American Soldier Reveals 30 Harrowing Days as German POW
Framingham Massachusetts June 7 AP a 25 year old American corporal Gilbert J Beamesderfer of Ephxata Penn a Cushing General Hospital patient on 90 day work furlough recalls leading his men against a German machine gun nest in France then being captured or mistaken as German prisoner of war He spent ten days in France and 20 in an English POW camp before an interrogation confirmed his American status ending with an officer announcing you are an American at last.
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Framingham
Mass
Cornoral
Gilbert J. Beamesderfer
Ephxata
Penn
Cushing General Hospital
Third Army
France
Beamesderfer
England
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lamp
Washington
France calls for Big Five meeting on Syrian problem
Paris announces a conference on the Middle East inviting Big Five members. French embassies in Washington London Moscow and Chungking to present the invitation with France's reasons. A responsible source says no note was delivered with the invitations. Formal replies expected.
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Paris
Big Five
Middle East
Washington
London
Moscow
Chungking
France
Picnic at Wakulla Springs by 1489th Service Command Unit
Headquarters Detachment 1489th Service Command Unit at Finney General Hospital will host a picnic at Wakulla Springs Florida on Sunday. Lt. Edward Strobel says activities include swimming dancing and boat trips with a provided picnic supper. The group departs the hospital at 1 pm. Southeastern Servicemen's League results note Marianna Army Air Field defeated the hospital team 9 to 4.
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Wakulla Springs
Fla
Service Command
Finney General Hospital
Edward Strobel
Marianna, Fla
Army Air Field
WACs Receive Own Mess Hall at Finney General Hospital
Col S M Browne announces a new WAC mess hall at Finney General Hospital will be completed late this month as part of a broader expansion to serve a greatly increased patient strength. While awaiting completion, WACs dine in the Headquarters Detachment mess hall with enlisted men. barracks and surrounds are finished, walks paved, and grass to be sown. WAC personnel are assigned as medical and surgical technicians, laboratory and dental technicians, and general administrative helpers.
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Women’s Army Corps
Finney General Hospital
Col
S. M. Browne
WAC
Wacs
Finney
Free Movies Day Highlights at Finney General Hospital
Patients at Finney General Hospital will enjoy free showings in the Red Cross Auditorium. The program begins at 7 p.m. with films for patients and a 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. showing of Salmoe, Where She Danced.
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Finney General Hospital
Red Cross
Salmoe
FGWS Red Sox Lose Second Season Start
FGWS Red Sox dropped their second start of the season as Finney Hospital's team overwhelmed them in a decisive early game showing their early season struggles.
Hamilton Holt May Be Named President Kiwanis International
Hamilton Holt of Macon has been certified by the Georgia Kiwanis district and his name sent to Chicago to appear on the ballot for the Kiwanis International presidency.
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Hamilton Holt
Kiwanis International
Macon
Georgia
Chicago
International Club
Georgia grid star Hodgson killed on Okinawa
Marine Lieutenant Winston Hodgson, guard on the University of Georgia football teams of 1937 38 39, was killed on Okinawa, his parents were advised. Athens, Ga., June 7. AP report confirms Hodgson’s death and naval loss.
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Winston Hodgson
Georgia Grid Star
Okinawa
Athens
University of Georgia
Swordfish crew engages Japanese convoy in depth charge duel
United States submarine stories recount Smith and Skinner Smith turning to surface and diving as torpedoes found targets in Pacific waters. The crew reported depth charging on an enemy convoy and a burning Japanese vessel as a destroyer approached. Churchill urged mediation and warned a five power conference could delay actions in Syria.
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Smith
Skinner Smith
Pacific
Churchill
Gen. de Gaulle
Syria
Commons
United States
Britain
France
Inflation Fears Renewed Over FEPC and OPA Extensions
The piece argues inflation is tied to black market activity and urges opposition to making FEPC and OPA permanent. It critiques Truman and Congress for extending wartime controls and warns of a private agenda to maintain anti white measures and enforcement powers.
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Truman
Congress
Seven Held for Prying Into War Secrets of Nation
The FBI arrested Lt. Andrew Roth and three Washington officials plus three New Yorkers on charges of conspiring to violate the espionage statute by removing or transmitting national defense data. The group allegedly supplied material to Amerasia magazine and other outlets, with a maximum penalty of two years and a $10,000 fine. The article also argues against expanded government control and praises individual initiative and constitutional liberty.
