Navy clarifies enlistment deadline for aviation cadets
Lt-Cmdr. G. R. Macdonald announced that men who applied for naval aviation cadets before last Saturday have until December 16 to complete enlistment exams. Applications filed by December 5 may be completed within 10 days or by December 15, with local draft boards advised to release bona fide applicants by letter certification.
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Minneapolis
G. R. Macdonald
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Macdonald
Cmdr
Selective Service
City Briefs: Promotions Births and Travel
Mr and Mrs George Sheeks report their son Robert Sheeks has been promoted to first lieutenant and serves as an instructor at the Midland Bombing School in Texas. A daughter Sally Ann Love born November 25 to Mr and Mrs Robert Love. Mrs Love with her parents in Marengo Indiana while Mr Love, stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma, is connected to Aberdeen and Lilian Love. H H Humphrey flew to Minneapolis to buy Christmas merchandise and visit his son.
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George €. Sheeks
Robert Sheeks
Midland
Tex
Sheeks
Army Air Corps
Robert Love
Sally Ann
Love
Marengo
Mr. Love
Dean Lilian Love
Aberdeen
Huron
Fu Sill
Okla
Katherine McLennan
Northern
Leve
Aberdean
H. H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Christmas Cards And News From Huron Area
Reports include Hubert Humphrey recovering from surgery in Swedish Hospital Minneapolis and local visits by Bill Gordon and family. PFC Paul Wagner returns to Ft. Mead after furlough with relatives. Mrs Kenneth McGaughey returns to Huron from El Paso Texas with husband stationed nearby. Victor Ettton heads to Coeur d Alene Idaho for high school. Josh Hofer and Hitchock couple welcome a son born at 8 03 p m weighing six pounds six ounces in a Huron hospital.
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Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Bill Gordon
Haron
Georgia
Gordon
W. H. Gordon
Utah Avenue
Paul Wagner
Ft. Mead, S. D
Ther
Wagner
Tennessee
Kenneth McGaughey
Dolores Feick
Huron
el Rago
Tex
Corp
McGaughey
Tadio
Kid Bros, Inc
Tady Victor
Coeur Diene
Ida
Josh Hofer
Hitchcock
Huron Hospital
Bombers Can Sink Any Warship Says Veteran Flier
Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Carmichael, 29, commander of the 19th bomber group, declared at a press conference that land-based bombers can sink any warship afloat including fast destroyers. He said ships cannot escape a sea pattern laid by bombers, regardless of surface maneuvering.
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Washington
Calonel Richard H. Carmichael
Carmichael
Presho Banker to be Interviewed on Farm Hour
George M. Starling of the South Dakota Bankers Association announced that H. N. Thomson of Presho will be interviewed by Larry Hegg on the Farm Hour over WCCO. The program is set for Thursday December 10 at 5 15 p m on South Dakota.
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Presho
Chicago
George M. Starling
South Dakota Bankers Association
H. N. Thomson
South, Dakota Bankers Association
Larry Hegg
WCCO
South Dakota
Mackenzie War Dispatches Explain Desert Tactics
Fragmentary notes describe Allied and British observations of green recruits from the Sith Fighter Division arriving in a desert theater. The British believed the newcomers lacked experience in desert combat and aimed to teach them the ropes through exposure to local campaign realities.
Answers on Gasoline Rationing For War-Era Readers
Office of War Information offers guidance on A B C D and F gasoline books. Stamps cover four gallons each and weekly limits depend on miles per gallon. Periods run Jan through July with tank capacity and rationing rules explained for drivers, truck operators, and farmers.
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The
Office of War Information
Janei
New World War II Aircraft Development Highlighted at El Alamein
Report mentions Montgomery’s Oct 23 launch at El Alamein dividing air forces into heavy bomber, medium bomber, and fighter bomber groups. It notes a new fast fighter bomber variant nicknamed Sabo capable of carrying one or two bombs.
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Montgomery
el Alamein
Amed
Axis shipping corridor hinges on supply route
The excerpt notes Axis reliance on a corridor for supplies and Allied air attacks. It describes heavy bombing of shipping from Africa to Crete and Greece and mentions the severity of Allied air campaigns.
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Lana
Africa
Crete
Greece
Naval victory and port damage in the Libyan theater
The report notes Allied actions on Libyan ports such as Tobruk and Bengasi. It cites a September 22 strike against Bengasi that destroyed half its wagons and left the harbor nearly useless to the Axis. It also credits the sinking of supply ships in the Mediterranean with contributing to the enemy’s retreat after the El Alamein battle.
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Tobruk
Bengasi
Mediterranean
Eilaemein
el Ageheila
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