Marines Leap Frog to New Positions in South Pacific
U S Marines leap frog 110 miles across New Britain from Cape Gloucester to Talasea and push toward Rabaul with light resistance and no reported casualties. Advances include Amgoring 24 miles east of Arawe, plus air bombardment of Rabaul. Seabee repair of Momote airfield supports further air action. In Burma Chinese and American troops close on two thousand Japanese, while Tokyo warns of rising American air power. San Francisco sees 1500 Seabees return home after 23 months in the Pacific.
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New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Talasea
Rabaul
Amgoring
Arawe
Hukawng Valley
United Press
Frank Hewlett
Burma
Merrills
United States Army
Papaa
New Georgia
Guadalcanal
Panama
Trinidad
Japan
Tokyo
Pacific
China
United States Navy
San Francisco
South Pacific
New Herbides
Ellice Islands
Army Navy College Qualifying Test for 7 Year Olds
Superintendent Jere O Goodman advises the Army Navy College Qualifying Test on March 15 for eligible youths. The exam, offered through high schools nationwide at 9am, selects candidates for the Army Specialized Training and Navy College programs. Qualified applicants include 17 to 21 year olds by July 1, 1944, with designations for Navy or Army paths and related training terms.
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Jere O. Goodman
War and Navy Departments
U. S. Office of Education
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy College
Army Specialized Training Reserve
Army
A.S.T.P
Eighth Anniversary Celebrated in Riverside California
Cpl Hubert C Wright and wife Mrs Mabel Smith Wright observed their eighth wedding anniversary in Riverside California on February 26 with a dinner at a relative’s home. Also attending were Mr and Mrs George Smith Pic and Mrs Jack Givers of Lincoln Nebraska. Wright and Givers are stationed at Camp Haan California while their wives spend winter in Riverside. Wright is the son of Mr and Mrs Hallie Wright of Burris Chapel.
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Cpl
Hubert C. Wright
Mabel Smith Wright
Riverside
Calif
George Smith
Pic
Jacl Givers
Lincoln
Neb
Cpl. Wright
Pfe
Hallie Wright
Burris Chapel
Alpha Bible class meeting announced for Friday evening
Members of the Alpha Bible class of the Methodist church will meet in the social room Friday at 7:30 pm. All members are urged to attend.
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Alpha Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
Martindale Named Greencounty Weights Inspector
Hugh Martindale of near Linton was chosen by Greene county Commissioners to succeed Lew Good as Inspector of Weights and Measures. Good resigned to re enter politics. Martindale, 58, long active Republican, previously worked over twenty years for Linton Summit Coal Co. He will assume duties immediately.
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Hugh Martindale
Linton
Greene County Board of Commissioners
Lew Good
Greene County
Good
Bloomfield
Martindale
Stockton Township
Linton Summit Coal Co
4H Club Enrollment Opens During Mobilization Week
Enrollment in 4-H club work begins this week as National Mobilization Week promotes food production for the armed forces and home front. Indiana 4-H members last year numbered 60,000 and produced enough food to feed 35,000 soldiers for a year. the goal is to surpass that. Interested boys and girls should contact Lois Evans or Clarence Creager for information and enrollment.
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Indiana
Lois Evans
Clarence Creager
Sam D Bryan Named Manager Of Kern Labor Press
Sam D. Bryan longtime newspaper man and former Linton Daily Citizen associate has been named manager of the Union Labor Press plant in Bakersfield California by Kern County Labor Council trustees. Bryan previously worked in Indiana Pennsylvania and Massachusetts newspapers and was in Bakersfield as a linotype operator before the promotion.
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Sam D. Bryan
Linton
Linton Daily Citizen
Bakersfield
California
Mr. Bryan
Indiana
San Joaquin
Union Labor Press
W. G. Tower
Kern County Labor Council Board of Trustees
Typographical Union
Ind
Daily Citizen
Uniontown
News Standard
Pittsburgh
Sun- Telegraph
New Bedford
Mass
Standard-Times
Morning Mercury
Bryan
Kern Herald
Linotype
Legion Meeting Scheduled at Legion Home Thursday 8 PM
An important American Legion meeting will be held at the Legion Home here Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Legion
Linton Stockton High School honors athletes at Junior Chamber banquet
The Junior Chamber of Commerce hosted a Tuesday banquet at the local country club to award outstanding basketball and football players from Linton Stockton High School. Moehlmann and Gillan received top basketball and football trophies, with senior golds awarded to eight players.
