Marines Give Tippling Duck Sick Leave
In Detroit a marine unit on LST 512 reports Siwash the duck injured and missing on the home front. A veterinary confirms a severe right leg sprain and recovery on convalescent furlough. The bird, a decorated mascot, remains fond of lettuce and beer as marines stay devoted.
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Detroit
Siwash
LST 512
Massoon
New Zealand
Ncis
J. Fagan
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Detroit River
War dogs return for recuperation and training
War dogs like Butch and Rex are brought back from Pacific operations for rest, training, and possible disability discharge. Trainers explain dogs carry messages and scout, with mine-detection experiments. The dogs endure rations and fatigue, yet show loyalty and precision under trainers in jungle tests.
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Bonnie Wiley
Pacific
A L. Wilson Davis
Baltimore
Davis
Butch
Stanley Hayter
Salem Center
N. Y
Rex
Jeff
Hayter
Aubrey Martin
Oak Haven Ave
Macon
Francis White
Lincoln St
Riverhead
Derick
Pfc
Harold E. Kennedy
Bartlett St
Avon
Mass
Callie Sellers
Shirley Ave
Hamilton
Ohio
Nils Nilsson
Falmouth
Wiliam Shepherd
Belmont
Buddy
Iwo Jima
Otis Erb
McClure
Erb
Hair samples flood war plant in unusual appeal story
Philadelphia dispatch reports a war plant flooded with hair samples after an appeal for 250000 strands. Mailroom workers impressed by the crown ing glory brushed clothes before returning home to wives. The Pony Express lasted 16 months until the telegraph line reached California in 1861.
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Philadelphia
INS
California
Sioux War Cry Helps Troopers In Davao Kill Nips
T Sergeant Marvin S Sorenson of Vi borg South Dakota led a small unit in a night perimeter defense in the Davao area. Five volunteers joined a raid on a Jap nest and Sorenson charged shouting a Sioux war cry. They killed fourteen Japs of nineteen and followed up next morning by additional kills, with the war chant becoming standard in the unit.
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Mindanao
INS
Marvin S. Sorenson
Viborg
S.D
U. S
Sorenson
Davao
Tenants Peculiar Case Heard In Vancouver Court
A Vancouver landlady testified to Judge Bruce Byrd that she wanted to force a tenant to leave because the tenant wished to move out. The odd exchange centered on the tenant’s premature departure.
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International News Service
Vancouver
D. C
INS
Bruce Byrd
Tenant Evicted After Suicide Attempts Cited by Judge
A tenant faced eviction after two suicide attempts prompted the landlady to seek removal. The first attempt involved attempting to drown himself in a lake, and the second saw him slashing his wrists with a razor. Neither effort succeeded, and Judge Boyd ruled in favor of eviction, labeling him very obnoxious as a tenant.
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Boyd
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Siz
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