Elephants Forge Burma War Effort Under "Elephant Bill"
Lt Col J H Williams leads a unique labor corps of over 200 elephants in Burma. The animal unit builds log bridges and roads, evacuates the sick, and hauls equipment, with elephants carrying three men 12 miles daily on impassable terrain. The beasts, trained from scratch, include the famed Bandoola capable of lifting five tons with precision.
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Henry B. Jameson
Hal Ievier
London
Burma
Bill” Williams
J. H. Williams
Devon Regiment
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
Bombay-India-Burma Trading Corporation
Chindwin
Imphal
Sittaung
Tamu
Siam
Williams
Isrd
Kabaw Valley
2Rd
Elephant Gang
Bandoola
Pleasant Hill plans community center and church expansion
A Pleasant Hill meeting at the Pleasant Hill Congregational Church unveiled plans to erect a two acre site memorial center for local armed services members. Speakers urged a center for recreation social life and youth enrichment with a pot luck dinner to follow. A committee will sketch building design and grounds layout and discuss financing. A second meeting is set for Friday June 29 at 8:30 p.m. Also noted M G Malone Jr reported missing in action.
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Pleasant Hill
Home Demonstration Department
Howard Brown
Charles Griggs
Parish School Board
Davis forecasts state surplus and road plan
Louisiana Governor Gay James H. Davis announced an $18 million general fund surplus for the biennium, forecasting a potential $2 million excess and detailing a road program seeking $45 million with federal support. He urged funding for flood control, drainage, and institutional improvements, noting $6 million in highway credits and possible $70 million federal matches.
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Baton Rouge, Ha
Gay James H. Davis
Louisiana
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
Davis
Department of Highways Federal
Department of Institutions
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
Central Louisiana Hospital
Pineville
Soldiers knit sweaters at idle moments in Ozark unit
Lt Ug Harry Anderson reports Marines at Jima and Okinawa knelt to knit baby clothes for their families during off duty hours. In San Francisco a post office auction included a blond bidder who bought undeliverable goods amid a humorous clash. Autograph hunter questions Lt Audie Murphy about his notoriety. Nebraska plant blooms out of season in Osmond, Martha Henzler notes Christmas cactus in mid June.
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San Francisco
Post Office
Osmond, Neb
Martha Henzler
Osmond
Weather bureau picnic mood tempers rain with sun
Weathermen and officials joined the weather bureau picnic as a light rain gave way to sun. Assistant Mayor A. A. Rausch set the date weeks earlier and arrived with a raincoat safety measure. Other briefs report wartime home life scenes and a Salt Lake City escape tale.
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ST Louis
Weather Bureau
Harry F. Wahlgren
A. A. Rausch
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Lontag
Ng “Ou
M. G. Malone Jr
M. G. Malone Sr
Crosley Street
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Monroe
Hex
Paul Nola Jr
Fort McClellan
Ala
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Germany
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Pine Street
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Baton Rouge
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Cpl
Lawrence Nola
State Industrial School For Colored Youths
Dallas
Tex
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Farmersville
Morgan
France
North Third St
Ward
Azuencan Institute of Launder
Miami
Fla
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Henry Korner
U.S. Employment Service
Salt Lake City
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Utah
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Kas
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U PA
Anna Katherine Rasmussen
Sandy
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Norfolk
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South Pacific
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Iwo
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