Italian War Prisoners Find Cooperation Pays
Italian prisoners of war who volunteered for service units helped speed Allied defeat and gained skills for postwar rehabilitation. Brig. Gen. John M. Eager said 35,000 Italians trained on mechanized tasks at ports, depots, and ordnance centers, learning to operate heavy equipment, repair vehicles, translate, and manage logistics. The Italians worked under American guidance, contrasting with German POW policy, and contributed at Pomona Fort Ord Ogden Salt Lake City New York and major seaports during the invasion period.
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Richard Shaner
Pon
NEW York
INS
Italy
Eager
Pomona
Calif
Fort Ord
Ogden
Salt Lake City
New York City
Office of War Information
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Gen. Eager
Rome
Naples
Venice
Knowledge Quiz on Citizenship and Elections
Questions explore whether marrying a foreigner affects citizenship, define a by election, and identify Declaration signers who became U S presidents. Also included are hints and wisdom about reading to improve the mind and understanding real versus imagined wants.
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United States
Birthday Traits and Guidance Amid Saturn Influences
The text warns birthday individuals to manage emotions and develop consistent effort. It suggests seeking a demonstrative life partner, avoiding boastfulness to prevent provocation, and taking things slowly under Saturn's adverse influence to avoid added difficulties. It also includes a quiz with questions and answers.
Billion-Dollar Junkyard Near Jap Hangar
In Saipan, Marianas, Major Harry Weber salvage chief and Lieut. Norman Cortese run a high value junkyard for wrecked B 29s. They strip, tag, and ship salvaged parts to a central warehouse while keeping the field operational amid bombing.
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Saipan
Marianas
Harry 5S
Weber
Norman Cortese
Iwo Jima
Major Weber
Rosedale
N. Y
Cortese
Newark
N. J
Red Letter Directions Halt Gasoline Application
A ration board clerk demanded an unsigned gaso line form be signed in a red pencil. Miss Jones refiled with an apology claiming no red pencil in Elm City and borrowed one from a bank. the signature finally appeared in red. Blowing remains a key ancient method in glass making.
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Wilson
Honored Rouen ship named for Farrar in ceremony
In Rouen France on May 24 a ship was renamed to honor one of 16 American war dead. The vessel bears the name of Alexander P. Farrar ship master who died April 8 in an Ostend explosion. His mother Mrs. Creston Farrar resides in Chapel Hill North Carolina.
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Rouen
France
Alexander P. Farrar
Ostend
Creston Farrar
Chapel Hill
N. C
Life Like Plastic Eyes Made By Army Dentist
Major M B S Wirtz of Latimer Iowa, awarded the Legion of Merit at Fitzsimmons General Hospital, develops plastic eyes for blinded soldiers. The process yields movable, durable eyes with lifelike veins and a pliant implant. Gen. MacArthur asked for him for the Philippines, but he may return to Latimer as mayor.
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Marte Wilson Sena Gatsone
Nahn
Correst
Denver
INS
Washington
Major Wirtz
University of Iowa
Sc Dentistry
Latimore
Gen
Las MacArthur
Philippines
Army
Stanley Erps
Maj
Victor Deitz
Wirtz
Latimer
B‑17 Crew Survives Bulk of Bullets in Raid
T Sergeant Charles T from Springfield Mass. reported a B 17 mission over enemy lines where the aircraft returned to RAF station No 1 with more than 500 bullet holes yet all crew members unharmed. The vivid account underscores remarkable air crew endurance and aircraft durability during the raid.
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Atlantic City
INS
India
Charles T
Springfield
Mass
RAF
Ration Roundup Highlights Stamp and Coupon Validity
The bulletin lists ration categories for meats fats and processed foods with stamps and dates through June and August. It notes sugar stamps for five pounds with expirations in June and August, gasoline coupons for four gallons with June dates, fuel oil period one coupons through January 31, and last year’s period four prefixes expiring August.
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OPA
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