Heroic Action by 2nd Battalion 442nd in Italian Battle
Major Robert A. Gopel led the 2nd Battalion 442nd Combat Team in Italy where the unit destroyed 20 German machine guns seized material killed 107 and took 102 prisoners. The Distinguished Unit Citation marks the regiment's third such award joining the 100th Infantry Battalion and the O’Connor Task Force cited for actions in Italy and Vosges Mountains.
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Robert A. Gopel
Little Rock
Arkansas
Chillicothe, T
442Nd
United States
442Nd Regiment
Italy
O’connor
Vosges Mountains
France
Coast Guard Sailor Fur Lough at Home and Service Members’ Visits
Service members of wartime postings share furloughs and family visits. Frederick Grunewald Jr. rests at home from the Coast Guard in California, while Eileen Moehn, WAVES SK3c, and Margaret Morris, Si3c, spend Labor Day weekend with Moehn’s Harrisburg family. Charles Stralin returns from overseas to Texas camp for emergency furlough as his wife’s illness prompts rest. Harold Schaefer, T/Set, arrives at Battle Creek with patients for Percy Jones hospital and his wife Ernestine Wilson travels with her parents from Topeka to Saline. John Seitz’s wife returns from Seattle with sister and son, awaiting two weeks here after his South Pacific service.
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Eileen Moehn
Mechanicsburg
Harrisburg
Carl Moehn
Margaret Morris
Jamestown
Charles Sralin
Texas
Tecumseh
Harold Shaefer
Topeka
Kans
Battle Creek
Percy Jones Hospital
Augusta Schaefer
Ernestine Wilson
Saline
Arthur Wilson
John Seitz
Seattle
Wash
South Pacific
Edison Warns Against Metal Kite Hazard
Detroit Edison official R P Douglas warns the public against kites with metal in the kite or string or metal supports. He notes Army surplus sale plans and explains the danger of electric wires, damp strings, and potential deaths. The company advises cotton or linen strings and caution in damp weather.
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R. P. Douglas
Safety Department
Detroit Edison Company
Army
Navy
Douglas
Edison Company
The
Rural School Wins Prize Money at County 4-H Fair
Wood-Loci school No 5 pupils won 40 dollars at Wash tenaw County 4-H Club fairgrounds event. A yearbook of 92 pages created by 10 classes under teacher Mrs Ruth Miller of Saline earned the prize from judging group A for attractiveness originality initiative workmanship and definite purpose.
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Washtenaw County
County Fairgrounds
Ruth Miller
Saline
Veterans GI bill Q&A answers for county committees and discharges
Ed note explains how to get GI bill help from local veterans agricultural loan committees in each county and outlines discharge procedures from Army and Navy. It covers age limits for education, steps at separation centers, available counsel, and how to contact the Division of Small Business for loan planning.
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Washington
Bankhead - Jones Farm Tenant Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Veterans Administration
County
Farm Security Administration
G.I
Army
War Department
Veterans Administration, Uses
Civil Service
Selective Service
Navy
Q. Tam
Division of
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington, D. C
Egypt's Part in God's Plan in Genesis Lessons
A sermon-style reflection notes Joseph rising from slavery to oversee Egypt's surplus during plenty and famine. It links Egypt's storage of grain to divine plan and warns against waste. It mentions Joseph's marriage to Potiphera's daughter, his sons Manasseh and Ephraim, and Egypt's role in the Hebrews' history.
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Egypt
Joseph
Pharaoh
Potiphera
Manasseh
Ephraim
Lot
Jacob
The
Nile
God
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Pvt
William Hahn
Ann Abor
Fairbanks
Alaska
Dale Hirth
Naval Air Corps
Memphis
Tenn
Florida
Raymond Hirth
Marlene
Shirley Burnett
Frederick Grunewald, Jr
Coast Guard
California
Minnesota
H. Heiminger
Michigan
Michigan Ave
A. Clark
Ann Arbor
Detroit Edison
Leslie Richard Groves
Hiroshima
Joan Salvato
Paterson, N. J
Belle Isle
Mich
Robert
Harper
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