Army Mule Triumphs In Final Hee Haw Jeep Rivalry
James Thrasher reports from Washington on Jenny the Missouri Nightingale, an Army mule, beating Jeeps on Tunisian roads while carrying supplies and heavy artillery parts. The tale highlights mules as essential in war, noting training takes 90 to 120 days and praising their steadfast service.
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Army Mule
Missouri Nightingale
Jeeps
James Thrasher
NEA
Washington
Jenny
Jury Frees Three Held In Negro Lynch Case
A federal court jury in Hattiesburg Mississippi acquitted Luther Holder Jones County deputy sheriff Barney Jones and Allen Pryor of civil liberties charges tied to the 1942 lynching of a Black man named Howard Wash. Two other defendants were freed earlier for lack of evidence. The case marked the first federal action against white participants in a southern lynching in four decades.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Jones County
Sidney C. Mize
Luther Holder
Barney Jones
Allen Pryor
Holder
Laurel
Howard Wash
Wash
Clint Welborn
Jones
William Oscar Johnson
OWL Reveals Casualty List At 78 235
The Office of War Information reports a war casualty total of 78 235 as of yesterday. Army casualties total 53 309 with 4 976 killed and 10 384 wounded. Navy losses reach 24 926 with 7 147 dead and 4 665 wounded. Elmer Davis notes Tunisian operations likely cost about 10 000 in killed wounded and missing.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
The
OWL
Navy
Elmer Davis
Roane Waring
American Legion
Africa
Officials Say Spain Got Only Essential Oil
The State Department said no Spanish ship has left a U S port with lubricating oil or other petroleum products for Spain since February 1942 A recent NY Daily News story claiming 200000 gallons from Philadelphia was incorrect The department noted such oils are restricted and only allowed under a wartime supply purchase program after clearance by U S officials and allied authorities The note ends with an unrelated line about Pennsylvania streams containing 160 varieties of ash.
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Washington
State Department
United States
New York
Daily News
Philadelphia
Spain
Caribnm
Department
Board of Economic Welfare
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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