Iwo Losses Past Cost of Taking Saipan Noted
Military casualty figures up to March 16 show 4,189 dead 15,308 wounded and 441 missing for Iwo Jima with a total 19,938. Comparative Pacific totals for Tarawa Marshall Islands Saipan Tinian Guam and Palaus given alongside Central Pacific losses. Local social notes mention visitors and family events in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tinian
Palaus
Carolinas
Central Pacific
Iwo
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
The Approach Planned Economy in German History
A condensed account traces Planned Economy from its 1880s German origins to its rise under World War I and later under National Socialism. It argues America now embraces planned economy as a tool of wartime efficiency and warns rationing should be minimal and voluntary to avoid authoritarian drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
America
Approaching Marriage Of Miss Anne Boyett Announced This Week
The engagement of Miss Anne Boyett to Lt. William J. White was announced by her brother Ernest J. Boyett. Miss Boyett, formerly of Junction Texas, has lived in Austin five years and studied at the University of Texas. Lt. White, son of Mrs. Mae White of Kansas City, Missouri, is in the Medical Corps and stationed at Abilene Texas. He is a University of Kansas graduate and a member of Phi Beta Pi and Acacia. He served as transport surgeon in campaigns in North Africa Italy and Corsica. The wedding is planned for early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Boyett
William J. White
Ernest J. Boyett
Miss Boyett
Junction
Texas
Austin
University of Texas
Lt. White
Mae White
Kansas City
Missouri
Medical Corps
Abilene
Lt White
University of Kansas
Phi Beta Pi
Medical Fraternity
Acacia
North Africa
Italy
Corsica
General Clean-up Tends To Better Health Conditions
Dr George W Cox state health officer urges a statewide spring cleaning push in Texas. He cites improved health from surface cleaning drainage street paving park cleaning weed removal garbage disposal and elimination of mosquito breeding sites to reduce summer health hazards and fire risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
George W. Cox
Fire chiefs demo equipment for Harper firefighters
Junction Fire Department Chief Leon Powell with Homer Mosley and Vic Urban attended Harper Fire Department’s Monday meeting and practice last week. Powell demonstrated firefighting gear, the ladder use, a method to untangle hose, and quick hose connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Powell
Junction Fire Department
Homer Mosley
Vic Urban
Harper Fire Department
Harper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell McLendon
Texas Press Association
South Texas Press Association
National Editorial Association
Kimble
Elswhere
Borden Company
Albert Cochran
Antonio
Mrs. Chas
Junction, Texas
Exan
Balcony
Jane Wyman
Meler
Pyis
Nancy Kelly
Ovie Buster
Corpus Christi
James Gillespie
San Angelo
S. B. Kindrick
Vashti Taylor
H. H. Lawler
Paula Ann Woodard
San Antonio
F. H. Dunk
Little Paula Ann
Dunk
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Sieg Business and
M. E. Blackburn
Lowgren Junction
Albert W. Searcy
Junction National Bank
Cameron
Ramsey
Randolph Junction, Texas
Tod Heyman
Americas
Ther
GES
UNI
E. E. Buster
Nction
Joseph J. Moran
Nix
San Antonio, Texas
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