Experts Think Italian Relief Is Easy Job Back on Feet
Washington dispatch reports Allied relief planners believe Italy may recover quicker than other European lands. They foresee immediate relief as an operation to stabilize food, fuel, and medical needs, with coordination by AMG and postwar distribution challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner
AMG
Herbert Hu
Italy
Ger
Allied High Command
Germany
Poland
North
Africa
Our Men And Women In Service Cadet Thurman Sykes in pre flight
A band of service members is profiled with details of their training locations and family ties. Cadet Thurman Sykes completes pre flight at Santa Ana Army Air Base and begins preliminary training in Wickenburg Arizona. Other personnel include Sgt Buford James Carter in the Canal Zone, Seaman James Elgin missing in the Atlantic, and Pfc Thomas Hicks Jr at Marianna Florida.
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Thurman Sykes
C. O. Gaddis
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Calif
Wickenburg
Arizona
Buford James Carter
Ella Carter
English Street
United States. Army
Canal Zone
Carter
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sgt. Carter
Alice Carter
James Elgin
Walter Elgin
South Carolina
J. S. Wright
Emma Lou Elgin
Park Street
Atlantic
Seaman Elgin
Bainbridge
George F. Beck
G. F. Beck
Worrell St. Thomasville
Ordnance School
Chevrolet Motor Company
Flint
Michigan
Pfc
Thomas E. Hicks, Jr
T. EF. Hicks
East Commerce Street
U. S. Army Air Forces
Marianna
Fla
Hicks
Keesler Field
Biloxi
James Johnston
W. T. Johnston
Jamestown
United States Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Wartime Washington speaks of Old Guard gains in postwar council
In wartime Washington an advisory council for the Republican Party distributes committee assignments. Arthur H. Vandenberg chairs foreign policy, Robert Taft leads postwar enterprise and employment. Spangler curates the lineup, with McNary and Martin noted as absent. The article also lists numerous congressmen and military personnel figures tied to the broader war context.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Advisory Council
Old Guard
Council of 49
Spangler
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Foreign Policy and International Relations Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Enterprise, Industry and Employment
Charles L. McNary
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Tower House
Congress
Vandenberg
International
Charles A. Eaton
Len Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Francis P. Bolton
Eaton
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Enterprise, Industry and Employment Committee
John W. Bricker
United States Chamber of Commerce
Albert W. Hawkes
New Jersey
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Everett Dirksen
Ilinois
Dewey
Government Administration Reform Committee
Earl Warren
California
Social Security and Welfare Committee
Arizona
Kelland
Missouri
Louis F. Miller
H. Alexander Smith
Willkiefte
Dudley Hay
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Earl Snell
Oregon
Charlie Halleck
Indiana
May 24 Senate Rhythm Cuts Across Calendar
A wartime column notes the Senate custom of legislative days versus calendar days, detailing recess rules, morning hours, and the effect on adjournments. It traces how May 24 stretches as senators pause then resume, with insights from parliamentary expert Charles L Watkins and a note on how House proceedings differ. Includes brief items about Sgt. Layn and air cadets George and Arthur Lyon.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senators
Senate
Charles L. Watkins
Watkins
Congress
P. S
Plenty Of Soft Coal
New York September 11. Harry W. Vawter director of the Bituminous Coal Institute says no rationing of soft coal is needed at present. Only prolonged mining disruption could block the 600 million tons government output target for 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry W. Vawter
Bituminous Coal Institute
Insectivorous birds could eat 40 million insects per season
Two families of insect-eating birds on a 160 acre farm would consume as many as 40,000,000 insects during a cropping season, highlighting the impact of natural predators on pest populations.
Panama Homecoming for O'Brien on 30 Day Leave
Carroll O'Brien petty officer third class returns home on a 30 day leave after months at sea. He is welcomed by family and friends as news spreads of his service and safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Carroll
O'Brien
Three High Point youths enter army flight school at Maxwell Field
Three High Point youths reported to the army air forces flight school at Maxwell Field Alabama. They are William D. Simmons of Garland City? Greenway Drive 1200, Garland Slack Box 661, and James T. Smith 310 Louise Avenue.
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Army
Maxwell Field
Ala
William D. Simmons
Greenway Drive
Garland C. Slack
James T. Smith
Louise Avenue
Potato Waterfalls in British Guiana River
A 300 foot wide waterfall on the Potato River in interior British Guiana plunges about 840 feet into the lower forest, marking a dramatic drop within the terrain.
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British Guiana
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Dallas
Tex
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Fifth Avenue
Thomasville
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Lillian Sechrest
Highland Avenue
William Coy Anthony
Anthony
Burton Street
Shelton
Gunners’ School
Lawrence Justice Crumpler
I. G. Crumpler
High Point
Solomons Branch
Washington, D. C
Mary Louie Slaughter
Melton
Danville
Virginia
Crumpler
Navy
Richmond Naval Station
Elmo F. Hobbs
Center
T. F. Hobbie
Campbell Street
United States Army
England
S’vt
Hobbs
Camp Lee
William H. Graham
J. R. Graham
West Bay Street
United States Army Air Corps
Dyersburg
Tenn Pvt
Graham
Margie Morgan
East Green Street
Jack Stinnett
Julian T. Moss, Jr
J. T. Moss
Johnson Street
Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Cpl
A. L. Hayden
Camp Phillips
Kan
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J. L. Hayden
Clara Cox
Hayden
Camp Hood
Texas
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Norfolk Naval Base
A. R. Elk
East
Russell Street
Seaman McCormick
George Connor, Jr
George C. Connor
Oakland Avenue
Camp McCoy
Wis
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Fort Knox
Cpl. Smith
Janney Trotter Smith
Ernest Thurman Embler
Co. B. Embler
Lexington Avenue
Camp Maxey
Pvt
Reid C. Deal
Eunice Deal
Best Street
North Africa
Enemgy
Camp Mackaw
Seaman
Charles Grady Deal
Seaman Deal
San Diego
Herman Griffin
Ft. Louis
Wash
L. C. Griffin
Asheboro Street
Cpl. Griffin
Fort Francis
Wyo
Edgar D. Bullabough
E. D. Bullabough
Vernon Street
Southwest Pacific
Bullabough
Camp Wheeler
Indiantown Gap
Charles “Babe” Teague
Fred M. Teague
India- China
United States Army Transport Command
India
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Teague
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Gower
High Point Route Three
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Michael
Venable Street
Kansas
Lester M Floyd
C. M. Floyd
Floyd
Rainbow
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Solons
Pantera
LAIN
Paul A. Lain
C. A. Lain
Ward Street
U. S. Army
Sgt. Lavn
Sicily
Lyon Brotheres
George and
Arthur Lyon
Ed Lyon
University of Colorado
Denver
Colo
Miami
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Bataan
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