Yanks And Aussies End Huon Campaign in New Guinea
Allied forces complete the Huon peninsula campaign, costing Japan an estimated 14 000 troops. Australian troops joined American units along the Huon coastal plain after a 150 mile jungle advance from Finschhafen. MacArthur notes most of a large Japanese division was destroyed in the final squeeze with air and naval support aiding the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Huon
Japan
MacArthur
Red Cross Quota Set at 17500 for Thomasville Drive
Thomasville announces a $17,500 Red Cross drive quota to be conducted on Monday March 6 with Mrs Doak Fineth as head and Mrs C L White Jr as co chair. The committee includes N C English industrial section Mrs Robert Jones and Miss Mamie Harris business district, ward leaders, city hall chief E R Richardson publicity chair and school chairmen from Colonial Drive Kern Street Main Street Mills Home and Erwin areas.
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Red Cross
Thomasville
Doak Fineth
C. L. White, Jr
N. C. English
Robert Jones
Mamie Harris
Irvin Earnhardt
Stuart Burton
William van Liere
Robert Williams
E. R. Richardson
City Hall
Ted Hethcock
Hoke Shore
M. T. Lambeth
Lucille Kirkpatrick
Colonial Drive
Margaret McLeod
Kern Street
Lillian Yow
Main Street
Sallie McCracken
Mills
M. L. Bales
Erwin
The Brighter Side of a Typical Flu Germ
Damon Runyon sketches a comical tale about a notorious flu germ nicknamed typicalia. Sneaky the fluger calls it a rival, while Eddie Goulding and J. Edgar Hoover loom as elusive authorities. The piece blends satire with wartime slang and playful references to doctors and soldiers.
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Sneaky
Eddie Goulding
Goulding
J. Edgar Hoover
Honolulu
Cain
Medicos
Goelting
United States
India
Burma
North Africa
Spain
Bermuda
Mr. Goulding
North
Africa
Joe
Greenboro Marines Report Casualties from North Carolina
The Navy listing 103 U S casualties includes North Carolina names such as Cpl Aen W Courts USMCR dead from Reidsville and 2nd Lt Raymon C Dickey missing from New Bern along with Pfc Rupert L Briggs wounded and Sgt James Cone wounded from Greensboro and Middlesex. A stray line notes sharks in a central states scene.
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Washington
Navy Department
U. S. Naval Forces
North Carolina
Aen W. Courts
USMCR
Edyth M. Courts
Reidsville
Raymon C. Dickey
Rayemon C. Dickey
Rhemr Ave
New Bern
Rupert L. Briggs
Nonnie Jones
Greensboro
James Cone
USMC
Hattie Chamblee
Middlesex
Allied forces close on Japanese positions in New Guinea advance
Australian imperial force and militia units with American engineers cut coastal routes, forcing Japanese to flee into mountains. The drive through the Finisterre range and across streams advances toward Madang as air and night patrols strike Lakunai and Rabaul bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugg Finisterre
Citizens
Madang
Saidor
Mayo
Rabaul
New Britain
Lakunai
Concord Soldier Wounded in Mediterranean Area List
The War Department released a list of U.S. soldiers wounded in action across European and Pacific theaters. Names include Denny Hugh S. from Mooresville, Brignac Henry J. of Concord, Collins John L. of Grover, and several others with next of kin listed.
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Washington
War Department
U.S
North Carolina
Denny
Hugh S
Hattie L. Denny
N. Broad St
Mooresville
Brignac
Henry J
Helen Brignac
N. Spring St
Concord
Collins
John L
John H. Collins
Grover. Connor
Ernest H
Nora Connor
Asheville
Glenn
David E., Jr
Leath Mae Glenn
Monroe
Joyner
John G
John J. Joyner
Weldon
Rash
Robert J
Pauline E. Rash
Marion
Parasitic Twin Removed by Mayo Clinic Surgeon
A Mayo Clinic surgeon led a two hour operation to remove a parasitic twin from 12 year old Ernie Defort born with a partial Siamese twin on his lower chest and upper abdomen. The boy, from Winnipeg, returned home in weeks and is now active in sports and studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Canada
Henry W. Meyerding
Ernie Defort
Meyerding
Ration Roundup Week Seven Freezes and Expirations
Calendar for the week lists ration book expirations and stamps across meat fats sugar shoes fuel oil and gasoline. Green and Brown book four expiry dates February 1 through March. pork stamps 120 points advance only. sugar stamps No 30 and 40 with March 31 and February 28 endpoints. air and period coupons valid with short-term expirations.
Ray Street and Johnson Street Teams Win Big Wins
Ray Street defeated Oak Hill 12 to 0 while Johnson Street beat Brentwood 6 to 2 on the Y floor yesterday. All elementary teams play tomorrow morning except Ada Blair and Cloverdale as U S domestic airlines carried 71.57 billion miles.
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Ray Street
Johnson Street
Johnson
Brentwood
Oak Hill
Ada Blair
iCloverdale
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L-K
Broadhurst
Sun
Damon Runyon
Greenboro Marine
Central States
Mediterranean
The
Associated Press
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Garblina
Ry Ene
Manay
Pana
Feenamint
Magnesia
Tge
Phillip Morris
PRG
Carton
Peruna
Sloan
ASTOR
IPANA
Alka-Seltzer
A. i
Kolron
Castoria
Urs
Caldwells
Stanback
Asc
Absorbine JR
Dowdy’s
Valentine
Pangburn
Whitman
Mann’s
Windsor
Petrolagar
Saraka
Serutan
Ironing
Dieepeesie Meennteend
B.C. Pond
Vitalis
Zie
Sie
DR. Wests
Doans
Vaporub
Smothers Oak Hill
U. S
Winor Burns
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