Righti Notes On Our Men In Service Continued
Details about service members returning home and overseas. Mentions Ruth detahuner of Tampa and J. E. Lea of Mount Dora visiting Pierce W. Harding in a Battery Hospital after 30 months overseas. Notes Lt. Gen. Wade Haislip to command Sixth Army group in addition to Seventh Army.
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Detahuner Ruth
Tampa
J. E. Lea
Mount Dora
Rome
Georgia
Pierce W. Harding
The
Battery Hospital
Wade H. Haislip
Sixth Army Group
Seventh Army
W. C. Williams
Irene Haislip
Harvey L. Partridge
Trow Hill
Barre
Claude Partridge
Florida
Washington Street
Partridge
Ninth Air Force
England
McDill Field
Fla
Scott Field
Ill
Buckley Field
Col
Reno
Nev
India
Air Transport Command
China
Doris Grimard
Western Union
Fifth Avenue
Florida Holds 7 800 German POWs for Work Assignments
About 7 800 German prisoners of war are housed in Florida base and side camps and assigned to labor in agriculture timber and industry under private contract or army installations. Major General Edward H Brooks from Atlanta announced that private contracts are used when civilian labor is unavailable and that POWs are paid 80 cents daily in limited canteen coupons. In Florida they work citrus harvests processing and various agricultural and lumber tasks, with camps including Bell Glade and Camp 245 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Edward H. Brooks
Fourth Service Command
Atlanta
General Brooks
Bell Glade
Waste Paper Bags Japs With Radar
Army engineers develop waterproof paper containers to protect radio and radar gear in amphibious landings. Bags are unsinkable, weatherproof, and may include a transparent front window for operation. Paper uses span Burma to Arctic flights, with 58 million V-boxes monthly shipping overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Signal Corps
New Jersey
Burma
India
Army
South Pacific
Mount Dora
J S. Banks
Coast Guard Celebrates 155th Anniversary on August Fourth
The United States Coast Guard marks its 155th anniversary on August 4, honoring a long history of maritime safety and national service. The milestone recalls the service’s origins and ongoing duties across sea, air, and shore operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States Coast Guard
Spiritual Services Hamper Local Town Notice
East Town reports St. Mary and St. John as active churches with Mt. Olive thriving. Ministers and Deacons Unions convene Thursday at St Marys Baptist. delegates from the District expected. Pallbearers Society Union travels to Apopka Friday to Sunday. Dora Fletcher travels to Live Oak for her brother’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary
St. John
Mt. Olive
St. Mary’s Baptist Church
Pallbearers Society Union
Apopka
Dora Fletcher
Live Oak
Florida
T. M. Thomas
Quarter Horse Assn Colt Show Sets Labor Day Event at Wauchula
Florida Quarter Horse Association plans a Labor Day colt show at Lakeview Park Wauchula with a 10 am start. It features short races, five halter classes per sex for horses up to three years old, and a sale of about fifteen foals and yearlings. First-place winners will be judged for champion colt and filly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Quarter Horse Association
Wauchula
Lakeview Park
Labor Day
Hardee County Cattlemen’s Association
Jack Cliett
Florida
Milton Thomas
Myakka City
Jerry McLeod
Arcadia
John Clardy
Ocala
Col
A. C. McNarlen
Association
Kissimmee
Clett
T. J. Durrance, Jr
Brighton
E. L. “Geech” Partin, Kissimmee
Whitman Named Florida Forest Service Fire Control Chief
C H Coulter announced William M Whitman will replace Joe R Gramling as Fire Control Chief effective August 1 Whitman currently serves as district forester in Ocala Gramling resigns after nearly nine years with the department and will join a tractor and equipment company Gramling previously led Fire Control after a Civilian Conservation Corps career Whitman is a Volusia County native who began as a county forester in 1938 and became Ocala district forester in 1943
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. ‘Coulter
Joe R. Gramling
Florida Forest Service
William M. Whitman
Ocala
Gramling
Forestry Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Georgia School of Forestry
Forest Service
Tallahassee
Munson
West Florida
Blackwater River State Forest
Applied Forestry
Whitman
Volusia County
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Frederick S. Tuttle
Ruth
Fifth Air Force
Arthur A. Tuttle
Fairview Avenue
Taunton
Mass
Tuttle
Marietta College
Ohio
New Guinea
Netherlands
East Indies
Philippines
Stanley Crown
Louise Beasley
William R. Beasley
J. R. Beasley
Carlton Nurseries
W. H. Gill
32Nd Division
Red Arrow
126Th Infantry
Villa Verde
Caraballo Mountains
Central Plain
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Pacific
Cche
H. Gill
U. S. Army
Germany
Prosperia
Collier
By Peters
Eustis
Sammy
Mba
Eustis Motor Co
Clifford
Eustis, Florida
Ord
Burton’s Garage Automotive Repairing
Lake County
David & Mary McDuffy
W. C. Corley
Clara McClinton
Flora Adams
Lot
Oakwood
Blk
Grandview Ter‘ee
Essie Jones
Edward D. Williams
Mattie Gamble
Richard Cody
Frank Harris
Willie Jones
Marie Larvae Otha
A. A. Cooper
Sinniegeonne
A. M. Strout
Isabella Tatesly
Bear Topic
Oedar
Crane Furniture Co
East Town
Lake
Leesburg
Clermont
Hartley Hethcox
Paisley
Ralph Mulholland
Homer Morris
Texaco
Jimmie’s
U. D
Jimmie) Hardester
DELCO
U. S. Highway 441
H. Clif Dresser
Guller’s
Cor
Grandview
East 10Th
J. B. Griswold
OS Macs
Rexall
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