Local clubs plan nutrition talk at Hotel Marvin Hughitt
Friday events include the Friday Wilson PLT Study Club nutrition conference at the Hotel Marvin Hughitt with a lunch visit to Mrs. W. E. Neilsen’s home. Other groups meet at Labor Temple and Baptist Church, and a Legion Auxiliary buys defense stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Plt
Marvin Hughitt
W. £. Neilsen
Val Link
Seventh Street
The
Baptist Church
Mizpah
C. B
G.I. A
Labor Temple
Evelyn Wiley
Adelyn Balzer
Effie McDermott
Gertrid Bonnemann
Hazel Whitney
Mrs. McDermott
Betty Kinsman
War Attrition Against Japan Outlined by Secretary Knox
Secretary Knox disclosed wartime losses from a press conference noting 15 combatant and 38 non combatant ships sunk by the fleet with three more combatant and four non combatant in the believed sunk list. The Army air forces struck two more Japanese transports near Macassar. Dutch figures claimed further sinkings and damages as part of ongoing tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Knox
Nayal
Aar
Macassar
Submarines Attack and Japan’s Hold on Java Deepens
The report details Dutch bombing raids on Palembang in south Sumatra and attacks on Java, with ships, planes, and oil facilities damaged or destroyed. It notes losses on both sides, ongoing ferocious fighting on Celebes, and Japanese advances toward Banka and western Borneo. Lieutenant Governor-General Van Mook urged persistence and hinted at UN defense plans despite no promise of victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Telok Betong
Batavia
Bandoeng
The
Indies Army
Palembang
Sumatra
Soerabaja
Tokyo
Totel
Protess
Celebes
Borneo
Banka
Singapore
Indies
Sinkang
Simpang
Pontianak
Hubertus J. van Mook
Javea Roag
United Nations
Lightheart
Pork Removed From Blue Stamp List As March Prices Rise
Sharp pork price increases push its removal from the blue stamp foods for March. Eggs remain available as a meat substitute while the rest of the list for March mirrors February, including butter, fruits, vegetables, and various flours and grains. Buell Maben, regional director of the Surplus Marketing Administration, issued the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell Maben
Surplus Marketing Administration
Maken
British Tanker La Carriere Sunk Off Puerto Rico by U Boat
Washington reports another ship sunk in American coastal waters as the 5,685-ton British tanker La Carriere went down after torpedo attack late Tuesday night 75 miles south of Puerto Rico. Four crewmen were killed and 23 survivors reached Guanica Puerto Rico. Secretary Knox noted that 14 German U boats had been destroyed or damaged and the Navy added it believes three more sunk and four damaged by U S action in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Guanica
Knox
Navy
U.S
Atlantic
Typists Needed Immediately for War Service Positions
The Civil Service District in St Paul Minnesota announces women qualified as stenographers or typists are needed for defense work in Washington D C. Salaries start at 220 dollars monthly. Applicants aged 18 to 33 must pass stenography or typewriting tests. A Defense Housing Registry aids housing.
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Sickth Civil Service District
St. Paul
Mim
Washington
D. C
Defense Housing Registry
Civil Service
Huron
Nazis claims on losses amid Leningrad push falter
The Red Star reports 12 000 German soldiers killed and 14 000 Russians dead in four weeks of fighting near Leningrad and southeast of Lake Ladoga. Moscow radio cites heavy clashes in the Southern Donets basin as air support and artillery renew the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
Leningrad
Berlin
Lakemen
Donets
Moscow Radio
Pillar Club
Minnesota Man Wins High Honor Medal of Honor Recipient from New Ulm
Lieutenant Willibald C. Bianchi of New Ulm, a 26 year old member of the 45th Infantry Philippine Scouts, is added to the Medal of Honor roll for extraordinary gallantry on February 3, 1942 near Bagac Bataan. Wounded twice, he silenced a machine gun nest and directed fire from an anti aircraft gun atop a tank before a third wound. He studied at Minnesota and South Dakota State, trained at ROTC, and enlisted in 1940. His mother and grandparents reside in New Ulm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Willibald C. Bianchi
New Ulm
Bianchi
45Th Infantry
Philippine Scouts
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Bagac
Philippine Islands
United States Army
Yfears
Province of
Philippines
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Surenites
Lodge No. 46
L. F
Bonday
L. EB
Vesta Sorenson
Gladys Albright
Walter B. Lilie
Alfred Hanson, Jr
Miss Hanson
Chicago
Bellingham
Chehalis
Wash
Walter Cagley
Hazel Vedani
San Diego
A. Hanson
Cecelia
Millers
Bridge
St. Cecelia
Lloyd Miller
Eldon Johnson
James Jordan
Peter Thielen
Dominic O’boyvie
Willing Workers Study Club
Paul Brandmire
Ralph Ziegler
Simon Rhoads
J. Culligan
Lois Derscheid
Mildred Kutzler
E. Clark
George Williams
J. L. Volesky
Town Avenue Southeast
Patty Williams
Helen Hanson
W. B
Jim) Neuroth
Cal
Maxine Brown
William Tarbox
Clyde Brown
Wolsey
William
M. Molter
George Sprong
Albert Reinartz
Past
Noble Grands Association
IOOF
O. W. Spiller
Carroll
Sheas
Rebekah Order
Martin. Anderson
Eliza Vandenberg
Odd Fellows
Anderson
Spiller
George van Allen
Jessie Chambers
Maude Stréeter
Eddie Brachen
Betty Jana Rhodes
Addie
Batt Sane
Betty Jane
Eddie
Edom
M. J.B
M.J.B
M.J. B. Co
Beene, Ter Drip Erghest Coffens
Lank
Walton
Donna Heed
Pride of
Australia
New Zealand
KARO
Willibad G. Bianchi
Congressional Medal OF Honor
Amenian Fasticore
Artid
Penney
Rogers Silverware
International Silver Company
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