Reporter Learns It Feels to Be Bounced by Flak Over Liege
From Meuse to Liege the bomber raid pits the crew against dense flak and the roar of engines. First Lieut. Garland C. Oliver flies the 100th mission aboard Jill Fliter as the Me 109s and bombs break across Belgium.
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Collie
Ninth Air Force
England
Meutenant
Air Force
Liege
Belgium
Sacramento
Jill Fliter
Garland C. Oliver
U Street
Calif
Dunkerque
Oliver
Bearded Photographer Defies Pacific Base Beard Ban
Hollywood based First Lieutenant Robert Cohn, a combat photographer with the 13th Army Air Force heavy bombardment group, defends his facial hair during a base order to remove excess beards. He argues a new look alters morale and personality, prompting a stern rebuke from the group commander.
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South Pacific
High Command
Robert Cohn
Hollywood
Calif
13Th Army Air Force
Colin
Freud
Better Job With Southern Pacific Boilermaker Ad
A recruitment notice invites men to join Southern Pacific in its railroad shops and roundhouses for general boilermaking on locomotives and rolling stock. It promises a better job with new pay, liberal age limits, rail pass privileges, pension, and medical services, asking readers to visit 337-14th St Oakland or contact their nearest agent.
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West
Southern Pacific
New Troopships Air Conditioned in Converted Vessels
Chester Pa May 21 A fleet of ships converted from tank car carriers into troop ships now features zone heating and air conditioning. Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co announced the system provides different temperatures per compartment and automatically mixes fresh air when external temps exceed sixty degrees.
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Chester
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Sun
Irvington Plans Pre School Clinic
Irvington announces a free physical examination at Irvington Grammar School for pupils enrolling next fall. On Thursday morning June 1 at 9 30 o clock Dr E M Grimmer will be assisted by Mrs Edna Ebright from the Public Health Department and Mrs Merrill Belding of the PTA.
Californians Listed As Killed in Action
The War Department announced 578 U S soldiers killed in action including Californians. Names from California appear in European Mediterranean and Pacific theaters with ranks Second Lieutenant and Staff Sergeant and family members listed as mothers and other relatives. Notable locals include from Modesto San Joaquin and Burlingame areas among others.
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Washington
War Department
U.S
California
Oliver W. Snook
John C. Snook
Maricopa
Mediterranean
Alfred L. Guenza
Mary Guenza
Santa Ross
Lee D. Kellogg
Zela N. Kellogg
Kerman
Mack McC
Victory Ship Launched Named for Durham in California Yard
The 10,500-ton S.S. Durham Victory, a Victory ship built for wartime service, was launched today at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yards in Wilmington. The ship honors Durham, North Carolina, and marks another step in the shipbuilding program.
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Wilmington
S.S. Durham
Durham, N.C
California, Shipbuilding Corporation
Six Bay Soldiers Wounded In Action Named From Oakland Area
The list includes six Metropolitan 10th Street Oakland soldiers wounded in action in the Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific fronts. Names cited are Sgt Kenneth Katten 425 They included Lieut S Mapa Berkeley Lieut James L Johnson 1075 8th Street James E Opdyke 152 29th Street San Francisco Pvt Ogle Hobson 1337 Grand Avenue Oakland and Pfe Joseph Ranks 2737 Fastlarea.
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10Th Street
Oakland
Mediterranean
Clyde
A. Worrell
Madison Street
Southwest Pacific Area
Kenneth Katten
S. Mapa
Berkeley Park Boulevard
Berkeley
Forest Avenue
James L. Johnson
James E. Opdyke
8Th Street
29Th Street
San Francisco
Richmond
Ogle E. Hobson
Grand Avenue
Southwest Pacific
Pfe
Fastlarea
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Don Keele
Broadway
Templebar
Pierce Rotenona
Emerly Federal
Uilding Building
Maka
Stauffer Een
Stauffer
E. A. Bauer
D.C
Shattuck Ava
Thornwall
Fruitvale Avenue
P. Employment Office
Dunkirk
Petrolatum
U.S.P
Ly End Plese
Bern
Habthy
Irvington
E. S. Cryan
LIM
Ranaahattan
Highgate
Lakehurst
Syndicate
Martsolf
Headquart Group Fur Buy
Army
Navy
Bell System
For Victory — Bay
United States War Bonds
THE
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Franklin St. Ockland
Glencourt
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