Shangri La Diary Chapter of Hidden Valley Flight
CPL Margaret Hastings recalls a perilous May flight to Hidden Valley New Guinea with eight WACS and sixteen men aboard a camouflaged C-47. A sudden inferno followed a tail break, yet Hastings and companions escaped with a harrowing 47 day survival in rugged jungle amidst native legends.
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Death
Hidden Valley
New Guinea
Margaret Hastings
G&yety
Ter
Brigeant Decker
Lauri Bestey
Shippennike, Pa
Eleanor Hanne
Mount Toursville
Besley
Hanns
Serremat Decker
Jorett II
Lien John McCollon
Robert. McColom
John McCollom
Colonel Brossen
Ven McCollom
Robert McCollom
Brother John
Tien
Weinen
WAC
Chicago
Newsmen Delay Base of Cpl Hastings in New York
Confused dispatch from New York reports delays in meeting Cpl Margaret Hastings of the New Gales ShavarleLa fame with Sgt Waller Piem ing of Lanse Pennsylvania. Reporters and photographers chased a date as plans shifted and weather or misprints muddled the event.
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Cpl
Hastings
New York
Inet Wac
Margaret
ShavarleLa
Manrgaret
Sgt
Waller Pieming
Lanse
Sahuday
Finiuing
Marenrel
Owego
N.Y
Ayak Bn
Ap- Benet
Phen Tan
Lin Ime
Men seek renewed vigor with Casella taleta formula
A promotional notice urges men to visit Seuguist and ask for Casella taleta claiming to restore youth and vitality at age 46. It promises remarkable results from this formula and encourages readers to pursue youthful pleasures again.
Reds Charge Nazis Held By U.S. Live Pampered Life
London reports the Moscow Radio claiming Reichsmarshal Goering and other top Nazis held in Mondorf Luxembourg are living in luxury and growing fat under U.S. guard. The statement mocks the jail as an animal preserve with fine vintages cars and no newspapers, while an AP dispatch quotes Col. Adrus denying coddling and noting strict jail rules.
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U.S
London
Moscow
Reichamarshal Goering
Admairal Doenitz
von Ribbentrop
Luxembourg
Mondorf
Goering
Doenitz
Femack
tAn
Associated Press
Mondor
B.C. Atdrus
Bugden- Wald
Norrer
A War Correspondent's Notebook From the Third Army in Germany
A correspondent describes how Third Army troops, after combat, settle into occupy life as "gentlemen soldiers." Enlisted men and officers share routines, meals on real dishes, and recreation, with discipline softening yet curfews and privileges differentiating ranks. They assist with daily tasks, polish gear, and patrol highways, while visiting Berchtesgaden and Hitler's Berghof, noting the altered war mood and social balance.
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Third Army
Germany
Pisa
Jook Ab
Faster New Texas Trains Schedule Sets Plans
Austin July 22 The Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroads announce orders for 100 steel and aluminum passenger cars and four 4000 horsepower and three 2000 horsepower Diesel electric locomotives. Total cost exceeds 12 million dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Texas and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Tailroadines
Nies
ISAN ANTONIO' LIGHT Monday July 23 1945
A brief item notes events in San Antonio on Monday July 23 1945. Identified names and local happenings appear in concise form, reflecting a daily reader notice style from the period.
Plentiful Country Relief Forecast as Texas Hatches Millions of Chicks
Austin report notes Texas commercial hatcheries produced about 4,800,000 baby chicks in time to offset a poultry shortage. The item highlights a routine forecast of relief and notes industry capacity to meet demand. The passage includes unrelated advertising text about ad writing services.
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Austin
UNS
Texas
Youthful Check-Passin Gang Caught in Local Stores
Juvenile officers report a four hour pass of checks from $10 to $53 by a group of youths in local stores over the weekend. The gang’s alleged leader, a 16 year old with a juvenile record, remains at large as deputy sheriffs detain at least one boy after a clerk flagged a check signed Mr. A female credit manager and store staff aided in stopping the attempt and identifying suspects.
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Dory Davenport
Trunk Slayer Mrs Judd Shifts to Hospital Bed
Arizona report chronicles Ruth Sudel known as Winnie Bluth the trunk murderer. She has been confined in a hospital sick bed for six months with improving condition though deemed not serious. She previously escaped prison in 1939, wandered deserts, was recaptured, then surrendered and confessed the Los Angeles trunk murders of Hel lz Samuelson and Agnes Le Roi.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winste Ruth Sudel
Judd
Arel
Los Angeles
Wis
Ayiszown
State Hospital
Tasman
Winnie Bluth
Hopital
Torigina
Central Railroad
Hellz Samuelson
Agnes Anne le Roi
Hinian
Dhdd
Los Anegeles
Iver
Ann Ane
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King
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Dorothy Lamours
Air Service Command
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Nae
Wag Taih
Fee-Ask
Follandia
Cyclops Mountain
Cyclops
WAOS
Pee- Adkam
Shangri- la
Widde Valley
Indy
Letion
Shangri-La
Paul Bunyan
Gal
Peter J. Frosseyy
San Antonio
WACS
Colonel Prossen
Lassie
Prossen
Santhe Field
Peorls
Geneva
Lake Santant
Sanny Sanitation
Santant Field
Sascion
Fidden Valley
Jase
Bos
M. B's
Europe
Cowan Teutenant
Berchtesgaden
Hidlers Berghof
Umbing
Hitler
Houston
Allen
Wally
King Peat
Syndiente
Lue Red Tom
Max Melcher Specialty Co. Dist
Sa Antonio
SAN Antonio Building & Loan. A
Syre
Janey Carr
Tera
Ananted Savings
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