Marine Officers Held in Shanghai Camp By Japs
Wake Island defense officers captured December 93 are held in a Shanghai internment camp. Maj Bryghte J Ibeld of Auburn Alabama reports 14 officers and a naval medical officer remain alive. Lt Col James B S Devereaux led the defense, wife Mrs Waary Welch Devereaux died in July. The letter notes their safety and mentions volley ball games and a small radio news. A Cuba ration note follows about gasoline purchases at designated stations.
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Pearl Harbor
Marine Corps
Wake Island
Shanghai
Bat’talion
Bryghte J. Ibeld
Auburn
Ala
Godhbold
Harry E. Pickett
Marines
Godbold
G. Mason Khan
Galveston
James B. 5
Devereaux
Marine Defense
Colmel Devereaux
Waary Welch Devereaux
Washington, D. C
Smail
Shanghai Stattons
Cutie’ Platt
Maj
Wesley Platt
War Bonds Shell Costs Per Minute Highlighted
A wartime note breaks down trench mortar shell costs. Shells cost about $19 each and fire at roughly five per minute, totaling about $663 per minute while a gun operates.
Employment In Texas Rises
The University of Texas bureau of business research reports September gains in Texas manufacturing employment and payrolls. 167,667 workers were employed at a weekly payroll of 4,211,760 dollars. Employment rose 1 percent from August to September and 45 percent versus September 1941, while payrolls climbed 3.2 percent month over month and 214 percent from September 1941 to September 1942.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research Today
Bureau
Motorcycle Rider Seriously Injured in Hotwells Boulevard Crash
Deputy sheriffs blamed a cloghole on Hotwells boulevard for a Thursday night crash. Jack Hargrove of 115 Rigsby Avenue was thrown from his motorcycle into a ditch and taken unconscious to Robert B. Greed Hospital, where his injuries were pronounced serious.
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Hotwells Boulevard
Jack Hargrove
Avenue
Robert B. Greet
Hargrove
Bomber Crew Rescued After Lakeunan Raid Battle
An American bomber crew that bombed a Japanese vessel and helped shoot down five fighters rode out a late night crash landing near New Guinea after a 10 and a half hour mission to Ra baul New Britain. They were rescued by natives and a launch, then flown back to base. Captain Harry J. Hawthorne earned the Silver Star for the ordeal.
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Washington
New Guinea
War Department
Michael Rk. Andrade
Buffalo
N. C
Flying Andrade
Civilian
Lakeunal
Rabaul
New Britain
Harry J. Hawthorne
Iowa Park
Texas
Hawthorne
New Guineas
Millie Bay
Army
Paul Jones Sear
Hapton
Ware
Veo E. Bryant
Billerles
Mass
Robert J. Hasse
Clintonville
Wis
Milton F. Kélm
Stillwater
Minn
Albert Buchanan
Bradford
Paul Keith Harmon
Gumberland, Md
Arnold G. Osborn
Bt. Joseph, Mo
Knife Brawl Sends Two to Hospitals at Frogey Bottom Tavern
At Frogey Bottom tavern on Commerce Street a knife brawl sent bartender Robert Thomas to Brooke General Hospital and an unidentified African American soldier to Fort Sam Hairston with a knife wound to the chest and a slash across the abdomen. Police had ordered the bar closed to white patrons a year earlier after numerous stabbings. Thomas said the fight began when two soldiers complained about slow service and attacked him plus several other patrons. many minor wounds were reported.
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Frogey Bottom
Army Cooks Needed At Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston seeks Army cooks as announced by W. H. Waller civil service board secretary. Open application planned with experience ratings to be granted, inviting all qualified applicants to submit to the Fort Sam Houston Board.
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Ft. Sam Houston
W. H. Waller
Fort Sam Houston Civil Service Board
Fort Sam Houston Board
Waller
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U.S. Treasury Department
U. S
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