Sinking of U-boats dominates Atlantic war reports
Admiral Ingram reports over 500 U boats sunk by Atlantic forces with 126 sunk by the U S Navy and allies. peak strength 450 in 1945. British Canadian losses included. Ingram notes last wolf pack intercepted near the east coast and calls cease fire order not yet issued until all boats accounted for.
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Ashington
Germany
Jonas H
Ager
Dily
Newfoundland
Uth
N. H
Navy Yard
Atlantic
Iceland
French Africa
High Seas
Ingram
Britain
Canada
Maine
Florida
Ingenious Yanks Prove Adept At Improvisation
From Captain Dwight M. Burkam of the Mars Task Force in Central Burma comes a report of improvised tools and meals by U S troops. They fashioned lighters from carbine shells, paste for pancakes from mortar parts, and cups from bamboo and bottles. They also created utensils and shelter from parachute cloth and bamboo, with improvised meals including cereal, crumbled biscuits, and chicken chow mein from native rice and canned chicken.
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James E. Brown
Basha
Nurse Grace E. Trout Receives Bronze Star in Europe
Lt Grace E Trout daughter of George W Trout Glen Rock Pa awarded Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with the 93d Evacuation Hospital. Veteran of 43 months in the Army Nurse Corps she spent 23 months overseas in Sicily Italy and France and participated in four amphibious operations including the Anzio beachhead assault.
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Seventh Army
France
INS
Grace E. Trout
George W. Trout
Glen Rock
Lieutenant Trout
Army Nurse Corps
Sicily
Italy
Anzio I
Chicago High School Baseball Schedule Is Washed Out
Rain has postponed 77 Chicago public high school league baseball games. Officials may have to select two city teams to represent Chicago in the state finals on May 31 and June 1.
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Chicago
Weatherman
Yanks In England Seek Homey Welcome From British Homes
Mrs Agnes de Paula director of Home Hospitality in Britain for American Soldiers says battle worn troops on leave from the western front prefer rest and family life over riotous entertainments. She has arranged lodging in Grith and Scottish homes since November 1944 to give doughboys a brief home atmosphere and no formal entertainment.
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Agnes de Paula
Britain
de Paula
Oing
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