Beeville Air Station letter from Dale Green sketches setup progress
Dale Green writes June 2 from Beeville Texas to his parents detailing rapid base setup at the new air station. He describes instrument readiness, missing cable and helium for upper air sounding, a newly acquired $500 theodolite, and efforts to get bearings on the north star. He notes the commissioning ceremony, pride in wearing the uniform, and plans to visit friends in San Antonio.
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Dale Green
George C. Green
Utah Avenue
New Air Station
Beeville
Texas
Corpus
John McCord
San Antonio
Tam
War Food Administration lists Deerfield dam project
Representative Case reports the War Food Administration has placed the Rapid Valley Deerfield dam plan on a current projects list. The aim is quick construction to boost production of certain crops, contingent on War Production Board approval and congressional funding. Case notes final action was not taken and he cannot predict outcome.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Rapid Valley
Deerfield Dam
Representative Case
South Dakota
War Production Board
Congress
Case
WPB
Deerfield
Ff Case
Internal Revenue
Black Hills
Roses To Charter Members At OES Franksfort Ceremony
OES presents Roses to three charter members Mrs Jean Weisflock Mrs Hattie Drayer and Mrs Rena Mootey at a June Fort Frankfort meeting A memorial service was held by Mrs Reynolds and other officers Rena Mootey received a rose and will move to California Several visitors from Redfield and Watertown attended and refreshments were served by the June committee
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OES
Frankfort
Thinkfort Oes
Frelay
Jean Weisflock
Hattie, Drayer
Mraz Rena Mootey
Tose
Matean
Reynolds
Gudes
Rena Mootey
California
Redfield
Watertown
War Analyst Mackenzie Starts Day At Four A.M. For Column
War analyst De Witt Mackenzie maintains a 4 AM alarm to file The War Today column. He travels widely for interviews, once chased a general across deserts, and wrote India’s Problem Can Be Solved for a book due in August.
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London
New Delhi
Chungking
Montgomery
Mackenzie
Bronxville
Manhattan
India
Europe
Africa
Asia
Kent
Carol
Vermont
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Early Life of a Foreign Correspondent in News History
In 1907 Mackenzie spent two years on upstate New York papers before joining the Associated Press. He began foreign reporting during the 1916 Irish Easter Rebellion, a perilous start that nearly cost him his life after a mistaken identity as a Tebe.
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Associated Press
de Witt Mackenzie
Hu Yanite
United States
Canada
Mackenzie
Syracuse University
George Arents
Egypt
London
Associated Press Foreign Service
Munich
Chamberlain
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Godesberg
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Sudetenland
New York
Upstate
Assoclated Press
Tebe
Saul Meredith Relief Corps Meeting Notes in Frankfort
The Saul Meredith Relief Corps met Thursday afternoon with 22 members present. General orders and the department newsletter were read before the business meeting. Luncheon was served by President Irene King and her mother Hattie Martinson in honor of Annie Petersoon visiting from California and Jennie Warner who will leave for Nevada this week.
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Frankfort W. R. C
Frankfort
Saul Meredith
Allied plan hinges on Pantelleria and Lampedusa fate
The article notes Pantelleria and Lampedusa as critical chokepoints blocking Allied naval operations between Sicily and Africa. It argues the invasion will be gradual and bound to Russian front developments, with possible rapid escalation if Hitler mounts a great offensive. Sicily and Sardinia are seen as immediate targets to clear shipping lanes.
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Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Sicily
Sardinia
Hitler
Tunisia
Amphibio Operations Require Vast Fleet and Air Support
The note describes the need for a large fleet and substantial air power to move even a modest army, with munitions and provisions essential for operations and naval support and aerial maneuver required to reach the scene.
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Love, Dale
Kellogg‘s
PUREX
U. S
Morton
Aly
Vipat
U.S. Public Health Service
America
Clorax
Caas
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