grade table syrup.
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Florence
Lauderdale County
ABC
Sandlin
Pierce
ATU
Lamon
Clem
China's First Lady Honored With Wesleyan Degree
Mei Ling Soong Chiang Kai Shek returned to Macon Georgia to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Wesleyan University where she once studied as a teen. The First Lady attracted crowds as she revisited the old chapel and recalled youthful days in a wartime city.
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Macon
Mei- Ling Soong
Wesleyan University
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Georgia
Mei-Ling
Old Wesleyan College
War letters from Pvt Aubrey E. Odom in support of Quartermaster Corps
A soldier writes of supplying fighting men, urges sacrifice for freedom, and asks family to pray, noting pride in a star on the flag and faith in God to end the war. He expresses regret at not being able to raise the flag with loved ones and sends best wishes for luck and happiness.
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Quartermaster Corps
Hitler
Pvt
Aubréy E
Odom
Two Prohi Cases From Raids Result in Two Arrests
Sheriff Willoughby and deputies with an ATU investigator arrested two individuals on prohibition violations. Sarah Harrison, a Negro woman, was charged with possessing four gallons of moonshine hidden in a coal bin and released on $300 bond. Walter Townsend, a Negro man, faced a charge of possessing eighteen gallons of homebrew and was released on $300 bond.
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Willoughby
Humphrey
McDonald
ATU
Lamon
Sarah Harrison
Walter Townsend
Maple Street
Canning Demonstrations Planned Across Four Schools
Four opportunities to see canning demonstrations will be held this week at Central Junior High, Moulton, Heidi’s School, and Lafayette Street School. Miss Crowe, assistant county home demonstration agent, conducts the sessions. Arrangements are by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce committee chaired by Loyd L. Lively.
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Canning
Neab
Schoosecay Hoger Vial Road
Central Junior High
Nelson Home Scene of Blaze
A small fire at the home of BE Nelson 202 East Walnut Street called out Fire Station No 4 Saturday morning. The blaze started from ashes in the basement and was extinguished within minutes with no damage reported.
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Nelson
East
Walnut Street
War Bonds Drive Inspires Deck Cleaning Effort
A wartime plea from a naval officer urges sailors to swab the deck and keep equipment spotless while promoting war bonds as a pledge to support the end of tyrannical domination.
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U.S. Treasury Department
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Rock
Navy
Captain Ray
Usaffe
Japan
Singapore
Java
Islands
Cebu
the Viking Press
Turner Goal & Grain Co
Checkerboard
Moulton Street
Aviation
Harry Gibbs, Jr
7Th Ave
West Huntsville
Ala
Robert John Barber
McGill
Nevada
Eos Arsenault
Westbrook
SING
Courtland Air Base
Angela Cagel
Tenth Avenue
Sheffield
Doris Anne Gilmore
Grant Street
Sol Schechter
Kinston
Courtland Classification Office
John G. Moebes
Jack” Moebes
Army Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Otto Moebes, Cullman
Thomas Pruit
N. E. Pruit
Priceville
Blaze
New York Laboratory
LYONS
Engineering, Science, Management
Directed By
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
U. S. Bureau of Education
Riverside High School
Aviation Fundamentals
Lucile Russell
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