Mechanical Wreckers of the Army Reach Front Lines
Ernie Pyle profiles the ordnance evacuation company known as The Diesel Boys. Sgt Milton Radcliff and Sgt Vann Jones lead crews operating large M-19 wreckers, retrieving damaged tanks amid hedgerows and daily danger as they await orders to pull back to action.
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Milton Radcliff
Newark
Ohio
Radcliff
Vann Jones
Birmingham
Ala
France
Sergeant Jones
Big Wreckers
Dallas Hudgens
Stonewall
Carentan
Purple Heart Corner
Small arms section hums with salvaged rifles
At a camp edge 13 soldiers in grease stained coveralls sit cross legged around a shop truck canopy. The medium ordnance company collects rusting rifles from men killed or wounded and returns about a hundred repaired weapons daily to their division.
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Medium Ordnance Company
Washington Digest GOP to Inject Youth in 1944 Campaign
Washington observers describe the GOP push to energize 1944 campaigning with youth as Herbert Brownell Jr joins the national committee. The piece notes Dewey Bricker strategies, potential attacks on Democratic bosses and CIO influence, and remarks on labor support and war-map logistics.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Potomac
Republican
Washington
Dewey
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Herbert Brownell
National Committee
Connecticut Avenue
His
State University
Yale
Yale Law Journal
New York
State Republican Committee
Brownell
Chicago
Nominaton
Albany
Wim
Wigger
Pep
Taft
Jim Watson
Indiana
Joe Cannon
Jim
Mr. Bricker
Democratic Party
Bricker
Middle West
Truman
Wallace Backer
Pendergast
CIO
Wallace
Sydney Hillman
John Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Ilinois
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Europe
Sewing Circle Patterns Jiffy Play Set Simplified
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1988 offers sizes 1 2 3 4 and 5 years with a dress and bonnet in size 2 requiring 1 3 4 yards of fabric and trim. High demand and wartime conditions may slow orders slightly. send orders to the address provided.
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Barbara Bell
Practical Household Tips From a Bygone Era
Cauliflower should be cut into inch pieces and creamed with white sauce. Hang a bag in the sewing room for scraps to mend weekly. Dampen soap inside feather ticking to prevent feathers from shifting. Keep peanut butter jar upside down to distribute oil. Most bulbs last 1 000 to 3 000 hours. turn off lights when not in use. A 100-watt bulb gives more light and costs less overall than two 60-watt bulbs. Use proper voltage bulbs for your needs.
New War Era Road Repairs Urged for 34,000 Miles
The Office of War Information reports, using Public Roads administration data and state and private agencies, that many state highways will need repairs and rebuilding by war end. An urgent program targets improving 34,000 miles recommended by the National Interregional Highway committee.
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Office of War Information
Public Roads Administration
National Interregional Highway Committee
Farm loans aid discharged servicemen and rationed food allotments
Bankhage Farm has issued operating loans to hundreds of honorably discharged service members lacking other credit sources to fund food production. Farms and ranches employing seasonal workers can apply for rationed food allotments to feed workers hired for up to 60 days.
Cleopatra's Needle and related trivia quiz
Questions cover Cleopatra's Needle birthplace of a First Lady born in England the last Old Testament book in KJV the use of a gimlet Fred Allen's real name the Great Commoner American Bakelite origin and location of the Galapagos Islands.
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England
Fred Allen
Galapagos Islands
Answers to quiz items reveal a mix of history and science
The list identifies an obelisk, Mrs. John Quincy Adams born in London to an American father, Malachi, and a shorthand clue to bore a hole. It also mentions John F. Sullivan and Henry Clay, synthetic resin, and a location six hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador.
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John Quincy Adams
London
Malachi
John F. Sullivan
Henry Clay
Ecuador
Multiple Ballots In 1924 General Elections
In the 1924 general elections several states will use four or five paper ballots and Vermont will employ seven. Each voter must mark all ballots within the five minutes allowed in the voting booth.
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Vermont
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Ernie Pyle
Ordnance
Ordnance Branch
Carp
Grover Anderson
Anniston
Anderson
Brother Anderson
Washington Digest
Rac
British Information Service
South Wells St
By Bankhage
Bfgoodrich
Sioux City
Bishop
Hellogy
Kelloge
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