Service Neely to Return With the 15th Air Force
Cpl. Eugene A. Neely Jr of High Point North Carolina served in Italy with the 15th Air Force and will return to the United States soon with the 456th Bomb Group. He will report for processing at Fort Bragg before furlough and reassignment.
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Neely
15TH
A IR
Italy
15Th Air Force
Eugene A. Neely, Jr
Gatewood Avenue
High Point
N. C
United States
456Th
Cpl
Fort Bragg
Soldiers Readjust Homes as War Moves Shift
Pfc Charles Tommy Webb of High Point N C returns from 33 months in Europe and waits two weeks at Camp Butner before new U S duty. Melvill A Sechrest of High Point is among 540th Air Service Group troops redeploying to the United States for further training before Pacific duty. Marine Lt Alvin C Boles of High Point on leave after 15 months overseas with four invasions and air liaison duties in Morotai Leyte Guam and Iwo Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Webb
Camp Butner
N. C
Charles Tommy Webb
Fannie R. Webb
Redding Street
High Point
United States
Webb
Melvin Sechrest
Fifteenth Air Forces Service Command
Italy
Service Command
540Th Air Service
Pacific Theater
Japan
540Th Air Service Group
Melvill A. Sechrest
Louise Sechrest
Branch Street
Boles
Alvin C. Boles
Pacific
A. O. Boles
Montheu Avenue
Morotai
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Guam
Iwo Jima
USA
USO
Merchant Marine
Guiding Light
Virginia Frank
Miss Frank
USO Board
Margaret Lee
Judy Owen
Fay Loftin
Marian Leonard
Frances Bailey
Marian Slaughter
Mary Stroup
Frances Muse
Aliene Smith
Helen Ferrell
Mary Alice Boyles
Lee Hardee
Nancy Roberts
Melita Elridge
Margaret Dunn
C. W. Davis
H. D. Smith
Marion Byars
Charlotte Guy
Gladys Moore
J. F. Hayden
Hayden
Woman's Club
United War Chest
Fochelle
Edgar Hartley
J. H. McCall
Royster Thurman
Harry Doctor
John Peacock
USO Helps GI Joe Plan Wedding and Honeymoon
A World War II veteran visits a local USO center seeking wedding plans and a honeymoon. The cheerful hostess arranges reservations in the mountains, illustrating the center’s broad support beyond shelter and recreation.
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USO
GI Joe
USO Servicemen's Center
Grim Reaper
Sam
High Point College
Cooling summer supper with Wilsons Certified Braun liver sausage
Food and Nutrition Consultant to Wilson & Co explains a cooling supper featuring Wilson's Certified Braun liver sausage with carrot cucumber garnish and potato salad in tomato rose garnish. The menu includes B V bouillon bread seven minute cabbage lemon chiffon pie and milk or coffee for a hot day meal. Tomato roses are easy to make by trimming the blossom end chilling tomatoes and shaping wedges to hold the potato salad. Schweiger sausage can be sliced on the bias for a prettier presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
George Rector
USO volunteers supply wedding reception and support for GIs
Air cadets and the USO arranged a wedding reception on short notice with flowers music refreshments and dancing for a hundred guests. The center aided a GI needing a $1.71 train fare to visit his sick father and ran a Christmas program connecting service members with families via Bell Labs. Volunteers donated hours letters and gifts while medals honored long-serving hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
New York
Brooklyn
Valley Forge
USC
American Business Club
Alexander Graham Bellin
United States
GI Joe
What is a pentagon and other one minute test items
The page presents quick quiz Q and A on shapes and angles. It notes a large Chinese vessel and a Nazi flag found by Marine Sgt John C. Nungezer in Okinawa during patrol, along with other flags in an abandoned building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
INS
John C. Nungezer
Broward St
Jacksonville
Fla
United Nations
Vale worker suffers second injury after return
D V Hurlbut, back on the job after a two year layoff due to injuries from a cable break, was injured again two hours later in another accident. He suffered a broken hip and two ribs in the second incident in Vale Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JINX
Vale
Ore
INS
D. V. Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Pasteeth False Teeth Ad Promises Faster Secure Fit
An advertisement touts PA the alka line non-acider paste to keep dentures secure and eliminate slipping and odor. It claims teeth feel more comfortable, do not sour, and prevents embarrassing moments by holding dentures firmly. Available at drug stores.
Teschen dispute traced through centuries and borders
The Teschen district, a 30 mile square area at the Poland Czech and German border, has long been contested since World War I. It was split between Poland and Czechoslovakia, with later occupations by Germany and rearrangements after 1938. The region includes Karwin coal mines and Bielitz textile centers, reflecting mixed populations and shifting control.
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Washington
Europe
Teschen
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austrian Silesia
Czech Sudetenland
Hitler
Mussolini
Bohemia
Hapsburg
Olsa River
Council of Ambassadors
Oderberg
Olsa
Bielitz
Biala
Polish Galicia
Czech Teschen
Isaiah Bowman
State Department
Encyclopedia Britannica
Slovakia
Karwin
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Presnell
Quincy
Charlie B. Presnell
USN
Main Street
Asheboro
J. S. Presnell
Honshu
Amaishi
Tokyo
ED Lewis
Sheraton Hotel
Sara Alderman
Horace Haworth
Earl N. Phillips
T. V. Rochelle
F. W. Spearman
Major Spearman
H.D. Smith
Wilson’s Weekly
Wilson & Co
H. W. Beecher
BY Herman R. Allen
Sted
Maahrisch Ostrau
Frieder
Skotschau
Jablunkau
Vistula, RB
Iustron
Barania
Ron ‘Fielos
Ring - Harris
White House
Wheaties
Bell's O Watt’s
Grandma
Kellogg’s Pep
Stu Orl
Olgate
Ays
Bologna
Weiners
Gulf Spray
Poar
North Carolina
Guilford County
Ira Gray
Daisy Gray
Berta Elps
Florence W. Allen
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