End of Corregidor Saga Evacuated Nurses and Silver to Sea
Wartime diary recounts May evacuation by submarine carrying 25 people including nurses and officers from Corregidor. Captain Mieler is hailed for heroism assisting hospital defenses while bombardment rages. Government ciphers and gold reserves are moved for safekeeping as the island faces intensified Japanese assaults and strategic leakage of banknotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad
Navy
Australia
Corregidor
Mursey
Col
Pete
Twin
Washington
Roel
Ishine
Fayarlo Gia
Wainwright
Micler
Nurs
Col. Cooper
Mieler
Ncme
Cooper
Alon
Bataan
U. S
Philip
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Treasury Department
Honolulu
Moore
Bargea
Wainwright recalls Corregidor defense and hidden silver
General Jonathan Wainwright recounts hiding silver between Corregidor and Fort Hughes, the Japanese invasion maneuvers near Cavite, bamboo ladders being built near Manila, and a May 5 to May 6 1942 battle sequence with shelling on Batann as he stood at an observation post in the Malinta tunnel and received word from General Moore.
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Foty
Arthur Bbluff
Louly A. Roark
Roy 0. Bailey
Harley H. Laird
Corregidor
Hey
Moore
Dat
Fort Hughes
Washington
Phil‘rmy
Man
Cavite
Manila
Maziveles Beyon
Bataan
Langaskagyan Point
Batman
Batttefields
Batann
Newsman quotes warning of Nip invasion at North Point
A journalist recalls a veteran captain warning that Japanese forces were landing near North Point. The note adds that tomorrow General Wainwright would be compelled to offer surrender to Japan.
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North Point
Wainwright
Veterans may apply directly for surplus war property
Effective October 15 veterans may purchase surplus war property for agricultural use by applying directly to any SWPC district office. County AAA committees will still aid eligible veterans with buying new farm machinery under WPB Order L-257-c and grant preference in reestablishing agricultural enterprises. Wartime fertilizer controls have ended. distribution rules remain under certain grades. Japanese agriculture faces postwar adjustment as reliance on farming employment shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SWPC
Continental
United States
Agricultural notes on farm income and production figures
The survey outlines farm share of income with Japanese growers contributing about 80 percent of the nation’s food supply and silk at 100 percent of world trade entry. It details land per farm, beet payment eligibility changes, and rules for averaging cattle sale prices. It also covers seed outlook, livestock records, feed supplies, and effects of subsidy duration on cattle feeding and corn crop outcomes.
Gins Operate Rapidly Amid High Demand
This report notes four gins now in operation causing local plants to struggle with demand. About 2,000 bales have been ginned so far. The piece mentions attendees at a Friday football game at Chickasha, exchanges of travel plans, and local residents visiting Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls.
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Catton
John March
Bobby Beal
Leonard Wilson
Chickasha
Elsie Frampton
Oklahoma City
Anna Marie Dunlap
O. H. McCoy
Wichita
R. L. Day
David Tee
San Fransisco
Local News Notes and Plague Statistic Mention
Snippet reports travel to Hewall to visit Mrs Day's daughter Mrs 5F Little and Lt Little serving there. It notes Mr and Mrs Henry Cannon and Alto Lee Cannon returning from Cement to reside at 113 FH. A historical line recalls the bubonic plague killing about 25 million people, a quarter of the world’s population in the 19th century.
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Hewall
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Cen. Wainwright
Philippines
Pony
Uli
Tin Lewis
Unie
Gor- Tegidor
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Peninsula
Cebu
Panay
Mindanao
Pailippines
Jouzon
Corregdor
Gen
Jonathan Wainwright
Mid-West
Maytag Company
E Ave
Great Plains
Harvester
NOC Network
International Harvester
AAA Farm News
Japian
Frank Smith Tailors & Cleaners
Cache Road
Fort Sill Boulevard
Austin
Khoursa
Conoco
Conoco Nw
Whitter
Continental Oil Company
Lawton Constitution
C. “Brigham” Young
Lumbermas
Cara
Koehler
Fender
Wyatt Motor Co
Watter
Sporting Goods
Lawton
Fort Sill
Bhan
Bill Huddleston
Lesnee Lith St
Fort Sil Blvd
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