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Linton Stockton High School
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Moehlmann
Ronald Farris
Bob Gillan
Tommy Shouse
Harold Richardson
Joe Baker
John Smith
Harold Morrison
Don Truitt
Wayne Wright
Warren Pope
Gillan
Baker
Shouse
Pope
United States
Deanie Wilkes
Rosemary Tincher
Ricardo Bland
John Reeves
William B. Carlton
Roy Williams
Garland Ladson
Coca Cola Sponsors War Instrument Drive Here
Coca Cola Bottling Company launches a city wide campaign beginning March 13 to collect banjos, saxophones and other musical instruments for Army troops. Pianos and bull fiddles are excluded. phonographs cannot be repaired at the front. Instruments will be picked up by Coca Cola trucks and shipped to Army camps worldwide.
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Mr. Harting
Linton
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Names of Dunes Must Be Secured Blood Drive Appeals for Appointments
A wartime appeal urges residents to donate blood with two weeks left to schedule. Readers can call Gladys Mitchell or Mrs. R. M. Vincent to book a slot on March 20 or 21, or contact local Red Cross or Women’s Civilian Defense directors. The article praises plasma's life saving role and urges early sign ups.
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Gladys Mitchell
R. M. Vincent
Margaret Cooper
Red Cross
Martin Horan
Billings General Hospital
Indianapolis
Sicily
Alexander A. Vanderfrift
USMC
Pacific
Marine Corps
Perfect Wife Myrna Loy Seeks Divorce in Hollywood Move
New York report says Myrna Loy plans to divorce her second husband John D. Hertz Jr and begin a new career in Hollywood. She cites a "good friends" separation after earlier marriage to Arthur Hornblow Jr.
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New York
Myrna Loy
Hollywood
John D. Hertz, Jr
Miss Loy
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Girl Born in Bloomfield Named Kaye Adair
A seven pound eight ounce girl, born Tuesday afternoon to Mrs. Herbert Richmond of Bloomfield, named Kaye Adair. Polly Bolinger of Jasonville had an appendectomy Tuesday afternoon. Earl Barter of Newberry admitted for treatment this morning. Emma Rogerson of Jasonville and Wade Grammer of Salsberry were dismissed Tuesday. Celena Blouteleux returned home on Linton route 3 today.
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Herbert Richmond
Bloomfield
Kaye Adair
Polly Bolinger
Jasonville
Earl Barter
Newberry
Emma Rogerson
Wade Grammer
Salsberry
Celena Blouteleux
Linton
Soviet First Ukraine Army Closing on Tarnopol and Lwow
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov press toward Tarnopol and Lwow as heavy fighting continues in Ukraine. Reports claim Tarnopol may fall after the red advance bypassed the town and pushed toward the Slovak border while another Soviet column nears Lwow, with German counterattacks repulsed but costly.
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First Ukraine
Tarnopol
Lwow
Marshal Zhukov
Ukraine
Poland
Odesa-to-Warsaw
Dnieper
Radio
Berlin
Krivoi Rog
New Helsinki
Finland
Sweden
Auto train crash in Marion claims two lives
An auto train crash in Marion killed William Holman, 84, a retired farmer, and Alice Jones, his housekeeper, when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train. In Bloomington a damage suit seeks 15000 from Commodore Lanam over an injury to a nine year old son. DePauw University reports 1154 spring semester registrations with 360 Navy V-12 trainees. Indiana boards plan tomato acreage meetings in Elwood and Marion.
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Marion, Mar
U.P
Marion
William Holman
Alice Jones
Pennsylvania
Bloomington
Mar
Commodore Lanam
Lester Mobley
Mobley
Lanam
Luftwaffe Officer Candidates Sign 25 Year Service Pact
According to Flying magazine, applicants for Luftwaffe officer roles were required to commit to a 25 year service period with the German air force. The article outlines the length of service as a condition for officer training and advancement within the Luftwaffe.
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Luftwaffe
Bailed Out With Wounded Buddy Over Italy
U R A tail gunner parachuted from a Marauder bomber after it took flak over northern Italy. He carried the unconscious waist gunner to safety after both men landed. Pilot Lt Clifford Conrad, from Minnesota, later learned of the rescue and that others jumped as the crew bailed out.
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Algiers
Mar
U.ra
Italy
Clifford Conrad
Minnesota
Conrad
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