Hospital Site A Composite Picture Of Peace And War
A Texas unit runs a makeshift hospital on a hilltop in England now filled with huts and a post office. General Hawley inspects amid efforts to supply medical gear and mail, while officials joke about ration cards and cigarets as morale rises.
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Dixie Tighe Desveapeuien
England
Texas Unit
Texas
Paul Hawley
ETO
James L. Murchison
Rockford
Ala
No Unit
Col. Clark
Hawley
Diary of Lt. Ben Z Kaplan Reveals War’s Honest Realities
Lt. Ben Z Kaplan of Waco Texas a ground officer with Flying Fortresses in the 15th air force has kept a diary for 12 years. He writes in plain language detailing what the war has meant to him and those around him noting he has written over a million words.
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Ben Z. Kaplan
Waco
Texas
15Th Airforce
Ben
Roosevelt names three for FEPC dispute probe
President Roosevelt named a three man committee to investigate a dispute among the fair employment practices committee railway labor organization and 16 southern carriers over racial discrimination. The panel includes Judge Walter P Stacy chairman from Raleigh North Carolina Judge William H Holly of the U S district court Chicago and Low Frank J Lausche of Cleveland Ohio.
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FEPC
Washington
Roosevelt
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Railway Labor Organization
Walter P. Tacy
Raleigh
N.C
William H. Holly
U. S. District Court
Chicago
Low Frank J. Lausche
Cleveand
Soviet advance pushes toward Vitebsk and Poland
Soviet forces swept through White Russia and Ukraine driving toward Vitebsk and Berdichev with over 150 towns taken and encirclement threats near Novograd-Volynski. Reports say Vatutin’s southern wing hit Andreevichi 15 miles northeast of Novograd-Volynski as German rail links near KievZhmerinka were exposed.
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Poland
Nikolai Vatutin
Vino
Moscow
Vatuutin
Andreevichi
Novograd-Volynski
Berdichev
von Mannstein
Zhitomir
Kiev-Zhmerinka
Kalinovka
Vinnitsa
Odessa-Warsaw
Dnieper River
Zimmerinka
Odessa
Rumania
Fire Destroys Part Of War Warehouse At Harvester Depot
Fire destroyed about 200 feet by 200 feet of a warehouse at the Harvester war depot ten miles southwest of Toledo. Lt R W Reynolds reported spare automobile parts and other materials burned. Cause uncertain, possibly overheated stove. Toledo and nearby villages assisted the post fire department.
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Toledo
Harvester War
R.W. Reynolds
The
Post
Post Fire Department
Weather Outlook for Carolinas Cooler Tonight Then Mild
Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight with little temperature change in the mountains. Tuesday then fair and mild across North Carolina and South Carolina regions with stable conditions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
RAF action over Germany and home defense yields mixed results
RAF continued operations over Germany while escorting fighters chased a handful of German raiders over England. Four enemy aircraft were shot down. bombs exploded in a southeast England residential district injuring a few people. Some planes reached London area causing an alert with limited damage. Mexico produces 40 percent of the world silver.
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Germany
RAF
England
London
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