Red Cross Seeks $200 Million War Fund for 1944
The American Red Cross launches its 1944 War Fund appeal on March 1 aiming at a $200,000,000 national objective. Norman Davis and Leon Fraser urge nationwide support as the war enters its decisive stage, highlighting blood donation, surgical dressings, and expanded services for servicemen at home and overseas.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
War Fund
Thalir
Aye Pilsen Roosevelt
Norman Davis
Leon Fraser
National War Fund
Red Cross
Davis
U. S
Davit
Europe
Far East
Red
The
Fis
Ami
Army
Navy
Red Cross War Fund
Montpelier Social News and Naval Family Notes
Local notices recount visits by Mr and Mrs Joseph Collings to Salt Lake City and Ogden. Attendees at the Literary Club include Mrs Virginia Thompson and Mrs Henry Sparks. Ensign Clifford R Collings serves aboard U S S Price with postings in New York and Norfolk while family updates recount Navy assignments and visits across Montana Idaho and Utah.
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Joseph Collings
Salt Lake City
Odgen
Virginia Thompson
Clifford
Clifford 'R. Collings
USNR
U.S.S. Price
c/o Fleet
New York
Mines Cleared From Tunisia After Campaign Ends
Allied engineers and French troops have cleared land mines in Tunisia after the campaign. Nearly a million mines were hidden, halting traffic and farming across fields. By December 15, 1948, 251,462 mines were removed, including 55 types used by belligerents.
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Tunisia
Tokyo radio claims interned Japanese faced persecution
A broadcast beamed to the United States from Tokyo said interned Japanese abroad faced all kinds of persecution in enemy countries and that the Japanese government demands an improvement in their treatment.
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United States
Tokyo Radio
Civilians May Get Less Food in 1944
The Department of Agriculture says civilian food allotments in 1944 may be reduced compared with 1943 as production and Lend-Lease demands rise, leaving a smaller total civilian food supply despite higher overall output in the United States.
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United Stat
Department of Agriculture
Brazilians Start Aviation School in San Paulo
A technical aviation school for the Brazilian Air Ministry at San Paulo has been established by a U S aviation school. Trained personnel using Lend Lease equipment teach Brazilians the technical aspects of modern aircraft. The Brazilian Air Force was born in 1941.
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Air Ministry
San Paulo
Brazil
U. S
French Underground Conducts Widespread Sabotage Month
A recent tabulation shows 14 factories sabotaged 40 trains wrecked 36 fires started and 58 engines sabotaged by the French Underground in one month. One railroad viaduct was obstructed for 45 days.
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Underground
Public Speaking Contest For FFA At High School
A school FFA public speaking contest is set for February 21 in the high school auditorium. E F A members will deliver ten minute talks on agricultural issues. Six judges will score content composition voice stage presence and handling of questions. The school winner advances to the EVF A contest in Prenton on February 26.
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FFA
E.F.A
Prenton
Manpower Shortage in Australia Report Warns of Shortfall
A Melbourne based report says demand for workers this year will be three times the supply. It notes no direct reserves since 1933 and cites 12,000 men and 6,000 women diverted from government war factories since last November to urgent jobs.
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Melbourne
Australia
Chinese News Service Director Condemns Philippine Atrocities
Dr C L Hsia of the Chinese News Service says Americans must empathize with Chinese victims of mistreatment in the Philippines. He asserts that reports from Bataan and Corregidor are not exaggerated and notes decades of abuses against Chinese civilians and soldiers since 1931.
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Philippines
C. L. Hsia
Chines News Service
Bataan and
Corregidor
Old Folks Party Brings Notable Entertainment in Laketown
Mrs. Eda Young attended the Old Folks party at St Charles. Teachers presented an evening program with choruses solos and skits. Mrs Young commends the splendid entertainment. Andrew Mattson sought medical help in Preston Idaho with his son Asel. Jay Nebeker spent the weekend in Logan. Pvt Louis Wahlstrom is home on furlough in Montpelier Idaho with the Oliver Wahlstrom family. Earl Passey visited Randolph focusing on school matters. Farmers attended an AAA meeting in Randolph.
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Walter C Bithell
Wilters
Paris
Montpelier
W. Smith Hoge
Bithell
Norfolk
Virginia
Blackfoot
Dormer Nondus Hoge
Eamall
Chicago
Pvt
W G. Hoge
Hoge
Northwestern Medical University
Eda Young
St. Charles Ot
Amos—Hulme
As Lark
Howell
Young
Jay Nebeker
Logan
Louis Wahlstrom
Aboline
Texas
Oliver Wahlstrom
Idaho
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