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J. Frank Tragle
Washington
Government
Navy
Department
FBI
New York
Kate Louise Mitchell
Bryn Mawr College
Amerasia
Mark Julius Gayn
Mark Julius Ginsbourg
Russia
India
China
Manchuria
Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Germany
Italy
First Enlisted Man Returns to Finney as Combat Casualty
Pfc Edward R Langford of Orlando Florida formerly assigned to Finney General Hospital returns as a combat casualty. He served at Finney from June 1942 to January 1943 as wardmaster clerk and on professional services then joined infantry overseas in September 1944 with the 6th Armored Division. He was twice wounded in France Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. While a patient in England he was visited by ex Finney G I T 5 Spurgeon T Gotswalt a former Finney laboratory technician.
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Finney General Hospital
Edward R. Langford
Orlando
Fla
Langford
Finney Ups
Finney
Infantry
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
6Th Armored Division
England
Finney G. I
Spurgeon T. Gotswalt
Daughter of Chaplain Aston Weds Bernard W Patton
Ruth Lenora Aston daughter of Chaplain and Mrs Andrew C Aston married Bernard W Patton on June 8 in the Wee Kirk o the Heather Glendale California ceremony. The bride works as a radio equipment inspector at the Navy's Lockheed plant in Los Angeles and studies dance and drama on the West Coast. Patton, a third cousin of General Patton, is an artist by profession and has worked in a war production plant. They will reside in San Fernando California.
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Andrew C. Aston
Bernard W. Patton
Ruth Lenora Aston
Andrew Co. Aston
San Fernando
California
Glendale
Navy
Lockheed Aircraft
Los Angeles
West
Patton
General Patton
Cal
1945 Sugar Bowl film shown at Finney General Hospital
Color films of the 1945 Sugar Bowl will be presented in the Green Room at Headquarters Detachment Finney General Hospital this evening at 8 15 p m.
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Finney General Hospital
Peanut price rule amended to curb shelling charges
Atlanta June 7 AP The War Food Administration announces an amendment to the maximum price regulation for peanuts prohibiting selling raw unshelled peanuts and extra charges for shelling cleaning and grading. The move aims to curb higher prices from shelling related services while growing conditions were favorable across peanut regions. Planting neared completion in the southeast though seed peanuts faced planting delays in Texas. Civilian peanut supplies remained very light and some cleaners and shelters in the Virginia Carolina area ended operations for the season.
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Atlanta
War Food Administration
WFA
Texas
Virginia-Carolina
Local Notices and People in Brief
Mrs. Robert L. Milliner returns to Madison after visiting daughter Mrs. Leon Mason and family. Handkerchiefs for graduation gifts, 50c, Rosenberg's Dept. Store. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Halfacre return from Greenville after attending the death of Mrs. Halfacre’s sister Miss Lou Neal Halfacre. They are joined by Miss Ruth Halfacre and Miss Sally McGee who return to Greenville.
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Robert L. Milliner
Madison, Fla
Leon Mason
Rosenberg’s Dept
Greenville
Thomasville Weather Forecast From U S Department
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today and tonight with warnings of widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Local report shows 0.29 inches rainfall in last 24 hours and 0.29 inches since the 1st of the month. Normal for this month is 5.46 inches.
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Weatner Bureau
Thomasville
Howell announces birth of son David Shelby at Finney General
Cpl. and Mrs. S L Howell announce the arrival of a seven and three quarter pound son named David Shelby at six o'clock last night at Finney General hospital. Mr Dick Carroll of Pensacola for a short time. Many Thomasville friends of former days are delighted to see him again.
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S. L. Howell
David Shelby
Finney General Hospital
Dick’,Carroll
Pensacola
Thomasville
House Keeps $2,500 Annual Expense Allowance
Washington June 4 The House of Representatives by a roll call vote 296 to 152 approved the 2,500 annual expense allowance for members sending the appropriation bill to President Truman despite Senate opposition. The vote followed a heated debate over whether lawmakers should pay their own expenses after promises to cut the allowance last month. The dispute heightened tensions on Capitol Hill with at least one blow reported.
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House of “Representatives
Senate
House
Truman
Anison
Capitol’ Hill
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