Burma Lost Battalion Story Told By Maj Jones
Major Jones recounts the Burma battle where 43 men were killed and 207 wounded before relief. An American unit and a second battalion fought off 400 Japanese around the hill, with relief coming after days of siege. The narrative covers marches toward Myitkyina and the hazardous trek to join Stilwell’s forces.
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New Delhi
Burma
Tle
Battalio
Stilwell
Myitkyna
Jones
Greenville
Tenn
Batloon
Ting
Shwell
Jambu Bun
Myina
Japan
Merrill
Randers
Compf
Charles N. Hunter
Nne
Wye
Wyonet
Shad
Ama
Auche
Nhpum
Paratroop Units Break Through to Link After Siege
British paratroops flee across the Rhine and endure a four mile march to reach higher ground as Lt. Col. George A. McGee and Lt. Col. Charles E. Beach command the second and third battalions. Surrounded in jungle for 13 days, they defend heights and rice paddies while supply lines are cut and water becomes scarce. Easter Sunday, April 9, the third battalion breaks through to join the first, with battered troops celebrating a hard‑won reunion.
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George A. McGee
Denver
Nhpum
Charles EF. Beach
Cincinnati
James FE. T. Hopkins
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Logan E. Weston
Youngstown
Ohio
Hunter
William L. Fleming
Rich
Gibson Helps 8 000 Get Into Uniform
New York October 7 The article profiles Joe Gibson who transformed his nonprofit Armnavair Habilitation Foundation into a job and readjustment aid for draft rejects and veterans. Since 1940 his work has helped thousands gain service entry and find suitable roles, expanding to discharged men seeking employment.
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New York
Joe Gibson
Armnavair Habilitation Foundation
Madison Avenue
Navy
Army
Gibson
The Last Time I Saw Paris and The Trolley Song
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra release features The Last Time I Saw Paris with After It's Over by The Four Lee Sisters. The King Sisters with Male Chorus deliver The Trolley Song and My Heart Sings with Alyce King solo and Four King Sisters harmonizing on the finale.
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Victor Popular
Paris
F.T
Vaughn Monroe
F. T
Four Lee Sisters
Victor
Monroe Crew
Vaughn
St. Louis
Alyce King
Donna
Louise
Yvonne
France
Four King Sisters
NC governors mull tobacco sales holiday to ease market congestion
Governor Broughton delayed a decision on declaring a tobacco sales holiday for eastern old and middle belt markets. Markets will close Monday through Sunday next week to test a four day selling schedule. If congestion remains by midweek, he will consult Virginia Governor Darden on a holiday option. Representatives from three belts met to address farmer and warehouse concerns. Broughton urged farmers to slow grading during the trial period to ease redrying plant congestion and labor shortages.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Colgate Darden
Virginia
North Carolina
Coming Election Will Be 38th Contest Between Two Parties
Christopher Crittenden and Ellen M Rollins recount the 1796 start of the two party contest in U.S. history. They note Washington's unanimous 1789 vote, Adams 34 second choices, and the first party system with Federalists and Republicans shaping early governance.
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Yey
Roosevelt
Washington
John Adams
Adams
Clinton
Republican Party
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
United States Bank
Ray
Thomas Jefferson
Citizen Genet
Philadelphia
France
Jay
Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney
Dent
Vermont
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jefferson
Burr
Hamilton
New England
Light Weight Magnesium May Revolutionize Industry
New York October seventh report on the first annual meeting of the nine month magnesium association shows magnesium products like a wheelbarrow weighing 30 pounds, far lighter than steel, signaling broad postwar uses. Dow Chemical previews consumer applications from vacuum cleaners to stoves as government controls end and firms seek civilian markets. A poll of fabricators indicates strong interest in continuing magnesium production after the war, with vast potential in many goods.
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Hudson Phillips
New York
Waldorf- Astoria
Trade Association
Magnesium Association
Magnesium Ustry
Tion Board
Dow Chemical Co
America
Dow
Es. Magnesium Association
Beulah Dorsett Dies in Thomasville at 32
Mrs Beulah M Dorsett 32 died after a month long illness in a local hospital. Born July 14 1912 in Randolph County she was daughter of Mrs Girlie Myers and the late Roby Summey. She married Winifred Dorsett and leaves four daughters five sisters and a husband. Funeral Monday at 11 at Mt Zion Pilgrim church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Beulah M. Dorsett
Dorsett
Girlie Myers
Roby Summey
Randolph County
Winifred Dorsett
Highway 109
Evelyn
Gladys
Virginia
Peggy Ann
Russel Briles
Jess Grabb
J. W. Gordon
Burlington
Bertha Summey
May Myers
Trinity
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
T. R. York
Will B. Hopkins
Willy Followydp
Ford Theater in Wonton Dedicated as National Museum
The Ford theater in Wonton where President Li was shot was dedicated as a national museum on February 12, 1932, marking a historic commemoration of the event and its location.
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Ford Theater
W.ton
President Li
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Nijmegen
Second Army
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