Escape from Camp X and Mindanao Flight Tale
A naval officer recounts daring jungle escape across Mindanao islands after Camp X’s fall. He joins Filipino civilians, endures treacherous hikes, scavenges boats, and reunites with Bulkeley’s crew, amid shifting Allied strategy and fraught hopes for救. The narrative portrays local life, hardship, and fractured command amid early 1942 battles.
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West Point
Mindanao
Bulkeley
Cebu
Sharp
Iligan
Ensign Cox
Mr. Kelly
Emergency Farm Labor Program Set Up In County
Uncle Sam appeals to laborers and farmers in Caroline County to organize a county wide farm labor program for 1943. The effort seeks full time and seasonal help from past workers, high school youth, and other willing groups to harvest crops and support the war effort while earning wages.
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Caroline County
Coroline County
Emergency Extension Farm Labor Office
Denton
Extension Service
United States Employment Service
United States
Caroline
George W. Clendaniel
Main St
Uncle Sam
Canning Workers Sought For Peak Season 1943
Maternity care now extended in 23 states for wives of service members in the lowest pay grades with hospital and nursing support at no cost. About 400,000 workers needed for food canning and processing industry at peak season, relying on local youths, housewives, and workers who usually hold other jobs.
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Children’s Bureau of
U. S. Department of Labor
State Health Department
Hillsboro social notes salute area visitors and gatherings
Hillsboro reports guests and visits from Wilmington Salisbury Baltimore and New York City. Mrs Mary Rowe and Fran cis hosted relatives. travelers include Bill Sherwood Phillip Walters Nancy Jane Kline Norma Hicks Roy Baker and Karl Wickerhauser with Dr and Mrs Lederer. Community Club meets June 7 marking end of season.
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Mary Rowe
Francis
Masters Bill Sherwood
Phillip Walters
Milford Kline
Geo. Moore
Salisbury
Nancy Jane Kline
Norma Hicks
Wilmington
Roy Baker
Chester
Karl Wickerhauser
Bruno Kriss
New York City
Lederer
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Bataan
Celiu
Australia
Camp X
Toledo
Manila
Wil
OPA
Board For Food
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Spencer
June Walling
Denton, Md
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
Consumers Durable Goods Division
WPB
Hillsboro
William Sherwood
Martha
Frances Brown
Centreville
R. W. Beaven
Gardner Beaven
Savannah
Eugene Knott
Berlin
N. E. Knott
Sadie Wathers
Baltimore
Sinclair Opaline
Sinclair Pennsylvania Motor Oil
Sinclair
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
Ouaar
Polasylvana
D. Crouse
Marylands
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Matapsake
Annapolia
Romancoke
Claiborne - Romancokis
Potomas River
Richmond
theWiliamsburg
Yorktown
James Town
State Roads Commission
P. Leithler
Chesapeake Bay Ferry System
B. Lezington
Baltimore, Md
the Big
Ralph Powers
Cellowax Products
Blueo Cleaner
the Cellowax Co. of
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