Japanese Balloon Found Over U S Northwest Forest Land
A camouflage blue and cream balloon carrying an incendiary device was found 17 miles west of Kalispell. It landed in a timbered area, witnessed by more than 500 residents who were advised not to discuss it. FBI Idaho and local officials priced wind forecasts and noted the craft was a single flight free balloon with a short fuse.
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Ispell
Owne Hill
O. B. Hill
Miers
L. D. Spafford
Kalispell
Ward Bannister
Idaho
FBI
Cape Flattery
Pacific
Bannister
Japa
Camp McCoy auction offers thousands of salvage items
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin Colonel George F. MacMullin announces a sale of thousands of unserviceable army items now usable for civilians. Capt. NKyY and post salvage officers list items available and invite bids to be submitted by 4 p.m. on March 3, 1945. Items include telephone wire, batteries, radiators, rucksacks, camouflage nets, drums, radio tubes, nails and engines.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George F. MacMullin
Post
MacMullin
Nkyy
Post Salvage
Malenky
Bronze Star Given Posthumously To Menomonie Man
Mrs Gunda C Smith of Menomonie received the Bronze Star posthumously for her son Private James L Smith killed in Bougainville last March. Colonel George M MacMullin presented the award at McCoy during a ceremony witnessed by local officials. Smith served with the 45th Bar Regiment 37th Infantry and enlisted in 1943.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Gunda C. Smith
Knapp North Menomonie
George M. MacMullin
McCoy
Pic
James L. 23
Bougainville
Col. MacMullin
Ron
Smith
Better
Ray Peterson
Mencie
Stanley G. Eaton
John F. McCoy
45Th Bar Regiment
37Th Infantry
Vision
Seamer
Mass sentences for rioting by 27 Negroes at Fort Lawton
Seattle reports the largest mass court martial of the war imposing over 200 years in sentences on 27 Black servicemen found guilty of rioting after an attack on an Italian service unit at Fort Lawton on August 14. One Italian died. several defendants faced murder charges reduced to manslaughter. sentences ranged from six months to 25 years.
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Seattle
Wash
Fort Lawton
Olivettio
Corp
Luther Larkin
Ark
William G. Jones
Decatur
Tll
Arthur J
Houston
Texas
Pfc
Roy Pentettromers
Greenwood
Pneumo
Frontline Distances Reported Across The Theatre
AP lists Soviet and allied front lines with distances to key targets. Western front 301 miles from Duren and 304 miles north of Warsaw in the east, Hungarian front 400 miles from Szob, Italian front 50 miles from Merzano.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Szob
Merzano
Louis and the Witches Quest for the Magic Music Box
Louis the gardener's boy travels to obtain the Witches Magic Music Box that could cure Princess Cameroon of a term sickness. He descends into a bottomless pit where the box lies but the witches deny his keeping it. Louis dives into a tunnel as the witches release mosquitoes to bite him.
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Louis
Cameroon
Santa
Santa Claus
Moppet
Louis Aed
Witches Chase Louis After He Escapes Flight
Louis steps across the field as three witches pursue in saucpans wielding a mock magic chase. The trio worries about losing their evil reputation if he gets away and heads toward the tunnel with waquitoes tamed.
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Louis
Poldrex
Witches chase Louis and a magic net save the music box
Louis flees through a tunnel as insects swarm, swearing the witches will not win. He recalls Santa's net and, after frantic wringing, covers himself to survive. The net blocks every bite and he escapes to a sunlit field while the witches wait anxiously for news.
Army To Provide Men For Midwest Industries
The army and War Manpower Commission launched a program at Fort Sheridan to release or grant extended furloughs for soldiers unfit for overseas service to work in critical war industries. Cushman said the drive seeks workers for plants in Michigan Indiana Wisconsin and Illinois with 90 day furloughs paid by both the army and factories.
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Chicago
Army and War Manpower Commission
Fort Sheridan
Cushman
Alanis Sender
Yesterdad Cushman
Can
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Anti Cruelty Drive Targets Hen Cruelty in Egg Industry
A South Africa campaign denounces egg producers who confine hens in very small pens for the three month laying period to boost production. The effort urges humane treatment and reform.
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South Africa
Russian Troops Stand Near Kassa Eastern Slovak Stronghold
Red army units from the 2nd Ukrainian Army pushed from the Kecske mountains into eastern Slovakia, reaching up to 12 miles and striking Bodva and Hernad river valleys toward Kassa. Moscow reported a column was within two miles of the German south highway escape route, threatening the garrison in Hungarian annexed Kassa.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Kecske
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Bodva
Ernad
Kassa
Moscow
Malinovsky
Frontier Crossings and Russian Push Near Budapest
Moscow reported vanguards within 14 miles of Kassa and 1114 miles southeast, while Berlin cited units 15 miles east. A major crossing occurred at Horvaty Janok Buzita, 30 miles north of Miskolc, near Moldova. Russians were two miles inside the border approaching the western escape route, with infantry within 5.5 miles of Budapest. no official gains announced. Chile plans to make motor fuel from potatoes.
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Moscow
Kassa
Berlin
Horvaty-Janok-Buzita
Miskolc
Moldova
Budapest
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Menomonie Man
Bial
Ner’s Cleaners
St. Bretewen Main
State
Lucrece Hurgin
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Louis and
The
Midwest Industries
U.S. A
Studio McCoy
Sth
Jay
Ence Everie
Tevensons
Shoe Department
Sergeant Mac
Coswal
Bette
Chile
Bond
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