Capt. Otis Saalman Shares Years as Jap Prisoner
Captain Otis E. Saalman recounts three years of torture and starvation after capture in the Philippines. Reuniting with wife Agnes Laurent in Lawton, he is hospital-bound in Chickasha and details brutal death marches, forced labor, and transport to Manila and Japan aboard overcrowded ships.
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Otis Saalman
Otis E. Saalman
Lawton
Agnes Laurent
Lake
Capt. Saalman
Horden’s General Hospital
Chickasha
Saalman
Philippines
Bataang
Corregidor
Mukden
Manchuria
Oxinawa
Saniman
Manila
Kanang City
Oklahoma City
Camp Woltery
Frederick
Wity
Mra
Salman
Islands
Bataan
Philippine Sroute
Com- Fenye N
Sagiman
Saa
Marivellea
Balango
Barnan
Cavite
DSC
Singapore
Saatman
Matinta
Bilbid Prson
America
Birthday in Japan Prison Camp Sees 1650 Drop to 235
Blat birthday on January 30 noted as POWs endured extreme cold and malnutrition, with weight dropping to 92 pounds. About 235 remaining after transfers to Manchuria. Prisoners labored in war plants, suffered torture, and some died. Capt. Saalman awarded multiple honors and recommended for high decorations.
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Japan
Muldon
Manchurian
Jhana
Saujman
Saalman
Captain Sealman Arrives Home From Duty
The article notes Captain Sealman returning to his home in the area of Mrs. Saalman's mother Mrs. Mary Laurent. It mentions his parents Mr. and Mrs E B Saalman living in Fostoria Ohio and identifies him as a nephew of Postmaster Joe Reed.
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Saalman
Mary Laurent
Capt. Sealman
E. B. Saalman
Fostoria
Ohio
Joe Reed
Ed McDonald to Return to Social Security Post
Kansas City dispatch reports Ed McDonald regional director of the War Manpower Commission since 1942 will resume his former role as regional director of the Social Security Board. McDonald announced his return effective November 1, ending his tenure with the War Power agency.
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Ed McDonald
Kansas City
Fd McDonald
War Manpower Commission
Social Security Board
War Warpower Commission
Regional USES chief nominee from Missouri group
The United States Employment Service was reorganized by executive order and its operating arm shifted to the Department of Labor. James W Doran of Kansas City is named successor as USES regional director after recent discharge as a major in the army. He had been acting Missouri state director.
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United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
McrDonald
USES
James Wdoran
Kansas City
Army
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahome
Gas Factory Stomach Relief From Erb Help
An Indy woman says her stomach felt like a gas factory from meals, with bloating pain and headaches. After using ERB-HELP she reports no gas or constipation, with her family noticing relief. the ad claims 12 herbs cleanse bowels clear gas and aid liver and kidneys, sold at drug stores in Lawton.
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Indy
Ithis
Lawton
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