Bridge of Pacific Islands Held Necessary By Arnold
Gen. H. H. Arnold argued for retaining a broad string of Pacific bases to secure future U S safety. He said B 29s can strike globally and urged a Pacific bridge, citing Marshalls Palau Volcano Islands Bonins Ryukyus Wake Canton Palmyra and others plus American Samoa. Okinawa could move the entire air force in 36 hours and would be a key base in the plan to end Japan’s industrial output this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Pacific
America
H. H. Arnoud
Army Air Forces, In
Marshalls
Palaus
Volcanoes
Bonits
Ryukyus
Wake
Canton
Palymyra
Iuristmas Islands
American Samoa
Iwodima
Strategic Air Force
United States
Okinawa
San Francisco
Mos
Japan
War department lists South Texas casualties and dead
Casualties announced include Navy wounded Pvt. Billy W Bell and Pvt James Bell Jr both Marines, and Cpl Joseph T Bell Marines Reserve. Army dead include Pvt Leonel Gonzales and Pvt Magdaleno Hernandez, with several others wounded. names include Sgt John B E Weaver and Lt Gregor J Douyter among Pacific region personnel. Families named: Bells, Gonzales, Hernando, Ivy, Oeltfendiers, Valdez, Valfre, Garcia, Schorlemer, Flores, and more from Corpus Christi, McAllen, Weslaco, Floresville, La Grange, Blanco, Mercedes, Marfa and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Navy Departments
Office of War Information
South Texas
Navy
Billy W. Bell
Marine Corps
Joe D. Bell
Corpus Christi
James
Bell Jr
Marine Corps Reserve
James L. Bell
Mcallen
Joseph TW
Bell
Jminther
Helen B. Palmer
Edison Drive
San Antonio
Jack Golen
McMfahon
Pharma
Cisb
Naval Reserve
John
Edmond McMahon
Brelond
Pacific
Leonel Gongales
Dora P. Gonzales
Falfurrias
Magdaleno Hernandsz
Guadalupe Hernanden
Wes Jaco
Thomas
Ivy
Pauline Ivy
Floresville
Johnnie C. Oeltfendiers
Mary Oeltfendiers
la Grange
John BE. Weaver
Betty Weaver
Blanco
Gregor J. Douyter
Emy E. Douyter
Texas Avenue
Joe MM. Garcia
Martin M. Garcia
Helen Street
Alvin E. Schorlemer Jry
Amanda Schorlemer
Cuera
Margarito Valdez
Hus
Maria J. Valdes
Mercedes
Rudy S. Valfre
Josephine Galvan Valfre
East Fest Street
Pie
Geronimo P. Vola
Guadalupe P. Flores
Marfa
Cholera Outbreak Reported In Chungking By U S Official
Lieut Comdr Frank Herrington of the U S Navy and embassy doctor said at least 4003 cholera cases had begun in Chungking since early this month with around 400 deaths. He noted many cases go unreported due to authorities not being alerted and described crowded waterfront shanties where victims were discarded into the Yangtze to ease burial costs for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Frank Herrington
Ant
Yanglae
Daviah
Allen's Foot-Rare: a claimed cure for athlete's foot
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Rare as a powerful, fast acting treatment for athlete's foot. It promises relief from cracked skin and soreness, claims laboratory tests support the product, and offers a money back guarantee. The copy urges daily use and notes a 25 cent price at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Gruntert
Victims Treated After Weekend Attacks
Over the weekend two men were treated for injuries from assaults. Eddie Klause, 27, of 102 Benita Street, suffered a fractured right arm in an attack by youths on Mitchell Street and Salon Road B Sunday night. Ramon Rodriguez, 922 South Smith Street, was found unconscious at Torreon and Brazos late Sunday after beating, kicking and stamping by a man. a suspect named Rodrigue was arrested.
