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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
2
Arlene discusses the complexities of releasing a man for combat duty. She explains the WAACs role is to free men for fighting, citing a humorous exchange with a soldier who misreads the situation. He complains of desks and filing cabinets, then laughs and concedes.
London reports smugglers are moving spring flowers from the Scilly Isles to Penzance by private steam ships and onward to London in personal luggage. Dealers exploit the wartime ban on rail flower transport to save space for munitions. An ordinary suitcase can hold six dozen daffodils.
In an eastern Canadian port three navy doctors announce an icebox treatment to prevent immersion foot. A fan blows cold air around feet and legs through two leg openings to avoid rapid warming. They note most survivors from a European rescue had toes or feet amputated.
A Royal Navy surgeon lieutenant aboard a destroyer, with both legs broken below the knee, refused aid after Weyburn’s sinking. He crawled to treat more than 50 injured on deck and in the wardroom for over 12 hours, directing care until Gibraltar.
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