Survivors Recall Jap Slave Labor Horrors at Lost Battalion Reunion
In Flainview Texas survivors of the Lost Battalion urge the Veterans Administration to give greater consideration. They recount brutal 42 month imprisonment by Japan on Java island, with many dying from disease and malnutrition. An estimated 30 percent of the 2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery perished in captivity.
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Flainview
Tex
Ie Veterans Administration
Java
Firth Artillery
J.B Heinen, Jr
Arne
Tom Wootun
All Beure
Pestis Biler
Hopehat batter and the buried memories of wartime prisoners
An interview recounts captivity from March 8 182 onward when Java fell to allied command. E Battery split from the battalion joined Houston survivors. many trained men went to Japan. The group endured Burma railroad work with Australian English and Dutch prisoners, facing beri beri and starvation, with brutal long hours, scant rice and little meat. Hospital huts lacked medicine, leaving bedridden men to crawl for care.
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Hopehat
Batter
Wooton ‘Id Nibspry
Java
Wavell
Houston
Aii
Sumatra
Japan
Aih
Burma
Bangkok
Siam
Kurt
Alan Jonvas
Nndy
Morlern 1st Simple Professor Proves In Iowa City
In Iowa City a professor argues that people grasp modern art better when exposed to it directly after WWII experiences. He cites wartime trains to hospital relief and urges adult learners in education to study drawing wind and cloud forms with modern art influences.
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Iowa City
Reet
Geman’ Town College of Education
Roberts
Hew
Westlern
Ovens and enrollments at Marianna Junior College rise
Marianna Florida report notes third year of operation under Florida public school system with 165 students enrolled. Dean Skaggs announces campus improvements including a new cafeteria dorm facilities and beautification. Students from Hillsborough, St Petersburg, Miami, Wauchula and Lake Creek attend.
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Marianna
Crt
Nuit Tunlay College
West Fiorida
Florida Public School System
Seld
Kenl Jaeth
G Skaggs
Collezer
St. Petersburg
Miami
Wauchula
Ier Creek
Florida
Skaggs
Three-Way Battle Over Missouri Valley Water Rights
Washington report on a three way fight among Agriculture Interior and Army Engineers over land and water controls in the Missouri valley. Brannan proposes a $6.5 million plan funded by conservation payments and private farm spending to build ponds and reservoirs, while Krug opposes federal irrigation expansion and warns of effects on navigation and power dam operations.
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Peter Edson Washington
NEA
Departments Agricultre
Interior
Army
Las May
Rapid City
S. D
Charles
Brannan
Missouri Valley
Missouriai
Federal Power Commission
Army Engine
Sioux City
St. Louis
FSA
Soil Conservation Service
Hovis
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Forest
Garrison Dam
Upper
North Dakota
Souris River
James River Valley
South Dakota
Fu. Real
Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S
America
of Interior
Prosperous India From Missionary Book Claim
A US missionary farmer Sam Higginbottom predicts India can become strong through modern machinery and irrigation. He argues poverty stems from religious barriers and underutilized resources, noting Gandhi did not seek Hindu reform but warned against caste and belief limits. He advocates farming progress as key to rising living standards.
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New York
India
Sam, Higginbottom
Allhabad Agricultural Institute
Sam Higzinbottom
Farmer’ S Scribers
Mindus
Hoover Era Irrigation Plan Sparks Control Debate
The piece criticizes Brannan's Missouri plan and Krug's view, arguing it would violate existing laws and shift departmental authority. It contends government agencies with vested interests monopolize irrigation prerogatives, urging unified VA, land and water resource control as urged by Hoover’s Reorganization Commission.
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Secretary of Interior
J. A. Krug
Brannan
Missouri & Sin Plan
Hie Department
Interior
Hoover
Economic progress and a future for India voiced in hopeful terms
The excerpt expresses optimism for economic progress and a long future commitment to India and its people. It mentions Old Faithful in Yellowstone, noting its 140-foot eruptions at roughly 65 minute intervals as a predictable major park geyser.
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Park
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