Brother Hero From Huron Named in Newspaper Story
Jack Rainy of Huron reads a report about his brother PFC Curtis Rainy in a hospital ward raid in Australia. Curtis refused his own wounds to aid others and sought to be a doctor, enlisting in the medical division after moving with his family to Ree Heights.
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St. Paul
Australia
Jack Rainy
Huron
Pfc
I Curtis Rainy
Curtis
Jack
Army
Sioux Falls
Charles W. Rainey
Ree Heights
Lampman Sentenced to 18 Months for Grand Larceny
George Ira Lampman, 51, of Valley City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in circuit court to grand larceny after taking purchases worth over 35 dollars from a Huron department store using a found claim check. He had served 15 days in county jail for taking 14 ladies slips from the same store last month. Lampman waived municipal court preliminary examination.
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George Ira Lampman
Huron
Lampman
Valley City
N. C
Letters from the Front Detail Hospital Life and Home News
Excerpts from Francis Murphy and George C. Johnson letters recount hospital care in North Ireland and North Africa. Murphy praises American nurses and doctors as he recovers from toe surgery and notes prayers, meals in bed, and a chaplain visiting daily. Johnson writes from Northwest Africa about weather, language mixups, and missing family, hoping for a safe Christmas return. The piece notes a national drop in scrap jeep recycling time from 60 to 45 days.
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Graham
Voy
Francis
Corp. Tech
Francis J. Murphy
Eng. Bn
APO
Cure
George
Corp
George C. Johnson
Co. A
New York City
U. S. Army
Vermillion Library War Information Center Aims to Aid State
The State University in Vermillion unveils a key war information center with access to 100000 volumes 200000 government documents and 60000 pamphlets for public use. Librarian Jack Morris leads the initiative to provide civilians with authoritative material on topics from drafting 18 year olds to inflation and war aims.
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Vermin
The
State University
South Dakota
Jack Morris
Morris
Rommel Tightly Grips North Africa Fronts as Rommel's minelaying advances
Allied reports describe Rommel strengthening positions in the Libyan theater with Axis naval and air moves at Bone and Bizerte. Montgomery's Eighth Army maneuvers through minefields near El Agheila while American air forces operate above the desert front.
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Rommel
Bizerta
Axig
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
1St Army
Bone
Algeria
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Aih
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
el Agheila Defile
Tripol
North Africa
War Bonds and Shoes for Soldiers Urged by Treasury
The text promotes buying War Bonds and stamps to support the military effort. It notes soldiers receive two pairs of shoes at 25 dollars each, stressing the need for millions of sturdy shoes and urging public participation in the Ten Percent Club through payroll purchases.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Buna-Gona
Lae
Rabaul
Solomons
Uncle Sam's Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Treasucy Department
Mooch Matches To Prevent Scarcity
Washington reports the War Production Board warns matches will be scarce if civilians do not conserve. The armed forces and Lend-Lease are drawing increasing quantities, while materials and labor for producing matches are being curtailed. Citizens are urged to bear with shortages and conserve lighting.
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Washington
Wat Production Board
Lend- Lease
John
Allied Forces Press Rommel On In North Africa Standoff
AP dispatches with U S forces in Tunisia report Allies and Axis rushing troops for a climactic battle as winter rains slow transport. Rommel faces defense shifts after El Agheila as forces push toward Tac 125 miles west of Agheila.
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U. S
Wirmen
Rommel
E Aghella
Italian Tripolitania
el Agheila
Tripoli
Tripolitania
Mussolini
Tunisia
Associated Press
U.S
Allies
Axis
Congress tax and spending measures before and during war
The article notes large wartime funding and tax increases. It cites 900 million earmarked for war, compares 1917-18 World War costs at 46 billion, and records 1941 new revenue around 553 billion with another 6.881 billion added this year. Major measures included the Lend-
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Congress
Congressional Expansion to Arm Merchant Ships and Enlarge Military
The article outlines wartime measures expanding naval and ground forces, granting presidential powers, lifting the ban on foreign troop use, stabilizing wages, and extending soldier protections. It notes the creation of WAACs WAVEs SPARs and provisions for women in service, along with looming postwar policy questions on retrenchment, agency powers, and labor law revision.
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Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Waacs
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Navy
Coast Board
Waves
Spars
Second Child Born To John Roosevelts In San Diego
In San Diego on December 18 2174 Lieut JG John Roosevelt and his wife Mrs Anna Lindsay Clark Roosevelt welcomed their second child a daughter. Roosevelt a Navy officer and the President's youngest son is on duty here. The couple previously married in 1938 and have a son Haven aged about two.
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John
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