War Outlook From November To Endures In Nazi Germany
A wartime analysis notes Allied successes across Europe and the Pacific, with Rommel’s forces pressed on the Italian peninsula a widening Allied pincer in the Mediterranean and a strengthened Pacific advance. Goebbels claims no German victory ahead, while Allied sea and air control expands to threaten Italy, Greece, and German-held territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Mage
Mediterranean
Italy
Europe
India
Burma
Jean
France
Greece
Balkans
Germany
Atlantic
Britain
Russia
Dnieper
Pacific
Japan
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Australia
Vira
Tokyo
Nations War Fellowship
Na- Herr Goebbels
Goebbels
Lt Chilton Foster Receives Air Medal for European Missions
Lt Chilton Foster 21 a B 26 Marauder pilot has been awarded the Air Medal for aerial operations in the western European theater. His parents Mr and Mrs A A Foster of 2220 Tenth Street and sister Mrs Erle Marie Brown received notices. Foster helped English pilots learn dominoes and his ship Murder Inc a Flying Fortress appeared in a bombing mission over France amid anti aircraft bursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilton Foster
A. A. Foster
Tenth Street
Erle Marie Brown
Foster
Card From Teddy Drake Reported In Prison Camp
Hemphill-Wells workers celebrate a prisoner of war postal card received by Mrs. Henry Drake from her son Private Teddy Drake 20 held at Fukuoka Prison Camp No 2 in Japan. The card, dated recently, says he is in good health and asks not to worry and to send family news.
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Teddy Drake
Japan
Hemphill-Wells Company
Henry Drake
Pvt
Fukuoka
Young Drake
Sgt
Henry Drake, Jr
Java
South Plains
Mrs. Drake
Twenty-ninth Street
Details of Newport family wartime shifts and German strain
MUSBAND and Alma Schwartz enlistment notes show wartime bonds as he joins the Seabees and she serves in the Army Nurses Corps. The family dog Lince will enlist in the WAGS. The piece hints at rising German internal strain from military defeats and bombing, suggesting clearer signs by the next November.
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Newport
Arlington c
Interes of
Seabees
Alma
Army Nurses Corps
Lince
Schwartz
WAGS
Germany
Fur Closeout at Sweetbriar Shop in Lubbock
In Lubbock now the big Factory close out sale of furs at Sweetbriar shop. Trade in that old fur with 12 months to pay. Elanor Cooper, an experienced furrier in charge.
Loans Proposed For Ex Soldiers
A plan to lend 1000 to returning servicemen to settle debts was introduced by Representative King in Congress. The bill would have the reconstruction finance corporation underwrite loans through private lenders, 6 percent interest, three year repayment, with no security or co endorser. Critics warn relief may be insufficient if the war lasts longer and propose a moratorium or government payment in hard cases. Women of Dallas make children’s clothes from airplane wing scraps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
D-Calif
House Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House
Soldiers’ and Sailors
House Military Committee
Congress
Women Run Rummage Sales Boost Local Funds in Lubbock
In Lubbock, PTAs and women’s groups set up pop up markets on Main Street blocking space with racks of clothing. Six women run each sale, pricing items high at first then bargaining down, drawing Mexican buyers who pay in nickels and dollars. A traveling evangelist interrupted sales turning the area into a makeshift chapel as sellers sang along with a guitarist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
West Texas
Lubbock
Ptas
Chaos In Marketing Of Hogs Predicted
The Grain and Livestock Herald warns of chaos in hog markets this winter if packers cannot handle the expected heavy hog runs. It notes a potential permit system prioritizing movement of heavy hogs to manage the excess supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain and Livestock Herald
Mother in Three Sons In Service
Tennessee dress shop manager and mother Tressie C Allen now corporal in the WAC detachment at Lubbock Army Air Field received an emergency furlough to visit her eldest son S/Sgt Elbert J Allen at a port of embarkation. Her third son Pvt Thomas Allen has gone overseas while S/Sgt Grant E Allen, an aerial engineer, is reported missing in action somewhere in England.
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Tressie C. Allen
Neave
The
WAC
Lubbock Army Airfield
Elbert J. Allen
Pvt
Thomas Allen
Grant E. Allen
Air Forces
England
Cpl. Allen
Allen
Elizabethton
Tennessee
Wacs
American Legion Auxiliary
Order of the Eastern Star
Ralph E. Holmes
Daytona Beach
Fla
Nacogdoches
Rites Set Monday For Mrs C E Abernathy
Funeral services for Mrs. C E Abernathy 36 who died in Compton California will be held at 10 30 Monday morning in the First Methodist church Here Mrs Abernathy formerly resided in Abernathy is survived by her husband parents Mr and Mrs A T Johnston five sisters Mrs Ted Wetts Mrs Wright Williams Mrs Howard Brown Miss Ann and Doris Johnston and a brother Thomas Johnston Interment will be in Abernathy cemetery under direction of Sanders Funeral Home of Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Ted Wetts
Abernathy
Wright Williams
Charleston
South Carolina
Howard Brown
Levelland
Ann
Doris Johnston
Lubbock
Thomas Johnston
San Diego
Calif
Abernathy Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Urges better care of pigs at birth and vaccination
The American Veterinary Medical Association urged better care of newborn hogs and vaccination against hog cholera to boost pork output next year. Strict sanitation can prevent infections killing thousands of newborn pigs, the group said at a Chicago meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W.A
American Veterinary Medical Association
Association
Fur sale at Sweetbriar shop with 12 months to pay
Factory close out sale of furs at Sweetbriar shop. Trade in that old fur with 12 months to pay. Elanor Cooper, an experienced furrier in charge.
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IRKEL
Simpson Sted
Stalin
Simpson
Pennine
North Africa
Rommel
Elf
Alexan
Aia
Air Medal
Musband
Dog
Sweetbriar
Elanor Cooper
Lincoln
Eee
DIAL
Capitol Hill
Dallas
Tex
HOTEL
Hilton
C.E. Morris Company, Inc
Lester
Irving Berlin
Partic
Lindsey Theatre
Ocored
White and Blue Entertainment
Technicolor
Army
Hilton Hotel
Lindsey Lobby
Lester's Jewelry
Ava
SAAF
American United Life
Conley Bldg
Rudy
Rizes
Rudy’s
Beatin
Harry J. Smith
Rup Y
Broadway
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