Kaminski Letter Describes Australian Shore Visit and War-time Life
Aug 19 letter from Corp. Ray Kaminski in Australia to parents details a voyage, weather, storms, and leisure aboard ship. He notes meals, radio entertainment, movies, and travels, mentions kangaroos, wild dogs, and local prices, and comments on currency and speech as they adapt to life afar.
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Corp
Ray Kaminski
Australia
Mrs. Kaminski
Montana Avenue
Huron
Dad
Dat
Warren
P. K
V a Little Sleep Before I Go to Work Again
Fragmentary note reads a casual farewell with names Swift Allen Berg and Ray. Sentiment hints at morning routine and departure. No clear event or location identified.
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Swift
Allen and Berg
Ray
Watch Those Spuds Storage Tips From Agriculture Experts
Washington reports that potato harvests should be stored in ventilated containers or cool rooms to avoid freezing and overheating. Experts advise keeping potatoes at 50 to 60 degrees for best home use and suggest outdoor cellars or pits with alternating straw and soil to prevent freezing.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Dinner party at Faulkton cottage honors guests
In Faulkton a dinner was hosted at the John Bank's Lake Faulkton cottage by relatives for Mr and Mrs Bill Giesen of Ocean Beach California and Mr and Mrs Henry Marx of Madison Wisconsin. The piece notes an artesian salamander living 200 feet underground and blind.
Clothing drive for Russian relief led by Stuvland in Lake Preston
Sept 8 to 10 are set for a city wide house to house clothing drive for Russian relief led by Mrs Lina Stuvland with 20 volunteers. Donations are solicited from rural areas and local business men will handle shipping of collected materials.
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Stuvland
Lake Preston
Lina -‘Stuvland
MACKENZIE REPORTS Allied Vectors Strengthen War Effort
The piece notes how cooperation among the big three and Allies follows Italy's collapse, weakening Hitler’s Balkan defense. Stalin proclaims Red forces capture Stalino in the Donets Basin and frames a strategic victory amid joint Allied actions.
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MacKenzie
Libya
Tripoli
Tunisia
Sicily
Ain
America
Britain
Russia
Italy
Hitler
Balkan
Stalin
Stalino
Donets
European War Drift Shifts Amid Balkan and Italy Movements
Mixed dispatches describe Allied activity shaping the Balkans and Italy with plans for a broad aerial and ground campaign. Reports note possible heavy fighting if the Po River line is defended as Allied operations press eastward and toward Germany.
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Balkans
Italy
Aviation Cadet Tyrrell Transferred to Dos Pablos for Training
Cadet William C Tyrrell, after completing pre flight training at Santa Ana California, is transferred to Dos Pablos California. His new address is 13 AAFFTD Eagle Field Dos Pablos California and he begins training in flying. Cadet Tyrrell writes to his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Tyrrell at 1620 Wisconsin Avenue.
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William C. Tyrrell
Santa Ana
Cal
Dos Pablos
Eagle, Field
Tyrrell
Harvey Tyrrell
Wisconsin Avenue
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Evaning Schumm
Fehrontis
Estes Sam
Faulkton Cottage
Jack’s Market
Con Adams
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
Albert Lyle Newland
Wolsey
Alice Augusta Lyman
Crawford
Kansas City
St Louis
Chicago
Cloyd
Buck
Cloyd,jr
Joyce
San Francisco
W.' H- Buck
Colorado Avenue
Richard J. Milks
Kearney
Neb
Dianerat
Herman
Doland
Sgt Milks
Kiel Bros
Loftus
Fleming
Toai “McArthur
Yester- Paing
Oberlin
Ohio
Beloit
Wis
Mera Cb Vt
Sal Saante
Gause
Apange
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