Local servicemen awards and marriages noted
Distinguished Flying Cross honors Sgt McCallum for extraordinary achievement on bombardment missions. Cpl Robert Thomas to marry Cpl Irene Penny at Fort Monmouth with plans to graduate as second lieutenant. Other service updates include Sgt Walter MacArthur returning from San Diego for furlough and various deployments, training, and family news across Marine and Navy personnel.
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Cpl
Robert Thomas
Fort Monmout
N. J
Irene L. Penny
Wacs
Warrenton Va
Fort Monmouth
Thomas
Camp Crowder
Warrenton
Robert
Buddy
O.C.S
Boston
Mass
Signal Corps
Joseph Thomas
Walter MacArthur
San Diego
Calif
Bud
Marine Base
Hawaii
States
Mare Island
la Jeune
North Carolina
The
Marine Signal Corps
Administration for Jobs and Opportunity for All
A proposed administration aims to give citizens value for their taxes. It promises the ablest men and women in America full authority, freedom to perform, and a single minded focus on jobs and opportunity for all.
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America
Signal Corps Linemen Rebuild Emergency Link at Munda
Photo shows Signal Corps linemen setting up an emergency communications system on Munda as their courage helps drive the Japanese from the New Georgia base. The note urges continuing bond purchases to support the troops toward Tokyo and bolster payroll savings.
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Signal Corps
Munda
Georgia
Tokyo
U.S. Treasury Department
Soldier of Fifth Army Slumps From Battle Fatigue
A Fifth Army soldier rests by a roadside in Maly after hours of combat. The caption urges readers to support war bonds to back servicemen in liberation efforts, highlighting duty and sacrifice and urging purchase of additional bonds for the U.S. Treasury.
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Sigzei Corps
Fifth Army
Maly
U.S. Treasury
Election night coverage on WIR radio CBS network
The WiR station promises unprecedented national and state election coverage on Tuesday night November 7. CBS National coverage and the WIR Washington Bureau will provide results first, with all news services joining for rapid returns. Stay tuned to WIR for the latest.
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Wir
Allews
Washington
CBS National
Senatorial Critique Highlights Dewey Roosevelt Clash
Historian and soldier author broadcasts during the presidential campaign. He cites Roosevelt's past criticisms of Hoover and argues for Dewey Truman leadership, praising Dewey as a passionate reformer and predicting strong wartime and peace leadership if elected.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Dewey
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