Army Units To Reach 0 5 Today
Army units listed as scheduled to sail from Europe aboard the William and Mary Victory include the 535th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division with multiple battalions and detachments, plus engineer, medical, and support companies and detachments.
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Europe
New York
Wonavtirty Paice Piston
Parpehure Mainesanze Company
Ion Counter-inteligence Corps Deechinest
Lir
Greenville Dodge
Air Service Group
Isuen
Inet
Velencan
Boston
Wakefield
Sind
11Th
100Th Chemical Mortar Battalion
91St Infantry Division
Wth Army Air Forces
201Th
88Th Infantry Division
Sea Fiddler
1168Th Engineer Construction Group
103Rd Signal Light
Newport News
Carnelius Harnett
Alabama Teacher Shortage May Be Eased By War Ending
MONTGOMERY Ala AP Alabama faces a shrinking teaching shortage as Japan's surrender reduces wartime deployments. Dr W Morrison McCall says there will still be hundreds of unfitted assignments next term with many emergency certificates renewed and some teachers doubling workloads. The 1945 legislature's higher salary allotments may help attract former teachers back, aiding the supply.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Japan
W. Morrison McCall
State Department of Education
McCall
OPA Moves to End Meat Rationing by September
Washington AP OPA plans to let hotels and restaurants borrow red points from local boards to trim meat value, with possible end of meat rationing by September. Institutions spending over 74 percent of July August allotments can borrow against next four periods, repayable in four equal installments starting September. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson says rationing could end in September if cattle shipments stay strong.
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Washington
AP - Opa
Anderson
New Sugar Stamp Keeps Five-Pound Ration Through Sept
The AP reports a new sugar stamp to go into effect Sept 1 will maintain the five pound household ration for four months due to continued sugar shortages. The total is about 24 percent less than prewar levels and imports are expected to rise later. The stamp will likely be No. 38 in Ration Book Four, skipping No. 37 to avoid confusion with home canning rations.
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Washington
OPA
Loss of President Coolidge ship in World War II reef collision
Five of 4500 aboard died when the 21938 ton troopship President Coolidge struck a mine and sank in December 1942 off the New Hebrides. The ship was driven onto a reef by its skipper and settled slowly, allowing a lifeboat exodus.
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Coolinge
President Coolidge
New Hebrides
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