Gould Elected President of National Coal Association
M. L. Gould, noted operator of the Gould mine, was elected president in Chicago of the National Coal Association. Mrs. George Hadley hosted Hyacinth Club members for a Daily Vacation Bible School closing with an average attendance of 244. G.R.T. Club members enjoyed a picnic at City Park. A Bedford lightning strike is reported as a peculiar freak of weather. John Poore, while between two horses in his barn, was uninjured when the strike killed both animals.
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M. L. Gould
Chicago
National Coal Association
George Hadley
Hyacinth Club
G.R T Club
City Park
Bedford
John Poore
Uncle Spam and the satire of food diplomacy in Mine Run
The piece playful yokes United States British ties with jokes about Uncle Spam in fried baked or cold sandwich forms. It muses on the idea that clever branding like Uncle Cheezit could strain Anglo American relations, then pivots to light humor about butter and glass as a churnless alternative.
G I Educational Set-Up in Europe
Washington reports a large army education program in Europe for redeploying troops. About 1.25 million men will study from literacy to college courses at centers in Shrivingham England and Fontainebleau France. Courses start July with 4 000 at Shrivingham in fields like agriculture and engineering. A Tilworth English technical school opens mid August for apprentices. Lt Resch recalls harsh prisoner conditions and resilience during forced marches, Red Cross aid, liberation at Camp Stallag 7A Moosburg, and later repatriation to the United States.
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Washington
Army
U. S
Europe
War Department
Army University
Shrivingham
England
Fontainebleau
France
Sorbonne
Paris
Universites
Tilworth
Lt Resch
Red Cross
Saagan
Neurenburg
Resch
Amercamp
Nurenican
Mooseburg
Germany
la Havre
North Africa
Walter Resch
Linton
Linton Airman Recalls Nazi Prisons And Camp Life
An Linton airman describes 442 days in Nazi captivity ending at Stalag Luft No. 3. He details crowded transport, brutal conditions, and life in a shared 12 by 14 foot room where prisoners cooked, studied, and built a theatre with aid from the Y M C A and American Red Cross.
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Wetzler
Germany
Stalagluft No. 3
Stalagluft
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Livestock Prices Steady as Indianapolis Report Totals Bodies
Livestock: hogs 6,000. prices 140 to 160 lbs 13.50 to 14.50. 160 lbs up to 14.60. Cattle 800 heads. steers 1101 lbs sold at 17.00. 1067 lbs at 16.50. cows 13.00 to 14.25, weak to 12.75. canners 7.25. Dealers active, top 17.00. Also note reference to Chicago Young Men's Christian Association with 24 departments and 75,000 members.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Chicago
Christian Assny
Soldier Jack Wheeler Begins Basic Training at Camp Crowder
Pvt Jack Wheeler recently inducted into the United States Army is undergoing six weeks of basic training at Camp Crowder Missouri. He will be eligible for further schooling afterward. He is the son of Mrs Thelma Holden.
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Pvt
Jack Wheeler
United States Army
Camp Crowder
Thelma Holden
Soldier Promoted in Germany Army Unit
Cpl. Tommy Wall Jr now sergeant with United States Forces in Germany, according to a message received by his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Wall Sr of Northeast Ninth Street.
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Cpl
Tommy Wall, Jr
United States
Germany
Thomas Wall, Sr
Northeast
Ninth Street
Wake Island Raid First This Year
Allied air forces launched a strong raid against Wake Island the first major attack this year. Tokyo claimed the strike involved carriers and naval units, while other Pacific actions included attacks on Truk Jaluit and efforts against Honshu and the Amami and Sakishima areas. The Japanese cabinet discussed emergency housing plans for bombed workers in major cities and a postwar restriction on city populations.
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Guam
U.P
Wake Island
Pacific
Radio Tokyo
Wake
U. S
Tokyo
Truk Island
Jaluit Atoll
Marshalls
Navy
Tauxhima Strait
East China Sea
Honshu
Amami Islands
Carrier Places
Sakishimas
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Kawasaki
Moody receives Air Medal in Germany for Rhineland flight
S/SGT. Paul C. Moody of Linton Indiana earned the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement over the Rhineland and central Europe. The award was presented by the 158th Liaison Squadron commander of the 9th Air Force, Fifteenth Army led by LTG Leonard Gerow. Mrs Lula P Moody, the sergeant’s mother, lives in Linton.
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Fifteenth U. S. Army
Germany
Rhineland
Europe
Paul C. Moody
Linton
Ind
158Th
9Th Air Force
Leonard Gerow
Fifteenth Army
Lula P. Moody
Moter
Gideon Marquart Returns to Base in Norfolk
Albert Gideon Marquart of Mo who has served on active duty with the United States Navy has returned to Norfolk Virginia after a 15 day visit with his wife Mrs Emma Lee Marquart his mother and other friends. His wife accompanied him to Norfolk.
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Albert Gideon Marquart Mo
United States Navy
Norfolk
Emmalee Marquart
Germans Flee Reds Again as Refugees Flood Roads
Thousands of Germans fled west from areas Russians may take from Americans, jammed highways by trucks carts and on foot. Refugees crowded trains and roads near Weimar and Frankfurt as military authorities rush to limit mass migration and protect food regions.
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Weimar
Grmany
U.P
Frankfurt
Former Indiana judge Edgar Blessing dies at 69
Funeral plans were set for Edgar M. Blessing 69 a former Republican judge of the Indiana Appellate Court who died unexpectedly at his Noblesville area home. Other notes: labor strike halted at Northern Indiana Brass Co and veteran railroader Asher Newton retires after 33 years with Monon.
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Danville
U.P
Indiana Appellate Court
Edgar M. Blessing
Elkhart
War Labor Board
Northrn Indiana Brass Co
WLB
Eikien
United Construction
Bloomington
Asher Newton
Monon
Newton
Kentucky
Farm and Trades School adopts motto on Thompson's Island
The senior class of the Farm and Trades School in Baton Harbor on Thompson's Island adopts a motto: Out of the Harbor into vener Channels.
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Boston
Farm and Trades School
Thompson's Island
Baton Harbor
Church Marks 100 Years in New Orleans Centennial
Parishioners of St. Mary’s Italian church in New Orleans plan a centennial observance with a pageant of Vieux Carre history a solemn High Mass and a homecoming reception. A brief note recalls the wild Indian era ending around 1876 after Geronimo era events.
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New Orleans
St. Mary’s
Vieux Carre
Two Men Drown in Salt Creek Near Nashville
Two Indianapolis men, Horace Austin Haverly and his stepson Richard Huff, drowned when their automobile was swept from a Brown county road by weekend floods. Their bodies were recovered about four miles downstream from the submerged car. Authorities believe the men tried to cross flood waters Monday near their temporary Brown county home.
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Nashville
Ind
U.R
Indianapolis
Salt Creek
Brown
Horace Austin Haverly
Indianapolis Union Station
Richard Huff
Camp Atterbury
Brown County
Automakers to restart passenger car output after war pause
The War Production Board authorized 691 018 new passenger cars for nine months starting July 1. First cars arrive in early fall but sales limited to essential users. GM led with 285 288 units, Chrysler 148 905, Ford 119 730, others including Studebaker Hudson Packard Nash Willys-Overland Graham-Paige Crossley.
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Washington
U.P
War Production Board
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
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AIR Medal
Gideon Marquart
Indiana News
State Reformatory
Noblesville
Texas
Ger R. S. Mackenzie
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Son of Dracula
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Durango
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Columbia Pictures Presents
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Colgert Clark
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Warner
Baxter
CBS Network
Mystery Island
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Oneér Bros
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Helen Vinson
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