Posthumous Letter Recounts Yankee Hero in Alpine War Behind German Lines
A Connecticut Yankee parachuted 250 miles behind German lines in Italy on Mission Mercury Eagle to disrupt supply routes and organize partisans. His 3500 word letter, read at a war crimes trial, outlines Alpine operations, 500 man network, and a final capture and execution by the SS in Bolzano. The note was delivered to his mother after the war.
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WRIL
Pitkin
Naples
Guarch
Alps
Italy
Hallowe'en
Italian Alps
Roderick G. S. Hall
Herbert V. Scanlon
Gertrude G. Merrill
East Ave
South
Norwalk
Conn
Germany
Oe Alps
Tagliamento
Tolmezzo
Ovasta
Carnic Alps
Smitty
Lloyd C. Smith
State College
Ovara
GHQ
Geo Republic
Brindisi
Eski
North Carolina Postpones New Carrier Rating Date
The North Carolina Utilities Commission postponed the effective date of new class classification ratings for state tracking companies. A hearing is set for April 14, with the new ratings to take effect June 2 unless ordered otherwise. The change would raise freight costs, affecting the motor carrier traffic association and regular route trucking firms in the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Motor Carrier Traffic Association
Crimes Rise 12.3 Percent in 1945 FBI Report
Attorney General Tom Clark announced that serious crimes in 1945 rose 12.3 percent from 1944, totaling 1,656,541 offenses. The FBI survey covered murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and auto theft, with sharp increases across categories. Clark urged harsher penalties and doubled efforts to restore respect for law.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Clark
FBI
Leather Processing Speeds Vary by Animal Type
Report notes elephant hide requires three years to tan while cattle hides can be tanned in a few weeks using specific methods.
OPA Fails To Post Prices On Numerous Articles
Washington dispatch reports OPA did not disclose how much more the public will pay for autos refrigerators and washing machines. The agency did set higher mill prices on steel but warned finished goods retail effects are unclear. Mill increases announced last night ranged from 2 to 12 per ton under February 15 directive authorizing an average rise of 5 per ton.
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Jerry
San Stefano
Cortina
GHQ
Venice
Austria
Alps
Selva di Cadore
Tolnezzo
Carnia
Smitty
Yugoslavia
Bolkano
R.R
Brenner
Audrich
Vallaba
Ivanhoe
Washington
OPA
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Yank
Bolcano
August Schiffer
Schiffer
Piedmont Sales and Service Co
W. Cemetery St
Salisbury, N. C
Mann's Drug Store
Plymouth
Safeguard Wheels
H. G. Ilderton, Inc
Dodge-Ply
High Point, N. C
Commerce
Willowbrook St
U. S
Lawson
Duncan Phyfe
Choice
WwWaAecuves
Boidoir
Mahogany
Bartner Furniture
East Green Street
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