Woman Recalls Escape From Japanese Internee Camp in Hong Kong
Frances Long relates Gwen Priestwood’s perilous flight from Stanley camp Hong Kong to Chungking aided by a Chinese boatman and guerrillas. Gwen, trained in auxiliary nursing, helped care for wounded, endured hunger and cold, and eventually reached India and the United States while hoping to return to England.
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Frances Long
Manila
Gwen Priestwood
Hongkong
New York
Gwen
Auxiliary Nurses Service
Chungking
Stanley Prison
Gwenriesthood
India
United States
England
Royal Air Force
Bahamian Labor Saves Irish Potato Harvest in Pasquotank
Farm Agent P. H. Jameson reports 140 Bahamian women and 155 men aided the potato harvest aiding local labor conditions. They earned 75 to 125 dollars monthly and helped move harvests through government channels with support from Congressman Herbert Bonner. Jameson notes upcoming fall needs of about 100 outside laborers for 16,000 acres of soybeans and 22,000 acres of corn.
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College Station
Raleigh
Pasquotank
P. H. Jameson
Elizabeth City
State College Today
Jameson
Henderson
Thomasville Police Fingerprint Students
About 400 Mills Home students in Thomasville are being fingerprinted by the local police, announced today by Chief E R Richardson. The measure aims to enhance identification and safety for the youths.
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Thomasville
Mills
E. R. Richardson
Richardson
Roberts Navy radioman sends voice message to daughter
Five year old Barbara Jane Roberts of Blissfield Michigan will hear her father Alten D Roberts USN radioman and former choir singer. A Knights of Columbus hostess arranged to record his voice and a message of cheer for his daughter. Recordings will be sent to the Roberts home within a day or two.
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Quincy
Mass
Barbara Jane Roberts
Blissfield, Mich
Alten D Roberts
USN
Roberts
Alice Keefe
Knights of Columbus
Men's Center
Pec
Uto
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