Judo Aid Ties US Sergeant to New Guinea Natives
M Sgt Fiugene Laco, a Hazleton Pennsylvania native, uses judo and Malay lessons to guide Native laborers in New Guinea. He befriends locals, defuses threats with nonlethal force, and aids his engineer unit while awaiting the war’s end to return to his Brooklyn wife and three children.
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New Guinea
Fiugene Laco
Janées
Laleo
Lalea
Hazleton
Lateo
Bill
Lyich
United States Army
Laten
Laien
Lako
Keem
Ella
Lateg
Pearl Harbor
Ringling Brothers Circus
Reubern
Cherry
Eco
Shamokin
Wugene Laivu
Laivo
New York City
Brooklyn
Railroads Invest Heavily in Upgrading Fleet and Facilities
Since 1921 America’s railroads have spent 12 trillion dollars on capital improvements. Funds supported new cars and locomotives, upgrades to road bed signaling and terminals, investments in shops, and other essential railroad improvements.
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America
Vegetable And Fruit Dealers Get Assurance
Washington officials assured producers and distributors of fresh fruits and vegetables that they will consider industry objections to proposed pricing methods for next year. A closed meeting aimed to plan a fair regulation, with concerns about losing a cushion against market fluctuations. The plan would apply distributors markups to prices paid producers rather than to ceilings, reducing the grower retailer profit spread and retail prices. The industry warned there would be no mechanism for price increases between shipment and delivery, and a 45‑person delegation pressed for safeguards.
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Washington
UPOPA
WPA
Industy
Lrop
Bencles
Ter
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
WFA
Earth Tremor in Connecticut Shakes Multiple Cities
A six second earth tremor at 11 10 pm was felt across Connecticut. Reports included Williamant ic Hartford Norwich New Milford Middletown Bridgeport Torrington Meriden with buildings shaken and street lights flickering though no damage reported. The quake stirred alarms in several cities and disrupted municipal lines and newspapers.
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New Haven
Conn
Connectcut
Williamartic
Hartford
Norwich
New Milford
Middletown
Bridgeport
Torrington
Meriden
Mulvehill Hargrove Wedding Ties Military Pages
In Shoniville New York and Fort Bragg details emerge around the wedding of Thomas James Mulvehill and Marion Hargrove. The ceremony, referenced amid Army Week features, links to Yank and Fort Bragg context with noted attendance and background about the couple’s meeting in 1941.
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Shoniville
N.Y. Dee
Thomsa James Mulvehill
Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
Mulvehill
Fort Bragg
Hargrove Wan ‘Teher
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