Houston Soldier Helps Wipe Out Jap Gang on Romblon Island
Private Al Bert Powell of Dothan route three and his unit with a Filipino American task force joined a night landing on Romblon Island in the Philippines. They carried guns mortars and ammunition through dense jungle to confront a band of Japanese occupiers who terrorized locals and imposed death on resistors. The unit, part of the 24th Infantry (Victory) Division’s 19th Infantry Regiment, helped end the occupation with the liberation effort.
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Albert Powell
Dothan Route Three
Pines
24Th Infantry
Romblon
Powell
Thi Victory Division
19Th Infantry Regiment
Pfe
Turbulent Frontline Fire Becomes Daylong Stand
A chaotic front line saw heavy gunfire as units from Powell and allies faced overwhelming fire. Officers crumpled under the barrage while Dozers of Japs performed a ceremonial posture. Amid crossfire, Britt and Bob Dollars aided by 122 heavy plate power swamped the scene near New Orleans. Veterans Jeske and others reported the clash.
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Daay
Vrortar &Og
Powell
Sheepburg
Tenn
Army Air Rescme Britt
Bob Dollars
New Orleans
Jeske
OPA outlines Book Five for ration stamps to replace Four
The Office of Price Administration plans Book Five to replace Book Four on December 1 for meat dairy and processed foods. It will reuse color coded stamps and add a sugar coupon with a new numbering system. Printing distribution and safeguards against counterfeiting are being prepared with several million spare copies and a distribution plan via schools.
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OPA
Orgain
War Department casualty and wounded list names regional
The War Department released a casualty list naming Lelan Sasser of Elba as dead in the European theater and three Alabama plus one Florida soldiers listed as wounded in the European or Pacific regions. Other lines mention divorce statistics and Rhineland evacuation timing from World War I.
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Pic Lelan Sasser
J. C. Sasser
Elba
War Department
Alabama
Florida
Isham Fann
Nell Mc Fann
Evin Street
Enterprise
Pfe Bermere
Sellers
B C
Seallers
Newton
Euranesy
Pfe
Joseph S Tiess
Beva
Bess
Midland City
Rmite Ane
Greer
Dudley
T Dorothy M Midiey
Clinton Street
Marianna
Southern Loop Hits Stride In Practices
Southern Loop teams show improved form in recent exhibitions with the Barocs defeating Craig Field 7-40 behind sharp pitching by John Sciasca and Hal Smith. The Bears stumbled, while Birmingham routed Mobile in a wet scrimmage as training camps continued across the South.
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Efrocy
Mobile Bears
Maxwell
Birmingham Bators
John Sciasca
Hal Smith
Barocs
Craig Field
Luth Rock
Travelers
Washburns pace the scattered service as Vols win
Pann and George Washburn lead a rough scored game while Joe Pels defeats Gulfport as the Tennesse Vols rally behind pitching by Russ Meyer and Tiny Timm. Kes Deal and Tom Tuttle limit rivals to two hits, putting the academe regimes profs on the back foot.
Dayton Teen Adopts General Eisenhower In Fan Mail Wave
Sixteen year old Mary Louie Koehnen of Dayton Ohio adopted General Dwight D Eisenhower after learning of the adopt a soldier movement. She sent religious medals and has since received twenty four letters from the Supreme Commander. Eisenhower has become the idol of the fan mail front receiving many letters and answering them all personally.
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Mary Louie Koehnen
Dayton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
General Eisenhower
Frank Sinatra
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Marvel
Ois
Washington State
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
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