Medical unit joins colors at Emory and Georgia Tech
Atlanta report notes 157 Army and 68 Navy students from a single school body entering service. Army trucks from Fort McPherson transfer Emory students to reception to begin military medical training under Dean Oppenheimer with civilian professors. Navy enrollees processed at Georgia Tech join same classes upon term start.
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Atlanta
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Fort McPherson
University
Emory
Russell H. Oppenheimer
Emory Medical School
Uncle Sam
Georgia Tech
Local Notes From Morgan County and Surrounding Areas
Births, visits, military moves, and family gatherings across Morgan County and nearby Georgia towns. Entries include a new baby girl to Mr and Mrs Bryce Scott in Powers hospital, relocations of Corporal Douglas Casteel from Miami to Gulfport, and various visits among Broadway and Locke relatives in Macon Chattanooga and Athens.
They Call It Pacific by Clark Lee Chapter 26
Clark Lee recounts conversations with American and Japanese leaders before and during early World War II. He recalls Homma and Kanazawa outlining Japan's strategy, the U S response, and the factors shaping the Pacific war including air power, logistics, and the brutal resolve of Japanese troops.
War’s impact on children worries Puerto Rican doctor
Doctora Dolores Pinero, Puerto Rican child hygiene expert, says war abandons children and education for parents is key. She warns postwar growth hinges on addressing malnutrition, emotional instability, and mothers’ inability to balance work and home. Pinero, born in Puerto Rico, earned her M D in Boston and directed Puerto Rico’s School Hygiene before her 1942 return to field work.
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Adelaide Kerr
Doctora Dolores Pinero
Doctora Pinero
New York
Puerto Rico
United States
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Boston
U. S
San Juan
Celestino Lopez
Reunion Recalls Kinfolk Visit Across States
A family gathering in the region brought together Mrs. Dave Locke of Athens and Mr and Mrs W W Reynolds of Decatur with numerous siblings and relatives. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Walker Land and son Clifford, Mrs J N Nolin and Houston Ausborn of Macon, Mrs J M Dye of Tennell, Ga, and Mr and Mrs George Reynolds of Dallas, Texas. They visited Mr and Mrs George Broadway among others.
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Reynolds
Athens
Dave Locke
W. W. Reynolds
Decatur
Walker Land and Son
Clifford
J. N. Nolin
Houston Ausborn
Macon
J. M. Dye
Tennell, Ga
George Reynolds
Dallas
Texas
George Broadway
Protest Planned Over Rome-Gadsden Rail Abandonment
Rome city officials will protest a proposal to abandon the Rome Gadsden division of the Southern Railroad at a Centre Alabama meeting Thursday, announced city commission chairman John E. Yarbrough.
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Rome
Rome-Gadsden
Southern Railroad
Centre
Ala
John E. Yarbrough
Ath ens Route 1 kin and friends notice
Friends and relatives of Ath ens along Route 1 gather for a local event. The attendance includes neighbors, extended family, and community members sharing memories and support.
Night ride on the foggy coast stirs a suspenseful doubt
Jean waits on a dark hillside as Curley Rosita and Miguel plan a secret boat ride to an island guarded by the Coast Guard. Rosita hints at hiding Curley with a daring past as danger and romance mingle, ending with a cliffhanger revelation.
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Jean
Curley
Rosita
Curlee
Pancho
Miguel
Villa
Black Angel
Coast Guard
Luckee
Pacific Havoc A20 Squadron Seen As Most Experienced
Advanced Base New Guinea June 21. The U S Navy Havoc A20 squadron based near Port Moresby is hailed as the most experienced in the theater after three years in service with no replacements. The unit, notable for losses limited to three pilots, has logged over 500 combat hours per plane and conducted raids on Lae Buna Cape Gloucester and Gasmata while also fighting as bombers and night harriers against enemy shipping. Captain Donald E Good praises crew chiefs and mechanics for high readiness and notes the squadron has flown more sorties than any other attack unit and remains in action.
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Brisbane
Bataan
MacArthur
Jacoby
Pearl Harbor
Masaharu Homma
Tienese
New China Port
Homma
Orient
Japan
Philippines
United States
Corregidor
Great Britain
Netherlands
Far East
Singapore
Hong Kong
Wake Island
Aleutians
Midway
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
China
Earl Harbor
U.S. Navy
Asia
Malaya
Netherlands Indies
Indies
Luzon
Clerk Lee
The
Viking Press
Vern Haugland
New Guinea
America
States
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Lae
Donald £. Good
Eugene
Ore
Radio Tokyo
Savannah
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Owen Stanley Range
Buna
Kokoda Trail
Bismarck Sea
Bae
Captain Good
Reut
Edmund D. Montagne
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Sammy Kaye
Good
Sermons and family visits mark Morgan County news
The community recounts a Sunday sermon by Rev. J. R. Havener of Hartselle and notes several family visits in Morgan County. Odie Chunn travels to Texas for his daughter's bedside. Lula Jennings mourns a loss. Ollie Brown had surgery in Decatur. Pvt. P. T. Watson Jr. enjoys furlough with family. others listed include the Turneys, McAnallys, Holders, and Brooks with various visits and illnesses.
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J. R. Havener
Hartselle
Odie Chunn
Texas
Bill Barnes
David McAnally
Woodland Mills
Monroe Cryer
James Brooks
Hazel
Decatur
William Ottis Turney
P. T. Watson, Jr
Watson
John Holder
J. R. Holder
Sisters' Sons Born Three Minutes Apart at Akron Hospital
Two sisters Joyner and Dukeman, former Danville residents Ozelle Looney and Hazel Looney, gave birth within three minutes of each other in Akron City Hospital. Both families live in Akron and their twinlike mothers were featured with their one-week-old sons in the Akron Herald.
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Danvillé
Michael Dukeman
Wilmer. Joyner
City Hospital
Akron
Ohio
Dukeman
Ozelle Looney
Joyner
Hazel Looney
Laura Looney
Danville
R. L. Penn
Decatur
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Oak Grove
Robert Broadway
Bryce Scott
Powers Hospital
Chattanooga
J. M Dye
Tennell
Dave Lock
Walker Land
Will Broadway
Robt. Broadway
Helen
Lee Bumpus
Georgia
Mr. Clark
Douglas Casteel
Miami
Florida
Gulfport
Ernest Land
Norfolk
Ralph Land
Navy Ec
P. C. Goforth
D. Y. Leonard
Albert Chandler
Chandler
Clarion L. Carroll
Camp Davis
N. C
Horace Browning
Ft. Ben
St. Petersburg
Len Browning
Shepperd Field
Xass
Josep M. Birdsong
Hiwai
Joe Dillard Goforth
Air Base
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Frank Reynolds
Honolulu
Siluria
White Hall
Huntersville
Naval Base
Africa
M. A. Morris
Sheffield
Charlie Holt
Rt. 1
Morris
Pacific
Clark Lee
William Halsey
Kanazawa
Tokyo
Russell Brines
Shanghai
Erica
Doctora
Dolores Pinero
Belk’s
Bargain
Ritz Brothers
Jimmy
Harry
Jane Prazce
Roxy Theatre
Heres Alyfays
Yariana
Melvin
Lexington Avenue
Toots
Pacific Squadron
PTT
Popri-Cola Company
Long Island City
W. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Hard
Stinson
Gunter
Second Avenue
Ollie Louise Turney
Rt A
Riva Bureau
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