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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1945
Page
5
BE. E. Tewin was unopposed and returned to office as Columbus mayor while O. G. Hoegemeer and Herman Braden were re elected commissioners. The item notes the unopposed races and concludes with a short, unrelated host segment.
A famed mascot, Donald the duck of Battery A, 36th Texas Division, is missing in action after two weeks of search by Staff Sergeant Barney O Neal and his men. They combed coops, cook pots, vehicles, and ammunition dumps across Tuy and France locales without success. A missing in action report was filed as the unit notes the ironies of battle and the duck’s disappearance amid war demands.
Wick Fowler reports on War Prisoners Aid within the National War Fund. Packages from home sustain POWs with athletic gear study materials books games and morale boosting supplies to prevent barbed wire sickness and mental decline.
A damaged OCR fragment notes Iowa youth safeguarding a university site in Des Moines. It mentions the University of Iowa, a shrine dubbed West Suite Capitol, a building turned over to the university, and a rise from 75 students to about 10 000. It references war bonds and service members guarding such institutions.
Official enrollment for Texas University spring semester climbs to 111, as registrar notes. Women total 3,749, naval men 82 and civilian men 1,900 are counted among the student body.
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