Transfer to Mindanao Prison Camp in Dyess Memoir
In the 18th installment of the Late Lieut. Col. W. E. Dyess life story he recalls being transferred from Luzon to Mindanao aboard a filthy prison ship after the Bataan surrender. The article recounts the mass move, crowded hold, and brutal conditions aboard the transport as it heads toward Davao prison colony.
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Mindanao
W. E. Dyess
Philippines
Bataan
Luzon
Cabanaluan
Japan
Davao
North Head
Cabanatuan
North
O'Donnell
Japs Again Delay Prisoners Parcels
The German news agency DNS reported a Tokyo dispatch that the first shipment of parcels to American prisoners of war has been delayed due to treatment of Japanese in American camps. The dispatch included vivid accounts of shipboard conditions, food, and atmosphere as the convoy neared China Sea routes.
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London
DNS
Tokyo
Japan
Vladivostok
Manila Bay
China Sea
Davaos
Thad
Bataan
K. P
United States
Mutiny Plot Aboard Ship Near Davao During World War II
A wartime diary fragment recalls mutiny schemes aboard a slow USS ocean transport off Panay and Davao. Exiled Philippine constabulary and Japanese guards, plus a naval officer, influence decisions as officers debunked plans to seize the vessel. The entry notes poison liquor accusations and prisoner escapes linked to Jap occupation. The account ends with a planned escape from Davao.
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Philippines
Constabulary
Lansang Lumber Company
Dava
Neering
Hye Instan
Texas A and M inquiry shifts to University of Texas
A Texas Senate education committee shifted focus from Texas A and M to the University of Texas. Senator Penrose Metcalfe, chair, said the inquiry's current phase was completed. The five member Toll committee may meet in Fort Worth on March 1 to review the agricultural college report.
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College Station
Yeu
State Senate
Texas A. and
University of Texas Today
Austin
Penrose Metcalfe
Fort Worth
Agricultural College
Metcalfe
University of Texas
State Department of Education
Reassignment Center Opens At Ft. Sam
The War Department opens a reassignment center at Port Bam Houston to process officers and men no longer at their present stations. It has an initial capacity of 4060, expandable to 6000, with Brig. Gen. James H. Walker in command and Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan overseeing the Eighth Service Command.
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Port Bam Houston
War Department
Camp Butner
N. C
Camp White
Ore. Walker
James H. Walker
Repert E. "Sones
General Walker
West Point
Cavalry School
S Warved
War Department Genera Ataft
Army Service Forces
Richard Donovan
Eighth Service Command
Batte
Army Air Forces
Army
Nervier
Peraonnesa Ag
Avervstas
Race Question Sparks Canteen Debate in Solon District
Washington report on a Sunday night service men canteen event where white and Negro soldiers and hostesses mingled. Mrs Roosevelt attended with President Roosevelt’s guest, drawing criticism from Rep McKenzie over interracial mixing and alleged threats to racial tradition. The record notes dissent from Labor’s Henry Vradenburg and others, arguing such activities harm racial dignity and American womanhood.
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Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
D. Roosevelt
Congressional Record
Charles
McKenzie
D.-La
McKennzie
Washington D
Thomas M. Hilson
Industrial Union Council
William Henry
Halilday Avenue
Kenneth Savile
Vradenburg
Jeemen
CG. H. Vradenburg
Henry E. Tenny
Son
Crosby Street
Three San Antonians Earn Pilot Wings in Anniversary Class
Three San Antonians received pilot wings and commissions as second lieutenants in the first anniversary class at the Maria Ady Vanted two engine Nilok Schol.
Air Travel Fatality Comparison Across Eras
The report notes heavy air travel in the United States with mortality figures per passenger in a long historical span. It contrasts 600 miles per passenger fatality in one era with 26,945,024 in a prior period, highlighting large shifts in travel safety or metrics between 1842 and 1943.
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Cavilion Anrloyslow
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