Vanguards of Legion Arrive at Montgomery
Wartime Legion gathering opens as delegates and visitors arrive in Montgomery for the annual convention. Brig Gen Eric Wood to speak at the past commanders dinner, with FBI official and Gov Sparks addressing sessions. Membership hits 14 510 paid, setting a new nation leading figure. Two Wiregrass air force trainees graduate from Chanute Field technical training.
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Muck
Giast D. Trotter Jones
Millard Wescott
Hig Anpuss
Aid & Business
Eric Wood
Legion
Art Benning
Bea
40 A
Elks Ib
Wescott
Jones
Uacey Sparks
Henry Zudtey
Lincoln
Neb
Defense Division
Leion
Lennington
FBI
Alabama
Sister It
Adjutant Jones
Army Air Forces Technical Training Comand School
Chanute Field
Teday
Lonnie J. Hardy, Jr
Lonnie Hardy
Headland Route One
Robert H. Mouring
R. H. Mouring
Columbia
Iitel
Decatur Claim Sticks To Pybean Capital Heritage
Decatur, Tl is hailed as the pybean capital of the world in a note highlighting local pride and a long tradition tied to the crop. The remark underscores the town’s identity linked to pybean production and regional recognition.
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Decatur
Malta Strikes Back: Malta Defends Against Axis Assault
Flight Lt. Paul Brennan recalls Malta’s defense beginning March 1942 as Spitfires arrived to bolster a beleaguered island. Despite losses on the ground and fierce air battles, Malta held, enabling later convoys and offensive operations across the Mediterranean.
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Paul Brennan
NEA
Malta
Field Marshal Kesselring
Mediterranean
Sicily
Michael Angelo Tue
Yale
Fes
Tee Tang Baiierlea Wan
Brukas
Bose
Remeredic
Tunlala
Alexander
Benger
Gibraltar
Bengeri
Italy
Taranto
Sardinia
Corsica
Two New Typhus Cases Reported
Houston County Health Department announced two new typhus fever cases today. Dr. W. T. Burkett said one case was in the city and the other in the county. He noted July totals were not released but believed to be evenly split between urban and rural areas.
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Houston County Health Department
W. T. Burkett
Senate draft would boost military family allowances
The Senate plan would pay the first month's allowance in full, raise contributions for children, expand support for chief providers, and let enlisted men in the first four grades choose the family allowance plan over cash quarters. It notes promotions often reduce family income and would not raise the serviceman’s own contribution, though it would take $22 monthly from pay.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Paragraph fragment from wartime records and insect note
The excerpt mentions Camp Perry Ohio and Training Camp at Bartensburg South Carolina with reference to President Robert J McCloskey serving in the Signal Corps in France in the last war. It notes duties with the Provost Marshal's office as a fingerprint expert and briefly references architecture and an insect list.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Bartenburg
South Carolina
Robert J. McCloskey
France
Eyes Across Channel Report From Dover On Calais Line
Seven young girls in a contest across the Channel attempt to identify wine by smell through a lock in Calais. On clear days observers can plainly hear, see, and judge the unusual experiment bridging Dover and Calais.
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Dover
England
Ca-lais
Radio Programs and Music Highlights on WABC Network
A dense schedule of radio offerings lists musical acts, orchestras, and variety segments from 7:30 p.m. onward. Acts include Frankie Carle, Harry James Orchestra, Conver t Orchestra, and the Dinning Sisters, interspersed with war news, concerts, and musical interludes across the night.
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WAGF
Frankie Carle Coffee Club
AP News & American
Todd Grant
AP News
Lamp of Friendship
Lowt
Imerude
Comatrunnd
Felton Lewin, Jr
Corment
Abbe
Dames Hilton
Nicaltenborn
Tha Cevalcada
America
Nbe
Vox Pup
Parks & Werren
Gommentary- Mba
Tila- Lea Cherne
Mtia
Lim
Abner
Pine Ridge
Alfred Wallenarein
Caner
Nero Walt
Fariel
Mba
Veorheen Gomert and
Cueal
Rama
Blu
Cecil BR
UeMille
Miewater
Mha
Erie Tine
Orchestra
Rayraynd Gram Swine
Ray Clegger
Bereen Fluild
Dean Partoe
Gur Morate
Jean— Interiamuon Wienac
Pbe
Jay Pamban
Chicken Thieves Get Peppered
Twin Falls Idaho AP County Prosecutor Feverett Breeley vows to crack down on chicken thefts. She plans distribution of warnings and high penalties to farmers and poultry owners as part of a broader effort to curb losses in rural areas.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Feverett M. Breeley
Rucker MP staff aided by veterans
CAMP RUCKER ALABAMA Four World War I veterans now serve in the Provost Marshal office at Camp Rucker Major Morgan F. Bimmone and Capt Loyd Bradfield with Laurens A. Hamilton and Robert J. McCloskey are named. The article outlines service in key battles and occupations.
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Camp Rucker
Ala
Morgan F. Bimmone
Loyd Bradfield
Laurens A. Hamilton
Robert J. McCloskey
Andalusia
Simmons
33Rd Field Artillery
Ft. McPherson
7Th Infantry Reg
Brandywine
Argonne Forest
Army of Occupation
State College
Rawleigh
North Carolina
Platteburg Barracks
New York
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