War Hero Hank Hooker Returns to Texas
In Houston on May 11 2}-Henrie reports Hooker credited with 17 Japanese killed while comrades claim 26 and nine and a half more. A gunsight bayonet encounter on Guadalcanal and Tarawa left him wounded. He travels from Pomball Texas to Calface for recovery as his unit notes a dramatic, if contested, service record.
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Houston
Henrie
Hank Hooker
Pomball
Texas
Tomball Island
Ty Sergeant Hooker
W. Hooker
Milous
Hank
Guadalcanala
Wwe
Morris
Tarawa
Ralder
Slav Group Praises Priest Amid Suspension News
Springfield Mass May 17 American Slav Congress of Connecticut praised Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski for his Kremlin visit and urged support as he recovers in bed under doctor care. Bishop lifted a four day suspension after a letter of apology. Orlemanski had left his parish without permission triggering the action.
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Springfield
Mass
Catholic Church
Stanislaus Orlemanski
American Slav Congress of
Connecticut
Ben Tutens
Orlemanski
Kremlin
Orlemansky
Thomas H. O'Leary
Father Orlemanski
O'Lasry
Moscow
Burned liner back on job as transport
Washington reports the transport Wakefield, heavily bombed while evacuating civilians from Singapore and later burned in the Atlantic, is back in service moving soldiers. Some 1500 were rescued from the Wakefield, once the luxury liner Manhattan, rebuilt after partial sinking in 1942 and recommissioned recently with enhanced safety measures.
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Washington
Wakefield
Singapore
Atlantic
Bea
Manhattan
Navy
Coast Guard
Exchanged Allied POWs Begin Second Spain Run
About 800 British and American prisoners and 700 Germans and civilians began disembarking from the Maers Gripsholm and Gradisca in Spain. The Gradisca bore wounded Allied troops in good spirits with two British generals and an air marshal among the evacuees. Larry Allen, AP war correspondent and Pulitzer winner, was among those exchanged after being captured September 13, 1942 during a Tobruk raid.
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Bamelina
MBY 17
Maers Gripsholm
Gradiscs
Spain
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
Pocket Searches by a War Nurse in Italy Beachhead
Nurse Vera Hansen, operating at an Italian beachhead hospital, recounts what soldiers carry in their pockets. She notes two can openers, ration wrappers, clippings from Stars and Stripes, photos, letters, gum, and even a New Testament or medal. Grenades and bullets sometimes end up there, revealing personal habits and loyalties amid the invasion's chaos.
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Rita Hume
Biall
U. G. Fifth Army
Italy
INS
Ldeut
Vera Hansen
Chi‘jengo
An‘Isle
Hansen
Stars and Stripes
Army
l“Pup
Harry
Snatie
Lake Charles
Sue Hancock
Alwys
Nurse Hansen
Panner Grenadiers
Housing By Private Industry Urged In San Antonio
Preston Ian Wright of the Dallas regional representative of the national housing agency told members of the San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce that housing quarters for about eight million Americans living in substandard units should be provided by private industry.
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Preston Ian Wright
Dallas
Theational Housing Agency
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Dream of a Safe Home for His Family
A family store speaks to readers about savoring a quiet moment with the memory of a husband and father. The prose urges dreaming of a future home where he sits safe and happy, shared with his wife and children, amid daily work and sacrifice for their sake.
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Pearby
Leonard
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