Inside the War Casualty Branch of the Adjutant General
Washington June 7 ushers a look at the casualty branch where 1100 workers process death and injury reports from battle zones. The unit verifies identities and forwards telegrams to families, with detailed notices, sympathy letters, and forms for benefits while handling missing, wounded, and recovered cases amid complex wartime communications.
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Washington
Adjutant General's Office
James Alexander Ulio
Army
Charles A. Easterbrook
U.S
Northern
Pacific
War Department
John Q. Volunteer
Aleutians
U.S.A
Alio
Department of
George C. Marshall
Army Chief
Finanos
Veteran’s Administration
General Accounting Office
Quartermaster General
More Service Birthdays Reported by Home Club
The United Home Service club adds three June birthdays for service men. Overton C. Hundley Jr on June 8, Howard L. Davis on June 9, and Richard L. Markley on June 25. Mrs. Frank E. Jones organizes lists and invites corrections and greetings.
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United Home Service Club
Journal-World
Overton C. Hundley, Jr
Howard L. Davis
Richard L. Markley
Frank E. Jones
Royal visitors tour Japanese war plants in drive to spur production
New York report says Cham berlains from the imperial palace completed a tour of Japanese war plants as part of a national drive to boost armament output. A Tokyo broadcast recorded by the FCC said the visits impressed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries president Shintaro Motoyoshi, who was overwhelmed with emotion.
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New York
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Shintaro Motoyoshi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
BBC Urges German Troops to Bolster Morale at Home
London reports the British Broadcasting Corporation says a captured German army publication urges officers to bolster morale by wounded soldiers and those at home. It notes nurses and hospital visitors as targets and that relatives are more receptive to wounded soldiers’ accounts than official propaganda.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
BBC
Summer session opens at University High School
About fifty students have enrolled in the summer session at University High School which opens Monday at 8 30 am. Classes run 8 30 to 12 20 with end date August 7 and offerings include geometry world history and English III. Washington June 8.
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University High School
Crop projections show large 400 million bushel output per capita
The report cites a 125 pounds per person metric and a total crop around 400 million bushels. It forecasts the winter harvest will not sustain the consumption pace seen in the first quarter. Butter and cheese stocks are ample for the year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Economics
Ford Office Girls Refuse Slacks Sit Idle In Shift
Ford Motor Company office girls at the Highland Park plant chose dresses over slacks and did not work. Bernice Clark said they want to feel like ladies. A spokesman cited safety as the reason for the slacks rule. Across the hall 50 WACs wore uniforms, she noted.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Bernice Clark
Highland Park
Army Ordnance
Clark
Army
Ford Company
Kansan Receives Air Medal for Bismarck Sea Role
Lieut. Kenneth E. Rosebush of Iola Kansas was awarded the Air Medal for his part in the Bismarck Sea battle last March. He served in a bomber crew that scored two hits on a 5,000 ton cargo ship. The awards were presented by Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney in Australia.
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Allied
Australia
Kenneth E. Rosebush
Iola
Kan
Bismarck Sea
Rosebush
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Deer Antlers Distinguish Maral From Other Species
The Maral, a Persian deer, is described as having antlers that always end in more than two tines. This distinctive feature helps set the species apart from other deer in historical zoological notes.
Physician Muench Released From Federal Prison
Dr Ludwig Muench, a St Louis physician linked to the famous gift of God baby case, is released from Terre Haute federal prison after six years of an eight year term for mail fraud. His wife Nellie Muench remains jailed in Anderson West Virginia and faces release next year.
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Washington
Ludwig 0. Muench
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
Justice Department
Muench
Nellie Muench
Federal
Women's Institution
Anderson
W. Va
Doctor Albert H. Marshall Dies at 67 in Topeka
Dr. Albert H. Marshall, 67, physician and president of Marshall's band, died unexpectedly Monday at his home in Topeka. He retired from active practice May 1.
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Albert H. Marshall
Topeka
Marshall
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Surgeon General's Office
Social Security Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philippines
Navy
Welfare Division
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Chief of Naval Personnel
Randall Jacobs
America
Ford Office
Kansan
Sealright
GRAD
Hone
Jayhawk E
Creamery
Vermont
Shaw
Uncle Sam
Topeka-Lawrence
Kansas City
Lo. Law
JEPOT
Law
Ar. X.C
A.m
Pew
Pitta
Union Pacific
Green Bros
Mass
Nvasion
Associated Press
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Africa
John Evans
Cairo
Middle East
Europe
Robert Bunnelle
Algiers
Edward Kennedy
Mediterranean
Near East
Bern
Madrid
Stockholm
Ankara
Moscow
Iceland
Iran
Glenn Babb
Berlin
Paris
Rome
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