Horrors of Nazi Prison Camp Told
A Cape Girardeau missourian reprint relays Chaplain Owen letters detailing the Da changes camp, 32,000 inmates and 13,000 deaths since 1933. He describes gas chambers, crematoria, mass executions, and mass starvations, calling for justice and relief for victims. Also notes military postings of Cpl B Taylor in the Philippines and a promotion to first lieutenant for Howard Cramer's husband on Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Owen
Owen
Germany
Cape Girardeau Missourian
E. D. Owen
Baptist Church
Dachau
Europe
Howard Cramer
U. S. Infantry
Okinawa
Not by Shipmanship Alone, Prosperity Depends on Sailing
A brief remark notes that a successful voyage rests more on discipline and seamanship than on the vessel alone. It emphasizes prudent navigation, steady crews, and prudent logistics as keys to prosperity.
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Edward Matthews assistant engineer and gunner leaves for Banana River Florida after a month with his mother and sister. Pvt James P. Wachtler arrives in Miami for reassignment after serving in the Southwest Pacific. S Sgt Glen R. Jones earns Presidential Unit Citation and Croix de Guerre fourragere with the Third Division. Many service members and family updates from Sikeston to Alaska, Italy, England, and the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Matthews
HE. C. Matthews
John Hux
Banana River
Fla
Pacific
Matthews
Perry
C. D. Matthews 3d
Dorothy
Charles
Cpl. Matthews
James P. Wachtler
Sikeston
Army Air Forces
Miami
Continental United States
Pvt
Wachtler
Southwest Pacific
Aviation Engineers
Eva
New Street
Charles de Gaulle
Vosges Mountain
Comar
Pvtrice E. Martin
San Antonio Air Technical Service Command
Kelly Field
Texas
RAF
Pvt. Martin
Hahs Machine Works
New Guinea
Australia
Military Families and Servicemen Reach Home and Abroad
Lieut Paul David Allen and family visit in Tampa with mother Jewel Allen and grandmother J H Tyre. S Sgt Omar Comstock visits, stationed at Deming NM. Estilee Walters fights aboard a battleship off Okinawa. ship shells Okinawa for six days. Walters’ mother Rena Gordon lives on Northwest street. Elbert Vaughn returns to New Orleans naval center after seven months at sea aboard a merchant vessel during Luzon invasion. Pfc Joseph R Schaefer arrives in Germany on V E Day and notes American ice cream. Dale Tope and Fred Tope Jr with Douglas Tope spend weekend with parents in Missouri and Boston. Douglas discharged from Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul David Allen
Army Air F Forces
Tampa
Fla
Jewel Allen
J. H. Tyre
Estilee Walters
Okinawa
Walters
Rena Gordon
Northwest Street
Dallas
Texas
Air Corps
Elbert Vaughn
U. S. Naval Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Luzon
Philippines
Vaughn
Navy
Great Lakes
Sikeston
J. A. Vaughn
Two Months Ago News Item: Harry Tope in Navy South Pacific
Two months ago Harry Tope was serving with the Navy in the South Pacific. The brief item notes his military assignment and location during World War II era reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Tope
Navy
South Pacific
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ninth Army
Himmler
Kurt Schussnig
Austria
Martin Neimoeller
God
Hitler
Hell
Cpl. B. Taylor
W. J. B Taylor
Air Corps Engineers
W. A. Myers
I National Life Insurance Company
Vermont
Harley B. Propst
Hobbs
N. M
Shreveport
Propst
Jack Burke
England
Evin Burke
Vanclyser
Pfc
Bud Wilburn
Italy
Wilburn
Engineering Corps
Barney Blankenship
C. E. Blankenship
Canaleu
Floyd Presley
AAM 3c
Jacksonville
J. T. Shrum
Lena
Canaloa
Presley
San Diego
Cal
H. C. Watkins Jr
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Palmer Eubank
Belgium
Eubank
Engineering
Cpl
Bynum Puckett
A. R. Puckett
Alaska
Cpl. Puckett
Wm. E. Hughes
L. B. Carnell
Bragg City
Indianapolis
Sgt
Clay Browning
Mrs. Browning
Colorado Springs
Colo
Browning
Patsy Richards
Sandra Kirby
Ser. Browning
Kansas City
Sikeston Food Lockers
East
Malone
Omar Comstock
Claud Comstock
Deming
New Mexico
Joseph R. Schaefer
M. J. Schaefer
Schaefer
Dale Tope
U.S. Navy
Boston
Mass
Fred Tope Jr
U. S. Navy
St. Louis
Douglas Tope
Fred Tope
Douglas
Big Ben
Johnson Jewelry
Malone Ave
Ranney St
Sikeston, Mo
HYDRO
Stockland
Walton & Williams Motor Co
Ford-Ferguson
Hart
Hart’s Bakery
Blytheville, Ark., and
Band OF the Day
Donald Howard
His
Smiling Hill
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