Navy Pays Tribute To The Little Fellows Of Fleet
The Navy honors small ships like the Henry B Wiley for vital roles at Okinawa. Despite its size the Wiley endured 52 days of screening and 31 attacks by aircraft, aiding fleet protection and mine clearance. The piece lauds American skill and Presidential Unit Citation for the crew. It also notes ongoing Navy ordnance work, including guided missiles, fuzes, radar, and high velocity guns.
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San Francisco
Helena
Henry B. Wiley
Okinawa
Wiley
U. S Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy
Navy mine disposal teams ready to rush into danger
The Navy Department maintains specialized ordnance disposal units trained to swiftly reach any shore to disarm or destroy stray or loaded mines and dangerous souvenirs. Chosen for peak endurance, they operate year round as time and water can cast adrift unexploded ordnance.
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Navy Department
Modern Dance at Nada Hall Wednesday Aug 27
Janda will furnish the music for a modern dance at Nada KIT Hall on Wednesday evening Aug 20. Refreshments will be available and all are warmly invited. Dresses: cottons and rayons many styles at one third off in bargain reduction. J B Smith.
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Nada Hall
Lnd
Janda
Nada Kit Hall
J. Bb. Smith
Candidate for Congress Promises Colorado River Power and Water
Ben H. Faber pledges to raise funds to build dams on the Colorado River at Altair and Columbus end and to develop power resources and stored water for irrigation. He also vows to secure funds for food control of valley lands along the river.
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Ben H. Faber
Colorado County
Congress
Colorado
Altair
Columbus
Miss Reuther Weds Byron Heide in Galveston
Miss Dorothy Laotlise Reuther, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Reuther of Eagle Lake, married Byron Ernest Heide son of W H Heide Sr of Galveston in a quiet Sacred Heart Church ceremony in Canderton at 6 30 PM Saturday August 16 Rev M S Cratignon officiated The couple plans to reside in Galveston with Mrs Heide a St Marys School of Nursing graduate and Eagle Lake High School alumna.
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Dorothy Laotlise Reuther
Henry Reuther
Eagle Lake
Sacred Heart Church
Cance Ton
Byron Ernest Heide
W.H_ era Sr
Galveston
M.S. Cratignon
Rosalind Golette
Vincent Marinelli
New Orleans
Little Don Sparks Breaks Collar Bone in Fall
Three year old Don Sparks, son of Reed and Mrs Sparks of Matthews, fractured his collar bone after a tumble from a bed on Tuesday. Friends wish him a swift recovery. Also an ad notes Eagle Lake’s swimming pool and a half price sale at J B Smith Co on bathing suits for the family.
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Don Sparks
Hirs
Reed Sparks
Matthews
Eagle Lake
J. B Smith CO
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Texas
United Gas
United
Nature H
Nad
Miss Reuther
Mone
Southern Select
F. B. Duve
Pedian Saniefer
Rayon
Alpara
EPPS
Quality Merchandise
Sam Boothe
Winnie Armstrong
Jackading
M. Mlerrville
Jones
East Bernard
Lissie
Vice Truck Line
Ferne Mazro
Herder Truck Freight Depot
Richey
Houston, Texas
HoustOn
Capitol
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