Deferment Mixups and Oddities From Frantic Draft News
AP report notes John Nelson facing draft issues with a change of address listed by Jorge Michael Roche. A judge’s forgotten height rule left Nelson at 4 feet 4 inches, while other oddities include mentions of a San Francisco bear and Springfield police resignations to Navy Seabees, with no crime wave reported.
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Groret
Franecisco
John Nelson
Y Bis Hugo
Okie
Addres
Jorge Michael
Roche
Union Center
Springfield
Ore
Ted Rinucane
Jim Beach
Navy Seabees
Buenos Aires Holds Quarter Of Argentina Population
The fragment notes that one quarter of Argentina’s inhabitants live in Buenos Aires. It also mentions Ur in Iraq as an ancient city and a claim about flax growing across varied elevations from 30 feet below sea level to BE000 feet above.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Iraq
Scouts Land At Attu In First U S Invasion Force
Twenty nine days from a West Coast port more than 200 scouts aboard inflatable rubber craft moved out under cover of darkness toward Attu Island. They were the first Americans to land after the Japanese occupation, tasked to move inland toward Holtz Bay and support larger forces. Terrain was steep and icy as they climbed to a high valley, carrying heavy loads and enduring fatigue, frost bite, and cold. Reports from Lt Thomas McCarthy describe flag-raising, scouting ahead, and the first firefight with Japanese snipers at about 900 yards, with machine gunfire erupting as the force pressed toward its objective.
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Sheeman Montrose
NEA Service
Massacre Bay
Attu
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
Thomas McCarthy
Omaha
Ned
McCarthy
Holtz Bay Valley
Ares
Holtz Valley
A. V. Hartl
Robert Engiey
Randall Stott
Stott
Stender
Water soothes crying infant on Atlanta trolley
An Atlanta trolley operator halted the car to fetch a cup of water for a crying baby aboard. After drinking, the infant settled to sleep while the mother argued the need.
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Atlanta
Remarkable birth on Independenica Day noted
In San Francisco AP reports Mr and Mrs Sau Miller recall their son Wiechard born on Independenica Day three years ago. The piece hints at a later event on July 4 1043 involving a person named Caroling, described as overheard or unexpected.
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San Francisco
Sau Miller
Wiechard
Hater Auaiter Caroling
Soldier Pleads For End To Strikes From Hartford
A Hartford corporal in North Africa urges an end to strikes, arguing production of arms speeds victory. He writes his sister that workers should cooperate, noting strikes delay the war and harm national effort. He says few soberly consider the wider impact of labor stoppages on American troops.
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Bartford
United States
North Africa
Monroe Wills
Ruth
Willa
Ernest Wills
Hartford
Siaid the
Slacker thanks and soldiers vow return to the United States
The message thanks millions aiding the war effort for the MS Verial and heli supply while vowing to persevere until they can return home. Master Sergeant Lloyd Willis and another son of Mr and Mrs Willis are paratroopers at Camp Mackall. An armored division and 74 railroad trains are noted as required equipment.
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United States
Ota
Lloyd Willis
Mr. Wills
Camp Mackall 8
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