Gabreski Family Service Record Highlights Aviation Officer
The Gabreski family, Polish immigrants in Oil City, saw Francis Gabreski leave premedical study at Notre Dame for the Air Corps after Pearl Harbor. His siblings also pursued service, with Major Francis in India, Max in Navy boot camp, and Bernice in Nurse Cadet training, while parents Stanley and his wife supported the store.
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Notre Dame
Air Corps
Thaddeus
Jefferson Medical College
Oil City
Francis
Gabreski
Lottie
Pearl Harbor
India
Max
Navy
Sampson
N. Y
Bernice
Erie, Pa
Stanley
America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Country
Poland
Gabreskis
Parks Air College
Fact St. Louis
Maxwell Field
Ala
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Supply Of Tantalum Plentiful Says FEA
Washington reports the Foreign Economic Administration says tantalum reserves are ample to meet likely emergencies. The metal powers radar tech and is crucial for wartime needs, with the United States importing 98 percent from foreign sources while processing it for the Allies. Tantalum is described as a dull grey, heavy material that can be drawn into hairlike wire or hammered into ultra thin sheets.
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James D. White
Washington
Foreign Economic Administration
United States
United Nations
New Mexico
FEA
Board of Economic Warfare
Tantalum tale of its wartime rise and uses through science
A historical account traces tantalum from its discovery in myth to modern wartime demand. It notes its early roles in lighting filaments, later replacement by tungsten, and renewed uses in labs and surgery. Production, ore sources, and rising prices are described, with mentions of USA, Brazil, Belgium Congo, Australia, Uganda, and South Africa.
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Braz
Belgian Congo
Australia
Uganda
West Africa
Argentina
South Africa
Public Relations, Private House Quips at Fort Warren
In Fort Warren Wyoming Pvt. House answers the phone with a punny line after heavy PR workload. The scene captures the humor amid military public relations duties as he proclaims Private Relations, Public House speaking.
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Fort Warren
Wyo
Pvt. House
Public House
Military Burial for Cpl Emmett Glover at Abbeville
Abbeville a special burial was held Sunday for Cpl Emmett Evdons Glover 36 who died Sunday July 20 in New York. The service at the Abbeville First Church began at three o clock with Rev Mark A Lower Jr Rev L W Tubb and the Rev J A Gritho officiating. Pallbearers and guards from the armed forces included S SSgt James I Duncan from Long Island Sgt Underwood Tiler Tel arkans Texas Pfo Joe Wood Fort Boeing and Pvt Caastia n Feld. The body was escorted from New York and a military salute with taps followed the service.
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Abbeville
Bural
Milita
Emmett Evdons Glover
New York
Abberle Fist
Mark A. Lower, Jr
L. W. Tubb
J. A. Gritho
James I. Duncan
Nutehel Field
Long Iland
Underwood Tiler
Telarkans
Texas
Pfo
Joe Wood
Export Ban on Horse Exports for Agriculture and Army
The U.S. Department of Commerce has ordered a ban on exporting horses intended for use in agriculture industry or Army service. The ruling restricts shipment of equines to foreign markets and affects producers and exporters nationwide.
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Washington
Oip Army Service
U.S
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Stockton
Calif
American Legion
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Atoean
Broiler
Houston County Farmers Exchange
Reey Corner
Porter's Fairyland
Airport Bus Co
Richard DIX
Kansan
Nel Henie
Zeus
Atater Tantalus
Germany
Sunny Saipan
Aead
Fort Boeing
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