Military promotions and awards in North Attica region
Master Sgt Lester C Chumbley receives good conduct medal amid a flurry of Army Air Forces promotions. Capt John C Baker and Lt James F Stephens gain rank. Lieutenants Harold Hutcheson and Robert Knowles receive appointments. Corporal Charlie Marin and Sgt Cecil Jordan advance in air field units. numerous graduates from various Army Air Forces training schools are named, including Karl Butler Jack Polunsky Joseph Armistead and James Franks. Most names tie to San Antonio Albuquerque Chandler Lemoore and other bases with local addresses noted.
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North Attica
Lester C. Chumbley
Rigsby Avenue
Seattle Port of Embarkation
John C. Baker
Cincinnati Avenue
San Anton
James F. Stephens
San Antonian
Army Signal Corps
Harold R. Hutcheson
Sacramento Street
Frederick Army Air] Field
Oklahoma
Robert E. Knowles
Main Avenue
Air Depot
Albuquerque
N. M
Charlie BE. Marin
Von
Cecil. Jordan
H.W. Dovien
East White Avenue
Lemoore Army Air Field
Lemoore
Calif
Johnny L. Harding
Robert. R. Harding
Crosby Street
Air Corps
Btrother Army Air Held
Winfield, Kaw
Karl K. Butler
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Jack WN. Polunsky
Putton Place
Strother Army Air Field
Winfield
Kan
Leutenant
Joseph ‘Robert Armistead
Essex Street
Yuna Army Air, Tell
Arizona
Douglas Haig Gassett
Grapead Avenue
Ot Fame
Proposals to Allies Under Discussion in Bern
In Bern on August 5, Italian leaders met to consider peace proposals amid public yearning for exit from the war. Reports say Guariglia drafted terms excluding Allied troops except for control, and neutralizing the peninsula. Signs of unrest appeared in Milan with anti Badoglio graffiti and calls for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Associated Press
London
Raffaela Guariglis
Cruerigita
Badoglio
Milan
Taly
Cardinal Migliope
Papal
Rome
Corriere Della Sera
Foreign Office
Lavora Italano
Italy
Reporce
Leopold Piccard
Pasciani
Portynes
Galeazz Ciana
Mussolii
Ciano
Hitler Denied Duce Custody in Mixed Dispatch
A Madrid report claims Italy's Mussolini custody was refused and says Germans may receive a former Italian engineer for training at Camp Abbot Oregon. The dispatch mentions Goering and Goetting and notes the king’s reluctance amid Mussolini’s fall from power. Also cited: cadets and air force training updates and a birth notice plug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Eve Vitaria Emmenuel
Italy
Edward N.i
Whitton
Drexel Street
Mussolini
Camp Abbot
Oregon
Charles J. Rich
Bandera
Reichamarshal Goeting
James L. Carter
Tremlett Avee
Rame
Hitler
Farmy Air Force
Tralian
Hawthorne
Sero
Nantics
Orangeburg
Goering
Shewfield
Sumter
D. C
Army Flying Supervisors Meet At Parley Conference
About 100 supervising officers from southern United States were to join a Thursday conference at Randolph Field. They serve as liaison between primary and training centers, with Col Walter C White and Maj Thomas M McKnights discussing procurement and instructor psychology as part of improving training methods. An inspection tour of Randolph Central Institute was planned for Friday. A separate report notes a burglary where a prowler entered a home by lifting the latch and exiting through a back door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
United States
Maj
Thomas Meman
Priday
Randolph
San
Health note on kidney function and swelling signs
The text mentions ascites and distant kidney function concerns. It lists symptoms such as edema in the lower legs and swelling under the eyes, suggesting a possible fluid retention issue that may require medical evaluation.
Increased Stork Activity Means Chance to Sell Outgrown Children's Things
Weekly readers of Light Want Ads seek baby beds and other outgrown children items. The notice suggests turning unused baby goods into cash, touting quick sales at its low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Light
St. Joseph
Aeven
Writer Bill Boni Receives Purple Heart in Australia
Associated Press writer William F. Boni was awarded the Purple Heart by Brig. Gen. Charles P. Buyers in Australia, for injuries from Japanese shrapnel still lodged in his shoulder as a war correspondent with the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansed
Southwest Pacific
Aus
William F. Boni
Sett Ip
Associated Press
Bris
Charles PP
Southwest Parife
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Chandler
Ariz
Miewe
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Fenfield Avenue
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James _Lauraine Jr
Gonzales
Yient
James Henry Franks
MecGauley Drive
Spence Army Air Field
Moultrie
Herbert Pierdelle
la Vernia
Sheppard Held
Wichita Palis
Duce
Avielion
Alex C. Fabris
Dwyer Avenue
Army Air Forces Technical School
Yale University
Billy Quenton
Gulf Street
Gardner Field
California
Washington
INS
War Filmson
Gald
Ater
Joan Lynn
Howell
Mistle‘avenue
Pak
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Lone Ranger
Dad
MR Harding
Toots
Casper
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Scott
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Skippy
Percy Crosby
Bill Boni
Purple Heart
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