Delphi Boy Writes Letter From China With U S Army
An excerpted reader letter from Sgt. Dick Shaffer stationed in China discusses overseas voting, home state politics, and wartime information access. He mentions Indiana connections from South Bend to Frankfort, condemns political trends, and urges timely absentee ballots for the 1940s election while serving abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Shaffer
Chicago Tribune
Sgt. Shaffer
Chungking
China
Afghanistan
Burma
India
Air Mail
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Life
Readers Digest
New York Times
Philadelphia Enquirer
Herr Col. McCormick
Indiana
Hoosier State
South Bend
Lafayette
Peru
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Frankfort
USA
Junior H. S. News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Transfers
Charles Myers, home from the Great Lakes Naval training station, visited the department on Monday. Seventh grade English students received letters back from schools in Utah Colorado Montana Florida North Carolina and Louisiana. Twelve kinds of wild flowers were identified at school this spring. Kathleen Simmons 8A has withdrawn and entered Dayton Ohio schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Myers
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Utah
Colorado
Montana
Florida
North Carolina
Louisiana
Kathleen Simmons
Dayton
Ohio
April designated Cancer Control month by Delphi mayor
Mayor Charles A. Wood proclaimed April as Cancer Control month for Delphi urging all citizens to join the national effort against cancer. He highlighted the warlike stance on health, noted cancer mortality, and urged support for the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Wood
Delphi
United States
Women's Field Army
American Society For the Control of
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
Olive Belden Lewis
Carroll County
Women’s Field Army
Field Army
Proclamation designates April as Cancer Control Month
Delphi mayor Charles A. Wood proclaims April Cancer Control Month urging citizens to learn early cancer signs, consult physicians promptly, and support the Women's Field Army in raising awareness and preventing deaths. The note also states Mr and Mrs Carlyle Kaufman will move to the Blanche Collins property in East Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Field Army of the American Society For the Control
Carlyle Kaufman
Blanche Collins
East Delphi
New WAAC Training Center Opens At Ruston Louisiana
Announcement of the fifth WAAC Training Center opening with headquarters at Ruston and sections in Camp Polk Louisiana and Monticello Arkansas Colonel John A Hoag to command the center WAAC enrollees to basic training for non combatant Army camp duties Four companies stationed at Camp Atterbury Ft Knox Campbell and Camp Breckenridge More than forty other companies stationed at army camps nationwide Women aged 21 to 45 with no children under 14 eligible for enrollment WAAC quota set at 150000 Recruiting office in Lafayette Indiana open 8 am to 6 pm daily except Sunday appointments available and staff listed
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WAAC
Ruston
Louisiana
Camp
5Th Waac Training Center
5Th Services Command
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Ft. Knox
Campbell
Camp Breckenridge
Kentucky
United States
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Galloway
P. F. C. Payne
U. S. Army
Cook
Federal Building
Lafayette
Thompson Divorce Granted in Carroll Circuit Court
Charles B Thompson was granted a divorce from Barbara R Thompson in Carroll circuit court on Friday morning and barred from remarrying for two years. Pvt Thompson on a ten day furlough is stationed at Camp Livingston Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Thompson
Barbara R. Thompson
Carroll Circuit Court
Pvt. Thompson
Camp Livingston
Bosums Fined After Assault Plea in Rossie Court
Frank Bosum of Burlington was fined 10 and costs 23.50 after pleading guilty to assault and battery on Hazel Zenor. Hazel Zenor was fined 38.50 by Judge Dern and released on 200 cash bond. An affidavit filed Tuesday alleged Hazel Zenor assaulted Ruth Bosum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bosum
Burlington
Rossie Dern Justice of the Peace Court
Hazel Zenor
David Bosum
Ruth Bosum
Dern
Aid to Enemy and War Bonds Sermon by Morgenthau
The secretary denounces delaying taxes and avoiding war bonds as aiding the enemy. He urges national sacrifice, stating all Americans must serve the country and finance the war effort with every dollar and every cent invested. He asks if dollars deserve more tenderness than sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthau
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ARMY
Chungking Province
Congress
Hamilton Fish
Curley Brooks
Senate
Wendell Willkie
America
Hell
Fox de Lure Brwg. Co
of Indiana, Inc
Marion
FOX DE Luxe
Junior
H. S. News
Wood States
Robert Vannatta
Eunion
Bank & Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lawrence D. Pauley
Mae Suddith
E. E. Pruitt
Charles L. Bell
Harry J. Mackey
Ora J. Mackey
Logansport
Letha Brewer Rector
William H. Brewer
Glidden
Delphi, Ind
MR. Farmer
Glen Fisher Paul Flora Ross Fry
Olaf K. Brown
Charles Black Miles Fry
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. OF
Indiana, Inc
Flora and Tipton
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