Bombardier recounts Schweinfurt mission and near crash
Capt. Homer E. Chatfield, 27, veteran of 25 Europe missions with the 8th Air Force, describes a perilous Schweinfurt raid. His B 17 lost an engine to flak, crewman wounded, and the group landed after fog, tree contact, and fuel limits. He later received the DFC after a second tour and assisted an orientation program in transit.
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Homer E. Chatfield
Europe
8Th Air Force
Courtland
Schweinfurt
Switzerland
Chatfield
Simsbury
Conn
United States
Special Ice Division
Bri
America
Nazi Blow Up Due Anytime
Allied forces press toward Nazi Germany on four war fronts as weather aids air supremacy. Russian and Allied advances threaten central German lines across the Vistula and Rhine, with battles from Arnhem to Rimini signaling a collapsing Nazi front and imminent Allied liberation in Europe.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Nazi Germany
Sceny
United Nations
Rhine
Vistula
Rimini
Adriatic
Po Valley
Italy
Balkan Peninsula
Crete
Aegean
Péléponnésus
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Berlin
Estonia
Baltic States
Holland
Finand
Norway
Germany
Brittany
Belm
Talbot matriarch defies daughter with new nurse choice
In Talbot Laura clashes with her grandmother Mrs Reynolds over a nurse candidate Anne Wilson. Russell Smith supposes a romance with Laura while Dan returns and Gilbertly affects party dynamics as Miss Withers inserts herself into the household.
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Talbot
Chesa E Bay Village
Laura
Beth
Miss Withers
Russell
Eunice
Russell Smith
Miss With
Jessie Horton
Anne Wilson
Mrs. Reynolds
New York
Cotton Farmers Face Warehouse Shortage in Alabama
Alabama cotton growers face a shortage of warehouse space for storing cotton used as collateral for government CCC loans. The AAA urges farmers to use farm storage loans if they have suitable, approved buildings, or to rent shared facilities with up to 10 users and 100 bales per structure, ensuring protection from weather, pests, fire, and theft.
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L. C. Brackeen
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Aaa Committee
County Aaa
State
AAA
FBI Seeks Clerk Applicants In Huntsville And Decatur
The FBI invites applications for clerks at the Federal Bureau of Identification with a $1752 yearly start and high school education. Women ages 16 to 40 are eligible. No typing required. Interviews will be held at Huntsville Post Office Building Room 301 on September 28 and at Decatur City Hall courtroom on September 29.
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Federal Bureau of Identification
FBI
Huntsville
City Hall
Decatur
Publisher Harry Chandler Dies at 80 in Los Angeles
Harry Chandler publisher of The Los Angeles Times died after a heart attack. He was eighty years old. A note on curtains suggests lightly starching sheer drapes to hang better and resist dust.
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Los Angeles
Harry Chandler
The
Los Angeles Times
Government loans details from county AAA office
Farmers may obtain details on cotton loans from their county AAA administrative officer.
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AAA
Soldier's death noted on U S S Solace letter
Chaplain Norman H Flowers writes to Mrs Ruth Pitt Blevins detailing the death of Pte James H Blevins in combat aboard the U S S Solace on July 4 1944. He died from wounds after being brought unconscious to the hospital ship and receiving all medical care. He comforts the family and offers sympathy and faith.
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Ruth Pitt Blevins
Sixth Ave. W
James H. Blevins
Blevins
Norman H. Flowers
U. S. S. Solace
Helms A 74 Year Old Farmer Feeds Liberated Countries
W E F Helms of Rescue Community ages 74 works to feed fighting men and liberated peoples. E P Thornhill Assistant County Agent reports Helms says I have turned part of my farm toward supplying food for troops and refugees.
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W. EF. Helms
Mr. Helms
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Mother
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PFC
Oscar
Lee
U. S. Hospital
San Diego
Marines
Lee, Jr
BEL Wudzon CO
U.S. S
W. E. Helms
James Emmet Dunn
Helms
Maircraft
Comet
Eagle
Cleveland
Burkard
Consolidated
H & F Co
Belk’s
Leaksville
BELK
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