Manila Water Supply Safe With Capture of Wawa Dam
After three months of intense fighting, U X E Sixth Army troops report the capture of the Wawa Dam and the Shimbu line fortifications in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. The fall of the dam secures Manila’s water supply as operations continue along mountain fronts north and east of the Marikina River.
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Maysu
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Sixth Army
Sierra Madre
Mania
38Th Infantry
Fiex
Marikin River
Manila
Ipo Dain
Luzon
Santa Fe
Caraballo
Werentral
Murder Trial Set Despite Missing Body
In Chicago on May 30 1918 the state moves to prosecute Joseph Nischt 30 janitor for the murder of Rose Michaelis 58 a tenant. The case hinges on proving death without a recovered body as prosecutors seek to show a cadaver could be fully burned in a furnace. The grand jury reindicted Nischt after a prior confession later repudiated.
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Chicago
Joseph Nischt
Niseht
Rose Michaelis
Michaelis
Walitaena
Troy
One Man Medal Awarded For Two Day Battle Heroics
The War Department awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Se t Oscar G Johnson Jr 24 for single handed fighting over two days and nights to defend a company flank in the Os infantry division. He used weapons of fallen comrades, repelled repeated German attacks and killed scores with twenty five Germans surrendering. Johnson escaped injury and is from a dairy farm near Poster City Mississippi.
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Washington
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Tns
War Department
Oscar G. Jelnson Jr
Os Infantry Division
Johnsort
Germany
Johnson
Oscar G. Johnson Jr
Poster City
Misi
Goldwyn’s Hunt for Glamour Girls In Hollywood
Hollywood gossip notes Sam Goldwyn laments the dearth of willing glamour chorus girls as he drafts plans for Danny Kaye and new projects. Betty Grable Paulette Goddard and others began as chorus girls with him. Greta Garbo arrives back in Hollywood amid fanfare, while John Farrow heads to London and other stars activity fills the town with marriages, engagements, USO tours, and film notices.
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Lovella
Parsons Motion
Virginky Klayo
Tueite Bath
Virginie Bruce
Ehocus
John ‘Farrow
Hollywood
London
Belgium
England
Overhcag
Johnny
Cork
Ireland
Archbishop Cantwell
Nelle Cantwell
John
Jenny
San Francisco
Navy
Calcutta
Take Stock of Idle Stored Dollars in Light Want Ads
San Antonio Light items from May 30 1945 encourage readers to use light want ads to move idle dollars and unneeded soil related goods. Dial F-1261 for ad space.
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Locus
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