Providence Soldier Describes Night Kill in New Guinea Foxhole
Pvt. Robert Leckenby recounts a moonlit incident in which he killed a Japanese soldier beside fellow Providence soldier Pvt. Fred Santaro in a foxhole on New Guinea. He restrained himself from firing while Santaro slept and stabbed the attacker, later lifting the body from the hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
A. I
New Guinea
Robert Leckenby
Leckenby
Fred Santaro
Freddy
Nighttime visitor in foxhole stuns troops
A soldier recalls a surreal moment when a Japanese soldier reportedly dropped into a foxhole for a midnight snack, and the next morning faced disbelief while Freddy struggled to accept the encounter as real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy
Trout Do All Right by Captain in Italy
Cincinnati dispatch reports Captain Ford Bader, president of the Southern Ohio Dog and Game Protective Assn., now with the Army in Italy, found a mountain stream yielding fine speckled trout described as crystal clear and ice cold with swwekkled specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Cincinnati
U.P
Ford Bader
Southern Ohio Dog and Game Protective Assn
Indiana soldiers among 1468 listed as missing in action
The War Department announced 1468 U S soldiers missing in action in Asiatic Central Pacific European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific areas. Indiana names include 2nd Lt Vernon E Arnold Cicero S Sgt Norbert J Arvin Montgomery and many others with listed next of kin and hometowns across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Central Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Indiana
Vernon E. Arnold
Betty Arnold
Cicero
Norbert J. Arvin
Julia A. Arvin
Montgomery
Charles J. Baldwin
Bertha A. Baldwin
Kokomo
Delbert E. Bishop
Edna Bishop
New Albany
John D. Burke, Jr
Lillian Burke
Washington Blvd
Indianapolis
Roger R. Clark
Elsie E. Clark
Scottsburg
John A. Delitko
Mary Delitko
Pulaski St
Chicago
William A. Garrison
Mary Crowe
Centerpoint
Max A. Helderman
Annis Helderman
Oaktown
John F. Hickman
E. F. Hickman
Columbia City
William C. Jackson
Lester F. Jackson
Ratliffe St
Richmond
Bob G. Johnson
Maine E. Johnson
Vance Ave
Ft. Wayne
James B. Kealey
Annie B. Kealey
North O’brien St
South Bend
Robert F. Kerr
Mildred Kerr
South 3Rd St
Vincennes
Nenad Kovachevich
Danica N. Kovachevich
Pennsylvania Ave
Gary
Carl G. Lamb
Zula C. Lamb
West South St
Greenfield
William C. Martin
Carrie Martin
Monroe St
Williamsport
Lorin D. McCleary
Evelyn McCleary
East List St
Earl V. Muller
Robert Muller
Terence
Hammond
Edward A. Muszynski
Anna Muszynski
Walsh Ave
East
Simon A. Nesbit, Jr
Lena A. Nesbit
Greensburg
Harold E. Owens
Helen L. Owens
Lafayette
Robert C. Patrick
Anne Patrick
North Mount
Walter D. Pitts
Dora Pitts
Greencastle
Lowell E. Root
Bertha Root
Peacock Rd
Lewis P. Rule
Pearl M. Rule
Claypool
Richard A. Schmutte
Jane R. Schmut
Ray E. Sparks
Merom
Robert E. Stockwell
Marguerite Stockwell
South State St
William T. Thistlethwaite
William Thistlethwaite
West Main St
Robert E. Tobin
Glendora Tobin
Union Cty
Robert E. Williams
Lloyd Wissel
Middletown
Mediterranean Area
Barvie T. Cloyd
Myrtle B. Cloyd
Fountaintown
Charles N. Mann
Ethel G. Mann
Versailles
Kenneth B. McCoy
Martha S. McCoy
Julian Ave
John J. McGrath
Fat and Oil Production Records Hit New Highs in 1943
U S processors produced 11.3 billion pounds of fats and oils in 1943, up 275 million from the prior year, with 1944 expected to reach 11.7 billion. Charles E. Lund notes postwar trade likely above prewar levels as lard and soy production grow. Cottonseed oil remains reliable. soybeans rose past Manchuria’s peak. An Army Air Forces colonel in Britain says the average soldier spends just over one third of his pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W?p
United States
Department of Commerce
Charles E. Lund
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Europe
Mr. Lund
Manchuria
U. S
Britain
Reward to Households with Raisin Bran Breakfast Ad
An old Herrin Illinois advertisement touts Post's Raisin Bran as a breakfast innovation. It mentions the celebrated James brothers only by name and claims no relation, serving as a small local promotional blurb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
U.R
Jesse
Frank James
Post
California
Adv
Family wishes Sergeant Noel reunites after 22 years
Sgt. Joseph L. Noel, who left home at 19 and wandered the country, rejoined his five sisters and brother in Pawtucket after 22 years. The sergeant, 41, had enlisted 16 months earlier and planned overseas duty, prompting a family reunion with siblings from New York City Fall River and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket, R. I
U.P
Joseph L. Noel
Sgt
Noel
Army
Pawtucket
New York City
Fall River
Mass
Canada
Bank to donate one ton of paper under privacy pledge
Duncan bank agrees to donate one ton of old records for a scrap drive on the condition that the mass is baled and delivered to the freight car agent with a pledge from drive officials that no one will open the bundle. The privacy stipulation was agreed to.
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Duncan
Okla
O.R
False Teeth Powder Promises Comfort and Odor Control
Advert says wearers can eat talk laugh or sneeze with less worry as teeth stay in place. Claims the powder firms plates without gritty taste or mouth feel and neutralizes denture odor. Sold at drug stores as PASTERTH with alkaline formula.
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Newkirk
Pleasantville
Newkirrk’s
Farmer's
Bestwall
Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Co
Linton, Indiana
Mee
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Frank P. McGrath
Lombard Ave
Evansville
Edward W. Molenda
Julia Molenda
Henry Ave
Clarence A. Moser
Dora J. Moser
Rt. 1
de Paw
Paul G. Orwig
Ralph Orwig
Madison
Valpraiso
Bernard Shermersheim
Felix Shermersheim
Washington St
Huntingburg
Beryl L. Stevens
Martha W. Stevens
West Morris
Harold L. Toney
Betty Jean Toney
Vermont Ave
Connersville
James
Meer
Bayer Aspirin
Fey En Glass A. Ses
Vitawine
Jof ‘ Sme Ata
Max Pah
ROT Ds Aman
Hind
Snergine
Ryer
Housekeeping
Linton Motor
V. Vincennes St
Hamilton Drug CO
Reams Aiaane
Hinds
Miner's
Armand
Gaby
Lette
Colgate
West Tee
Pepsodent
Drscholl’ Super Soft
Unguentines
Sergeant
The
Citizen
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