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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
7
Veterans return to former Pacific battle sites as jungles reclaim bases on Guadalcanal Tarawa Kwajalein and Okinawa. Henderson Field Buna airfield Leyte and Leyte base activity persist with air depots hospitals radio stations and repair yards.
Kahoolawe in the Hawaiian chain is described as the most bombarded island in the Pacific due to extensive naval gunfire tests. The desolate eight by five mile isle suffered heavy shelling from more than 800 ships during World War II, far surpassing Iwo Jima and Okinawa in bombardment.
The Navy reports about 9372 sailors stationed on Pacific islands were demobilized at their stations rather than returning home. Many found civil service work or private employment in Hawaii and the Philippines, with some marrying locals and staying as permanent residents.
New York reports an army enlistment survey shows about 25 percent of this year's high school graduates have joined or plan to join the army. The drive targets one million enlistments as Maj. Gen. Gilbert says quality will rise to meet needs in electronics, chemistry, languages, and aviation for a scientific atomic age army.
Kansas City reports a six year old, Randy Tays, carried his five year old friend John Joseph Filsinger Jr. for a quarter mile after a freight train crushed the lad’s foot. Doctors saved the foot and attributed the rescue to Randy’s quick action preventing greater shock and blood loss.
Washington reports Americans are smoking more than ever with cigarette production for the first half totaling 172 billion. If the pace continues, the year will surpass all records, eclipsing the 1945 peak.
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