Wester Front Soldiers Recall Old Yet New Combat Story
Western Front veterans recount a brutal Luxembourg forest battle. Jack Melton of Dallas describes minefields and heavy shelling as Kraut and mortar fire raked the sector. LTs Schwarz and Satcher, Pvt Trusty, Minik, and Stevens lead a perilous push through mines and pillboxes.
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Wester Front
Kenneth
DIXON _ Raveelaten
Germany
Tna
Jack Melton
Dallas
Et “Forest
Nt. T
Luxembourg
Jerry
Soman
Oe Cnetth
Stan
Hatcher
Minik
Trusty
Stevens
Stanley Schwarz
Baltimore
Los
Jaconette
Printz
C. P
Beck
Marty Jaconette
Length Of Session Is Moot Question In Texas Legislature
In Austin on January 9 predictions center on the 49th legislature. Lieut. Gov. John Lee Smith suggests the session may last the full 126 days. Labor measures and redistricting loom as potential contentions. Claude Gilmer, unopposed for speaker, says timing hinges on the calendar as the 120 day pre-session period ends.
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Austin
John Lee Smith
Claude Gilmer
Liberator Crew Survives 18 Hour Hand Flyback
Balikpapan strike faces heavy flak and fighter resistance. A Liberator Sustains nose hit. hydraulic system shattered. nose turret moved by hand. Navigator wounded, waist shell bursts blind Staff Sgt Bernard L Wikel who remains at work. Pilot 2nd Lt Leon W Steffy and 2nd Lt Daniel R Morgan land the plane after 18 hours with parachutes tied to gun mounts to slow them.
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13Th Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Balikpapan
Borneo
Bernard L. Wikel
Chicago
Leon W. Steffy
Canton
Ohio
Daniel R. Morgan
Cody
Tex
Crude Production Decline Across U S For Week
United States crude oil output fell 37 000 barrels daily in the week ending January 6 to 4 677 350 barrels from the Oil and Gas Journal report Kansas shed 41 200 barrels to 229 900 Louisiana down 1 000 to 359 650 Michigan off 4 750 to 49 250 Rocky Mountain area down 200 to 124 350 Mississippi cut 3 600 to 49 700 Texas rose 870 to 2 120 350 Oklahoma down 1 200 to 361 200 California figures not shown
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Area
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Hurtgen Forest Tales Of Laughs And Lasting Fame
In wartime snippets from Poniac Michigan and Port Royal Pennsylvania veterans share humorous recollections. Paul Boesch of Long Beach and Aaron Isserman of Philadelphia are cited for brief, odd anecdotes amid brutal Hurtgen Forest fighting. The piece ponders whether history will remember the battles or the small chances that lighten their memory.
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Poniac
Mich
Walter Printz
Port Royal
Paul H. Paul
Company G
Hurtgen
Company A
Isserman
Philadelphia
Paul M. Boesch
Long Beach
N. Y
Aaron Isserman
Hurtgen Forest
Supreme Court decision praised by CIO leader
CIO President Philip Murray hailed the Supreme Court ruling striking down Texas limits on paid labor organizer registration as a blow against efforts to weaken unions. The decision, Murray said, upholds wartime values and aids the right to speak and organize, with Thomas’s Texas case cited as testing constitutional grounds.
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Washington
U.P
CIO
Philip Murray
Supreme Court
Texas
Murray
Thomas
R. J. Thomas
CIO Auto Workers Union
Rty
Pressman
State of
British Take Thebes After ELAS Retreat From Athens
British troops pursuing ELAS guerrillas retreating from Athens have occupied Thebes, a forward base of leftwing units about 48 road miles northwest of Athens, an official announcement stated.
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Thebes
Athens
Jan
ELAS
Atlas Mountains Exceed Alpine Elevation Averages
The Atlas mountain range stretches through Algeria Morocco and Tunisia and boasts a higher average elevation than the Alps reflecting its extensive high peaks across North Africa.
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Atlas
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Alps
Drive Opens For Service Nurses Drive Opens For Service Nurses
Eligible nurses in Lubbock county may enlist as second lieutenants or ensigns January 14 to 18 with Mrs Hilda Watson Beaty and Red Cross offices serving as interview sites. Aimed at enlisting 20 000 nurses in two weeks to avert a draft, the drive involves the West Texas district based in Abilene with Fern Krutelak and Stella McCullough leading. Nursing classifications from the War Manpower commission outline unavailability and essentiality for civilian or military roles, guiding potential drafting if needed. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Lubbock County
Hilda Watson Beaty
Eighth Service Command
Red Cross
Teressa B. Gegg
Lubbock
Congress
West Texas
Abilene
Fern Krutelak
Stella McCullough
Amarillo
War Manpower Commission
State Committee For Nurses
Men Lead Grocery Runs In Lubbock Survey Says
A Journal survey notes more male shoppers in Lubbock stores due to reduced household help and gasoline rationing. About 25 percent of shoppers are men, who bring fixed lists, skip chats with clerks, and accept substitutes to save time and fuel. Women still shop more, but many men now handle family buying particularly from outlying areas.
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Lubbock
Journal Today
Hubby
Little Johnny
Typewriters Prove To Be Wartime Woe
Stenographers with their own typewriters were in demand as the 49th legislature opened due to scarce machines. Some members brought personal machines to town while others hunted for available units in state departments.
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Austin
Shoppers face shortages reveal gender roles in daily routines
The piece notes shortages and rationing distress women more than men who rely on clerks for daily shopping. It suggests men need not shop daily, allowing clerks to exercise discretion in such matters.
Teenage recruits urged to join state government
Fragmentary text shows a call to youths to apply for a state government position with pay while learning how government functions. The note mentions legislators still facing difficulties and a Dartio appeal to youngsters to remake application to join.
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