2750 Mile Bangkok Raid Longest Mission of War
Atlantic City dated dispatch chronicles a night raid by the Rambler crew from a Tenth Air Force base bombing Bangkok Thailand. Lieutenant Spotts of Wilkes-Barre Pa recalls a 16 hour bombing run covering about 2750 miles dodging monsoon storms and searchlights. The mission, described as potentially the war’s longest combat raid, ended with a mostly successful night attack despite hazards in jungle terrain and tropical diseases.
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Bangkok
Jack
Tpfernational News Ser
Atlantic City
INSI
Higty
Pat Pant
Taia
Wile Ramsport
Army Atr Free Redistribution Center
Ramblers
Air Prirce
Thailand
Ders Yards
Tava iistaLalens
Lirikenant Boonts
Ruehr
Oy Fareer
Spotts
Burma
Relief At Last For Your Cough
An advertisement for Creomulsion claims it treats coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis by loosening phlegm and healing inflamed bronchial membranes. It touts a special creosote blend with no narcotics and a money back guarantee if it does not help within a short period.
Four arrested after attack on man at Guadalupe and Cibolo
Police report shows Special Officer Henry Lope and Antonio Jiminez 90 of 1219 Hidalgo were attacked at midnight near Guadalupe and Cibolo. Officer Joe Morales later arrested three men and a woman whom Jiminez identified as the assailants.
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Henry Lope
Antonio Jiminez
Hidalgo Street
Guadalupe and
Cibolo
Joe Morales
Viminez
Four Battle-Mad Marines Hold Hilltop At Bougainville
Four US Marines volunteered as scouts dashed from foxhole to foxhole firing and throwing grenades with deadly accuracy. They advanced under heavy fire, repelling Japanese defenders for about an hour until infantry and heavy weapons arrived to finish the job.
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Bougainville
John ©. Landrum
Peter Pavone Jr
Bridgeport, Conn
Batte
Pavone
Thomas Y. Rice
Niagara Palls
N. Y
Vernon S. Harding
Belmont
Cuss
Harold R. Gray
Ewing
George N. Benjamin
Framingham
Mass
Ioxhole
Foxhole
Rice
Tommy
Gray
Toyo
Flacurs
Fragmentary memoir moment shows soldiers laughing through fatigue
The passage describes soldiers who alternately laugh and weep, trembling with exhaustion. Rice recalls, with embarrassment, that he never laughed so hard in his life and suggests they were all a little crazy for a time.
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Tion
Rice
Hopkins-Ickes Feud Shapes White House Letter Fallout
Washington dispatch notes a forged Hopkins letter linked to Willkie, prompting a Senate probe and GOP ammunition against Roosevelt era politics. Nelson Sparks, Akron, claims Briss aide Mercury produced memos tying Hopkins to Willkie maneuvers. Sparks seeks Senate inquiry into fed letter forgery and internal White House influence.
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Nelson Sparks
Akron
Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
Genree N. Briss
Tekes
Willikie
Frube Sparks
Senate
Willkie
Wall Street
Whikie
White House
Hopking
Ben Torrens
Barks
Senata
Brines
Ickes
Sparks
Bnelly
Roovevelt
Opking
Georgetown
Washington
Nancy Auctions Nassau Furniture Sale In Bahamas
In Nassau Bahamas on January 20 a sale of about 400 art objects included The sleeping lion a glazed porcelain piece from Alfred and Nancy Oakes de Maheny’s home. The heiress auctioned items as she inherited a share of Sir Harry Oakes fortune, with trust provisions and exchange control restrictions affecting the transfer. The Bahamian finance authorities faced limits on international credits as the sale proceeded.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred
Nancy Oakes de Maheny
Harry Oakes
Harry
Nancy
Nance Central
Argrunent
Fle
International Credita
de Marlany
Jiahamag
Witte to Show 13 Paintings in New York Gallery
Witte will exhibit 13 paintings at the Woisenstein gallery in New York through the courtesy of Dr Tanus Lang and Monsicur James P. Haley. Works include Italian Renaissance pieces by Pietro Alamanno and Marotta di Nardo, and 18th century French paintings by Reucher Brouais Greuze Lancret and Nattin.
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Meh
Huinke
Witte Mu Sein Sineie
Tirough
Woisenstein Galery
New Rok
Thie Einer
Pietro Alamanno
Marianna
HY Marotta di Nardo
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Swift
Brookfield
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Hutchinson
Tani
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Toosevelt
Lorkie
Gay
San Antonio
van UN
Nassau Furniture
Seu
Stowers
Gainsborough
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