Enemy Supply Lines Bombed by American Air Force in China
American air task force targets Tengyueh in Yunnan behind Japanese lines. Bombers and fighters hit supply dumps and troop barracks, igniting seven fires as incendiaries struck the former British consulate. One bomber suffered a premature explosion wounding Top Gunner Adam Williams. Major William Bayse led the first element. No fighter opposition observed.
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China
Yunnan
China Air Task Force
Tengyueh
William Bayse
Independence
Adam Williams
Morganton
N. C
Bayse
Lucian Youngblood
Waco, Tex
Eight Army Airmen Die In Plane Wreck
Eight Army airmen were killed when a large Army plane crashed south of New Castle Indiana last night An explosion followed the crash sending bright flashes across the area and shaking nearby houses. Bodies were scattered in a cornfield and others remained in the wreckage with several taken to local morgues awaiting identification by authorities at Stout Field Indianapolis and the next of kin.
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New Castle
Ind
I — Fight Army
Here
L. B. Perry
Norris Crawford
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Air Transport Command
Ed C. Stein
Stein
Henry County
Cash Robinson
British air forces strike Nazi transport system in Europe
London reports heavy RAF attacks on Northwest Germany France and the Low Countries injuring trains barges and tugs. Four freight and one troop train plus locomotives and ships damaged. nine barges and two tugs damaged. one fighter lost. Allied claims include 23 German planes shot down at Rouen with light losses. Sweden-born US population decline noted in figures.
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London
Germany
France
Low Countries
Air Ministry
Ostend-Burges
Belgium
Rouen
Allied A Clankte
Local notes from Lovettsville and Loudoun county
Lovettsville residents share family updates with military stationings works and social visits. Corporal James R. Myers son of Mr and Mrs ROB Myers is stationed at San Antonio Texas. Pvt. Howard Leigh son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Leigh has been sent from St Petersburg to New Orleans. George Grove and infant Eileen May visited Baltimore. guests included Miss Sadie Frye Rev K B Shoffner and John Emerson. The recently elected pastor Rev N W Travel from Cressona Pa and family are to arrive around January 1. A youth fellowship at Lincoln High featured A O Hutton with refreshment and social hour. Loudoun county issued 1315 hunting and fishing licenses from July 1 1942 totaling 2009 50 dollars. last year licenses totaled 2504. Corporal James Beatty and Mrs Beatty visited with his parents in Lovettsville.
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Lovettsville
H.W. Beatty
James R. Myers
Rob Myers
San Antonin
Tex
Howard Leigh
Arthur Leigh
St. Petersburg
Fla
New Orleans
George Grove
Eileen May
Baltimore
Grove
Sadie Frye
K. B Shoffner
John Emerson
Frederik
Mr. Shoffrer
Phelps
Akron
R. A. Joyner
Washington
Rosa Nisewarner
Alvill Conner
Walk
St James Reformed Church
N.W. Travel
Cressona
R. D. George
Alma Burkins
Clarence Welsh
Clarendon
Hop Hee Dunne
Dunne
Government Weather Bureau
Maine
A. O. Hutton
Lincoln High School
Loudoun County
James Beatty
Fort , Monroe
Beatty
Soldier’s Photo Sends Word From Africa Staley Family
A recent picograph arrives for Mrs. Emory C. Staley of Hamilton avenue showing Sgt. Staley 38th Engineers stationed somewhere in Africa. The note confirms the officer’s current overseas posting and shares a personal family update.
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Sgt. Staley
38Th Engineers
Africa
Emory C. Staley
Hamilton Avenue
Local Social Notes and Health Updates
Mrs Dora Wolford visited Friday with Misses Mary and Nina Hickman and Russell Hickman. Mrs Jack English has returned to Baltimore after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs R M Miller. Mr Thomas Kane, domestic arts instructor, is recovering from a head injury suffered at the school shop. Paul Tabler entered Emergency Hospital Washington on Friday for knee operation after prior hospitalization.
Inductions and transfers noted in Warrenton area
Colored men inducted into the Army for examination this week were Ray Van Anderton Singleton Reiney Beaner and Nash Haskins. Miss Barbara King suffers a broken wrist from a fall at home. Commonwealth's Attorney Charles F Harrison learns his son Maj Charles F Harrison is a Prisoner of Japan in the Philippines. Miss Jean McKinney appointed to teach in Middleburg. Lt. Comar Thurston B Clark ordered east after duty in the Pacific, visiting relatives in Warrenton before new post in Maryland.
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Army
Ray van Anderton
Singleton Reiney Beaner
Nash Haskins
Barbara King
Commonwealth
Charles F Harrison
Leesburg
War Department
Charles F. Harrison
Army Chemical Warfare Service
Japan
Philippine Islands
Bataan
Harrison
West Point
Philippines
Warrenton
Comar
Thurston B. Clark
U. S
Navy Air Corps
Pacific
Family crosses perilous path after Pearl Harbor relics seen
A family moves from Coronado to safety amid war ruins and bullet holes described as relics of the Pearl Harbor era. The account notes their escape and the lingering dangers of the period as they travel toward unspecified ends.
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Coronade
Pearl Harbor
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Museum of Modern Art
New York
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KEY Hotel Bldg
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Jean McKinney
Irving C. McKinney
Middleburg
McKinney
Lovettsville High School
Mary Washington College
Frederickstoke
Bernice Spring
U. S. War Savings
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
IDALB
Ing Lad
Jean
the News and the Post
Chan
Frederick
Goodyear
Goodyear West
Goodyear Welt
Hinsight
eCate
Sears
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