Flying Tinker Tor Four Times Back From Raids
An old story recalls the Flying Tinker Tor returning from Bremen raids with heavy damage and casualties. Pilot Lieut Thomas D Sellers, aided by gunners after the co pilot was killed, steered the crippled Fortress to a British base as fuel ran low. The crew credited with destroying four enemy fighters during the raid.
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Tinker Tor
Giory Ae
Tinker
Hapter
Thomas D. Sella
Norfolk
Nazis Adhere to Rules On Prisoners
ULEVELANN Oct 22 Reports from Tracy Strong secretary of the prisoners aid committee of the YMCA say Germany is adhering to Geneva convention rules for war prisoners. He told relatives of American servicemen and civilians held in Germany that camps are kept fairly clean due to fear of epidemics and that treatment is improving.
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Germany
Itracy Strong
International Division
Strong
Draft Evader Gets 4 Years
Speers, a 20 year old care center employee at Kelly field, was convicted of draft evasion in federal court. He represented himself, clashed with Judge Keeling, and initially waived a jury before caprice changed after similar sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses. He chose jurors, rejecting tall Catholics and American Legion members as prejudiced. Relatives likened him to the Apostle Paul as he did manual work and preached. The court sentenced him to four years in prison.
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Kelly Field
Speers
W. A. Keeling
Keeling
Jehovah's Witness Sect
theAmerican Legion
Apostle Paul
Overseas Mail Caution Issued By San Antonio Post Office
Hundreds of letters and packages for men overseas were returned to San Antonio by the New York army postmaster due to omitted organization addresses. San Antonians may reclaim misrouted mail at the post office even without knowing the recipient’s organization. The New York postmaster, Albert Goldman, said rejected mail can be remailed.
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Army
New York City
Dan Quill
San Antonians
New York
San Francisco
Albert Goldman
Quill
Witness Faces U S Indictment In Boston Slay Case
Boston October 22 Witness Ald Christie of Nassau Sxhams Islands a prosecution witness in the trial of Count Alfred De Marigny for the slaying of Sir Harry Oakes was revealed as under indictment by a Boston federal court Christie a close friend of the Gend multi millionaire faces charges with two Gloucester men in 1923 for conspiring to violate the law in selling an American registered vessel to an alien The federal attorney Edmund J Brandon said the offense was not extraditable under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
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INS
Christe of
Nassau
Sxhams Islands
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Dictment
Christie
Gloucester
Edmund J. Brandon
United States
Great Britain
de Marigmy
van Dyke
Oakes
Red Veterans Smash Nazis on the Dnieper Drive
Soviet bulletin says Red Veterans pressed six mile advance toward Erivol Rog with key captures including Alexandrovke Petgeve and An novke. Znamenka rail junction near Kiev vital for German communications. gains north of Kilev and near Gomel noted. Crossings of the river multiply as forces move toward Rechitsa and Gomel with major enemy losses.
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Alexandrovke
Petgeve
Annovke
Alexandrovka
Znamenka
Dnieper
Kilev
Ukraine
Nikolayev
Kiev
Gomel
Moscow War Bulletin
Jonnt
Rechitsa
Internal Revenue Cautions Employers Over Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue warns employers who travel for business must file Form W-1 with the local revenue office within 20 days after paying wages. Penalties loom for late quarterly reports or unpaid taxes, with fines starting at $10 and monthly penalties at 5 percent up to five months, or 6 percent annual interest if a return is filed but tax not paid.
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Iail
No Bums On Marigny Trial Details Murder Scene
Testimony places De Marigny at Westbourne for a dinner on July 7 and suggests signs of burn damage on his hands. Witnesses place the victim’s murder scene near his 20 room villa, with timing placing death between 1 30 and 3 30 a m. The defense questions fingerprints while defense aides corroborate De Marigny’s alibi and routine during the night.
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de Marigny
Aslairy
Oakes
L. W. Fitzmaurice
Negsay
Harry
Dorothy Clark
Lyming
Glark
Ruth Ainslee
Rubbard
Tregaskis Cited By Army Order In Italy Front Drama
War correspondent Ridisri Tregaskis, famed for Guadalcanal Diary, obtained medical supplies for Fifth Army units in Italy after a frontline search. He arranged blood plasma delivery by coordinating with Staff Sgt Jim Denney and Cpl Russell Hull, moving supplies to a shoreline depot and delivering them to wounded soldiers before nightfall.
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Italy
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International
Ridisri Tregaskis
Trepaskis
Guadalcanal
Tregaskis
Jim Denney
New York
Cpl
Rusell Hull
Buffalo
N. Y
Jap Bomber Flies Close to Attu
Navy bulletin reports a Galalina patrol line engaged a Mitsubishi medium bomber 195 miles west-northwest of Attu yesterday afternoon. Both planes scored hits but neither was shot down.
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Attu Disarict
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