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Robert B. Green Hospital
Eddie Klause
Benita’ Street
Mitchell Street
Salon Road
Rodriguez
South Smith Street
Torreon and
Brazos Streets
Rodrigue
Hurricane Heads for Carolina Coast
The tropical hurricane center passed east of Charleston and headed northeast along the Carolina coast. Warnings urged precautions from Florida to Virginia capes as gusts to hurricane force were expected near Hatteras and coastal towns. Citrus growers noted the Floridian storm brought beneficial rains after drought while losses were deemed negligible.
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Charleston
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Here
Carolina
Georgetown
B.C
Cape Fear
Virginia Capes
Atlantic City
Carolina Capes
Hatteras
Norfolk
Florida
Georgia
Gharleston
Weather Bureau
Tampa
Fla
Rexperta
Floridan
Weather and War Notes Mixed From Pacific and Asia
The report covers Allied advances in the Pacific with guerrilla actions near Tuguegarao and oil field framing in Serla, plus bombing of Balikpapan. It notes Japanese rear guards in Hwangyen, Chinese actions near Shanghii, and German wartime espionage and manpower shifts. A Cotton Mills stat and a brief aviation ad section appear.
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Southwest Pacific
Apsril
Philippines
Tugue‘garao
Buckeye
Tuguegarao
Serla
British Empire
Balikpapan
Snather All Center
Radio Tokyo
Hwangyen
East China
Shanghii
Nips
Wenchow
Tractor production up in 1043 and rail travel figures
Tractor production in 1943 reached 657 million dollars, far above 357 million in 1943 and 341 million in 1941. In 1944 railroads carried nearly one billion passengers, averaging about 100 miles per journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Railroads
Best Camp Paper Editor Climbs From Bakery to China Lantern
Calcutta reports Lester H. Goins 81 of Powcal Hills N.Y. is described as the best camp newspaper editor among U.S. and Canadian armed forces, rising from bakery work to public relations and army press roles. He edited the China Lantern, the longest wartime campus newspaper, and oversaw its Bureau in Calcutta with dispatches to China theater reporters.
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Geiss
Furman
Oglethorpe
Duke
Vanderbilt
George Washington
Liem
Kansas Gly Journal
Ana Mictror
Tice
Calcutta
United States
Lester H. Goins
Powcal
Hills N.Y
Leland Blowe
Brasil L
Whiters
Chicago Daily News
Joh S. Remely
Endicott
Daily Bulletin
Gels
Winastern
China
Command Bost
Maren
China ‘Lantern
Kamming
Caletta
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Ching Theater
C.bel
Cals
Retailers report inventory drop and sales slump
Independent U. S. retailers show a four percent fall in inventories and a two percent decline in sales. The action point notes quick help from an Adwriter at T1251 and fast results from Tight Want Ads.
Czech Ghost Town To Rise Again
Prague reports on the June observance of Lezaky near Pardubice where Nazi destruction left a ruined quarry village. Vaclav Mosek vows rebuilding, recalling Gestapo massacre three years earlier that killed adults and children, with no survivors heard since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Lezvky
Vaclav Mosek
Lezaxy
Moravian Hills
Pardublee
Gestapo
Former Reporter Compiling Book on Puerto Rico Life
EASt' Lite, H. Skelton, ex reporter for Tre Light, is compiling a picture book about life in Puerto Rico. While a patient at the RAF Regional and Convalescent hospital in Coral Gables, Florida, Skelton, a MacKinney native, served a year in Alaska before going to Puerto Rico as public relations officer of the Army Air Forces base. The book will depict island people, geography and industry and is planned for sale in Caribbean post exchanges for military personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weak H. Skelton
Tre Light
Enmitny
Puerto Rico
RAF
Goral Gables
Fin
Berlin Reds Register Moscow Contact in Berlin
The German Communist faction, banned after Hitler took power, formally registered today with the Russian commander in Berlin. The move signals a renewed organizational step as postwar controls shift.
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Berlin
Moscow
Hitler
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Guard- Nice Regiment
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India
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Aeye
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Larga
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