South Dakota Troops Help Turn Tide in Major Allied Wins
Dakota soldiers played key roles in pivotal victories in Guadalcanal and North Africa. The 34th Division led the Hill 609 assault near Tunis, with South Dakota National Guard units including Company C, 100th Engineers from Huron. Captain Claire Groves recalls bitter fighting as the Axis fell, aiding Allied advance toward Sicily and Mussolini's collapse.
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Guadalcanal
North Dakota
Australia
New Guinea
Solomons
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Huron
Company C
100Th Engineers
South Dakota National Guard
Claire Groves
Africa
Hill 609
Hitler
Sicily
Benito Mussolini
Caesar
South Dakota
Mid-West
Spook the Fifth Lifts aerial eggs in daring battle report
Lieut Robert Bender and his Polloksville crew survived four Flying Fortresses named Spook after crashes and heavy damage. The unit remains intact and seeks another Spook despite relentless Reich air offensives. The passage frames aircrew resilience against Hitlerian tactics amid wartime praise.
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Spook the
Reich
Lieut
Robert Bender
Polloksville
N.C
Spook
England
Germany
St. Nazaire
Hitler
Italy Defeated by Allied Airpower Says Clapper
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports Italy already defeated as air superiority cripples rail yards and ports. Clapper notes lack of repairs after Naples raid and predicts possible capitulation, urging continued bombing to force terms. He cites Mussolini era hardships and growing Italian impatience under bombardment.
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Raymond Clapper
Dl Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Italy
Rome
Sicily
Borizzg
Ponte Olivo
Castelvetrans
Comiso
Milo
Orur
Naples
Zee
Germany
Hamburg
England
Europe
Arr Ag
United Nations
Badoglio
Mussolini
Ships Pour Men And Supplies Into Sicily At Amazing Rate
War correspondent Ernie Pyle describes the Sicily landings from a ship, noting vast convoys unloading thousands of vehicles and troops with swift, coordinated beach operations. He highlights Seabees salvage work, rapid unloading, and the massive wartime logistics driving the campaign forward.
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Ernie Pyle
Sicily
Mediterranean
Navy
Camne
New York
New York Pier
America
We the Women Readjustment In Jobs Will Follow War
A wartime women’s employment program plans to ease transition as men return to civilian work. Officials outline joint state and federal efforts to place women in restored or new positions created during mobilization.
War wives should keep minds open after men return
Ruth Millett argues that many returning servicemen will not want their prewar jobs. Wives must allow husbands to pursue new work and possibly relocate. If wives fear change or cling to the old hometown, marriages could suffer, but starting anew may benefit both partners.
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Ruth Millett
Army
Navy
War psychology and attitudes amid Sicily and beyond
Quotes reveal attitudes of soldiers and clergy on war costs. Rev M Stephen James laments long poverty caused by conflict while Paratrooper Sgt Ronald Snyder recalls Sicilian reactions to the American flag and perceived lethal force.
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M. Stephen James
New Brunswick
Theological Seminary
Germany
Ronald ‘Snyder
Sicily
Minnesota Turkey Trends Amid War Time Controls
A Minneapolis restaurant with a 3500 annual birds and 4000 market turkeys illustrates year round demand. War food rules urge civilians to skip turkey over the next weeks, while hotels restrict eating turkey. Minnesota raised 3,207,000 turkeys last year, with a 12 to 20 pound average, and plans for 1943 show rising production though feed and hatchability challenges may limit eggs and chicks.
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Minneapolis
Eafe
St. Cloud
Turkey
Minnesota
California
Texas
American Legion Sells Stamps On Molly Pitcher Day
The American Legion and its Auxiliary announce a Molly Pitcher Day stamp drive on Huron Street next Saturday. The Minute Maid Club of local high school girls will sell stamps from 9 a.m. at a single booth in the Marvin Hughitt Hotel to support war bond and stamp drives for soldiers.
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Molly Pitcher
American Legion Auxilary
Huron
Gien Hebron
Minute Maid Club
Marvin Hughitt
Monmouth
American Legion
Rationing Roundup Guides Stamp Use and Dates
Officials remind readers to keep stamps on ration books for commodities. Details list stamp numbers and validity windows for sugar canning butter cheese oils red blue stamps and fuel coupons with expiration dates ranging from August to September and note inspections for tires.
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OPA
Dorothy Kilgallen's Farm Life Adventure in Connecticut
Dorothy Kilgallen recounts farmhouse life with Florence Eldredge and Eredric March. They endure a harsh winter, learn to cook, repair a coop, and paint the house while children cheer and a quiet sense of security grows from the hard but hopeful farming experience.
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Florence Eldredge
Eredric March
Broadway
Chicken Hous
Pennie
Freddie
Hollywood
Flashes Of Life Assorted Contributions New York War Fund
The New York Committee of the National War Fund reports assorted contributions to relief agencies including a polar bear skin an old gray mare a German physician instrument set and a set of bridgework. Also notes a divorce case in San Francisco and a war time saluting mishap in England.
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New York
Kitchen Kooks 4-Hers Plan Achievement Meeting
Kitchen Kooks 4 H members from south of Iroquois plan an achievement meeting Friday afternoon August 6 under the guidance of Mrs F J Townsley The girls are preparing to showcase their 4 H work and progress in the program
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Troquois
Kitchen Kooks
South
Iroquois
Mra
F. J. Townsley
Giris
4 H Girls Plan Achievement Day Display at Huron
At the meeting the girls will work on house fire judging teams and review their 4 H club year. Georgia Wiedemann and Jean Townsley plan to attend college this fall as they discuss their accomplishments and exhibit plans for Achievement Day on August 25 at Huron.
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Huron
Georgia Wiedenmann
Jean Townsley
Former Huron Girl Saves Three Lives
Setly Moore a 14 year old former Huron girl earned credit as a lifeguard at a Graham Texas municipal pool for saving three people. She rescued a young man unconscious after a diving board accident and the next day pulled two girls from the water after a double header off the springboard.
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Setly Moore
Graham
Texas
William Moore
J. W. Gainer
Thirteenth Street
Graham Leader
Oats Field Yields 30 Bushels Per Acre
Harvesting of small grain moves steadily in Hyde County with farmers cutting grain and shocking it. A field at the R F Ringer farm yielded 30 bushels of oats per acre and barley is estimated at about 35 bushels per acre.
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Hughmore
Hyde County
R. F. Ringer
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Tunisia
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Lyz
Minneapolis Star-Journal
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Fréeddié Amadeé
Escoffier
Mummie
Daddy
New Milford
Angie
London
WAC
Betty Hurley
Salem
Ore
San Francisco
Teresa Stahlberger
Los Angeles
Della Gable
Jacob H. Gable
Mrs. Gable
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